Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990, and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman elected to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country. Ideologically a liberal and a secularist, she chaired or co-chaired the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until her assassination in 2007.
Background
- Born in
- Karachi
- Educated at
- Harvard UniversityRadcliffe CollegeLady Margaret HallSt Catherine's CollegeEliot House
- Awards
- 🏆 United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights🏆 Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights
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"My father always would say, "My daughter will go into politics? My daughter will become prime minister", but it’s not what I wanted to do. I would say, "No, Papa, I will never go into politics." As I’…"
"I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly."
"I put my life in danger and came here because I feel this country is in danger. People are worried. We will bring the country out of this crisis."
"I don’t fear death. I remember my last meeting with my father when he told me, "You know, tonight when I will be killed, my mother and my father will be waiting for me." It makes me weepy … but I don’…"
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Timeline
1953
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Birth2007
Died
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