Akram Ali Muhammad (; born 1962) is a former

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security officer and Governor of

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from 12 May 2024 until the

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. Until 2021, he was the Deputy Director of Syrian General Intelligence Directorate and a close adviser to President

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Career

Akram Ali Muhammad was born in the town of Hadidah,

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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. Since the 1990s, he served in several military positions. In 2009, he served as head of the State Security Branch in

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with the rank of brigadier general, and remained in his position until the beginning of 2013.الأسد يصدر مرسومين بتعيين أربعة محافظين جدد
/ref> Later, he was appointed as head of the State Security Branch in

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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. 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. He was appointed Governor of

on 12 May 2024 from Bashar al-Assad's Decree No. (101) of 2024.

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