Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
ذوالفقار علی بھٹو‎
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
President of Pakistan
In office December 20, 1971 – August 13, 1973
Preceded by	Yahya Khan
Succeeded by	Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office August 14, 1973 – July 5, 1977
Preceded by	Nurul Amin
Succeeded by	Muhammad Khan Junejo
Personal details
Born	January 5, 1928 Larkana, British Raj
Died	April 4, 1979 (aged 51) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Cause of death	Executed
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party
Spouse(s)	Nusrat Bhutto (m. 1951-1979, his death)
Children	Benazir Bhutto (dead) Murtaza Bhutto (dead) Sanam Bhutto Shahnawaz Bhutto (dead)

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (Urdu: ذوالفقار علی بھٹو, Sindhi: ذوالفقار علي ڀُٽو; January 5, 1928 – April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani politician. He was the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. He was Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977. He was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the largest and most influential political party in Pakistan.

He was educated at the University of California, Berkeley in the United States and Oxford University in the United Kingdom. Bhutto was executed by hanging in 1979 for ordering the murder of a political opponent. His execution was ordered by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Bhutto's supporters give him the honorific title Shaheed, the Urdu word for martyr. His name then becomes Shaheed-e-Azam Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ("The Great Martyr") or sometimes Quaid-e-Awam (The Leader the Community).

He was married to Nusrat Bhutto (née Ispahnie) from 1951 until his death. Their elder daughter, Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), was also Prime Minister of Pakistan, twice. The couple had three other children: son Murtaza Bhutto (1954-1996) daughter Sanam Bhutto (born 1957), and son Shahnawaz Bhutto (1958-1985).

Other websites

• Official website of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto