Elsayyid Elbadawi Shehata (Egyptian Arabic: السيد البدوى شحاته, IPA: [esˈsæjjed elˈbædæwi ʃeˈħæːtæ]; 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.