Morocco's king appoints a new PM after poll victory

3 yıl önce

RABAT, Morocco â Moroccoâs King Mohammed VI has named Aziz Akhanouch of the liberal National Rally of Independents Party, or RNI, as the countryâs new prime minister and tasked him with forming a government.

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Akhanouchâs appointment was announced Friday, two days after parliamentary elections in the North African country.

He replaces outgoing prime minister Saad Eddine El Othmani from the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD).

The new prime minister said following his meeting with the king that he will begin negotiations with potential coalition partners in order to form a government.

This will not include the PJD, whose leadership resigned en masse after losing the elections to the RNI, which took over a quarter of all seats.

A former agriculture minister, Akhanouch is a billionaire and one of Moroccoâs richest men.