| Wacyf Boutros Ghali | |
| Office: | 18th Foreign Minister of Egypt |
| Term Start: | 28 January 1923 |
| Term End: | 24 November 1924 |
| Term Start2: | 16 March 1928 |
| Term End2: | 25 June 1928 |
| Term Start3: | 1 January 1930 |
| Term End3: | 19 June 1930 |
| Term Start4: | 9 May 1936 |
| Term End4: | 30 December 1937 |
| Birth Date: | 1878 |
| Death Date: | 1958 |
| Party: | Wafd |
| Profession: | Politician, writer, Diplomat |
Wacyf Boutros Ghali (1878–1958) (Arabic: واصف بطرس غالي) was an Egyptian writer, diplomat, and political figure. He was appointed Foreign Minister of Egypt four times: in 1924, 1928, 1930 and between 1936 and 1937.
Ghali was a son of Egyptian Prime Minister Boutros Ghali. Born into a Coptic Orthodox Christian family, he was part of the French-speaking elite of Egypt. His older brother Youssef was the father of Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who became Secretary General of the United Nations.[1] After studying law in France, he worked from 1905 to 1911 in the khedive's European chancery. From 1911 he was in France, holding a chair in Arabic Literature at the EHES from 1914. He married a Frenchwoman and had his books published in Paris. After the war, he returned to Egypt. He was a member of the Wafd Party. He was Egypt's principal representative at the 1937 Montreux conference. He received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1939. He was a director of the Suez Canal Company from 1950 to 1956.[2]