Bhutto, Benazir b. June 21, 1953 d. December 27, 2007 Prime Minister of Pakistan, she was the first woman elected to lead a post-colonial Muslim country. Born the oldest child of former Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, her mother was Begum Nusrat Bhutto, a Pakistani of Iranian-Kurdish decent; she was raised in the Shia Muslim faith of her parents. Benazir was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and attended the Rawalpindi Presentation Convent and the Jesus and Mary Convent at Murree. From 1969 to 1973, she attended Radcliffe College at...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Cause of death: Assassinated Village Cemetery, Garhi Khuda Baksh, Sindh, Pakistan
Bhutto, Zulifikar Ali b. January 5, 1928 d. April 4, 1979 Pakistani political leader. Served as President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and as Prime Minister from 1973 to 1977. In 1977, he was ousted in a military coup by General Muhammed Zia-Ul- Haq and was arrested. He was hanged on April 4, 1979 for alledgedly ordering the murder of a political opponent in 1974. His daughter Benazir Bhutto, served as Prime Minister from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996. (Bio by: Erik Lander) Village Cemetery, Garhi Khuda Baksh, Sindh, Pakistan
b. June 21, 1953 d. December 27, 2007
