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Zardari leaves Presidential Palace after holding office for a record five years

(8 Sep 2013) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari stepped down on Sunday at the end of his five-year term, becoming the first democratically elected President in the country's history to complete his full term in office. At a ceremony at the presidency shown live on state television, an honour guard bid farewell to a smiling Zardari. His successor, Mamnoon Hussain, is scheduled to be sworn in on Monday. Zardari rose to power after the assassination of his wife, two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, in a gun and bomb attack in December 2007. Analysts count his government's completion of a full term in a hostile political environment to his credit, as well as his strong stance against Islamic militancy. However, economic mismanagement and a failure to tackle the country's energy crisis hurt Zardari's popularity, they say. His other major accomplishments include transferring power in democratic elections in a country plagued by military coups. Pakistani army dictators ruled for most of the country's 66-year history. He also agreed to a constitutional amendment that transferred many of the President's powers to the Prime Minister, leaving his position as largely ceremonial. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...