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Shaukat Aziz () (born 6 March 1949 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan) is a Pakistani economist and financier〔 who served as the fifteenth Prime Minister of Pakistan from 20 August 2004 to 15 November 2007, as well as the Finance Minister of Pakistan from 6 November 1999 to 15 November 2007.〔 He is from Karachi and he studied from St Patrick's High School, Karachi. Aziz graduated from the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi, and joined the corporate staff of the CitiBank Pakistan in 1969. He served in various countries' governments as CitiBank financier, and elevated as executive vice-president of Citibank in 1999.〔 After accepting a personal request by General Pervez Musharraf, Aziz returned to Pakistan from the United States to assume the charge of the Finance Ministry as its Finance minister while taking control of the country's economy. In 2004, Aziz was nominated by the Pakistan Muslim League, a conservative front, for the position of Prime Minister after the resignation of Zafarullah Khan Jamali on 6 June 2004.〔 Aziz's macroeconomics policies〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://storyofpakistan.com/shaukat-aziz-becomes-prime-minister/ )〕 oversaw political stability and economical progress in Pakistan, subsequently ending the "era of stagflation" in 2001. Intensified privatisation and economic liberalisation programmes were personally initiated by Aziz, privatising all state-owned corporations and strengthening the country's economic base, which led the improvement of the country's growth rate by 6.4% per year. Reduction of poverty and inflation rates dropped to 3.5%〔 in the last 3 years, compared to 11–12% in the 1990s.〔 For the first time in Pakistan's history, all goals and revenue collection targets were met in his tenure, and allocation for development has increased by about 40%.〔 Moreover, despite a series of internal and external distresses, economic situation of Pakistan improved significantly and reserves increased to US$10.5 billion on 30 June 2004, compared to US$1.2 billion in October 1999. As prime minister, Aziz oversaw the large-scale expansion of military reforms and police reforms, and significant investment in the country that led to the boom of the automotive industry, energy megaprojects, nuclear industry, and the port industry, and presided the unprecedented GDP growth. Aziz's policy expanded the internet and telecommunication services, and liberalised the private media of Pakistan as his vision to internationalise the image of the country.〔 Aziz became the first Pakistani prime minister to complete a full term in the office. ==Education== Shaukat Aziz was born in Karachi, Sindh Province of Pakistan on 6 March 1949 to an Urdu-speaking family originating from Aurangabad Bombay Presidency British India.He was the student of Syed Muhammad Ali Mukhtaar Naqvi grand Father of Syed Muhammad Waseem Naqvi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ipro/aziz/biography.html )〕 His father, S.A. Aziz〔 (sometimes Abdul Aziz) was a radio engineer employed in the state-owned Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) as chief engineer. His father, S.A. Aziz was noted for making singular contributions in the development of Radio Pakistan and was the architect of its external services; for this his father was conferred with state honours by the government of Pakistan in the 1950s.〔 S.A. Aziz was one of the pioneers who nurtured Radio Pakistan in its days of infancy, and chartered the future roadmap for expansion of its network and technological advancement and growth. The PBC moved his family to Abbottabad, North West Frontier Province and attended the Abbottabad Public School, and later the family moving back to Karachi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://storyofpakistan.com/shaukat-aziz/ )〕 Aziz matriculated and obtained high-school diploma from Saint Patrick's High School and proceeded to St. Patrick's College In Karachi where he passed his university-level Intermediate courses and ascended to attend the Gordon College of Rawalpindi, Punjab province in 1965. Aziz obtained BS〔 degree in Economics〔 in 1967 from Gordan College and moved back to Karachi the same year to enroll in a master's programme.〔 Aziz attended the master's programme of the world-renowned Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in Karachi and obtained MBA in business administration in 1969.〔 While at the IBA, Aziz secured the internship of U.S.-based Citibank, and after his master's degree, Aziz was called to join the executive senior staff of the Citibank, based in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (1949 ) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shaukat Aziz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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