Morocco’s king on Friday appointed a new Prime Minister to end a political deadlock that left the North African country without a Government for five months, the royal court said.
King Mohammed VI named Saad-Eddine El Othmani, a former foreign minister who belongs to the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), to form a new Government.
El Othmani will replace Abdelilah Benkirane, who had been previously asked by the king to form a new Government after his PJD won the most seats in elections in October 2016.