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Who is Benazir Bhutto???

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) 1979 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is hanged. She becomes leader of Pakistan People's Party.
Married, December, 1987 to Asif Ali Zardari (was in business, twice elected Member of National Assembly and Senator and current President of Pakistan) 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.

Biography

Born in Karachi on 21 June 1966 in a Shia Muslim family of Sindh She attended the Lady Jennings Nursery School and Convent of Jesus and Mary in Karachi. From Jesus and Mary Convent at Murree. She passed her O-Level examinations at the age of 15 Then she went on to complete her A-Levels at the Karachi Grammar School She pursued her higher education in the United States. From 1969 to 1973 She attended Radcliffe College at Harvard University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with Cum Laude honors in comparative government. In 1995 as Prime Minister, she would arrange a gift from the Pakistani government to Harvard Law School. On June 2006, she received an Honorary LL.D degree from the University of Toronto. Bhutto studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, during which time she completed additional courses in International Law and Diplomacy.

Family
Benazir Bhutto's father, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was removed from office following military coup in 1977 led by the then chief of army General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was sentenced to death by the martial law court, And He was hanged on 4 April 1979. Shahnawaz Bhutto was Born in 1958, he was the youngest of Bhuttos four children. Shahnawaz Bhutto was found dead in Nice, France. He was died in July 18, 1985 under mysterious circumstances, and the Bhutto family firmly believed he was poisoned. Mir Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto was Born September 18, 1954, he was the elder son Of Bhutto Family He was killed in a police encounter in September 20, 1996. Mir Murtaza Bhutto was shot dead in a police encounter near his residence. Sanam Bhutto was born in 1957, she is the younger sister of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto only surviving child of the late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Begum Nusrat Bhutto However, media sources indicate that Sanam Bhutto is not interested in a career in politics

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