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]
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