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Asif Ali Zardari

Person of interest · PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Asif Ali Zardari is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Asif Ali Zardari · Asif Ali Zardoriy · Asif Əli Zərdari · Asifs Ali Zardārī · Aszif Ali Zardari · 22 more...				[sources]
Alias	Ali Zardari · Asif Ali · Asif Alí Zardárí · Asif Alí Zardáví · Asif Zardari · 24 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Mr.10% · Zardari · Зардари · Зардарі · زرداری · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1955-07-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Karachi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Citizenship	Pakistan				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Asif				[sources]
Political association	Pakistan Peoples Party				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57373				[sources]
Position	Member of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan (2018-2023) · Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan · President · President of Pakistan (2008-2013) · President of Pakistan (2024-) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Cadet College Petaro (-1972) · St Patrick's High School, Karachi (1973-1974)				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-25	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of Pakistan (2008–2013; since 2024)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-16

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Azra Fazal Pechuho PEP	sibling	-	-
Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan	2024-03-10	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Aseefa Bhutto Zardari PEP	father	-	-

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,955

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,072

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,307

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,397

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata327,975

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,076

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-pakistan-asif-ali-zardari-president · unprot-2c02e8af777640039b93efe94d96c03c079dff44 · unprot-135fb2b082121837a8a89c2a5909c84f2eaca4d5 · unprot-643eebeb63cf8a3f8eed6f254d9cb6902d3bbec0

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