Mohamed Salama Badi

His Excellency
Mohamed Salama Badi
محمد سلامة بادي
Sahrawi Ambassador to East Timor
Assumed office
August 2010
Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar
Preceded by Mohamed Kamal Fadel
Personal details
Born 1966
El Aaiun, Spanish Sahara
Political party POLISARIO
Residence Dili,  Timor-Leste
Alma mater University of Sétif, Algeria
Occupation Diplomat
Religion Sunni Islam
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Mohamed Salama Badi (born 1966 in El Aaiun, Western Sahara) is the current Sahrawi ambassador to Timor-Leste. He speaks Hassaniya (a variety of Arabic), and Spanish.

Personal life

He was an activist and syndicalist in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara during his youth. He graduated in Economics at Sétif university, in Algeria. 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]

Diplomatic postings

He started his diplomatic career during the 1990s, as the head of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic general delegation in Syria. Then, in the late 2000s, he joined the Pan-African Parliament in representation of his country.[3] Finally, in 2010 he replaced Mohamed Kamal Fadel as ambassador of the SADR to Timor-Leste[4]

Honours and awards

On May 16, 2012, Salama Badi was awarded with the Order of Timor-Leste by President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta.[5]

Award or decoration Country Date Place Note Ref
Medal of the Order of Timor-Leste  East Timor 16 May 2012 Dili East Timorese highest honour. [6]

References

  1. "Máster en Estudios Internacionales de Paz, Conflictos y Desarrollo - Antiguos alumnos" (in Spanish). Cátedra UNESCO de Filosofía para la Paz - Universitat Jaume I. Retrieved 03-11-2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. "Presidente reafirma apoio ao Saara Ocidental" (in Portuguese). ANGOP. 07-06-2010. Retrieved 2012-10-14. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. http://www.pan-african-parliament.org/Controls/Documents.aspx?DID=1062 Pan-African Parliament Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs
  4. President of the Republic confirms Timor-Leste's support during the presentation of credentials of the ambassador of Western Sahara Presidência da República – Press release.
  5. "President of East Timor grants Order of Merit to Saharawi ambassador". Sahara Press Service. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  6. "Accredited ambassadors in Dili receive Order of Timor-Leste medals". The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste - Office of the President. 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2012-11-13.


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