Diala Barakat

Diala Barakat
ديالا بركات
Minister of Culture
In office
23 September 2024 – 10 December 2024
PresidentBashar al-Assad
Vacant
Prime MinisterMohammad Ghazi al-Jalali
Preceded byLubanah Mshaweh
Succeeded byMohammed Yassin Saleh
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 45–46)
PartySyrian Social Nationalist Party
Alma materRoma Tre University, University of Damascus
OccupationDoctor of Classical antiquities
ProfessionPolitician, Professor
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Diala Barakat (Arabic: ديالا بركات; born 1980) is a former member of the cabinet of Syria. She assumed leadership of the ministry of culture in September 2024 until the fall of the Assad regime. She was the member of the Second Hussein Arnous government as Minister of State for Southern Development Affairs.