Mohammed Akkad
Mohammed Wahid Akkad | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Aleppo | |
| In office 16 August 2012 – 22 October 2014 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Moafaq Khallouf |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Marwan Olabi |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ba'athist Syria |
Mohammed Wahid Akkad (Arabic: مُحَمَّدُ وَحِيدُ الْعَقَّادِ, romanized: Muḥammad Waḥīd al-ʿAqqād) is a Syrian politician and the former Governor of Aleppo.
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.