PROFILE
* Born
at Karachi, 6th March 1949.
* Early education at Saint Patrick's
School, Karachi and Abbottabad Public School, Abbottabad.
*
Graduate ( B.Sc)in 1967 from Gordon College, Rawalpindi.
* Obtained
MBA Degree in 1969 from Institute of Business Administration, University
of Karachi.
* Started his career in 1969 when he joined Citibank,
Karachi. Moved overseas in 1975 and has since served in several countries
including the Philippines, Jordan, Greece, USA, UK, Malaysia, Singapore
and Saudi Arabia. His assignments included Head of Corporate and
Investment Banking for the Asia Pacific Region; Head of Corporate and
Investment Banking for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
Corporate Planning Officer, Citicorp; Managing Director, Saudi American
Bank; and Global Head, Private Banking for Citigroup. He was appointed
Vice President of Citibank in 1992 and has had 30 years of experience in
global finance and international banking.
* Mr.
Aziz is a frequent Speaker on international finance and has attended
numerous forums, seminars and conference on international finance as well
as attended management course at several universities. He has been a
member of the Board of several Citibank owned entities including Saudi
American Bank, Citi Islamic Bank as well as several non-profit
organizations.
* In November 1999 Mr. Aziz was appointed as
Pakistan's Minister of Finance with responsibility for Finance, economic
Affairs, Statistics, Planning and Development and Revenue Division. As
Minister of Finance,Mr. Aziz is also Chairman of Economic Coordination
Committee of the Cabinet, Chairman, Executive Committee of National
Economic Council and chairman, Cabinet Committee on Privatization. 'Euro
money ' and Bankers Magazine' has declared him as the Finance Minister of
the year 2001. The democratically elected Government of Prime Minister
Jamali has also retained him as Finance Minister, which indicates
continuation of Finance and Economic Reforms Agenda. Mr. Aziz was elected
Senator in 2002.
* Mr.
Aziz enjoys golf, music and art. He is married with three
children.
* He was elected as Member National Assembly in by
election from two constituencies, NA -59 Attock NA- 239 Mithi, Tharparkar.
He has retained the Attock seat. Shaukat Aziz was sworn in as 23th Prime
Minister of Pakistan on August 28, 2004.
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