{{Short description|Algerian businessman, football executive and politician}} {{Expand French|topic=bio|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Walid Sadi | image = Walid Sadi 2023.jpg | native_name = {{nobold|وليد صادي}} | native_name_lang = ar | image_size = | caption = Sadi in 2023 | office = Minister of Sports | prime_minister = Nadir Larbaoui<br />Sifi Ghrieb | president = Abdelmadjid Tebboune | term_start = 19 November 2024 | predecessor = Abderrahmane Hammad | office1 = President of the Algerian Football Federation | prime_minister1 = Aymen Benabderrahmane<br />Nadir Larbaoui<br />Sifi Ghrieb | president1 = Abdelmadjid Tebboune | term_start1 = 21 September 2023 | predecessor1 = {{ill|Djahid Abdelwahab Zefizef|fr}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1979|11|25}} | birth_place = El Oued, Algeria | occupation = Businessman, football executive, politician }}
'''Walid Sadi''' ({{Langx|ar|وليد صادي|rtl=yes}}; born 25 November 1979) is an Algerian businessman, football executive and politician. He has been serving as president of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) since 2023 and as Minister of Sports since 2024.
== Biography ==
=== Childhood and education === Sadi was born on 25 November 1979 in the commune of Hassani Abdelkrim, located in the El Oued Province in southern Algeria. During his childhood, he left his hometown and settled in Sétif, in the eastern part of the country, due to the commercial activities in which his family was involved.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-12-01|language=ar|last=qutaiba.khatib|title=من هو وليد صادي الرئيس الجديد لاتحاد الكرة الجزائري؟|trans-title=Qui est Walid Saadi, le nouveau président de la Fédération algérienne de football ?|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/sport/%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%8A|website=www.alaraby.co.uk/}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> He grew up in an affluent family that owns the Sadi Group.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-12-01|date=2023-09-22|first=Zakaria|language=fr|last=S|title=Walid Sadi élu nouveau président de la fédération algérienne de football|url=https://www.algerie360.com/walid-sadi-elu-nouveau-president-de-la-federation-algerienne-de-football/|website=www.algerie360.com}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
=== Career === At the end of July 2021, he announced his candidacy for the presidency after the end of Kheïreddine Zetchi's term.<ref>{{cite web|date=28 January 2021|language=fr|title=Football : Walid Sadi annonce sa candidature pour la présidence de la FAF|url=https://www.aps.dz/sport/116704-football-walid-sadi-annonce-sa-candidature-pour-la-presidence-de-la-faf|website=Algérie Presse Service}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> However, he ultimately decided to withdraw, and Charaf Eddine Amara won as the sole candidate.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-12-01|language=FR|title=Equipe d'Algérie : FAF: Charaf-Eddine Amara élu nouveau président|url=https://www.lebuteur.com/article/detail?titre=faf-charaf-eddine-amara-elu-nouveau-president&id=99732|website=www.lebuteur.com}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== See also == * Algerian Football Federation
{{FAF presidents}} {{Portal|Association football|Algeria}}
Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:People from El Oued Province Category:Sports ministers of Algeria Category:Presidents of international sport federations