Akbar Nikzad

{{Infobox Governor

| native_name = {{lang|fa|اکبر نیکزاد}}

| name = Akbar Nikzad

| image =

| order = Governor of Ardabil Province

| term_start = 1 November 2012

| term_end = 6 November 2013

| president = Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

| predecessor = Hossein Saberi

| successor = Majid Khodabakhsh

| order1 = Governor of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province

| term_start1 = 8 June 2011

| term_end1 = 1 November 2012

| president1 = Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

| predecessor1 = Qavvam Nozari

| successor1 = Hossein Saberi

| order2 = Mayor of Ardabil

| term_start2 = 2 July 2007

| term_end2 = 5 June 2011

| predecessor2 = Yaghoub Azizzadeh

| successor2 = Sodeif Badri

| birth_date = 1969

| birth_place = Ardabil, Iran

| spouse =

| children =

| alma_mater =

| party = Principlists

}}

Akbar Nikzad ({{langx|fa|اکبر نیکزاد}}, born 1969 in Ardabil) is an Iranian politician, and the Governor of Ardabil Province and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province from 2011 to 2013 in the Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.{{cite web|url=http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/173985/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D9%87%DA%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%87-%D9%88-%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%B4%D8%AF |title=استاندار جدید کهگيلويه و بويراحمد منصوب شد |publisher=Tabnak |date=2011 |accessdate=11 March 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/3991967/%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA |title=اکبر نیکزاد کيست؟ |publisher=YJC |date=2012 |accessdate=11 March 2016}} He was former mayor of Hometown Ardabil. Ali Nikzad his brother was former minister of Ahmadinejad Government. He was also the head of Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution from 2021 to 2023.