El-Sayyid el-Badawi

El-Sayyid el-Badawi Shehata (Egyptian Arabic: السيد البدوى شحاتة‎, IPA: [es-, el ˈsæjːed el ˈbædæwi ʃeˈħæːtæ]) (born 1950) is an Egyptian businessman and the President of Al-Wafd Party. He is the head of the Board of Directors of Al-Hayah Egyptian television network.[1]

This article is about the Egyptian businessman and politician. For the Egyptian linguist, see El-Said Badawi.
El-Sayyid el-Badawi
Chairperson of the New Wafd Party
Assumed office
28 May 2010
Preceded byMahmoud Abaza
Personal details
Born1950
Tanta, Egypt
Political partyAl-Wafd Party

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.[2]

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.[3]

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References
  1. Fouad Badrawi give up running for the presidency of Al-Wafd Party in favor of El-Sayyid el-Badawi Archived 2010-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, Al-Dustour
  2. Dr. El-Sayyid el-Badawi Archived 2010-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Wafd Party website
  3. "el-Sayyid el-Badawi, a media tycoon and politician". Egypt Today.
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