Morocco's king has named Saad Eddine El Othmani from Islamist PJD Party as the country's new Prime Minister and asked him to form a government. <br/><br/>Othmani served as Foreign Minister between 2011-2013 and had since served as the head of the PJD's parliamentary group. King Mohammed VI announced on Wednesday he would replace Abdelilah Benkirane as Prime Minister with another member of the PJD in an effort to break a five-month post-election deadlock. <br/><br/><br/>The king took the decision to oust Benkirane in the absence of signs that suggest an imminent formation of a government and due to his concern about overcoming the current blockage in political negotiations, the royal statement said on Wednesday.<br/><br/>Benkirane had been reappointed after the PJD, which first came to power in 2011, increased its share of the vote in October elections, maintaining its position as the biggest party.<br/>

Morocco's king today appointed a new prime minister to end a political deadlock that left the North African country without a government for five months.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/><br/>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.<br/>