Mohammed Akkad

Mohammed Wahid Akkad
Governor of Aleppo
Assumed office
16 August 2012
President Bashar Al-Assad
Preceded by Moafaq Khallouf
Military service
Allegiance  Syria
Service/branch Syrian Arab Republic

Mohammed Akkad is a Syrian politician and the current Governor of Aleppo.[1]

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.

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