Raza Rabbani | |
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رضا ربانی | |
 Rabbani in 2017 | |
| 7th Chairman of the Senate | |
| In office 12 March 2015 – 11 March 2018 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Preceded by | Nayyar Hussain Bukhari |
| Succeeded by | Sadiq Sanjrani |
| Minister of Inter Provincial Coordination | |
| In office 3 November 2008 – 13 March 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan |
| Succeeded by | Aftab Hussain Shah Jillani |
| Minister of State for Law and Justice | |
| In office 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Benazir Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Saima Akhtar Bharwana |
| Succeeded by | Tehmina Daultana |
| Advisor to the Chief Minister of Sindh on Cooperative | |
| In office 1988 – 25 February 1990 | |
| Chief Minister | Syed Qaim Ali Shah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 July 1953 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Alma mater | University of Karachi |
| Awards | Nishan-e-Imtiaz |
Mian Raza Rabbani (Punjabi, Urdu: رضا ربانى; born 23 July 1953) is a Pakistani politician and lawyer who served as the 7th Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2015 to March 2018. He has been affiliated with the Pakistan Peoples Party since 1968.
He has been elected a Senator six times since 1993 from Sindh. 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. Rabbani has served as Minister of Inter Provincial Coordination, Minister of State for Law and Justice, and Leader of the House and Opposition in the Senate. Raza Rabbani was unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan in March 2015 and he served until March 2018, when he was succeeded by Sadiq Sanjrani.