List of governors of Aleppo Governorate

The following is a list of governors of Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria, since 1971.

Governor of Aleppo Governorate
Incumbent Azzam al-Gharib Acting  since 21 December 2024
Style	His Excellency
Appointer	President of Syria
Term length	No term limits
Website	Aleppo Governorate

List of officeholders (1971–present)

Person	Name in Arabic	Time as governor
Ahmed Ismail	أحمد اسماعيل	24 June 1971 – 29 December 1977
Hussein Battah	حسين بطاح	28 January 1978 – 15 March 1980
Nihad al-Qadi	نهاد القاضي	15 March 1980 – 3 January 1983
Muhammad Mawalli	محمد موالدي	8 January 1983 – 23 December 1993
Muhammad Mustafa Mero[1]	محمد مصطفى ميرو	26 December 1993 – 12 March 2000
Salah Kanaj	صلاح كناج	9 October 2000 – 1 April 2003
Osama Hamid Uday	أسامة حامد عدي	3 April 2003 – 6 June 2005
Tamer al-Hijjah	تامر الحجة	6 June 2005 – 23 April 2009
Ali Ahmed Mansoura	علي أحمد منصورة	23 April 2009 – 15 August 2011
Mowafak Ibrahim Khalouf	موفق إبراهيم خلوف	15 August 2011 – 16 August 2012
Mohammed Akkad[2]	محمد وحيد عقاد	16 August 2012 – 22 October 2014
Marwan Olabi[2]	مروان علبي	22 October 2014 – 7 September 2016
Ahmad Hussein Diab[3]	حسين دياب	7 September 2016 – December 2024
Azzam al-Gharib[4][5] (acting)	عزام الغريب	21 December 2024 – present

See also

• Aleppo
• History of Aleppo
• Timeline of Aleppo
• List of governors of Damascus
• List of governors of Homs