served twice as prime minister, was removed twice, and was replaced by Nawaz Sharif. But he was deposed by the military in 1999 and, like Bhutto, was forced phone database into exile and briefly imprisoned before heading to Saudi Arabia. After another 14 years, Sharif returned home, led the opposition back into politics, and won him a third term as prime minister. But when the Panama Papers scandal in 2017 came to light, revealing ties to offshore companies and assets not shown on his family's wealth statements, Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled him a lifetime ban from public office. Another important figure in Pakistani politics, Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in the 1999 coup that forced Bhutto and Sharif into exile,
also ended his political career in exile. _-4382-b48d-bfb60 Photo Credit: Getty Images / BBC News Marcos (the waver) was elected president in 1965. His son, second from right, will be elected president of the Philippines in 2022. Ferdinand Marcos In 1986, Ferdinand Marcos claimed to have won the presidential election, but was accused of fraud, triggering large-scale protests and demonstrations, and the situation was serious and imminent. Then-US President Ronald Reagan advised him to abandon his power struggle in the Philippines and go into exile in Hawaii. "The Philippines was a former
American colony, and Marcos was an important anti-communist ally who received generous economic and military support (from Washington)," said Professor Escliba- Falci. He said it could also set a precedent for outgoing dictators with a safe destination in exile, with the result arguably making the regime transition smoother than otherwise. The Marcus family’s reign was marked by political assassinations of opponents, rampant human rights abuses, corruption and conspicuous profligacy (his wife, Imede Marcus, had a legendary shoe collection), while millions of Living in extreme poverty, the country's debt is rising. In May 2022, Marcos' son