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Mohamed Wali Akeik

Sahrawi politician and military officer

محمد الولي أعكيك

Chief of Staff of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army

Incumbent

Assumed office
1 November 2021PresidentBrahim GhaliPrime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicIn office
4 February 2018 – 13 January 2020PresidentBrahim GhaliPreceded byAbdelkader Taleb OmarSucceeded byBouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun Personal detailsBorn1950 (age 73–74)
El Aaiún, Spanish Sahara, Spanish West AfricaPolitical partyPolisario FrontChildren8

Mohamed Wali Akeik (Arabic: محمد الولي أعكيك; born 1950) is a Sahrawi politician and military officer currently serving as the Chief of Staff of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army. Akeik was appointed on 1 November 2021 by President Brahim Ghali.^[1]

He formerly served as the Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic from February 2018 to January 2020, succeeding Abdelkader Taleb Omar, who had been serving as prime minister since late 2003.^[2]^[3]

Wali Akeik was born in 1950 in El Aaiún, the capital of the territory then called Spanish Sahara.^[4]

Personal life

Wali Akeik is married and has eight children.^[5]

References

^ "رئيس الجمهورية يصدر مرسوما رئاسيا يجري من خلاله حركية على مستوى هيئة الأركان العامة للجيش". وكالة الأنباء الصحراوية (in Arabic). 1 November 2021. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^ "President of Republic appoints Mohammed Al-Wali Akeik as Prime Minister". Sahara Press Service. 4 February 2018. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
^ Ilhem, Bouaouina (5 February 2018). "Western Sahara: President Ghali appoints Mohamed Wali Akeik as Premier, replacing Abdelkader Taleb Omar". Algeria Press Service. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^ "Le président de la République nomme Mohamed Wali Akeik premier ministre". Sahara Press Service (in French). 4 February 2018. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
^ "Биография премьер-министра г-на Мохамеда Эль-Вали Акека". Sahara Press Service (in Russian). 5 February 2018. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.