Fatima Zahra Mansouri did not leave the Royal Palace in Rabat on Tuesday, September 29, carrying only the title of the woman charged with forming the next government. She also left with the first major marker of Morocco\u2019s new political phase: for the first time in the Kingdom\u2019s history, a woman has been appointed to head the government, after King Mohammed VI appointed her and tasked her with forming the new cabinet, in accordance with Article 47 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n
The event itself does not need additional symbolism imposed from outside. The appointment was officially announced by the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery, and Mansouri did not present it in her statement as a purely personal matter. When she said that the King \u201cbelieved in the ability of Moroccan women\u201d and that Moroccan women \u201cdeserved respect and recognition,\u201d she was interpreting her appointment as a decision that goes beyond the identity of the individual chosen to lead the government.<\/p>\n
But perhaps the most significant sentence in her statement came immediately afterwards: \u201cThe work begins today.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n That sentence moves the story away from the symbolism of the appointment and toward what comes next. Mansouri did not announce a ready-made government. She gave no names and no distribution of ministerial portfolios. She said the process would begin with internal consultations within the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), followed by consultations with all political parties, with the aim of presenting a proposed government as soon as possible.<\/p>\n The outline of the next government, therefore, was not settled at the moment of the royal audience, even though the name of the person who will lead the process was.<\/p>\n Article 47 of the Constitution establishes the institutional framework for the appointment. But the transition from appointing the head of government to forming the government opens another, political phase: negotiations among parties over the majority, the programme, ministerial portfolios and responsibilities. When Mansouri says she will first consult within her own party and then meet the other political parties, she is describing a concrete first step in the task entrusted to her.<\/p>\n Her reference to consultations with \u201call political parties\u201d also leaves open the question of what the future governing majority will look like. No partner parties were named in her statement. No portfolios were allocated. No coalition formula was announced. Anything beyond those facts remains, for now, a matter of speculation unless it is confirmed by documented positions or agreements.<\/p>\n Mansouri also linked the future government to two sets of expectations that she placed side by side: those of the King and those of Moroccan citizens. She spoke of a government that would meet \u201cthe expectations of the King and Moroccan citizens,\u201d and then stressed the need for a programme offering \u201creal and realistic solutions\u201d in accordance with the royal will.<\/p>\n The language remains broad. It does not yet reveal which public policies will receive priority, what deadlines will be set or what resources will be allocated. It does, however, establish the framework in which the incoming head of government intends to present her work: royal orientations she says she received, substantial expectations from citizens, and the need to translate those expectations into concrete proposals.<\/p>\n Mansouri also placed young people at the centre of the new phase. She acknowledged that expectations would be particularly high \u201cfrom citizens in general and young people in particular.\u201d That, too, is not yet a programme. It becomes a concrete political commitment if it appears in the government programme through measurable objectives, commitments, timelines and mechanisms for implementation.<\/p>\n Her message to women took a different form. \u201cWe will work together as a society,\u201d she said, adding that, as a woman, she knows the circumstances women face and is aware of the royal orientations in this field. She expressed the hope of building a society that is \u201ccohesive with all its living forces.\u201d<\/p>\n The distance between symbolism and public policy remains open. The appointment of a woman to head the government changes the place of women\u2019s representation at the highest level of the executive. But the appointment itself does not reveal what policies the government will actually pursue for women. That will become clearer through the composition of the cabinet, its programme and the decisions that follow.<\/p>\n Fatima Zahra Mansouri Appointed Head of Government: The Appointment Is Settled, the Government Starts Now — Diplomatique.ma \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0628\u0644\u0648\u0645\u0627\u0633\u064a\u0629 (@diplomatique_ma) September 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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