Mohamed El Ouafa

Mohamed El Ouafa (Arabic: محمد الوفا; 1948 – 27 December 2020) was a Moroccan diplomat and politician of the Istiqlal Party.

Mohamed El Ouafa
Minister of Education
In office 3 January 2012 – 9 July 2013
Monarch	Mohammed VI
Prime Minister	Abdelilah Benkirane
Preceded by	Ahmed Akhchichine
Succeeded by	Rachid Belmokhtar
Ambassador of Morocco to Brazil
In office 2006–2012
Ambassador of Morocco to Iran
In office 2004–2006
Ambassador of Morocco to India
In office 2000–2004
Personal details
Born	1948 (1948) Marrakesh, Morocco
Died	27 December 2020(2020-12-27) (aged 71–72) Rabat, Morocco
Political party	Istiqlal Party
Occupation	Politician

He was Minister of Education in Abdelilah Benkirane's cabinet.^[1]

Life

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]

See also

• Cabinet of Morocco
• Istiqlal Party