Profile of Bilawal Zardari Bhutto by Arslan Malik

Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party

Incumbent

Assumed office

30 December 2007

Serving with Asif Ali Zardari

Preceded by Benazir Bhutto
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Born 21 September 1988 (1988-09-21) (age 21)


Karachi, Pakistan

Nationality: Pakistani

Political party: Pakistan Peoples Party

Relations: Benazir Bhutto (mother)

Asif Ali Zardari (father)

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (grandfather)

Murtaza Bhutto (uncle)

Residence: Karachi, Pakistan

Oxford, United Kingdom

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Alma mater Rashid School For Boys

Christ Church, Oxford

Occupation: Student

Religion: Islam
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Bilawal Zardari Bhutto

Bilawal Zardari Bhutto (Sindhi: بلاول ڀٽو زرداری, Urdu: بلاول بھٹو زرداری, born 21 September 1988) is the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, and the eldest child of the late Pakistani politician and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari, the current President of Pakistan. Chairman Bhutto Zardari is also the grandson of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first popularly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan and father of Benazir Bhutto, who held the distinction of being the first female elected head of government of any Islamic country.[1] Bilawal Bhutto Zardari belongs to a Sindhi family.

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Education

Initially studying at Karachi Grammar School[citation needed] during his mother’s second term in office as Prime Minister, Bilawal attended Froebel's International School in Islamabad Pakistan.[2] He later attended Rashid School For Boys in Dubai, where he was Vice President of the student council.[3] He is also a black belt in Taekwondo.[4] He is currently studying at the University of Oxford.[5][6][7] His mother was a graduate of the same university.[8] When he found out about his mother's assassination he was at the family home in Dubai for the winter break from university.
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Chairman of Pakistan Prople's Party

Bilawal was appointed chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party on 30 December 2007.[10] His father, Asif Ali Zardari, had been named the new chairman in Benazir Bhutto's will, but he asked for his son to be appointed instead.[11] Asif will be co-chairman.[12] In the same press conference Asif also announced that Bilawal would henceforth use the name "Bilawal Bhutto Zardari", whereas he was previously known as "Bilawal Zardari".[13] The website of the Pakistan Peoples Party now refers to him as Bilawal Zardari Bhutto.
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Future

Bilawal intends to complete his studies at Oxford before returning to lead the party full-time.[15] It had been estimated that Bilawal's security at Oxford will cost at least one million pounds each year.[16] He returned to Pakistan in September 2008 to witness his father sworn in as President of Pakistan.