Abdul Aziz Mirza
Admiral Abdul Aziz Mirza NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) SBt LoM LoH (Urdu: عبدالعزيز مرزا; born 1943) was a Pakistan Navy officer who served as the Chief of Naval Staff from 1999 until retiring in 2002, amid taking over the command of the Navy after the revolt and resignation Admiral Fasih Bokhari over the appointment of Chairman joint chiefs.
Abdul Aziz Mirza NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) SBt LoM LoH | |
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| عبدالعزيز مرزا | |
| Pakistan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia | |
| In office 8 October 2002 – 27 January 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Asad Durrani |
| Succeeded by | Shahid Karimullah |
| Chief of Naval Staff | |
| In office 2 October 1999 – 2 October 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Adm Fasih Bokhari |
| Succeeded by | Adm Shahid Karimullah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abdul Aziz Mirza 1943 (age 80–81) Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India (Present-day Pakistan) |
| Citizenship | British Indian (1939–47) Pakistan ((1947 – present) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Branch/service | Pakistan Navy |
| Years of service | 1961–2002 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| 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 | Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Basalat Legion of Merit Tong-il Merit Medal Legion d'honneur |
After retiring from the Navy, he briefly tenured as the Pakistan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2001 to 2005 and later became the CEO of 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.
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