Mohammed Wahid Akkad | |
Office1: | Governor of Aleppo |
President1: | Bashar al-Assad |
Predecessor1: | Moafaq Khallouf |
Successor1: | Mohammad Marwan Olabi |
Term Start1: | 16 August 2012 |
Term End1: | 22 October 2014[1] |
Allegiance: | ![]() |
Mohammed Akkad (ar|مُحَمَّدُ وَحِيدُ الْعَقَّادِ|Muḥammad Waḥīd al-ʿAqqād) is a Syrian politician and the former Governor of Aleppo.[2]
Akkad was appointed governor 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.