The Bhutto dynasty
December 31, 2007 at 1:44AM
Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto: Late grandfather of Benazir Bhutto. Senior figure in the Pakistan Muslim League, the party that helped split Pakistan from India.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: Benazir Bhutto's father. Became prime minister in 1971 after founding the populist Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Executed in 1979 by the government of Gen. Mohammed Zia-ul Haq on charges of arranging the murder of the father of a political opponent.
Nusrat Bhutto: Bhutto's mother. Lawmaker who took control of her husband's party after his death. Soon eclipsed by her daughter and has not been seen in public in recent years because of illness.
Benazir Bhutto: Took over leadership of her father's party; in 1988, elected the Islamic world's first female prime minister but was fired 20 months later on corruption charges by the country's military-backed president. Elected again in 1993, only to be removed three years later. Slain Thursday as she campaigned for a third term as prime minister.
Asif Ali Zardari: Benazir Bhutto's widower. On orders in Bhutto's will, he replaced her as head of the PPP.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari: Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son and oldest of her three children. A student at Oxford University, he was appointed official chairman of the PPP after his mother's death.
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