Hazem El Beblawi (also spelled el Beblawy; Arabic: حازم عبد العزيز الببلاوى pronounced [ˈħæːzem elbebˈlæːwi]; born 17 October 1936) is an Egyptian economist and politician who was interim prime minister of Egypt from 2013 until 1 March 2014.

After the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and his government in July 2013, Beblawi was named interim prime minister.

[2] He then worked at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) as executive secretary from 1995 to 2000.

[18] Beblawi was one of the nominees for prime minister after the 2012 presidential election, together with Mohamed ElBaradei and Farouk El Okdah.

[22] On 24 February 2014, Prime Minister Beblawi announced the resignation of his cabinet in a press conference.

[23] Beblawi defended the military's crackdown on Morsi supporters after the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état as necessary and restrained in August 2013.