Mohamed Sowan | |
Office: | Chairman of Democratic Party |
Term Start: | 1 July 2021 |
Predecessor: | Ahmed Shebani |
Office1: | Chairman of Justice and Construction Party |
Term Start1: | 3 March 2012 |
Term End1: | 21 June 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Office established |
Successor1: | Emad al-Banani |
Nationality: | Libyan |
Profession: | Hotel manager |
Mohamed Sowan (Arabic: محمد صوان) is a Libyan 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.[1] He was imprisoned by the deposed Libyan Arab Jamahiriya government,[2] until he was released in 2006 and subsequently worked as a hotel manager.[1]
Sowan is of Turkish origin.[3]