Bilawal Bhutto Zardari بلاول ڀٽو زرداري |
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Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party | |
Assumed office 30 December 2007 |
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Preceded by | Benazir Bhutto |
Personal details | |
Born |
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
21 September 1988
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
Parents |
Asif Ali Zardari Benazir Bhutto |
Relatives |
Zardari family (by father) Bhutto family (by mother) |
Residence | Bilawal House, Karachi |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | PPP website |
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (Sindhi: بلاول ڀٽو زرداري; Urdu: بلاول بھٹو زرداری; born 21 September 1988) is a Pakistani politician who serves as the Leader of the centre-left Pakistan Peoples Party.
Born in Karachi, to two of the politically prominent families of Pakistan, the Bhutto family and the Zardari family, he is the son of the President Asif Ali Zardari and the Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the grandson of Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and his wife, Iranian immigrant Nusrat Bhutto.
Zardari received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from the Christ Church–University of Oxford. He was made the ceremonial head of Pakistan People's Party after his mother's assassination in 2007, and in 2014 he took over the control of the party from his father. Zardari intends to run for a seat in the National Assembly from NA-204 (Larkana) in early 2017 through a by-election.