Mohamed El-Sawy

El-Sawi At the Press Conference of the Political Parties regarding the events in Tahrir

Mohammed El-Sawi is an Egyptian engineer, cultural entrepreneur and politician. He is the founder of the cultural centre El Sawy Culturewheel and the Civilization Party.[1]

Life

Mohamed El-Sawy is the son of Abdel Moneim El-Sawy, a novelist and former Minister of Culture as part of the Shafik Cabinet [2] He founded the El Sawy Culturewheel as a cultural centre in 2003, naming it after his father.

In February 2011, shortly after disavowing interest in the position,[3] Mohamed El-Sawy was appointed minister of culture.[4]

Later in 2011 he founded the Civilization Party (El-Hadara).[1] He was returned to the People's Assembly of Egypt as an MP for Giza in the 2011-12 elections.[5] In March 2012 he became one of the 50 parliamentarians elected to the Constituent Assembly of Egypt,[6] and kept his place in the Constituent Assembly when it was revamped in June 2012.[7]

References

1. Al-Hadara (Egyptian Civilization Party), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 25 November 2012, archived from the original on 12 December 2013, retrieved 13 December 2013
2. Egypt swears in new ministers, Reuters, 22 February 2011, retrieved 13 December 2013^[dead link‍]
3. Post-Revolution El Sawy Culturewheel stronger than ever, Ahram Online, 17 February 2011, retrieved 13 December 2013
4. Mohamed El Sawy appointed minister of culture, Reuters, 21 February 2011, retrieved 13 December 2013
5. Results of Egypt’s People’s Assembly Election, Carnegie Endowment, 25 January 2012, archived from the original on 13 December 2013, retrieved 13 December 2013
6. Who's who in the Egyptian Constituent Assembly, Ahram Online, 26 March 2012, retrieved 13 December 2013
7. Official: The 100 members of Egypt's revamped Constituent Assembly, Ahram Online, 12 June 2012, retrieved 13 December 2013