Mohamed Hassan Ouazzani (Arabic: محمد بن الحسن الوزاني; 17 January 1910 – 9 September 1978) was a Moroccan journalist and politician, one of the main leaders of the Moroccan nationalist movement, founder of the L'Action du Peuple newspaper and of the Democratic Independence Party.

Mohamed Hassan Ouazzani was born in 1910 in Fez, and grew up in his hometown, studying at the University of al-Qarawiyyin.

[1] In 1934, Wazzani started his activity in the Moroccan nationalist movement, of which he was one of the leaders together with Allal al-Fassi.

[2] In the same year, he was arrested by the French and exiled to the Sahara[clarification needed], where he remained until 1946.

In 1946, and upon his return from exile, he went to Casablanca and founded the Democratic Independence Party, asking for the full independence of Morocco and for the implementation of a constitution based on a constitutional monarchy.