Nigeria, Sept. 30 -- Morocco has appointed its first female prime minister, Fatima El Mansouri.

She was appointed by King Mohammed VI after her party, the centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), won the most seats in last week's parliamentary elections.

She becomes Morocco's first female prime minister and the second woman to lead an Arab nation after Najla Bouden, Tunisia's prime minister between 2021 and 2023.

Ms El Mansouri described her appointment as "truly historic."

"For the first time in our country's history, a woman is taking on the responsibility of leading the government," she said. "This is a source of pride not only for me but for all Moroccan women."

Morocco is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary sy...