| José Murat Casab | |
| Office: | Governor of Oaxaca |
| Term Start: | 1 December 1998 |
| Term End: | 30 November 2004 |
| Predecessor: | Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano |
| Successor: | Ulises Ruiz Ortiz |
| Birth Date: | 18 October 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Ixtepec, Oaxaca |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Party: | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| Website: | https://josemurat.com.mx/ |
José Murat Casab (pronounced as /es/; born October 18, 1947) is a Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was Governor of Oaxaca and is a Diputado Federal elected from the ranks of Alliance for Mexico of Institutional Revolutionary Party-Ecologist Green Party of Mexico. He is of Assyrian descent, born to a Chaldean Catholic family from the village of Tel Keppe, Iraq.[1]
Murat was a controversial governor but a competent political speaker. After he assumed office on December 1, 1998 a series of scandals tarnished the governor's office.
He participated in the important negotiations that led to the implementation of the Pact for Mexico and was appointed to be part of the Governing Council of the Pact for Mexico.