Asif Ali Zardari

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Asif Ali Zardari born 26 July 1955 is the 11th and current President of Pakistan and the CoChairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party PPP Zardari is the widower of Benazir Bhutto who served two nonconsecutive terms as Prime Minister When his wife was assassinated in December 2007 he became the leader of the PPP He successfully led the PPP through general elections in 2008 and led a coalition that forced Pervez Musharrafs resignation His political career has been mired by corruption allegations for which he was in prison from 19901993 and 19962004 He became widely known as Mr 10 Percent during the premiership of Benazir Bhutto because of his alleged role in obtaining kickbacks as an intermediary in government deals As President his attempt to prevent the reinstatement of judges failed after massive protests led by Nawaz Sharif his chief political rival He suffered further political embarrassment for flirting with Sarah Palin and for going to Europe a few days after the 2010 Pakistan floods Description above from the Wikipedia article Asif Ali Zardari licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia