Benazir Bhutto was the 1st female leader of a Muslim country

Former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto, who was born on June 21, 1953, was the first democratically elected female leader of a Muslim country and served as the PM twice, in 1988 and then in 1993. After being replaced in 1996, Bhutto was convicted of corruption and went into exile. She returned to the country in 2007 but was assassinated.