Diala Barakat

Diala Barakat (; 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.

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.

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.