El-Sayyid el-Badawi

{{Short description|Egyptian businessman and politician}}

{{distinguish|El-Said Badawi}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Elsayyid Elbadawi

| image = El-Sayyid el-Badawi.jpg

| office = Chairperson of the New Wafd Party

| term_start = 28 May 2010

| predecessor = Mahmoud Abaza

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1950}}

| birth_place = Tanta, Egypt

| birth_name = Elsayyid Elbadawi Shehata

| party = Al-Wafd Party

}}

Elsayyid Elbadawi Shehata ({{langx|arz|السيد البدوى شحاته }}, {{IPA|arz|esˈsæjjed elˈbædæwi ʃeˈħæːtæ|IPA}}; born 1950) is an Egyptian businessman and the former President of El-Wafd Party. He is the head of the Board of Directors of Al-Hayah Egyptian television network.[http://dostor.org/politics/egypt/10/may/4/15200 Fouad Badrawi give up running for the presidency of Al-Wafd Party in favor of El-Sayyid el-Badawi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507102704/http://dostor.org/politics/egypt/10/may/4/15200 |date=2010-05-07 }}, Al-Dustour

Early life

Badawi was born in 1950 and grew up in Tanta governorate. He graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Alexandria in 1973.[http://www.alwafdparty.com/details.aspx?t=man&id=1714 Dr. El-Sayyid el-Badawi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112022945/http://www.alwafdparty.com/details.aspx?t=man&id=1714 |date=2010-11-12 }}, Wafd Party website

Career

Badawi started his political career in the 1980s and joined Wafd Party in 1980 where he was elected as secretary general of the party in 2000.{{cite news |title=el-Sayyid el-Badawi, a media tycoon and politician |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/2/41121/Profile-el-Sayyid-el-Badawi-a-media-tycoon-and-politician |work=Egypt Today}}

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