The King appoints the El Mansouri government: 32 members and a new ministry for artificial intelligence

What happened?

On Friday 16 October 2026, at the Royal Palace in Rabat, King Mohammed VI presided over the appointment of the members of the new government led by Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, who were sworn in before him . It came 17 days after El Mansouri was appointed Head of Government on 29 September, and four days after a four-party majority was announced on 12 October.

What does the government look like?

The government has 32 members :

- the Head of Government
- 19 ministers, plus the Secretary-General of the Government
- 11 ministers delegate

For comparison, the 2021 government had 25 members when appointed, including 5 ministers delegate . The biggest change is in ministers delegate, up from 5 to 11. The number of women is the same in both governments: 7.

What is new in the structure?

- A new Ministry of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation and Administration Reform, led by Ahmed Rahhou, with Aïcha Guellaa as Minister Delegate for Administration Reform . In the previous government this area was a ministry delegate to the Head of Government.
- Employment gets its own ministry, "Employment and Social Dialogue", led by Abderrahim Chahid, while economic inclusion and investment move to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
- Water and forests together: the Equipment ministry becomes "Equipment, Water and Forests", and Agriculture is now "Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries and Food Sovereignty".
- Sport joins youth and culture, and vocational training joins national education.
- The government spokesperson is now Territorial Planning Minister Samir Belfkih; the role used to sit with the minister delegate for relations with Parliament.

How are portfolios split between parties?

The official announcement does not give party affiliations, but two outlets published the same name-by-name split on the day of the appointment :

- PAM (10): Abdellatif Ouahbi, Fouzi Lekjaa, Khalid Hatimy, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, Azzeddine El Midaoui, Samir Belfkih, Najwa Koukouss, and ministers delegate Kouloub Faitah, Fatima Saadi and Salah-Eddine Abkari, plus the Head of Government.
- Istiqlal (6): Nizar Baraka, Ryad Mezzour, Abdessamad Kayouh, and ministers delegate Omar Hejira, Abdeljabbar Errachidi and Madiha Khayr.
- USFP (4): Abderrahim Chahid, and ministers delegate Ahmed Mehdi Mezouari, Kamal Hachoumi and Aïcha Guellaa.
- PPS (3): Nabil Benabdallah, Charafat Afailal, and minister delegate Rachid Hamouni.
- Non-partisan (8): the Interior, Foreign Affairs and Habous ministers, the minister delegate for the National Defence Administration, the Secretary-General of the Government, and Health Minister Youns Bjijou, AI Minister Ahmed Rahhou and Tourism Minister Jalal Charaf.

Who stayed?

Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, Habous Minister Ahmed Toufiq and Abdeltif Loudyi, minister delegate for the National Defence Administration, keep their posts, as do Abdellatif Ouahbi at Justice and Nizar Baraka at Equipment . Fouzi Lekjaa moves from minister delegate for the budget to Minister of Economy, Finance and Public Performance.

What comes next?

The Head of Government presents her programme to Parliament and the House of Representatives votes on it. The government takes office only with the confidence of an absolute majority of members, at least 198 of 395 votes; the announced majority holds 207 seats.

What we do not know yet

- The party split above comes from the press, not the official announcement, although two outlets agree and it matches the House directory for ministers who are MPs.
- When the programme will be presented and the investiture vote held.
- The budget and administrative structure of the new artificial-intelligence ministry.