Mohammed Wahid Akkad
Governor of Aleppo
In office
16 August 2012  22 October 2014[1]
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Preceded byMoafaq Khallouf
Succeeded byMohammad Marwan Olabi
Military service
Allegiance Syrian Arab Republic

Mohammed Akkad (Arabic: مُحَمَّدُ وَحِيدُ الْعَقَّادِ, romanized: Muḥammad Waḥīd al-ʿAqqād) is a Syrian politician and the former Governor of Aleppo.[2]

Akkad was appointed of Aleppo by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on 16 August 2012 during the Battle of Aleppo replacing Moafaq Khallouf.

During the Syrian civil war Akkad became the primary spokesman for the Syrian government in Aleppo.

References

  1. "President al-Assad appoints new governors for 5 provinces". syriatimes.sy.
  2. "Syria: 'More than 80 killed' in Aleppo University blasts". The Daily Telegraph. 15 January 2013.


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