Mansour el-Essawi (Arabic: منصور العيسوى; IPA: [mɑnˈsˤuːɾ elˈʕesæwi]; 18 September 1937 – 16 January 2023) was an Egyptian politician who served as minister of interior.

After serving his two-year compulsory military service in an Army Engineering unit between 1955 and 1957, he was accepted into the Police Officer Training Academy.

On 2 August 1991, he was appointed assistant minister of interior for Northern Upper Egypt Zone.

The state news agency MENA quoted Essawy as saying his priorities included reinforcing security across Egypt.

[2] He was appointed interior minister to the interim government led by Essam Sharaf on 5 March 2011, replacing Mahmoud Wagdi.