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Bhutto, Benazir |
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Bhutto, Benazir (1953- )Pakistani politician. She was leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from 1984, a position she held in exile until 1986. Bhutto became prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 until 1990, when the opposition manoeuvred her from office and charged her with corruption. She returned as prime minister (1993-96), but was removed again under suspicion of corruption. In 1999, while living in self-imposed exile in London, Bhutto (and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari) was found guilty of corruption and given a five-year prison sentence, but in April 2001 Pakistan's Supreme Court quashed the convictions and ordered a retrial. When martial law had been lifted, she returned to Pakistan in April 1986 and, after the unexpected death in August 1988 of the military dictator Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq, in an aircrash, became the first female leader of a Muslim state in November 1988. In August 1990, she was removed from office by presidential decree on charges of corruption and abuse of power. Bhutto returned to office after the October 1993 general election, following a power struggle between President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. She was removed from office in November 1996 by President Farooq Leghari, amidst increasing concern over government corruption. In November 2000, Bhutto's supporters joined with supporters of her former opponent Nawaz Sharif and 15 smaller parties to form the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, designed to bring an early end to military rule in Pakistan.
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