Shaukat Aziz
Shaukat Aziz | |
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شوکت عزیز | |
Aziz in 2007 | |
| 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
| In office 28 August 2004 – 15 November 2007 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Preceded by | Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Mian Soomro (caretaker) |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 6 November 1999 – 15 November 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Zafarullah Khan Jamali Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Himself |
| Preceded by | Ishaq Dar |
| Succeeded by | Salman Shah (caretaker) |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 20 August 2004 – 15 November 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Eman Waseem |
| Succeeded by | Sardar Saleem Haider Khan |
| Constituency | NA-59 (Attock-III) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shaukat Abdul Aziz 6 March 1949 |
| Other political affiliations | PML(Q) (2002–2007) |
| Spouse | Rukhsana Aziz |
| Alma mater | Gordon College IBA |
Shaukat Aziz (born 6 March 1949) is a Pakistani-born British former banker who served as the 15th prime minister of Pakistan from 28 August 2004 to 15 November 2007. When his term as Prime Minister was over, he immediately left Pakistan and settled in the United Kingdom. Previously, he served as the finance minister of Pakistan from 6 November 1999 to 15 November 2007.
Aziz was born in Karachi. He graduated from the Institute of Business Administration and later joined the corporate staff of the CitiBank Pakistan in 1969. He initially served as CitiBank financier, and became executive vice-president of Citibank in 1999.
In 1999, Aziz entered politics on the personal request of Pervez Musharraf and moved to Pakistan from the United States to assume charge of the Finance Ministry as the finance minister. In 2004, Aziz was nominated by Musharraf as his prime minister after taking resignation from Zafarullah Khan Jamali on 6 June 2004.