Mohammed Wahid Akkad | |
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Governor of Aleppo | |
In office 16 August 2012 – 22 October 2014 |
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President | Bashar Al-Assad |
Preceded by | Moafaq Khallouf |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Marwan Olabi |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Syrian Arab Republic |
Mohammed Akkad is a Syrian politician and the former Governor of Aleppo.
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.