File Nos.   333-82329
                                                                811-05618
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM N-4

REGISTRATION  STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933                   ( )
            Pre-Effective  Amendment No.                                   ( )
            Post-Effective  Amendment No. 15                               (X)

REGISTRATION  STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940           ( )
            Amendment  No. 183                                             (X)

                      (Check appropriate box or boxes.)

     ALLIANZ  LIFE  VARIABLE  ACCOUNT  B
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        (Exact  Name  of  Registrant)

     ALLIANZ  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  NORTH  AMERICA
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        (Name  of  Depositor)


     5701 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis,  MN                           55416
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     (Address  of  Depositor's  Principal  Executive  Offices)      (Zip Code)

Depositor's  Telephone  Number,  including  Area  Code    (763)  765-2913

     Name  and  Address  of  Agent  for  Service
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          Stewart D. Gregg, Second VP & Senior Securities Counsel
          Allianz  Life  Insurance  Company  of  North  America
          5701 Golden Hills Drive
          Minneapolis,  MN    55416

          It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

          _____ immediately  upon filing  pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
          __X__ on May 1, 2006 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
          _____ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
          _____ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

     If appropriate, check the following:

          __X__ This  post-effective  amendment  designates a new effective date
                for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Title of Securities Registered:

     Individual Deferred Variable Annuity Contracts




PARTS A, B AND C WERE FILED IN REGISTRANT'S POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 11 TO
FORM N-4 ON NOVEMBER 22, 2005 AND ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

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                                    SIGNATURES

As  required by the  Securities  Act of 1933 and the  Investment  Company Act of
1940, as amended,  Allianz Life Insurance  Company of North America on behalf of
the Registrant  certifies that it meets the  requirements  of the Securities Act
Rule 485(b) for effectiveness of this Registration Statement and has duly caused
this  Registration  Statement  to be  signed on its  behalf by the  undersigned,
thereto duly  authorized in the City of Minneapolis  and State of Minnesota,  on
this 14th day of April, 2006.

                                  ALLIANZ  LIFE VARIABLE  ACCOUNT  B
                                  (Registrant)


                                  By:  ALLIANZ  LIFE  INSURANCE COMPANY
                                       OF  NORTH  AMERICA
                                          (Depositor)

                                  By: /S/ STEWART D. GREGG
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                                          Stewart D. Gregg
                                          Senior Securities Counsel

                                  ALLIANZ  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY
                                  OF  NORTH  AMERICA
                                   (Depositor)

                                   By:     MARK A. ZESBAUGH*
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                                           Mark A. Zesbaugh
                                           Chief Executive Officer and President

Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,  this  registration
statement has been signed by the following  persons in the capacities  indicated
on the 14th of April, 2006.

Signature  and  Title


Jan R. Carendi*            Director and Chairman of the Board
Jan R. Carendi

Mark A. Zesbaugh*          Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
Mark A. Zesbaugh

Gabby Matzdorff*           Senior Vice President and
Gabby Matzdorff            Chief Financial Officer

Robert W. MacDonald*       Director
Robert W. MacDonald

Michael P. Sullivan*       Director
Michael P. Sullivan

Rev. Dennis J. Dease*      Director
Rev. Dennis J. Dease

James R. Campbell*         Director
James R. Campbell

Peter Huehne*              Director
Peter Huehne

Ralph Strangis*            Director
Ralph Strangis

Dr. Helmut Perlet*         Director
Dr. Helmut Perlet

Charles Kavitsky*          Director
Charles Kavitsky


                               *By    Power  of  Attorney filed as Exhibit 13
                                      to this Registration Statement


                                By: /S/ STEWART D. GREGG
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                                    Stewart D. Gregg
                                    Senior Securities Counsel