Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister, Pakistan, 1988 - 1990, 1993 - 1996, d. 2007
Benazir Bhutto was born on June 21, 1953 in Pakistan. She was the eldest child of former minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. She completed her early education in her country, and then earned her BA degree in Radcliffe College at Harvard University in USA and MA degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University. In 1976 she was elected president of the Oxford Union, becoming the first Asian woman to head this prestigious society. After her father’s execution, she became a leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), her father’s party. Bhutto was selected Prime Minister for the first time in 1988 at the age of 35, becoming the first and youngest woman in this position, and reelected in 1993. She was assassinated on December 27, 2007, two weeks before the scheduled Pakistani general election of 2008 where she was a leading opposition candidate.
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Benazir Bhutto was born on June 21, 1953 in Pakistan. She was the eldest child of former minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. She completed her early education in her country, and then earned her BA degree in Radcliffe College at Harvard University in USA and MA degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University. In 1976 she was elected president of the Oxford Union, becoming the first Asian woman to head this prestigious society. After her father’s execution, she became a leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), her father’s party. Bhutto was selected Prime Minister for the first time in 1988 at the age of 35, becoming the first and youngest woman in this position, and reelected in 1993. She was assassinated on December 27, 2007, two weeks before the scheduled Pakistani general election of 2008 where she was a leading opposition candidate.
