Sherry Rehman

Sherry Rehman
Rehman in 2013
Federal Minister of Climate Change
In office
19 April 2022 – 10 August 2023
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Preceded byMalik Amin Aslam
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Pakistan
In office
22 March 2018 – 26 August 2018
Preceded byAitzaz Ahsan
Succeeded byRaja Zafar-ul-Haq
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Assumed office
8 June 2015
ConstituencyGeneral seat from Sindh
Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
In office
23 November 2011 – 14 October 2013
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded byHusain Haqqani
Succeeded byJalil Abbas Jilani
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting
In office
31 March 2008 – 14 March 2009
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Asif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded byNisar Memon
Succeeded byQamar Zaman Kaira
Federal Minister for Women Development
In office
15 May 2008 – 3 November 2008
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Asif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded byNazar Muhammad Gondal
Succeeded byAijaz Hussain Jakhrani
Federal Minister for Culture
In office
24 May 2008 – 12 August 2008
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Asif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded byKhawaja Saad Rafique
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
17 March 2008 – 23 November 2011
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
In office
2002–2007
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Personal details
Born
Shehrbano Rahman

(1960-12-21) 21 December 1960 (age 63)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political partyPPP (2002–present)
SpouseNadeem Hussain
Alma materSmith College
University of Sussex
AwardsNishan-e-Imtiaz (2013)
Websitewww.sherryrehman.com

Shehrbano "Sherry" Rehman (Urdu: شیری رحمان; born 21 December 1960) is a Pakistani politician and journalist who has been the member of the Senate of Pakistan since 2015. She was the first female Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from March to August 2018 and served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2013. She is currently serving as the Federal Minister for the Ministry of Climate Change.

Born in Karachi, Rehman received her B.A. from Smith College and her M.A. in art history from the University of Sussex. In 1988, she joined the Herald as its editor and remained with the magazine until 1999. In 2002, she was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan. She was re-elected in 2008, and became a member of the Federal Cabinet under Prime Minister Gillani as the Minister for Information.

She resigned from the cabinet in 2009 and went on to serve as the Chair of the Pakistan Red Crescent and founded the non-partisan think tank, Jinnah Institute. In November 2011, she was appointed as the Ambassador to the United States and remained until April 2013. In 2015, she was elected to the Senate.