Sartaj Aziz
Appearance
Sartaj Aziz | |
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سرتاج عزیز | |
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs | |
In office 7 June 2013 – 28 July 2017 | |
President | Mamnoon Hussain |
Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | |
In office 7 August 1998 – 12 October 1999 | |
President | Rafiq Tarar |
Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
Preceded by | Gohar Ayub-Khan |
Succeeded by | Abdul Sattar |
6th National Security Advisor | |
In office 7 June 2013 – 23 October 2015 | |
President | Mamnoon Hussain |
Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
Preceded by | Mahmud Ali Durrani |
Succeeded by | Naseer Khan Janjua |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 25 February 1997 – 6 August 1998 | |
President | |
Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
Preceded by | Naveed Qamar |
Succeeded by | Ishaq Dar |
In office 26 May 1993 – 18 July 1993 | |
Prime Minister |
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Preceded by | Farooq Leghari |
Succeeded by | Syed Babar Ali |
In office 7 August 1990 – 18 April 1993 | |
Preceded by | Benazir Bhutto |
Succeeded by | Farooq Leghari |
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security | |
In office 1984–1988 | |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Khan Junejo |
Member of Senate from Islamabad Capital Territory | |
In office March 1988 – 12 October 1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mardan, British India (present day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) | 7 February 1929
Died | 2 January 2024 Islamabad, Pakistan | (aged 94)
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Relations | Ashar Aziz (nephew) |
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Cabinet |
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Awards | Tamgha-e-Pakistan (1959) |
Sartaj Aziz (Urdu: سرتاج عزيز; 7 February 1929 – 2 January 2024) was a Pakistani economist and politician. Aziz was born in Mardan, then-British India.
Aziz was the Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1993 and 1997 to 1998. He was the National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2015.[1][2][3] He also was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2013 to 2017. He worked in the government of Nawaz Sharif. Aziz was also a member of the Senate from 1988 to 1999.
Aziz died on 2 January 2024 in Islamabad, Pakistan at the age of 94.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Islamabad, Pakistan". mofa.gov.pk. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ↑ "NCC". Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "Dailytimes | Sartaj unveils FATA reforms package". dailytimes.com.pk. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
- ↑ PML-N leader and former finance minister Sartaj Aziz passes away at 95