Mohamed El-Sawy

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] 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.

[1] He was returned to the People's Assembly of Egypt as an MP for Giza in the 2011-12 elections.