Mohammed Akkad

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

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

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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