Youssef Amrani (Arabic: يوسف عمراني - born 23 September 1953, Tangier) is a Moroccan diplomat and politician of the Istiqlal Party. Since October 2021, Amrani has served as the Moroccan ambassador to the European Union.[2] He has previously held positions as Morocco's ambassador to South Africa, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. He also held the position as the Delegate-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane.[3] Before this nomination he worked since 1978 as a civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rabat.[3] He also served as Consul and Ambassador of Morocco to multiple Spanish-speaking countries and was Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean until February 2012.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]