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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Category:Egyptian businesspeople
Category:Members of the Egyptian Constituent Assembly of 2012
Category:Alexandria University alumni
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