Benazir Bhutto
1953 – 2007 Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan
First woman to lead a modern Muslim-majority country's government and heir to the Bhutto dynasty.
- Religion
- Shia Islam.
- Affiliations
- Two-time Prime Minister of Pakistan; leader of the Pakistan People's Party; first woman to head a modern Muslim-majority state's government.
Oxford and Harvard educated, she led the Pakistan People's Party after her father's execution and twice served as prime minister, the first woman to head such a government in the Muslim world. She was assassinated in 2007 during an election campaign.
Connections
- family of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto — Her father, whose party she inherited.
- family of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto — His daughter, twice Prime Minister of Pakistan.