title: Kawkab Sabah al-Daya
text: # Kawkab Sabah al-Daya
  
  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.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Al-Daya is married and has three children.
  
  