Abdul Aziz Mirza
| Abdul Aziz Mirza | |
|---|---|
| Pakistan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia | |
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In office 8 October 2002 – 27 January 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Asad Durrani |
| Succeeded by | Shahid Karimullah |
| Chief of Naval Staff | |
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In office 2 October 1999 – 2 October 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Adm Fasih Bokhari |
| Succeeded by | Adm Shahid Karimullah |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Abdul Aziz Mirza 1943 (age 73–74) Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India (Present-day Pakistan) |
| Citizenship |
British Indian (1939–47) Pakistan ((1947 – present) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Navy
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| Years of service | 1961–2002 |
| Rank |
  Admiral
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| Unit | Naval Operations Branch |
| Commands |
Vice-Chief of Naval Staff DCNS (Operations) Add.Secy. Ministry of Defence |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 Atlantique incident 2001 Indo-Pakistani standoff |
| Awards |
 Légion d'honneur Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1999) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (2001) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2001) Sitara-e-Basalat (1997) |
Admiral Abdul Aziz Mirza (Urdu: عبدالعزيز مرزا; b. 1943), LH,NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt, is a retired four-star rank admiral, diplomat, and a businessman who served as the Chief of Naval Staff from 1999 until retiring on 2002, amid taking over the command of the Navy after the revolt and resignation Admiral Fasih Bokhari over the appointment of Chairman joint chiefs.
After retiring from the Navy, he briefly tenured as the Pakistan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2001–2005 and later becoming the CEO of the The Centaurus in Islamabad. During his military service in the Navy, Admiral Mirza is given credit for commissioning the country's first ingeniously and locally built long-range submarine, the Agosta 90B submarine in 1999.
Abdul Aziz Mirza was born in small town, Choha Khalsa, in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India, in 1943. He was born into an influential Punjabi-speaking military family and his father briefly served in the British Indian Army at at NCO rank (Regimental Major) in the 10th Baluch Regiment.
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