Fathi Othman Muhammad Turbel was born in 1972 in the city of Benghazi, eastern Libya. He is a lawyer, human rights activist, and former Libyan minister.
His arrest on February 15, 2011 is considered one of the most prominent events that ignited the February 17 revolution against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The American Times magazine chose him among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2011. He was appointed Youth and Sports Minister in the Libyan transitional government in November 2011.