Mounir Abou Fadel (Arabic: منير أبو فاضل) (June 5, 1912 – January 29, 1987) was a Lebanese politician.

His uncle Youssef Abou Fadel (1837–1892), also a judge, was a member of the first administrative council of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, from 1861 to 1864.

His books include The Lebanon Issue, The Palestine War Has Not Ended, in addition to several political articles in the major Lebanese newspapers.

[5] Prior to entering the political field, he was a high-ranking officer in the British Army in Mandatory Palestine and conducted his troops to Beirut during the May–June 1945 crisis in Lebanon and Syria between France and Britain.

Abou Fadel was also head of general security in Mandatory Palestine and the highest Arab officer serving the mandate.