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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

1928 - 1979

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979) was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and later as the ninth prime minister of Pakistan from 1973 until his overthrow in 1977. He was also the founder and first chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from 1967 until his execution in 1979. Born in Sindh and educated at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Oxford, Bhutto trained as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn before entering politics. He was a cabinet member during president Iskandar Ali Mirza's tenure, holding various ministries during president Ayub Khan's military rule from 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is the 3,358th most popular politician (down from 3,348th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 16th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Pakistani Politician.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Pakistan. He was also the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ranks 3,358 out of 19,576. Before him are Fuad II of Egypt, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Fusu, Stjepan Radić, Victoire of France, and Emperor Sujin. After him are Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Philip II, Duke of Savoy, Zagan Pasha, Theudebert II, Alfred Moisiu, and Mackenzie Bowell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ranks 56. Before him are Li Ka-shing, Francesco Cossiga, Li Peng, Alfonso de Portago, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, and Peyo. After him are Daniel Nathans, Osamu Shimomura, Hardy Krüger, Reynaldo Bignone, Karlheinz Böhm, and Takeshi Inoue. Among people deceased in 1979, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ranks 38. Before him are Jean Seberg, Reinhard Gehlen, Yukio Tsuda, Wilhelm Bittrich, Abul A'la Maududi, and Francisco Macías Nguema. After him are Rachele Mussolini, Giulio Natta, Edvard Kardelj, Wilfred Bion, Mamie Eisenhower, and Dimitri Tiomkin.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ranks 24 out of 217. Before him are Vasubandhu (400), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), Asanga (300), Ustad Ahmad Lahori (1580), and Abdus Salam (1926). After him are Dev Anand (1923), Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), Aga Khan III (1877), Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944), Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1178), and Asif Ali Zardari (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ranks 11. Before him are Nawaz Sharif (1949), Shehbaz Sharif (1951), I. K. Gujral (1919), Shah Jahan (1592), Arif Alvi (1949), and Benazir Bhutto (1953). After him are Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), Aga Khan III (1877), Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944), Asif Ali Zardari (1955), Ranjit Singh (1780), and Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932).

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