Mohamed Salama Badi (born 1966 in El Aaiun, Western Sahara) is the current Sahrawi ambassador to Timor-Leste.

He then moved to Spain to complete his education, earning a master's degree in "Conflicts, Peace and Development" at James I University in Castellon[1] and a doctorate at the University of Granada.

[2] He started his diplomatic career during the 1990s, as the head of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic general delegation in Syria.

[3] Finally, in 2010 he replaced Mohamed Kamal Fadel as ambassador of the SADR to Timor-Leste.

[4] On 16 May 2012, Salama Badi was awarded with the Order of Timor-Leste by President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta.