Aziz Ahmed

Aziz Ahmed
Aziz Ahmed (back, leaning over) watched Ayub Khan signing the Tashkent Agreement.
12th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 30 March 1977 – 5 July 1977
President	Fzal Illahi Chaudhrie
Prime Minister	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Preceded by	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Succeeded by	Agha Schahi
1st Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 7 February 1973 – 28 March 1977
President	Fzal Illahi Chaudhrie
Prime Minister	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Zain Nouranie
8th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
In office 26 July 1963 – 23 June 1966
President	FM Ayub Khan
Preceded by	Shekar Kandian Dehlavi
Succeeded by	AM S.M. Yusuf
5th Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
In office 23 March 1959 – 26 July 1963
President	FM Ayub Khan
Preceded by	M. Ali Bograh
Succeeded by	Ghulam Ahmed
Personal details
Born	Aziz Ahmed 1906 Amritsar, British Punjab Province
Died	1982 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, (Urdu: عزیز احمد‎; born 1906 – died 1982), HPk, was a career Pakistani statesman and the diplomat during the Cold war, serving in the capacity as 12th 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 as Foreign secretary (1960–67) by President Ayub Khan.

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 as 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.