Mian Raza Rabbani
| Raza Rabbani | |
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| Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan | |
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Assumed office 11 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Nayyar Hussain Bukhari |
| Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Constitutional Reforms | |
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In office 18 February 2008 – 9 March 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Mushahid Hussain Syed |
| Minister of Law and Justice | |
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In office 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Benazir Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Saima Akhtar Bharwana |
| Succeeded by | Tehmina Daultana |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Mian Raza Rabbani 23 July 1953 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Alma mater | University of Karachi |
Mian Raza Rabbani (Urdu: رضا ربانى; born 23 July 1953) is a Pakistani politician who currently serves as the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2015.
He served as the chairman of the Senate standing committee on National Security and Constitutional reforms, between 2008 till 2013 and was responsible for the drafting of Amendment XVIII which turned Pakistan from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary republic. He has been elected a senator six times since 1993 from the Sindh Province. He was a close aide to Benazir Bhutto who had appointed him the party’s deputy secretary general in 1997 and leader of the opposition in the Senate in 2005.
Prior to his work in constitutional politics, he is also a leading nationalist–left-wing figure and has extensively written on the topic of socialism and left-wing ideas. His credentials led to his nomination to the Presidency by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 2013.
Raza Rabbani was awarded the highest civil award, Nishan-e-Imtiaz, for his parliamentary services. In addition, he was awarded the Bacha Khan Award for the Defence of Provincial Rights. The Human Rights Society of Pakistan selected him for the 2006 award for his services for human rights.
He was Vice-chairman of the National Institute of Public Policy and member, Forum of Federations, Toronto. He has represented Pakistan as a delegate and speaker at the UN General Assembly, Inter-Parliamentary Union and Commonwealth Parliamentary Union.
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