Kawkab Sabah al-Daya is a former Minister of State for Environment Affairs for Syria.
Early life, education and career Al-Daya was born in the Banias in 1962. She earned a pharmacy degree and a doctorate from the University of Damascus. She was a professor at the University of Damascus, appointed Associate Minister of Health in 1993, and Director of Health, Environment and Population Bureau in the General Federation of Women. She was appointed the first Minister of State for Environment Affairs on 23 April 2009, the day after Earth Day.President Bashar Al-Assad Issues a Number of Legislative Decrees , SANA, 23 April 2009
Personal life Al-Daya is married and has three children.
See also Cabinet of Syria
References
Minister of State for Environment Affairs Kawkab Sabah al-Daya, SANA Biography of the new Syrian government 2011 - the names and lives of government ministers, Syria FM, 17 April 2011