Benazir Bhutto
Title
Benazir Bhutto
Subject
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Description
First woman of an Islamic country to serve as Prime Minister
Creator
Amy French
Source
Image: Wiki Commons
Birth Date
1953
Birthplace
Karachi, Pakistan
Death Date
2007
Occupation
Politician
Biographical Text
Benazir Bhutto was the first woman in an Islamic country to serve as a prime minister. She became the youngest chief executive in the world at the age of 35. She brought electricity to the countryside and built schools in her country. She survived an assassination attempt that took the lives of 100 bystanders. A few weeks later, there was a second attack. A gunman shot up her car before detonating a bomb, killing more than 20 bystanders and himself. She died as a result of that act.
Bibliography
Bhutto, Benazir and Mark Siegel. Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West. (HarperCollins, 2008). Published posthumously.
Bhutto, Benazir. Daughter of Destiny: an Autobiography. (Simon and Schuster, 1989).
Bhutto, Benazir. Pakistan: the Gathering Storm. (1983).
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