UPDATE 1 — Morocco's new government has new finance minister, keeps foreign, interior ministers unchanged

(Adds details and background) By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT, Oct 16 (Reuters) — Morocco's football federation chief and former budget minister Fouzi Lekjaa was appointed economy and finance minister in the country's new government that was formed following the September 23 parliamentary elections, state news agency MAP reported. Lekjaa, a member of the liberal-centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), joins a 32-member government led by Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, whom King Mohammed VI appointed last month as the country's first woman head of government after PAM won the largest share of seats in parliament. PAM formed a coalition with moderate socialist parties PPS and USFP and the nationalist Istiqlal. Together they hold 207 seats in parliament, above the 198 needed for a majority. The new government retained the foreign affairs and interior ministers in their posts, MAP reported following the government appointment ceremony chaired by King Mohammed VI. The lineup also retained the ministers responsible for justice, water, defence, industry and transport. Among the newcomers, PPS leader Nabil Benabdallah returned to government as education minister, while fellow PPS member Cha