Moroccan King Mohammed VI has dismissed a minister from the new government he appointed just two days earlier, after Moroccan media outlets circulated reports that the minister had previously been convicted in a fraud and swindling case.
In a statement issued on Sunday evening, the Moroccan Royal Palace said that the King had received a request from the new head of government, Fatima Zahra El Mansouri, to dismiss Madiha Khiyer, Minister of Vocational Training, and had accepted the request in accordance with the provisions of Article 47 of the Constitution.
For his part, Moroccan government spokesperson Samir Belafqih said that the government’s swift response to the information circulated following Khiyer’s appointment as Minister Delegate in charge of Vocational Training and Qualification, including the dissemination of personal judicial and medical information, reflected the government’s assumption of its responsibilities and its commitment to ensuring all the appropriate conditions for moving forward with the completion of the constitutional process of forming the government.
Over the past two days, Moroccan media outlets and influencers had raised the issue of a case in which Madiha Khiyer was prosecuted in 2004 on charges of fraud and swindling. Some websites and social media accounts also claimed that she had obtained a medical certificate at the time stating that she was suffering from psychological disorders and had attempted suicide.
Forty-eight hours earlier, Mohammed VI had presided over the ceremony appointing the new Moroccan government at the Royal Palace in the capital, Rabat. The government is composed of a four-party coalition.
Following the swearing-in ceremony, the Moroccan King received the members of the new government, headed by Fatima Zahra El Mansouri, announcing the beginning of a new phase. This marked a historic first, as it was the first time a woman had assumed the position of head of government in the kingdom.
Fatima El Mansouri heads a government formed by a four-party coalition comprising the Authenticity and Modernity Party, the Istiqlal Party, the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, and the Party of Progress and Socialism.
Among the 31 ministers, the new head of government had proposed Madiha Khiyer, a senior member of the Istiqlal Party, for the position of Minister Delegate to the Minister of National Education, Preschool Education, Vocational Training and Qualification, in charge of Vocational Training and Qualification.
Madiha Khiyer was born in 1975 on the outskirts of the city of Beni Mellal in central Morocco. She holds two master’s degrees in finance and accounting, as well as a doctorate in management sciences.
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