Politics
Morocco: Minister dismissed two days after appointment
October 18, 2026 at 03:59 PM
King Mohammed VI has approved Prime Minister Fatima Zahra El Mansouri's request to dismiss delegate minister Madiha Khiyer two days after the new government's investiture.
- Delegate minister for vocational training Khiyer was dismissed under Article 47 of the constitution, following Prime Minister El Mansouri's request.
- The dismissal came two days after Mohammed VI presided over the investiture of the new four-party government in Rabat on Friday.
- The official statement did not cite reasons; Moroccan media reported Khiyer was prosecuted in 2004 on fraud charges.
- El Mansouri, named on 29 September, leads a coalition including the Authenticity and Modernity Party as Morocco's first female prime minister.