Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari (Urdu: آصف علی زرداری‎code: ur is deprecated ; Sindhi: آصف علي زرداري‎code: sd is deprecated ) 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.

Asif Ali Zardari
آصف علي زرداري
File:Asif Ali Zardari - 2024 (cropped 2).jpg Zardari in 2009
11th and 14th President of Pakistan
Incumbent
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
Other political offices President of PPP-P Incumbent Assumed office 27 December 2015 Preceded by Ameen Faheem Co-Chairperson of the PPP In office 30 December 2007 – 27 December 2015 Serving with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Preceded by Position established Spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan In office 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 In office 2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990 Member of National Assembly of Pakistan Incumbent Assumed office 29 February 2024 In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
Personal details
Born	26 July 1955 (aged 70) Karachi, Federal Capital Territory, Pakistan (now Sindh, Pakistan)
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan People's Party
Spouse(s)	Benazir Bhutto ​ ​ (m. 1987;  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.

Asif Ali Zardari Media

• Benazir Bhutto US visit 19890605.jpg

  Zardari, Benazir Bhutto, and baby Bilawal in a state visit to Andrews Air Force Base in 1989

• Bush and Zardari 2008-9-23.jpg

  Bush and Zardari 2008-9-23

• Dmitry Medvedev in Tajikistan 30 July 2009-2.jpg

  Dmitry Medvedev in Tajikistan 30 July 2009-2

• The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the President of Pakistan ,Mr.Asif Ali Zardari during his visit to the United States, in New York on September 24, 2008 (1).jpg

  Zardari embraces Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the United Nations General Assembly summit in New York City, September 2008

• Joe Biden Zardari meeting.jpg

  Vice President Joe Biden greets Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and introduces him to Acting Special Representative Frank Ruggiero, right, outside the Presidential Palace in Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. 12, 2011.

• Barack Obama with Afghan President Karzai, Pakistan President Zardari and Joe Biden.jpg

  Hamid Karzai, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Zardari after the Afghanistan-U.S.-Pakistan trilateral meeting in May 2009

• Zardari and Hillary clinton.jpg

  Zardari meets Hillary Clinton in May 2009

• State reception on behalf of President of Pakistan was hosted in honor of President of Azerbaijan.jpg

  Zardari at a state reception in Islamabad with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during the former's official visit to Pakistan, 2024