Sartaj Aziz
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Job / Known for: Foreign minister and national security advisor
Left traces: Economic and foreign policy
Born
Date: 1929-02-07
Location: PK Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Died
Date: 2023-01-02 (aged 94)
Resting place: PK Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory
Death Cause: Natural causes
Family
Spouse: Jamila Aziz
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Parent(s): Abdul Aziz and Bibi Hafiza
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Sartaj Aziz was a Pakistani economist and strategist, who had previously served as the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan, member of the federal cabinet as the de facto Minister for Foreign Affairs, a Federal Senator as well as the National Security Advisor. Born in north-western British India, as a student Aziz was an activist in the Pakistan Movement. Aziz went on to study economics at Punjab University and later studied public administration at Harvard Kennedy School. He served as a civil servant from 1952 to 1971 within Pakistan's federal government, also serving as the joint secretary in the planning commission between 1967 and 1971. In 1971, Aziz joined the Food and Agriculture Organization and served as its Director of Commodities, later moving to the International Fund for Agricultural Development where he served as the Assistant President, Policy and Planning between December 1977 and April 1984. Aziz returned to Pakistan in 1984 and served as a junior minister for Agriculture and Food Security until 1988 under the conservative Junejo administration. He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1988 and re-elected in 1993 from the center-right PML-N, and served in both Sharif administrations first as the Minister of Finance from August 1990 to June 1993 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from August 1998 until 1999 coup d'état. He also served as the National Security Advisor from June 2013 to October 2015 under the third Sharif administration. He was known for his expertise and experience in economic and foreign policy matters, and played a key role in shaping Pakistan's relations with various countries and organizations. He passed away peacefully at the age of 94 on 2 January 2024 in Islamabad. He was survived by his wife, son, daughters, and grandchildren. He was laid to rest in Islamabad with full state honors.
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