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Apr 17, 2024 · Benazir Bhutto (born June 21, 1953, Karachi, Pakistan—died December 27, 2007, Rawalpindi) was a Pakistani politician who became the first woman leader of a Muslim nation in modern history. She served two terms as prime minister of Pakistan, in 1988–90 and 1993–96.
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Nov 9, 2009 · Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) was the first democratically elected female leader of a Muslim country during a tumultuous life that ended with her assassination.
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Jan 6, 2011 · Benazir Bhutto was the first woman to lead a majority Muslim country. Having served two terms as Prime Minister of Pakistan, Bhutto was making another bid to lead the south Asian nation, when...
Jun 21, 2016 · She returned to the United States 16 years later, in 1989, not as Pinky but as Benazir Bhutto, the new prime minister of Pakistan — the first woman elected to lead an Islamic country.
Dec 28, 2007 · Ms. Bhutto was the first woman democratically elected to lead a modern Muslim country.
In 1988, Bhutto was the first woman ever elected to govern a Muslim country. In the weeks prior to her election, Islamic scholar Mohammed Amin Minhas quoted the prophet Mohammed, saying "a...
Feb 8, 2022 · At age 35, Benazir Bhutto was one of the youngest chiefs of state in the world. More than that, she was the first woman ever to serve as prime minister of an Islamic country, but the road that brought her to power had already led through exile, imprisonment and devastating personal tragedy.
