Tgk. H. Akmal Abzal, S.H.I., M.H. is listed as a Deputy Chair of the Tanfidziyah (executive board) of the Aceh regional board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PWNU Aceh) for 2026–2031. That PWNU Aceh board emerged from the 15th Regional Conference on 16 February 2026, which again placed Tgk. H. Nuruzzahri (Waled NU) as Rais Syuriyah and Tgk. H. Faisal Ali as Chair of the Tanfidziyah. He served as a commissioner of the Aceh Independent Election Commission (KIP Aceh), the provincial election body; the Aceh legislature (DPRA) ratified him with six other commissioners on 7 May 2018, and according to Waspada he also served in 2008–2013. He heads the Al Anshar Islamic educational institution in Kayee Lee, Aceh Besar, has chaired Lazisnu PWNU Aceh (the NU zakat and charity body), and is active as a Friday preacher and speaker.