Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi

Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi (Arabic: لبنى بنت خالد بن سلطان القاسمي; born 4 February 1962) is an Emirati politician and member of the ruling family of Sharjah and the niece to Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi. She was previously the Minister of State for Tolerance, Minister of State for International Cooperation, and Minister of Economic and Planning of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).^[1] She was the first woman to hold a ministerial post in the UAE.^[2][3]

Sheikha Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi
لبنى بنت خالد بن سلطان القاسمي
Minister of State for Tolerance
In office 16 February 2016 – 20 October 2017
President	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan
Minister of State for International Cooperation
In office 6 November 2004 – 15 February 2016
President	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded by	Gamid bin Mahdi
Succeeded by	Reem Bint Ibrahim Al Hashimy
Minister of Economic and Planning
In office 6 November 2000 – 3 November 2004
President	Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Prime Minister	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded by	Gamid bin Mahdi
Succeeded by	Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori
Personal details
Born	Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi (1962-02-04) 4 February 1962 (age 63) Dubai, Trucial States (now United Arab Emirates)
Parent	Sheikh Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi (father)
Relatives	Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (uncle)

She has been President of Zayed University since 2014.^[4]

History

Lubna and Valdis Dombrovskis

Lubna graduated from the California State University, Chico with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science,^[5] and has an Executive MBA from the American University of Sharjah.^[6] Lubna received an honorary doctorate of science from California State University, Chico.^[6]

She returned to the UAE to work as a programmer for software company Datamation in 1981. She was the Dubai branch manager for the General Information Authority, the organization responsible for automating the federal government of the United Arab Emirates.^[7] After this posting, she worked for seven years in the Dubai Ports Authority (DPA).^[8][9][7]

As part of a cabinet reshuffle, the prime minister of the UAE, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced that Sheikha Lubna would take a post as a minister in the newly established Ministry of Tolerance.^[10]

Honours and awards

• 36th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.^[11]
• Lifetime Achievement Award at Asia HRD Congress 2012^[12]
• Honorary Dame Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2013^[13]