Benazir Bhutto
June 21, 1953 – December 27, 2007
Pakistani politician who was the first woman to lead a Muslim-majority country, as Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988-90 and 1993-96. She was assassinated in 2007.
Biography
Benazir Bhutto was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's prime minister, who was overthrown by General Zia-ul-Haq in 1977 and hanged in 1979. She studied at Harvard and Oxford, spent years under arrest or in exile, and led the Pakistan Peoples Party.
After Zia's death in 1988 she won the election and became the first woman to lead a modern Muslim-majority country. She was dismissed in 1990, returned to power in 1993 and was dismissed again in 1996 amid charges of corruption, which she denied.
She lived in exile from 1998 and returned to Pakistan in October 2007 to contest elections. She was assassinated in Rawalpindi in December 2007 after a campaign rally.
Offices held
Muhammad Junejo Succeeded by
Nawaz Sharif
2 terms
- Dec 2, 1988 – Aug 6, 1990 Preceded by Muhammad Junejo Succeeded by Nawaz Sharif
- Oct 19, 1993 – Nov 5, 1996 Preceded by Nawaz Sharif Succeeded by Nawaz Sharif
Affiliations
Education
- Jan 1, 1969 – Jan 1, 1973 Radcliffe College
- Jan 1, 1973 – Jan 1, 1976 Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford PPE
- Jan 1, 1976 – Jan 1, 1977 St Catherine's College, Oxford postgraduate course in international law and diplomacy
- Harvard University
Party membership
Family
Benazir Bhutto
Asif Ali Zardari
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