Benazir Bhutto

About Benazir Bhutto

The first woman to head a Muslim majority nation. Bhutto served two non consecutive terms as Prime Minister of Pakistan. She was the daughter of executed Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Her governments were dismissed both times on corruption charges. Bhutto lived in exile from 1998 but returned in 2007 to campaign for elections. She was assassinated in December 2007 by a suicide bomber after a rally. Her killing shocked the world and remainssubject to investigation. She was the first female leader of a Muslim state, breaking enormous barriers in a conservative society.