Hina Rabbani Khar
| Hina Rabbani Khar | |
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| حناربانی کھر | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 11 February 2011 – 16 March 2013 Acting: 11 February 2011 – 19 July 2011 |
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| Prime Minister |
Yousaf 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 Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 11 February 2011 – 20 July 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan |
| Succeeded by | Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan |
| Minister of State for Finance and Economics Affairs | |
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In office 24 March 2008 – 11 February 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Ali Nazary |
| Succeeded by | Dost Muhammad Mazari |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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In office 10 October 2002 – 11 May 2013 |
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| Constituency | NA-177 Muzaffargarh-II |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 November 1977 Multan, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Spouse(s) | Feroze Gulzar |
| Relations |
Ghulam Noor Rabbani (father) Ghulam Mustafa Khar (uncle) Aaminah Haq (cousin) |
| Alma mater |
Lahore University of Management Sciences University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Religion | Islam |
Hina Rabbani Khar (Urdu: حنا ربانی کھر; born 19 November 1977) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 26th Foreign Minister of Pakistan from February 2011 until March 2013. She remains the youngest person and the first woman to have held the position.
Khar is a member of an influential feudal family in Multan. She studied business at LUMS and 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 continues to be a member of the Pakistan People's Party, and is a public speaker on foreign policy. She has continued to push for stronger ties with India.
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