Hina Rabbani Khar
Hina Rabbani Khar (Urdu: حنا ربانی کھر; born 19 November 1977) is a Pakistani politician, who served as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 19 April 2022 till 10 August 2023. She was previously appointed in July 2011 as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan at the age of 33, she was the youngest person and the first woman to have held the position. Khar had been a member of the National Assembly from August 2018 to August 2023.
Hina Rabbani Khar | |
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حنا ربانی کھر | |
Khar in 2023 | |
| Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 19 April 2022 – 10 August 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Minister | Bilawal Bhutto Zardari |
| Preceded by | Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan |
| In office 11 February 2011 – 19 July 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Yusuf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan |
| Succeeded by | Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 19 July 2011 – 16 March 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Yusuf Raza Gillani Raja Pervez Ashraf |
| Preceded by | Shah Mehmood Qureshi |
| Succeeded by | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Acting)
Sartaj Aziz (de facto) |
| Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs | |
| In office 24 March 2008 – 11 February 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Yusuf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Ali Nazary |
| Succeeded by | Dost Muhammad Mazari |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| In office 17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013 | |
| Constituency | NA-177 (Muzaffargarh-II) |
| In office 16 November 2002 – 15 November 2007 | |
| Constituency | NA-177 (Muzaffargarh-II) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 November 1977 Multan, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party | PPP (2002-present) |
| Spouse |
Feroze Gulzar (m. 1999) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Relatives | Ghulam Mustafa Khar (uncle) Aaminah Haq (cousin) |
| Alma mater | Lahore University of Management Sciences University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
Khar is a member of an influential feudal family in Muzaffargarh. She studied business at LUMS and University of Massachusetts Amherst before entering politics as a member of the national assembly in 2002, representing the PML-Q and becoming a junior minister responsible for economic policy under the Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. In 2009, after switching parties and winning re-election with the Pakistan Peoples Party, she became the Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs and the same year became the first woman to present the national budget.[5] She was appointed by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan in July 2011, and served until shortly before the 2013 election, when she retired from active politics. She has continued to push for stronger ties with India.
She remains a member of the Pakistan People's Party, and is a public speaker on foreign policy. As of 2019, she was a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on a reserved seat for women.