Sartaj Aziz

Sartaj Aziz
Sartaj Aziz
سرتاج عزیز
	Aziz in 2014
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	Hina Rabbani; (as Foreign Minister);
Succeeded by	Khawaja Muhammad Asif; (as Foreign Minister);
	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	Rafiq Tarar; Farooq Leghari;
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Naveed Qamar
Succeeded by	Ishaq Dar
	In office; 26 May 1993 – 18 July 1993
Prime Minister	Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (Acting); Nawaz Sharif;
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	7 February 1929; Mardan, British India (present day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died	2 January 2024 (aged 94); Islamabad, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Relations	Ashar Aziz (nephew)
Education	University of the Punjab; Harvard University;
Occupation	Economist; politician;
Cabinet	First Sharif ministry (1990‍–‍1993); Second Sharif ministry (1997‍–‍1998); Third Sharif ministry (2013‍–‍2017);
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

↑ "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

[1] "Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Islamabad, Pakistan". mofa.gov.pk. Retrieved 2017-02-03.

[2] "NCC". Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.

[3] "Dailytimes | Sartaj unveils FATA reforms package". dailytimes.com.pk. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-28.

[4] PML-N leader and former finance minister Sartaj Aziz passes away at 95

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