00:00Morocco's King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima e Zahra el-Mansouri as the country's first-ever female prime minister.
00:08Her centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party, or PAM, won the most seats in last week's parliamentary elections.
00:16She's made young Moroccans a central focus of her platform, promising to restore hope in a country facing mounting economic
00:23and social pressures.
00:24There's widespread youth discontent, an issue highlighted by a mass border rush on the Spanish enclave of Sayota in July,
00:32and deadly Gen Z-led protests last year.
00:35The 50-year-old lawyer has been the mayor of Marrakesh for a number of years and also served as
00:40a minister in the previous coalition government.
00:42El-Mansouri will have to negotiate with other parties to form a coalition, as the PAM did not secure an
00:47outright majority.
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