Diala Barakat

Her Excellency
Diala Barakat
ديالا بركات
Minister of Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 September 2024
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterMohammad Ghazi al-Jalali
Preceded byLubanah Mshaweh
Minister of State for Southern Development Affairs
In office
10 August 2021 – 23 September 2024
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Prime MinisterHussein Arnous
Preceded byMohammad Samir Haddad
Succeeded byAhmad Hadla
Personal details
Born1980 (age 43–44)
Homs, Homs Governorate, Syria
Political partySyrian Social Nationalist Party
ResidenceDamascus
Alma materRoma Tre University, University of Damascus[1]
OccupationDoctor of Classical antiquities
ProfessionPolitician, Professor

Diala Barakat (Arabic: ديالا بركات; born 1980) is a member of the Cabinet of Syria is the current minister of culture of Syria since 2024.[2] She was member of the Second Hussein Arnous government as Minister of State[3] for Southern Development Affairs.[4]

  1. ^ Prime Minister's Office. "Prime Minister's Office – Syrian Arab News Agency". Sana.sy. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ^ "President al-Assad issues decree on forming new Cabinet, chaired by Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali". Syrian Arab News Agency. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ Syrian Times (11 August 2021). "Assad issues Decree on Forming the New Syrian Government". The Syrian Observer. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  4. ^ Syria Times (11 August 2021). "Assad issues Decree on Forming the New Syrian Government". Syrianobserver.com. Retrieved 21 October 2021. Two other new members do not hold a portfolio, including Abdallah Abdallah, a candidate who challenged Assad in the presidential elections, and Diala Barakat.