Akram Ali Muhammad

Akram Ali Muhammad (; born 1962) is a former Syrian security officer and Governor of As-Suwayda Governorate from 12 May 2024 until the fall of the Assad regime. Until 2021, he was the deputy director of Syrian General Intelligence Directorate and a close adviser to President Bashar al-Assad.

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. 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.

He is a retired major general. He is married and has three children.

He was appointed Governor of As-Suwayda Governorate on 12 May 2024 from Bashar al-Assad's Decree No. (101) of 2024.