Mumtaz Bhutto
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| Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto | |
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| 8th Governor of Sindh | |
| In office December 22, 1971 – April 20, 1972 |
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| Preceded by | Lt Gen Rakhman Gul And Irfan Soomro |
| Succeeded by | Mir Rasool Bux Talpur |
| 13th Chief Minister of Sindh | |
| In office May 1, 1972 – December 20, 1973 |
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| Preceded by | M. A. Khuhro |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi |
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| Born | November 28, 1933 Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto Larkana District, Sidh |
| Political party | Sindh National Front |
| Residence | Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto, Sindh |
| Profession | Chief of Bhutto Tribe, Politician |
| Religion | Sunni Muslim |
Mumtaz Ali Khan Bhutto (Urdu: سردار ممتاز علی خان بھٹو ) (born 28.11.1933[1]) is the first cousin of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, chief of the Bhutto clan and chairman of the Sindh National Front and Sindh Qaumi Itehad. Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto was the founding member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), former federal minister, Governor of Sindh and Chief Minister of Sindh.
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[edit] Early life
Mumtaz Ali Bhutto was born on 28 November 1933 in the village of Pir Bux Bhutto district Larkana Sindh, Pakistan. He belongs to a land owning arain family of Larkana. Before independence his father Nawab Nabi Bux Khan Bhutto was a member of the legislative assembly, and had strong political background.
[edit] Education
Bhutto attended St George's College in Masoori, India and then Lawrence College, Murree after partition. He got his 'barrister' degree from Lincoln's Inn, and undergraduate and 'master' degrees in 1959 from Oxford University in the United Kingdom.
[edit] Political career
Bhutto became a member of the National assembly at the age of 32 years on 5 March 1965. When he and his cousin Zulfikar Ali Bhutto announced for a new political party 'Pakistan Peoples Party' PPP on 30 March 1967, and he also became the founding member and principal executive committee member of the Party. He and his cousin Zulfikar Ali Bhutto fought the election of 17 March 1970 against Ayoub Khuhro and Qazi Fazalullah. He got a huge victory against Qazi Fazalullah.[citation needed] His cousin became the 1st democractically elected Prime Minister of Pakistan and Bhutto became Governor on 24 December 1971, then Chief Minister of Sindh Province on 1 May 1972. His cousin always used to call him, a talented cousin.
[edit] Chief Minister
As a Chief Minister he announced Sindhi language as the official language of the Province. On 7 March 1977 he won a National Assembly seat and became a Central Minister. In the year of 1977 his cousin nominated him as a president of "PPP.Sindh". He was arrested during the struggle against the arrest of his cousin, and then exiled by General Zia's government. On 31 March 1985 he announced for a new political Alliance named "Sindhi Baloch Pashtoon Front" at London to propagate ethnic nationalism in Pakistan. He also announced support for a new constitutional framework for Pakistan as a weak confederation. He became the convenor of the alliance for Pakistan, returned to Pakistan and once again arrested by the military government of Zia. On 31 March 1989 he called the workers convention at Hyderabad Sindh and announced a new political party named 'Sindh National Front' S.N.F. He was elected to a seat in the provincial assembly from Larkana on 6 October 1993. On 6 November 1996 he became the Chief Minister of Sindh. Now he is the Chairman of S.N.F, which is the largest ethnic nationalist party of Sindh, and also the Chief of the 'Bhutto' community of Pakistan.
He has two sons Ameer Bux Bhutto and Ali Haider Bhutto.
[edit] Criticisms of Asif Zardari
Mumtaz Bhutto has been a vocal critic of Asif Ali Zardari who he accuses of corruption and usurping the Pakistan Peoples Party by the using the Bhutto family name to gain power.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Rakhman Gul |
Governor of Sindh 1971 – 1972 |
Succeeded by Mir Rasool Bux Talpur |
| Preceded by Muhammad Ayub Khuhro |
Chief Minister of Sindh 1972 – 1973 |
Succeeded by Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi |
| Preceded by Syed Abdullah Shah |
Chief Minister of Sindh (caretaker) 1996 – 1997 |
Succeeded by Liaquat Ali Jatoi |
| Preceded by Wahid Baksh Bhutto (1924-1931) Nawab Nabi Bux Khan Bhutto |
Chief of BhuttoTribe 1979–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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