| Mohamed Orabi | |
| Office: | Foreign Minister of Egypt |
| Term Start: | 18 June 2011 |
| Term End: | 18 July 2011 |
| President: | Hussein Tantawi (Acting) |
| Primeminister: | Essam Sharaf |
| Predecessor: | Nabil el-Araby |
| Successor: | Mohamed Kamel Amr |
| Office2: | Deputy Foreign Minister of Egypt |
| Term Start2: | 6 March 2011 |
| Term End2: | 18 June 2011 |
| President2: | Hussein Tantawi (Acting) |
| Primeminister2: | Essam Sharaf |
| Predecessor2: | Faiza Abu El-Naga |
| Successor2: | Nasser Hashemi |
| Birth Date: | 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality: | Egyptian |
Mohamed Orabi (Arabic: محمد العرابي; born 1951)[1] is an Egyptian diplomat and politician who was the Foreign Minister of Egypt in Essam Sharaf's cabinet from 18 June 2011 to 18 July 2011.[2]
Orabi worked in the Egyptian Army before he joined the foreign service in 1976.[3] Then he became a career diplomat.[4] He was deputy chief of the Egyptian mission in Israel from 1994 to 1998 and in the US.[5] He also served in Kuwait and in the United Kingdom as Egyptian diplomat.[6] He served as chief of the cabinet of the foreign minister in 2000 with Amr Moussa,[4] He was Egyptian ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2008.[3] Next he acted as assistant foreign minister for economic affairs.[4]
He was appointed foreign minister in June 2011, replacing Nabil Al Arabi.[3] However, he resigned from office in July 2011.[7] Mohamed Kamel Amr replaced him as foreign minister.[8]