The El Mansouri government: a first month against the clock

In three weeks and three days, Morocco showed the world a tightly managed institutional transition: a vote on 23 September, a head of government designated on the 29th, a coalition on 12 October, a government sworn in on the 16th. Here is the detailed account of the month that opened the legislature — tracked live on the government page.

The timeline, day by day

Date	Step
23 September	Legislative election — 395 seats, 38.08% turnout
25 September	Final results proclaimed by the Interior Ministry
29 September	The King appoints Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri head of government
30 Sep – 11 Oct	Consultations with the parties represented
12 October	Four-party majority agreement: PAM, Istiqlal, USFP, PPS — 207 seats
13 October	Portfolio allocation announced
16 October	Ministers take the oath before King Mohammed VI

A historic appointment

A lawyer, multiple-term mayor of Marrakesh, a minister in the previous government: Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri carried a full résumé when the King entrusted her, under Article 47 of the Constitution, with forming a government. She is the first woman to hold the post in the Kingdom's history — and one of the few leading an executive in the region.

A woman at the head of government was not a protocol detail: it is the crowning of a local trajectory — the mayor's office of Marrakesh — gone national.

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, head of government of Morocco.

The exact weight of each partner

The four-party coalition is not a marriage of equals. Every signature of the 12 October agreement carries a precise number of seats — and therefore of portfolios:

Partner	Seats	Share of the coalition (207)
PAM	97	47%
Istiqlal	65	31%
USFP	26	13%
PPS	19	9%

PAM carries almost half the structure; Istiqlal frames the other half; USFP and PPS provide numbers and a left-wing seal. The full analysis of this arithmetic is in our dossier on the 198 equation.

The consultation method

The designated head of government received, in two rounds, every party represented in the Chamber. The PJD closed the door in the first week; the RNI left it ajar before shutting it; UC and MDS were received without the numbers following. On 12 October, the PAM–Istiqlal–USFP–PPS quartet issued a joint statement: "a strong political government, united in and committed to a shared reformist vision".

What we know of the government

Around thirty members in total, six of them women — a record for a Moroccan executive. The faces of continuity remain: Nasser Bourita at Foreign Affairs, Abdelouafi Laftit at Interior — two "sovereign" portfolios whose stability says much about the royal line. The rest of the composition reflects the coalition's prorata: the four families share departments according to their seat weight.

The three files that await

1. The government programme. Presented to both houses on 19 October, it was adopted on 22 October by 204 votes to 127 — the 207 bloc's first test passed, with three votes already stray.
2. The finance bill. Inherited from the previous executive, it must be passed or rewritten within constitutional deadlines.
3. Organic laws. A two-thirds majority is sometimes required: the government will then need votes beyond its coalition — a delicate exercise with 207 seats.

A month to form, a week to be invested: the El Mansouri government enters ordinary governing — the 2027 Finance Bill was presented as early as 23 October by Fouzi Lekjaa.