Mohamed Sowan is a

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

n Islamist activist and politician. He has been the leader of the Justice and Development Party since its foundation in March 2012. The Justice and Development Party is the political wing of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood. Sowan is from the city of Misrata.Muslim Brotherhood forms party in Libya
'' Al Jazeera English''. 2012-03-04. He was imprisoned by the deposed

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Muammar Gaddafi became the ''de facto'' leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état. After the king had fled the country, the Revolutionary Co ...

government,Muslim Brotherhood formally launches party
''Libya Herald''. 2012-03-04. until he was released in 2006 and subsequently worked as a hotel manager.

Personal life

Sowan is of Turkish origin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sowan, Mohamed Islamic democracy activists Justice and Construction Party politicians Living people Libyan people of Turkish descent Libyan democracy activists Libyan Sunni Muslims Muslim Brotherhood leaders Year of birth missing (living people)