Moroccan centrist party agrees to form coalition government with three other parties

Morocco's King Mohammed VI receives Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, who was appointed Morocco's first woman prime minister Morocco's centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), who topped last month's parliamentary election vote, will form a ​coalition government with three other parties, the four ‌parties said on Monday.

The king appointed PAM leader Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country's first woman to act as ​head of government and tasked her with forming a ​cabinet after PAM finished first in the September 23 vote.

The deal "produces a strong political ​government, made up of components marked by ideological ⁠and political proximity, united in, and committed to, a shared ​reformist vision,” the coalition said in a joint statement, adding ​that they will next propose a cabinet lineup.