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Recently, Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, has attracted worldwide attention:
During her tenure as Prime Minister, she married her daughter in Hiuke on June 21st.
As a female leader of a country, during her tenure as head of government, she did not sacrifice her family for work.
Instead, they are pregnant and have children normally, and take six weeks off after the expected date of delivery to rest in peace, so that their deputies can temporarily represent their own work.
When she recovers, she will continue to return to her post and participate in national affairs.
This experience also shows people that,
Women will not be unable to perform well in all walks of life like men because they become a mother.
Therefore, Ardern has also received congratulations from world leaders in recent days.
Among them, there is a special congratulations from Twitter:
Bakhtawar-Bhutto Zardari, a girl who was also born on June 21st, wrote on Twitter:
"Congratulations to Prime Minister Ardern. To this end, I want to resend a message, a report about Benazir Bhutto.
Because she, like you, proves that a woman can be a mother and a head of government at the same time. "
The Benazir Bhutto mentioned by Zardari in Twitter is Zardari’s own mother.
In 1990, also on June 21st,
Benazir, a 35-year-old, struggled to give birth to Zardari while participating in the Pakistani Prime Minister’s election.
And two months after Zardari was born, Benazir officially became the first female prime minister in Pakistani history.
However, Benazir doesn’t have Arden’s treatment of relaxing after taking time off.
Because of the time she lived in and everything she faced at that time,
It can be said that she was not given the slightest chance to breathe, and the oncoming life was full of ups and downs. ….
She was born into a rich political family, received elite education from an early age, and was encouraged not to let a man;
She inherited her father’s political legacy when his father was hanged and his brother was killed.
However, because of her female identity, she had to accept political marriage and was even attacked by her own brother.
She wandered in exile, imprisonment, election and ouster all her life, but eventually she fell in the terrorist attack. …
She is Benazir Bhutto, the first female prime minister of Pakistan.
The legendary "Iron Butterfly" in Central Asia who has been in politics for 30 years. …
Her life is as wonderful as a bloody novel and as sad as a fable. …
[Men dominate the elite girls in the world]
Benazir was born in Sindh province of Pakistan on June 21st, 1953.
Her father was then Pakistani politician Ali Bhutto.
Ali Bhutto is the founding leader of Pakistan People’s Party,
He was also the later Prime Minister and President of Pakistan, and had a great influence on Pakistan’s political arena in the last century.
Therefore, Bhutto’s surname represents a big politician and a wealthy family in the local area.
Because my father studied law at the University of California when he was young and worked as a lawyer in England after graduation,
Therefore, the idea is relatively open-minded in relatively conservative Pakistan.
It is because of such an open-minded father that Benazir received a good education from an early age.
Father never put any restrictions on her future development just because she is a girl.
In Benazir’s memoirs, her father told her stories when she was a child.
The protagonists of stories are often legends from all over the world, such as Napoleon and Washington, and encourage her to aim high.
Even if my father was once arrested and imprisoned for politics, he never forgot to write to Benazir Jr. to encourage her to study hard.
Therefore, in the early years when her father entered politics, Benazir often participated in various activities with her father to increase her knowledge.
Even when some foreign representatives visited, Benazir had the opportunity to accompany her father to meet them. Among these people, there were many political figures like Premier Zhou Enlai, Kissinger and Gandhi.
In this way, under the guidance of his father, Benazir Jr. has read extensively and learned a lot since childhood.
After graduating from high school, she was sent to Harvard University by her father.
At first, Benazir studied psychology at Harvard.
But because psychology also needed to study anatomy and other courses at that time,
Benazir was afraid and resisted the anatomy course, and finally had to change to comparative politics.
This time I changed my major, but my father Bhutto was very pleased and began to look forward to her future career.
However, after the 21-year-old Benazir graduated from Harvard, her father thought that Benazir’s knowledge was still insufficient.
So he urged her to continue to study at Oxford University in England.
She began to study politics, political economy and philosophy at Oxford, and also completed courses in international law and diplomacy.
Shortly after attending the Oxford Debate, she became the president of the Debate Society and eventually became the first Asian woman to hold this position.
This period of studying abroad in Harvard and Oxford was called the happiest and carefree time in her life by Benazir.
Because in the later years of her life, there has never been such a quiet time:
Where will you go, from peak to bottom, from bottom to peak,
Finally, step by step towards the sad ending. …
[My father was hanged and was ordered to take over the family responsibility in a crisis]
In 1976, Benazir graduated from Oxford University with honors.
And listened to the advice of his father, who was then the prime minister of the country,
Returned to Pakistan, entered the foreign affairs department of the government and engaged in policy research.
At this time, Benazir, who is looking forward to becoming an excellent diplomat,
Seemingly arrogant, with her father’s blessing, she has a bright future.
However, the reality is that the Bhutto family, who is in the center of power,
At that time, it was already in danger, and disaster was coming.
In 1977, less than a year after Benazir returned to China,
Ali Bhutto was overthrown and imprisoned by one of her cronies, then Pakistani military leader General Zia Haq, in a military coup.
Suddenly, the original head of government became a prisoner whose life was at stake.
But because Bhutto, who founded the Pakistan People’s Party, has a group of loyal supporters at home,
Therefore, when he was imprisoned by Huck, a large-scale protest of more than 1 million people broke out in Pakistan.
As a result, General Huck had to release Bhutto quickly. And promised to hold a general election within three months.
(General Zia Haq)
However, Huck’s promise was not fulfilled, and the general election was not held as scheduled:
He announced the cancellation of the general election on October 1, and Pakistan entered a military martial law.
Old Bhutto was once again sentenced to death by Huck on the charge of "attempted murder of political opponents" by military law.
(Old Bhutto goes to court)
On April 3, the day before my father was about to be executed,
Benazir met his haggard father who was on hunger strike in prison.
Her father has been asking her to lead the People’s Party on.
And also taught her: "Do things like a man!"
Benazir, who thought she would only be a diplomat, was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by her father.
At the age of 24, she could only endure her grief and agreed to her father’s entrustment.
The next day, Ali Bhutto was hanged.
Benazir left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and joined the People’s Party.
Officially started his bumpy political career.
(Benazir’s mother is on the execution ground)
[Six years as a prisoner, once a cocoon is broken into a butterfly]
Perhaps it is because of his father’s careful cultivation and deliberate cultivation, or it may be the blessing of his father’s prestige.
Shortly after Benazir joined the People’s Party, she officially became a member of the Executive Committee of the People’s Party Central Committee in September 1978.
However, this position is not easy to sit.
Because the father who founded the People’s Party was hanged, and Benazir was only a 25-year-old young woman.
It’s easy for her to go into politics in Pakistan, where women’s status is low.
But in such a difficult environment, she still led a series of movements against military dictatorship in Pakistan.
However, due to the suppression of the alliance supported by Pakistan’s domestic military forces and the resistance including religious conservatives,
In eight years, Benazir spent almost six years under house arrest and imprisonment.
Life in prison is miserable, and the people in the military government want to suppress her, but because she has prestige among the people,
We can’t let her die on her own turf, causing public anger.
So she was left in prison, half dead.
But the pain of prison life did not make Benazir give in, but made her stronger in these eight years.
Finally, break the cocoon into a butterfly and become stronger!
[Single women can’t show their faces and have no choice but to get married before entering politics]
In 1984, Benazir, who was originally imprisoned, was allowed to go abroad for medical treatment because of her deteriorating health.
In fact, this is equivalent to expelling her overseas in disguise.
In 1986, after staying in Britain for two years, Benazir resolutely returned to China despite the discouragement of people around her:
Because Pakistan at this moment, under the pressure of domestic parties,
Huck lifted the martial law that had been in place since the coup and once again promised to organize general elections.
Benazir knows that whether this election can be implemented or not, she should try hard.
At this time, my mother suggested that Benazir should get married first!
As mentioned earlier, Benazir’s enlightened father doesn’t care about the identity of Benazir’s girl.
However, politicians and people in Qian Qian, Pakistan, who are deeply religious, may not be able to do so.
Therefore, Benazir, who had promised her father that she would never marry a single person, was persuaded by her mother.
At the age of 34, just after returning to China, she finally married a big businessman in Pakistan.
Accepted a political and business marriage.
She didn’t do it because of lack of money.
It was the traditional religion of Pakistan at that time.
An adult single woman must be accompanied by her father, husband or brother before going out.
Therefore, if she doesn’t get married, she may be restricted everywhere because of her status as a "single woman" in the future.
Although marriage has no feelings, it can at least make you a relatively "reasonable" "married woman" and continue to participate in politics.
But unexpectedly, it may also be this marriage that planted the seeds of tragedy for Benazir’s political career.
[Win the general election with pregnancy and become the first female prime minister]
Shortly after getting married, Benazir found herself pregnant.
This is definitely not good news for her who is about to start running for office.
However, if you withdraw from the election because of pregnancy at this time, you will lose the opportunity to become prime minister forever.
So Benazir concealed the news of her pregnancy.
I didn’t take almost a day off, and I have been struggling in the front line of the campaign.
However, the physical changes after pregnancy can’t be hidden after all.
When General Huck’s forces learned that Benazir was pregnant, they deliberately arranged the election in November.
November is the estimated due date of Benazir, and it is expected that she will be unable to participate in the election at that time;
On the other hand, various conservative forces in China who oppose women’s participation in politics,
Also suppressed her from the speech, saying that she:
"It is too greedy to want to be a mother with her own family and want to be a prime minister!"
However, all this has not stopped Benazir from leading the People’s Party to win votes and seats in Parliament.
In September, she unexpectedly gave birth to her first child by caesarean section.
And, with almost no rest, I devoted myself to my work the next day!
And a month later, General Huck, who was very likely to run the general election, died in an accidental air crash.
God seems to deliberately let Benazir go to the center of power in Pakistan.
In November, the election ended.
Benazir’s People’s Party won most seats in the National Assembly.
As a result, Benazir, 35, officially became the Prime Minister of Pakistan through democratic elections and swore to form a Coalition government.
She became the fourth female head of the elected government in the world and the first female prime minister in the Islamic world.
In her memoirs, she wrote about this experience and thought that she finally proved it through practical actions.
A woman can become a mother and a national leader at the same time.
Since then, she has been known internationally as the "Iron Butterfly".
[It’s difficult to become a prime minister, but in the end it’s a disaster]
After becoming prime minister, she began to push forward a series of policies of national reform and modernization.
While being highly anticipated by the domestic people, it has also attracted international attention.
She released some prisoners who had been imprisoned, lifted some government restrictions on NGOs,
And canceled the original strict censorship of the news media, and walked towards openness and democracy step by step. …
However, the good times did not last long. Benazir, who was at the center of the political vortex, had too many political enemies and suffered too many attacks.
Conservative forces can’t stand the idea that a woman goes into politics, even when she is the head of state, she is pregnant and has children.
The opposition attributed the rise in unemployment to Benazir, a female leader, who was incompetent and naive.
After Benazir became pregnant again in 1993, she launched many political attacks.
Even bribed members of parliament to vote against Benazir.
However, Benazir, just like when she was pregnant for the first time, still struggled tenaciously in her job.
Even in the third trimester of pregnancy, I came to the military station in siachen glacier at an altitude of more than 6,000 meters with a big belly.
Visit the soldiers who were on the front line in the border conflict at that time.
You know, most of the people in this military station are young and strong boys.
The bad weather environment is unbearable even for ordinary people, let alone a pregnant woman.
Therefore, even if it is a political show among many people, Benazir’s tenacity,
Still won the support of many people, but also let the international community feel that it is not easy and difficult for a female politician to go into politics in Pakistan.
However, even after these difficulties, Benazir’s political path is still not smooth.
Since becoming prime minister, about her husband, businessman Zardari,
Rumors of taking advantage of his wife’s position to take bribes began to spread.
Someone even nicknamed her husband "Mr. 10%".
He is said to be a greedy businessman, and he will be charged a 10% commission for any transaction he handles.
Benazir, who was besieged on all sides and was treading on thin ice in her political career, eventually lost her reputation because of her husband.
Accused of corruption by the opposition, he was finally ousted by the president in 1990.
Lost his hard-won position as prime minister. …..
[re-elected, but betrayed by my mother and brother! 】
In 1993, Benazir’s successor, Prime Minister Sharif, was finally ousted on charges of corruption.
Benazir decided to lead the People’s Party to participate in the election again.
This time, she won again.
Benazir, who returned to the position of Prime Minister, is more mature.
In her view, elected government, economic privatization and women’s equal rights are the goals that she is most eager to maintain and achieve.
However, under the turbulent political environment and anti-terrorism pressure in Pakistan, this series of policies is actually very difficult to achieve.
Gradually, with the difficulty in implementing the policy, the domestic economic situation declined.
Benazir began to be accused of incompetence, and the opposition was eyeing, and her position as prime minister was in jeopardy.
However, at this extremely dangerous moment,
Always supporting her mother, she began to add difficulties to Benazir.
It turned out that Benazir was not the only child in Bhutto’s family.
After her little brother died unexpectedly in 1985, she actually had a younger brother, Mu Bhutto, who had been in exile.
Although my father valued Benazir more since childhood, as my brother grew up,
Mother began to think that he was more suitable to represent Bhutto’s family in politics than Benazir.
So, with the support of his mother, after Benazir won the election,
He announced that he was the heir to his father’s political legacy and launched a fierce competition with his sister.
Finally, Benazir had a complete fight with her mother in order to keep her hard-won position.
Mother was so angry that she even began to ask Benazir to change her husband’s surname:
"Cancel her right to use the name Bhutto, and then let’s see what she is."
So, just as their mother and daughter, brother and sister were fighting, the opposition saw the Bhutto family’s opportunity.
When they attacked each other, the opposition began to attack them.
Finally, in September 1996, my younger brother Mu Bhutto was assassinated when he came home.
Some people in the opposition immediately accused and hinted that Benazir’s husband was trying to keep his wife’s status.
Sent someone to assassinate his brother-in-law …
Although the case has not been clarified,
But not long after, Benazir’s husband was arrested on suspicion of corruption and murder.
Benazir also suffered, and was dismissed again on suspicion of corruption.
So, once again, after three years as head of government,
Benazir once again lost her position as prime minister and continued to live in exile.
[Two terrorist attacks eventually killed the fallen iron butterfly]
In the later years of exile, Benazir has been accused of corruption from Pakistan.
She has been trying to state that these accusations are political frame-ups and wants to get more support.
On the other hand, she also repaired the relationship with her mother.
Many people advised her to break off the relationship with her husband, but Benazir refused this proposal.
And has been trying to find a way to save the imprisoned husband.
In 2007, after nearly 11 years of overseas activities,
Pakistani Prime Minister Musharraf began to contact Benazir,
And pardoned her for her previous crimes, hoping that she could return to China to participate in the general election.
Because at that time, Benazir was still very prestigious in Pakistan.
If she joins the election, it will make the election of Musharraf, a rival,
It is more legal and fairer.
However, Benazir has to face when she returns to China at this time.
Maybe it’s not just the millions of people in Qian Qian who want to support her.
It certainly includes the threat of assassination supported by terrorism, religious forces and opposition.
However, this time Benazir, like every time before, went back to China without hesitation.
On the day of returning home, thousands of people in Pakistan poured into the streets to meet her.
Although the security work was strengthened in anticipation of an attack in advance,
The terrorist attack still happened:
Someone in the crowd detonated the explosives in a suicide attack surrounded by police security.
More than 140 people were killed and more than 400 injured on the spot.
Benazir survived this terrible attack.
At this point, some people say that she should not go back to China at all, and maybe she should leave immediately for safety.
But Benazir knew that if she really wanted to make a difference in Pakistani politics,
It is not enough to wave the flag for democracy overseas.
She must actually appear among her supporters and her voters.
Therefore, this terrorist attack did not seem to scare her.
She still wants to participate in live parties and be with people who can’t see her on TV.
However, good luck is not always there.
On December 27th, 2007,
Just two months after Benazir returned to China, at a public speech party,
She was attacked again and died unfortunately.
[I didn’t choose fate, but fate chose me]
Benazir’s death not only represents the end of Bhutto’s political career,
It also put an end to that legend of "iron butterfly", which left a strong impression on the world, especially the political world in Central Asia.
Although people now conclude that Benazir lacked real leadership during his two administrations,
There is no way to really control the national fortune and vigorously implement various modernization policies.
The unemployment rate rose and the economic development stagnated during the ruling period.
There are even behaviors such as nepotism with the government and alleged corruption.
But it is undeniable that in the stormy democratic politics,
There are many contradictions between secularization and religionization, and when the country fell into military dictatorship,
Her appearance has indeed promoted the replacement of domestic political power in Pakistan.
Towards a more stable and legal era.
The political ideas of the secularization policy and the policy of promoting women’s rights and interests,
Although her immature political ability was not fully implemented in the end,
However, it still brings some progress to Pakistani society in safeguarding civil rights, lifting press restrictions and privatizing the economy.
Especially considering that she is a woman,
In a country where "single women can’t show their faces alone",
Stepped on the peak of power several times, affecting the destiny of the country,
I have to say it’s a breakthrough.
Therefore, she once wrote this sentence in the first paragraph of her autobiography:
"I didn’t choose this life, but this life chose me.
Born in Pakistan, my life reflects her turmoil, sadness and victory. "
Maybe everyone will eventually forget this "iron butterfly" in Central Asia.
But everything she has done has been integrated into Pakistan’s national history.
Maybe one day, her successors will really win,
The kind of victory that she once struggled and expected? …
So, this will be a time.
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