Wei Fu (魏扶; died July 14, 850), courtesy name Xiangzhi (相之), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuānzong.

Very little is known about Wei's background despite his high status, as there was no biography for him in the official histories of Tang, the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang. According to the table of the chancellors' family trees in the New Book of Tang, his grandfather was named Wei Ying (魏盈) and his father Wei Chang (魏昌), and neither was listed with any official titles. According to the brief introduction for him in the Quan Tangshi, which collected three poems by him, he passed the imperial examinations in the Jinshi class in 830, during the reign of Emperor Wenzong.

As of 849, during Emperor Xuānzong's reign, Wei was serving as the deputy minister of defense (兵部侍郎, Bingbu Shilang) and the director of taxation, when he was made a chancellor de facto with the designation Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangzhi (同中書門下平章事). He died in 850, while still serving as chancellor.

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魏扶（？ - 850年），字相之，唐朝官員，唐宣宗年間任宰相。

魏扶雖居高位，但作為唐朝官史的兩唐書沒有他的傳，故其家世幾無記載。據《新唐書·宰相世系二（魏氏）》，他的祖父叫魏盈，父親叫魏昌，均無官職。《全唐詩》收入了魏扶的三首詩並對他做了簡單介紹，稱他在唐文宗大和四年（830年）中了進士。主考官為時任禮部侍郎鄭澣。

魏扶曾主管科考，選王凝為進士甲科。唐宣宗大中元年（847年）二月，魏扶在禮部侍郎任上奏稱自己今年所放進士三十三人，其中封彥卿、崔琢、鄭延休三人都有詞藝，為時人所稱，都因父兄現居重位而不得中選。詔令翰林學士承旨、戶部侍郎韋琮重考。九月，與前宰相潮州司馬李德裕素來不和的白敏中、令狐綯、崔鉉指使前永寧縣尉吳汝納告發先前會昌四年（844年）淮南節度使李紳殺其弟江都縣尉吳湘事，時任御史中丞的魏扶與大理卿盧言、刑部侍郎馬植說：「李紳殺無罪之人，李德裕促成其冤，還為此黜退御史（崔元藻），罔上不道。」于是李德裕被貶為崖州司戶參軍事。二年（848年）十一月，魏扶在兵部侍郎、判戶部事任上奏請天下州府錢物、斛斗、文簿都委錄事參軍專判，仍與長史通判，至交代時具數申奏。三年（849年）四月，魏扶以正議大夫、行兵部侍郎、判戶部事、上柱國、鉅鹿縣開國男、食邑五百戶、賜紫金魚袋被授同中書門下平章事，為實質宰相。他與同僚宰相令狐綯因同為鄭澣門生，為報恩，數次張揚鄭澣子鄭從讜的聲譽，使其被提拔為中書舍人。四年（850年）六月，魏扶在宰相任上去世。

魏扶還曾作《對毒藥供醫登高臨宮判》。

李商隱曾作《獻侍郎鉅鹿公啟》《喜舍弟羲叟及第上禮部魏公》。

魏扶之子魏簹字守之，官至刑部侍郎。魏扶的一個女兒嫁給薛崇，封鉅鹿郡君。

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