The head of the Wafd Party el-Sayyid el-Badawi - AFPCAIRO - 26 January 2018: El-Sayyid el-Badawi Shehata, known as el-Sayyid el-Badawi, is the incumbent president of the Wafd Party. Badawi has also owned many media outlets through his career.Egypt Today sheds the light on the new competitor in the second presidential election since the ousting of Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated President Mohamed Morsi.Badawi first joined the Wafd Party in 1983 and became secretary general of the party in 2000. He was elected as the party’s leader on May 28, 2010, and was reelected in 2014.In May 2015, the party was hit by strife sparking a feud between rival factions. “The Wafd Party seeks to take part in 2022 presidential election.”In the 2010 parliamentary elections, most opposition parties, including Wafd agreed to boycott the poll, but Wafd’s leaders changed their mind and began fielding candidates. He fired its editor-in-chief Ibrahim Eissa, causing fierce criticism directed towards the two owners.

Source: Egypt Today January 26, 2018 15:11 UTC