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Asif Ali Zardari

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Asif Ali Zardari (born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician who has been the 14th president of Pakistan since 2024. A member of the Pakistan People's Party, he served as the 11th president from 2008 to 2013.He served as executive president from 2008 to 2013 due to 17 amendment to the constitution of Pakistan and co chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party He is the first Pakistani head of state to be born after the country's independence and the widower of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The son of Hakim Ali Zardari, a landowner from Sindh, Zardari rose to prominence after his marriage to Benazir Bhutto in 1987, who became the Prime Minister of Pakistan after her election in 1988. When Bhutto's government was dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1990, Zardari was widely criticized for involvement in corruption scandals that led to its collapse. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2024). Asif Ali Zardari is the 4,220th most popular politician (up from 9,066th in 2024), the 30th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 39th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Pakistani Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Asif Ali Zardari ranks 4,220 out of 19,576. Before him are Nikolai Patrushev, Pir Muhammad, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, Godigisel, Milan Milutinović, and Francis IV, Duke of Modena. After him are Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Plutarco Elías Calles, Chen Shou, Borut Pahor, Barquq, and Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Asif Ali Zardari ranks 60. Before him are Héctor Cúper, John Grisham, Roland Emmerich, Binali Yıldırım, Gary Sinise, and Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este. After him are Billy Bob Thornton, François Cluzet, Zucchero Fornaciari, Safet Sušić, Al-Waleed bin Talal, and Emine Erdoğan.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari ranks 30 out of 217. Before him are Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Dev Anand (1923), Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), Aga Khan III (1877), Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944), and Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1178). After him are Kabir Bedi (1946), Ranjit Singh (1780), Har Gobind Khorana (1922), Khushal Khattak (1613), Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932), and Malala Yousafzai (1997).

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Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari ranks 15. Before him are Arif Alvi (1949), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), Aga Khan III (1877), and Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944). After him are Ranjit Singh (1780), Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932), Bahlul Lodi (1406), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309), Imran Khan (1952), and Raja Dahir (663).

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