| Wael Abou Faour | |
| Native Name: | وائل ابو فاعور |
| Office: | Minister of Industry |
| Primeminister: | Saad Hariri |
| Term Start: | 31 January 2019 |
| Term End: | 20 January 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Hussein Hajj Hassan |
| Successor: | Imad Hoballah |
| Office1: | Minister of Public Health |
| Primeminister1: | Tammam Salam |
| Term Start1: | 15 February 2014 |
| Term End1: | 18 December 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Ali Hassan Khalil |
| Successor1: | Ghassan Hasbani |
| Office2: | Minister of Social Affairs |
| Primeminister2: | Najib Mikati |
| Term Start2: | 13 June 2011 |
| Term End2: | 15 February 2014 |
| Predecessor2: | Salim Sayegh |
| Successor2: | Rashid Derbass |
| Birth Date: | 1974 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Khalwat al-Kfeir, Hasbaya District, Lebanon |
| Party: | Progressive Socialist Party |
| Alma Mater: | American University of Beirut |
| Spouse: | Zeina Hamedeh |
| Nationality: | Lebanese |
| Children: | Leen, Sara, Adham, Walid |
Wael Abou Faour (born 1974) is a Lebanese politician who served as the Minister of Health.
Faour was born in 1974 into a Lebanese Druze family.[1] He is a graduate of the American University of Beirut where he received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration.[2] Abou Faour is married to Zeina Hamedeh and has two daughters Sara And Leen. And two boy twins Adham and Walid.
Faour is a senior member of the Progressive Socialist Party and one of the close aides of party's leader Walid Jumblatt.[3] He was first elected deputy in 2005 as part of the Democratic Gathering bloc representing the Western Bekaa, Rashaya.[1] He served at the following parliamentary committees: agriculture and tourism, youth and sports and information technology.[1] On 11 July 2008, he was appointed state minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.[4] Faour was appointed minister of social affairs in the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati in July 2011.[5]
Wael Abou Faour revealed during a press conference on 11 November 2014 that many popular restaurants and food chains across Lebanon have been violating food safety rules, which brought about the start of a food safety campaign.