El-Sayyid el-Badawi Shehata ( arz, السيد البدوى شحاتة, ) (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.

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 Alexandria University ( ar, جامعة الإسكندرية) is a public university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fouad University (the name of which was later changed to Cairo University), becoming an indepen ...

in 1973.

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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Badawi, El-Sayyid el- 1950 births Living people Egyptian businesspeople Members of the Egyptian Constituent Assembly of 2012 Alexandria University alumni People from Tanta