Akram Ali Muhammad Explained

Akram Ali Muhammad
Native Name:اكرم علي محمد
Native Name Lang:ar
Birth Place:Hadidah, Homs Governorate, Syria
Office:Governor of As-Suwayda Governorate
President:Bashar al-Assad
Primeminister:Hussein Arnous
Termstart:12 May 2024
Predecessor:Bassam Mamdouh Parsik
Office1:Deputy Director of General Intelligence Directorate
Termstart1:7 July 2019
Termend1:2021
President1:Bashar al-Assad
Primeminister1:Imad Khamis
Hussein Arnous
Predecessor1:Zouheir Hamad
Successor1:?
Alma Mater:Institute of Security Sciences
Allegiance: Syria
Branch:Syrian Arab Army
Serviceyears:1985–2021
Rank: Major General
Unit:Special Tasks Regiment
Battles:Syrian civil war
Party:Ba'ath Party
Children:3
Residence:Damascus
Profession:Military officer, Politician

Akram Ali Muhammad (Arabic: اكرم علي محمد; born 1962) is a former Syrian security officer and current Governor of As-Suwayda Governorate since 2024.[1] Until 2021, he was the Deputy Direcor of Syrian General Intelligence Directorate and a close adviser to President Bashar al-Assad.[2] [3]

Career

Akram Ali Muhammad was born in the town of Hadidah, Homs Governorate in 1962. He obtained a law degree in 1985. He followed a senior leadership course and several courses in management at the Institute of Security Sciences between 1986 and 1990.[2]

Since the 1990s, he served in several military positions. In 2009, he served as head of the State Security Branch in Aleppo with the rank of brigadier general, and remained in his position until the beginning of 2013.[4] Later, he was appointed as head of the State Security Branch in Tartus in 2016, and was promoted in early 2019 to the rank of Major General to be assigned the task of First Deputy Director of the General Intelligence Directorate.[2]

He is a retired major general and one of the most prominent officers of the General Intelligence Directorate. He is married and has three children.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: الرئيس الأسد يصدر مرسومين بتعيين أربعة محافظين جدد. President Assad issues two decrees appointing four new governors. 12 May 2024. 13 May 2024. SANA.
  2. News: الرئيس الأسد يصدر مرسومين بتعيين محافظين جدد لمحافظات دير الزور وريف دمشق وحماة والسويدا12-2024. 12 May 2024. 13 May 2024. Tishreen.
  3. News: الرئيس الأسد يصدر مرسومين بتعيين أربعة محافظين جدد. 12 May 2024. 13 May 2024. Al Thawra.
  4. https://alwatan.sy/archives/388953الرئيس الأسد يصدر مرسومين بتعيين أربعة محافظين جدد