Shaukat Aziz
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Pakistani banker and politician (born 1949)
Key facts
- President
- Pervez Musharraf
- Preceded by
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
- Succeeded by
- Muhammad Mian Soomro (caretaker)
- Prime minister
- Zafarullah Khan Jamali , Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain , Himself
- Constituency
- NA-59 (Attock-III)
- Born
- Shaukat Abdul Aziz , ( 1949-03-06 ) 6 March 1949 (age 77) , Karachi , Federal Capital Territory , Pakistan
- Other political affiliations
- PML(Q) (2002–2007)
- Spouse
- Rukhsana Aziz
- Alma mater
- Gordon College , IBA Karachi
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Pakistan
- Place of birth
- Karachi
- Occupation
- economist
- Position held
- Federal Minister for Finance
- Political party
- Pakistan Muslim League
- Languages spoken
- Urdu
- Native language
- Urdu
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Image
- Shaukat Aziz.jpg
- Significant event
- Paradise Papers
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- Shaukat Aziz
- date of birth
- 1949-03-06
- name in native language
- شوکت عزیز
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- Shaukat Aziz
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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