| Mohamed El Ouafa | |
| Office: | Minister of Education |
| Term Start: | 3 January 2012 |
| Term End: | 9 July 2013 |
| Primeminister: | Abdelilah Benkirane |
| Predecessor: | Ahmed Akhchichine |
| Successor: | Rachid Belmokhtar |
| Office2: | Ambassador of Morocco to Brazil |
| Term Start2: | 2006 |
| Term End2: | 2012 |
| Office3: | Ambassador of Morocco to Iran |
| Term Start3: | 2004 |
| Term End3: | 2006 |
| Office4: | Ambassador of Morocco to India |
| Term Start4: | 2000 |
| Term End4: | 2004 |
| Party: | Istiqlal Party |
| Birth Place: | Marrakesh, Morocco |
| Death Place: | Rabat, Morocco |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Mohamed El Ouafa (Arabic: محمد الوفا; 1948 – 27 December 2020) was a Moroccan diplomat and politician of the Istiqlal Party.
He was Minister of Education in Abdelilah Benkirane's cabinet.[1]
Between 2000 and 2012 he was Ambassador to India, Iran, and Brazil.[1] [2] [3] [4]
In April 2013, while King Mohammed VI was on vacation in France, Hamid Chabat Secretary-General of the Istiqlal Party announced his intentions to leave the coalition that forms the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane. Consequently, a resignation request was submitted on 9 July 2013 for all the Party's ministers.
El Oufa died from COVID-19 at age 72, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco.[5]