Benazir Bhutto Biography and Timeline

Birth of Benazir Bhutto

The eldest of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

Education

From 1969 to 1973 attends Radcliffe College at Harvard University, where she obtains a Bachelor of Arts degree with cum laude honors in comparative Government

Education

Between 1973 and 1977 Bhutto studies Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Completes a course in International Law and Diplomacy

Completes a course in International Law and Diplomacy while at Oxford

Education

Completes a course in International Law and Diplomacy while at Oxford

Arrest of Benazir Bhutto

Bhutto, who had returned to Pakistan after completing her studies, is placed under house arrest in the wake of her fathers imprisonment and subsequent execution

Execution

Despite the accusation being "widely doubted by the public" and despite many clemency appeals from foreign leaders, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is hanged. Bhutto, who had returned to Pakistan after completing her studies, is placed under house arrest in the wake of her fathers imprisonment and subsequent execution

Arrest of Benazir Bhutto

Allowed to return to the United Kingdom, Bhutto becomes a leader in exile of the PPP, her fathers party

Pakistan Peoples Party

Allowed to return to the United Kingdom, Bhutto becomes a leader in exile of the PPP, her fathers party

Party Leader

Allowed to return to the United Kingdom, Bhutto becomes a leader in exile of the PPP, her fathers party

Assassination of Shahnawaz Bhutto

Benazir Bhuttos brother Shahnawaz is killed under suspicious circumstances in France

Exile of Benazir Bhutto

Returns to Pakistan after 2 years exile in Britain

Marriage

Marries Asif Zardari

General Election - General Election

Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.

Role range: 1988-1988 – 1988-1988

General Election Election Outcome

General election outcome recorded for Benazir Bhutto: Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.

Role range: 1988-1988 – 1988-1988

General Election Government

Government context for this general election: Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.

Role range: 1988-1988 – 1988-1988

General Election

Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.

Role range: 1988-1988 – 1988-1988

National Assembly Election

The 1988 election returns the Pakistan Peoples Party as the leading parliamentary party.

Role range: 1988-1988 – 1988-1988

Election

In the first open election in more than a decade, Bhuttos PPP win the largest bloc of seats in the National Assembly

National Assembly

In the first open election in more than a decade, Bhuttos PPP win the largest bloc of seats in the National Assembly

First Female Prime Minister

Benazir Bhutto becomes the first woman to govern a Muslim-majority state.

Role range: 1988-1990 – 1988-1990

Inauguration

Benazir Bhutto takes the oath as Prime Minister at age thirty-five.

Role range: 1988-1990 – 1988-1990

Prime Minister of Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto begins her first term as Prime Minister.

Role range: 1988-1990 – 1988-1990

Inauguration

Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of a coalition Government, becoming at age 35 the youngest person, and the first woman, to head the Government of a Muslim-majority state in modern times

Role range: 1988-1990

Prime Minister of Pakistan

Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of a coalition Government, becoming at age 35 the youngest person, and the first woman, to head the Government of a Muslim-majority state in modern times

Role range: 1988-1990

1st Female Prime Minister

1st female Prime Minister of a Muslim country

Role range: 1988-1990

Prize for Freedom

Liberal International awards Benazir Bhutto its Prize for Freedom.

Role range: 1988-1990 – 1988-1990

Dismissal

Benazir Bhutto's first government is dismissed under presidential dissolution powers.

Role range: 1988-1990 – 1988-1990

General Election - General Election Defeat

The Pakistan Peoples Party loses the 1990 election to the Islamic Democratic Alliance.

Role range: 1988-1990 – 1988-1990

General Election Defeat Election Outcome

General election outcome recorded for Benazir Bhutto: The Pakistan Peoples Party loses the 1990 election to the Islamic Democratic Alliance.

Role range: 1988-1990 – 1988-1990

General Election Defeat Government

Government context for this general election: The Pakistan Peoples Party loses the 1990 election to the Islamic Democratic Alliance.

Role range: 1988-1990 – 1988-1990

General Election Defeat

The Pakistan Peoples Party loses the 1990 election to the Islamic Democratic Alliance.

Role range: 1988-1990 – 1988-1990

Pucca Qila Violence

Violence at Pucca Qila deepens ethnic conflict in Sindh.

Role range: 1988-1990 – 1988-1990

Arrest of Benazir Bhutto

Charged with corruption & missuse of power

General Election - General Election

The Pakistan Peoples Party emerges as the largest party in the 1993 election.

Role range: 1993-1996 – 1993-1996

General Election Election Outcome

General election outcome recorded for Benazir Bhutto: The Pakistan Peoples Party emerges as the largest party in the 1993 election.

Role range: 1993-1996 – 1993-1996

General Election Government

Government context for this general election: The Pakistan Peoples Party emerges as the largest party in the 1993 election.

Role range: 1993-1996 – 1993-1996

General Election

The Pakistan Peoples Party emerges as the largest party in the 1993 election.

Role range: 1993-1996 – 1993-1996

Prime Minister of Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto begins her second term as Prime Minister.

Role range: 1993-1996 – 1993-1996

Election

Sharif returns to power in February 1997 with such a huge majority that the result is immediately questioned by Bhuttos Pakistan Peoples Party, Sharif won by obtaining 90 percent of the national votes cast. Serves as leader of the opposition while Nawaz Sharif becomes Prime Minister for the next three years. After being dismissed by the then-president of Pakistan on charges of corruption, Bhuttos party loses the October elections