Benazir Bhutto

21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007

Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician who served twice as Prime Minister of Pakistan and was the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority nation. The daughter of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, she led the Pakistan Peoples Party and was assassinated during an election campaign in 2007.

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Born in Karachi, Pakistan
21 June 1953

Born into the politically prominent Bhutto family in Karachi.

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Studied at Harvard and Oxford
1969 – 1977

Earned degrees from Harvard University and the University of Oxford.

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Took leadership of the Pakistan Peoples Party
1979

Assumed leadership of the PPP after the execution of her father under General Zia-ul-Haq.

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Became Prime Minister of Pakistan
2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990

Became the first woman to lead a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country.

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Served a second term as Prime Minister
19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996

Returned to office for a second term before her government was dismissed on corruption allegations.

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Lived in self-imposed exile
1998 – 2007

Spent years abroad in Dubai and London amid corruption charges before returning to Pakistan.

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Assassinated in Rawalpindi
27 December 2007

Killed in a gun and bomb attack after an election rally in Rawalpindi.

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