Profile

 
  • Born June 21, 1953, in Karachi, Pakistan
  • Daughter of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (a political leader and former Prime Minister) and Nusrat Bhutto (former Member of Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan)
  • Aged 16 sent to Harvard University
  • 1973 Father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, became Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • 1977 returns to Pakistan. Martial law declared, Bhutto's father is arrested and Benazir is placed under house arrest
  • 1979 Benazir Bhutto's father is hanged. She becomes leader of Pakistan People's Party. Spends seven years in exile or under house arrest
  • April 1986 Bhutto returns to Pakistan
  • Married, December, 1987 to Asif Ali Zardari (in business, twice elected Member of National Assembly and Senator)
  • Pakistan Peoples Party, Karachi, Pakistan co-chair, beginning in 1986
  • Becomes Prime Minister in 1988 but her government is illegally dismissed in August 1990.
  • Comes to power after her party won a majority in elections held in October 1993.
  • Government once again dismissed illegally in November 1996.
  • 1996 Bhutto removed from government, now living in exile in UK
  • Children: Bilawal; Bakhtwar and Aseefa.