Mohamed Wali Akeik

Mohamed Wali Akeik
محمد الولي أعكيك
Chief of Staff of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 November 2021
PresidentBrahim Ghali
Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
In office
4 February 2018 – 13 January 2020
PresidentBrahim Ghali
Preceded byAbdelkader Taleb Omar
Succeeded byBouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
Personal details
Born1950 (age 73–74)
El Aaiún, Spanish Sahara, Spanish West Africa
Political partyPolisario Front
Children8

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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.