{{Short description|Pakistani politician and swimmer (1930–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Anwar Aziz Chaudhry | image = | caption = | fullname = | nicknames = | nationality =Pakistani | strokes = | club = | children = Daniyal Aziz (son) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|11|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ajnala, Punjab, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|22|1930|11|6|df=yes}} | death_place = Lahore, Punjab Pakistan | height = | weight = }}
'''Anwar Aziz Chaudhry''' (6 November 1930 – 22 November 2020) was a Pakistani politician and swimmer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/49651 |title=Anwar Aziz Chaudhry |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref> He competed in three events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/anwar-aziz-chaudhry-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065006/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/anwar-aziz-chaudhry-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Anwar Aziz Chaudhry Olympic Results |access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> He was a member of the National Assembly and federal minister. He was the Interior Minister of Punjab.<ref name="bio">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190717155049/https://www.shakargarh.net/anwar-aziz-choudhary-father-of-politics-in-shakargarh/ "Anwar Aziz Choudhary : Father of Politics in Shakargarh"]}}. 5 March 2014.</ref> His son is the Pakistani politician Daniyal Aziz. In 1990, he served as the Federal Minister of Railways & Law. He also served as the Federal Minister of Defense.<ref name="bio"/>
==Early life== Anwar Aziz was born 6 November 1930 into an influential Punjabi family of Muslim Gujjars<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Humaira |first=Dar |last2=Qudsia |first2=Batool |last3=Khan |first3=Mumtaz Ali |last4=Imran |first4=Alam |date=July 2020 |title=The Role of Biradarism in Punjab Politics: A Case Study of Sialkot |url=https://www.prdb.pk/article/the-role-of-biradarism-in-punjab-politics-a-case-study-of-s-8060 |journal=Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan |volume=57 |issue=03 |pages=74 |via=Punjab University, Pakistan}}</ref> in the village of Ajnala in the Gujrat Tehsil of Gujrat District in British Punjab.
==Death== Chaudhry died on 22 November 2020, at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anwar Aziz Chaudhry, father of PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz passes away |url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/22-Nov-2020/anwar-aziz-chaudhry-father-of-pml-n-leader-daniyal-aziz-passes-away |access-date=22 November 2020 |work=Daily Pakistan Global |date=22 November 2020}}</ref>
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