| Honorific Prefix: | Sheikha |
| Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi | |
| Birth Name: | Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi |
| Birth Date: | 4 February 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Dubai, Trucial States (now United Arab Emirates) |
| Relatives: | Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (uncle) |
| Father: | Sheikh Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi |
| Order: | Minister of State for Tolerance |
| President: | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Primeminister: | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Term Start: | 16 February 2016 |
| Term End: | 20 October 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Post established |
| Successor: | Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan |
| Order2: | Minister of State for International Cooperation |
| President2: | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Primeminister2: | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Term Start2: | 6 November 2004 |
| Term End2: | 15 February 2016 |
| Predecessor2: | Gamid bin Mahdi |
| Successor2: | Reem Bint Ibrahim Al Hashimy |
| Order3: | Minister of Economic and Planning |
| President3: | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
| Primeminister3: | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Term Start3: | 6 November 2000 |
| Term End3: | 3 November 2004 |
| Predecessor3: | Gamid bin Mahdi |
| Successor3: | Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori |
| Native Name: | لبنى بنت خالد بن سلطان القاسمي |
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]
She has been President of Zayed University since 2014.[4]
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.
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]
As part of a cabinet reshuffle, the prime minister of 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]