* 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 23^rd Prime Minister of Pakistan on August 28, 2004.