Aziz Ahmed | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ayubkhanandbhutto.jpg) Aziz Ahmed (back, leaning over) watched Ayub Khan signing the Tashkent Agreement on 10 January 1966. | |
| 13th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 30 March 1977 – 5 July 1977 | |
| President | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry |
| Prime Minister | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Succeeded by | Agha Shahi |
| 1st Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 7 February 1973 – 28 March 1977 | |
| President | Fazal Illahi Chaudhry |
| Prime Minister | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Zain Noorani |
| 8th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan | |
| In office 26 July 1963 – 23 June 1966 | |
| President | Field Marshal Ayub Khan |
| Preceded by | Samiulla Khan Dehlavi |
| Succeeded by | Air Marshal S. M. Yusuf |
| 5th Pakistan Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 23 March 1959 – 26 July 1963 | |
| President | FM Ayub Khan |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Ali Bogra |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Ahmed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aziz Ahmed 24 June 1906[1] Amritsar, Punjab, British India |
| Died | 23 October 1982 (aged 76) Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Resting place | Islamabad Capital Cemetery |
| Citizenship | British Subject (1906–1947) Pakistan (1947–1982) |
| Alma mater | Government College, Lahore University of Cambridge |
| Cabinet | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Government |
Aziz Ahmed OBE HPk (Urdu: عزیز احمد; 24 June 1906 – 23 October 1982)[2] was a career Pakistani statesman and a diplomat during the Cold War, serving in the capacity as 13th Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1973 until 1977. Prior to that, Ahmad served as the Pakistan Ambassador to the United States (1959–63) and eventually appointed Foreign secretary (1960–67) by President Ayub Khan.[1][3]
He initially gained national prominence when he served as the Foreign secretary under then-Foreign Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and opted for retirement in the opposition of Tashkent Agreement, signed by Ayub Khan to maintain and hold ceasefire with India in 1965. After the general elections in 1970 and the subsequent war with India in 1971, Ahmad was appointed the Foreign minister of Pakistan until being terminated by President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq after issuing criticism against the military coup d'état in 1977. Upon retirement from the Foreign Service, Ahmed lived a quiet life in Islamabad and died in 1982.
According to historian Prabhas Chandra Lahiri, Aziz Ahmed was responsible for planning the Anderson Bridge massacre.[4]
- ^ a b Profile of Aziz Ahmed on New York Times newspaper, Published 27 April 1972, retrieved 28 June 2017
- ^ "Index Ah-Al".
- ^ Aziz Ahmed as Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S., Dawn newspaper, Updated 8 September 2015, retrieved 28 June 2017
- ^ Roy, Tathagata (2015). My People, Uprooted. New Delhi: Synergy Books India. p. 226. ISBN 978-93-82059-27-1.