| Office: | Minister of Electricity and Energy |
| Primeminister: | Hisham Qandil |
| Predecessor: | Hassan Younes |
| Successor: | Ahmed Imam |
| Term Start: | 3 August 2012 |
| Term End: | 5 January 2013 |
| Birth Date: | 30 January 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Damanhour, El Behera, Egypt |
| Party: | National Democratic Party (Formerly) Independent |
| Nationality: | Egyptian |
| Children: | 3 boys |
Mahmoud Saad Balbaa (born 30 January 1952) is an Egyptian engineer, businessman and former minister of electricity and energy in the Qandil cabinet.
Balbaa was a member of the now disbanded National Democratic Party. An engineer by training,[1] he was appointed head of the Egyptian Electric Holding Company in 2011.[2] Therefore, he was the man in direct charge of the electricity of the country.[2] He stated in February 2012 that Egypt was ready to supply additional power to the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas would sign off on the deal.[3] He also worked closely with the former minister of electricity and energy Hassan Younes to realize Banha's electricity generation projects, which would be provided and installed by a coalition of Japanese companies, such as Hitachi and Toyota.
He was appointed the Egypt's minister of electricity and energy in August 2012,[4] [5] replacing Hassan Younes.[6] He was one of the senior figures in Egyptian holding companies and independent figures appointed to the ministerial post in the cabinet.[1] [2] [7] Balbaa was replaced by Ahmed Imam in a cabinet reshuffle on 5 January 2012.[8] [9]