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(1953-2007)

Who Was Benazir Bhutto?

Benazir Bhutto inherited leadership of the PPP after a military coup overthrew her father's government and won election in 1988, becoming the first female prime minister of a Muslim nation.

In 2007, she returned to Pakistan after an extended exile, but, tragically, was killed in a suicide attack.

Early Life

Bhutto was born on June 21, 1953, in Karachi, Pakistan, the eldest child of former premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

She went on to found the Pakistan People's Party and serve as the nation's prime minister (from 1971 to 1977).

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After completing her early education in Pakistan, she pursued her higher education in the United States. Bhutto attended Radcliffe College from 1969 to 1973 and then enrolled at Harvard University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in comparative government.

It was then onto the United Kingdom, where she studied at Oxford University from 1973 to 1977, completing a course in internation