Thursday, January 22, 2009

Harvard Club of Belgium dinner with the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Jan 22, 2009

shaukataziz_narrowweb__300x396,0The Harvard Club of Belgium invites our members to a dinner with H.E. Shaukat Aziz, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan. The event will take place in the presence of Minister Karel De Gucht, Minister of Foreign Affairs. H.E. Shaukat Aziz will speak about the current situation in Central Asia and more specifically about “Pakistan today, staying out of the storm, on the front line”.
H.E. Shaukat Aziz was the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2004 to 2007. He became Finance Minister in November 1999 and was handpicked by President Musharraf for the position of Prime Minister after the resignation of Zafarullah Khan Jamali on June 6, 2004. He became Prime Minister on August 28, 2004 and served until November 15, 2007. He became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan to complete a full term in office. Before moving into politics, Mr. Aziz held various top positions at Citibank. He left Citibank as Executive Vice-President of Citibank worldwide to become Pakistan’s Prime Minister.