| Native Name: | خالد عبد الغفار |
| Office: | Ministry of Health and Population |
| Term Start: | 30 October 2021 Acting: 30 October 2021 – 14 August 2022 |
| President: | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Predecessor: | Hala Zayed |
| Primeminister: | Mostafa Madbouly |
| Office2: | Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research |
| Term Start2: | 16 February 2017 |
| Term End2: | 13 August 2022 |
| President2: | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Predecessor2: | Ashraf El-Shihy |
| Successor2: | Mohamed Ayman Ashour |
| Primeminister2: | Sherif Ismail Mostafa Madbouly |
| Birth Date: | 24 November 1962 |
| Alma Mater: | Cairo University |
Khalid Atef Abdul Ghaffar (; born 24 November 1962) is the former Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and the current Minister of Health and Population in Egypt.[1] [2] He was appointed Acting Minister of Health and Population in October 2021.
He headed the Department of Oral Medicine, Periodontology, Diagnosis and Radiology at the Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University, from 2009 to November 2015. He was appointed Dean of Dentistry in Ain Shams in 2014, contributing to the introduction of state-of-the-art dental equipment. He was appointed Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research and was awarded the State Encouragement Prize in Medical Sciences and published 20 research papers in international journals and magazines.[3] [4]