In the political history of India, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is one of the names the record keeps returning to.
The record lists Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as 4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979).
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was born at Larkana in 1928. His recorded nationality is India. He was educated at University of Southern California and Christ Church.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The record of office reads: President of Pakistan (1971–1973), Prime Minister of Pakistan (1973–1977) and Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1972–1972).
His political affiliation is recorded as Pakistan Peoples Party.
What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.
That the career was made in India is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto died in 1979, aged 51. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of Pakistan (1971–1973)
- Prime Minister of Pakistan (1973–1977)
- Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1972–1972)
- Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (1963–1966)
- Educated at University of Southern California and Christ Church
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