Diala Barakat

Her Excellency
Diala Barakat
Her Excellency Diala Barakat
ديالا بركات‎
Minister of Culture
	In office; 23 September 2024 – 8 December 2024
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali
Preceded by	Lubanah Mshaweh
Minister of State for Southern Development Affairs
	In office; 10 August 2021 – 23 September 2024
President	Bashar al-Assad
Prime Minister	Hussein Arnous
Preceded by	Mohammad Samir Haddad
Succeeded by	Ahmad Hadla
Personal details
Born	1980 (age 43–44); Homs, Homs Governorate, Syria
Political party	Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Residence	Damascus
Alma mater	Roma Tre University, University of Damascus
Occupation	Doctor of Classical antiquities
Profession	Politician, Professor

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.^[2] She was the member of the Second Hussein Arnous government as Minister of State^[3] for Southern Development Affairs.^[4]

Career

She worked as assistant head of the Department of Antiquities of Homs, head of the Excavation Division in the Department of Antiquities of Homs, a teacher at Al-Baath University, Faculty of Tourism, Open Education and Postgraduate Studies, and chairman of the Inventory Committee of the National Museum of Palmyra.^[5]

She participated in archaeological work, excavation and documentation with several foreign and national missions since 2001 and in documenting the damage to the Palmyra Museum as part of a team Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums in 2016.^[6]

References

^ Prime Minister's Office. "Prime Minister's Office – Syrian Arab News Agency". Sana.sy. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ "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.
^ Syrian Times (11 August 2021). "Assad issues Decree on Forming the New Syrian Government". The Syrian Observer. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ 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.
^ Prime Minister's Office. "Prime Minister's Office – Syrian Arab News Agency". Syrian Arab News Agency. Sana.sy. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ Dr. Diala Barakat of the Syrian Social-Nationalist Party, a renowned classical archaeologist who held multiple official positions in the SSNP has been appointed Minister of Culture as part of the new government announced in Syria.

[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.

[5] Prime Minister's Office. "Prime Minister's Office – Syrian Arab News Agency". Syrian Arab News Agency. Sana.sy. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[6] Dr. Diala Barakat of the Syrian Social-Nationalist Party, a renowned classical archaeologist who held multiple official positions in the SSNP has been appointed Minister of Culture as part of the new government announced in Syria.

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