Mansour Omar El-Kikhia is a Libyan- American author, columnist, activist and professor of political science. El-Kikhia is chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio. [1] He is well known for his published criticisms of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. [2]
His father Omar Pasha Mansour El-Kikhia was the first prime minister of Cyrenaica. [3] His cousin, Mansour Rashid El-Kikhia, was the former Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs.
El-Kikhia has three children. [4]
El-Kikhia was featured in an episode of the Netflix original production " How to Become a Tyrant." The documentary featured his expert commentary on the rule of Muammar Gaddafi and the contraction of civil liberties under Gaddafi's regime. [5]