El-Sayyid el-Badawi should not be confused with El-Said Badawi.
| Elsayyid Elbadawi | |
| Office: | Chairperson of the New Wafd Party |
| Term Start: | 28 May 2010 |
| Predecessor: | Mahmoud Abaza |
| Birth Place: | Tanta, Egypt |
| Birth Name: | Elsayyid Elbadawi Shehata |
| Party: | Al-Wafd Party |
Elsayyid Elbadawi Shehata (arz|السيد البدوى شحاته , pronounced as /arz/; 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.[1]
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]
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]