The new government, unveiled Wednesday Oct.9, is more compact with 24 members including the head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani. It comes after the King called in his speech in late July for the involvement of qualified elites in all managerial and executive positions. “New life will have to be injected into institutions and political, economic and administrative bodies, including the Government,” said the King at a context where Morocco prepares to launch a new development model building on past achievements. The six new ministers will take the ministries of tourism, employment, youth and culture, health, higher education and housing. They were appointed according to a new logic of merit instead of the narrow calculations that marred appointments in previous governments.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 09, 2019 20:48 UTC