Announcing the formation of the Moroccan government headed by Fatima Zahraa Al-Mansouri

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Today, Friday, at the Royal Palace in Rabat, Moroccan King Mohammed VI chaired the ceremony to appoint members of the new government headed by Fatima Zahraa Mansouri.

The new government members took the oath in the hands of the King, before a memorial photo was taken of the King with the members of the new government team.

The new government includes Abdelwafi Laftit as Minister of the Interior, Nasser Bourita as Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Abdellatif Wehbe as Minister of Justice, and Ahmed Al-Tawfiq as Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, while the General Secretariat of the government was assigned to Hassan Tariq.

The government also includes Fawzi Lakjaa as head of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Public Efficiency, Nizar Barka as Minister of Equipment, Water and Forests, Nabil Benabdallah as Minister of National Education, Primary Education, Vocational Training and Qualification, Younes Bejigo as Minister of Health and Social Protection, and Khaled Hatimi as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty.

Riad Mazour was appointed Minister of Industry, Trade, Investment and Economic Inclusion, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaïd, Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports, Ezzedine El-Madawi, Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Abdessamad Qiouh, Minister of Transport and Logistics, and Charafat Afilal, Minister of Energy, Mines and Sustainable Development.

The appointments also included Abdel Rahim Shahid, Minister of Employment and Social Dialogue, Samir Balfqih, Minister of National Territorial Preparation, Reconstruction, Housing, and City Policy, and the official spokesman for the government, Ahmed Rahho, Minister of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, and Administration Reform, Jalal Sharaf, Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, and Solidarity Economy, and Najwa Kokos, Minister of Family, Social Development, and Equality.

A number of ministers assigned to the Prime Minister and the ministers of the relevant sectors were also appointed to supervise files including the National Defense Administration, relations with Parliament and civil society, foreign trade, marine fishing, primary education and combating school dropout, vocational training and rehabilitation, housing and city policy, youth, social inclusion, administration reform, traditional industry and the economy.