Sherry Rehman

NI Sherry Rehman
Rehman in 2013
Federal Minister of Climate Change
In office 19 April 2022 – 10 August 2023
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Preceded by	Malik Amin Aslam
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Pakistan
In office 22 March 2018 – 26 August 2018
Preceded by	Aitzaz Ahsan
Succeeded by	Raja Zafar-ul-Haq
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2015
Constituency	General seat from Sindh
Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
In office 23 November 2011 – 14 October 2013
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Husain Haqqani
Succeeded by	Jalil Abbas Jilani
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting
In office 31 March 2008 – 14 March 2009
President	Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Nisar Memon
Succeeded by	Qamar Zaman Kaira
Federal Minister for Women Development
In office 15 May 2008 – 3 November 2008
President	Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Nazar Muhammad Gondal
Succeeded by	Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani
Federal Minister for Culture
In office 24 May 2008 – 12 August 2008
President	Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Khawaja Saad Rafique
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 17 March 2008 – 23 November 2011
Constituency	Reserved seat for women
In office 2002–2007
Constituency	Reserved seat for women
Personal details
Born	Shehrbano Rahman (1960-12-21) 21 December 1960 (age 63) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political party	PPP (2002–present)
Spouse	Nadeem Hussain
Alma mater	Smith College University of Sussex
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (2013)
Website	www.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.