Asif Ali Zardari: President of Pakistan since 2024
Asif Ali Zardari (Urdu: آصف علی زرداری; Sindhi: آصف علي زرداري) is a Pakistani politician who is the 11th and current President of Pakistan since 2024, and previously from 2008 to 2013 and the former co-chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party.
He became famous after he married Benazir Bhutto in 1987, daughter of the former prime minister of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. His wife became prime minister in 1988. He returned from self-exile from Dubai when his wife was assassinated in 2007. As new co-chairperson he became president after his party won the 2008 general elections. He passed the 18th amendment to constitutionally reduce his powers and allied with the U.S. in the war in Afghanistan.
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آصف علي زرداري | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Zardari in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11th and 14th President of Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 10 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Arif Alvi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 9 September 2008 – 9 September 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Caretaker) Nawaz Sharif | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Muhammad Soomro (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mamnoon Hussain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 July 1955 Karachi, Federal Capital Territory, Pakistan (now Sindh, Pakistan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Pakistani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Pakistan People's Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Benazir Bhutto (m. 1987; her death 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Bilawal Zardari Bakhtawar Zardari Aseefa Zardari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parents | Bilquis Sultana Hakim Ali Zardari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | See Zardari family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life
Zardari was born on 26 July 1955 in Karachi, Sindh.
References
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