Alberto Fujimori
President of Peru from 1990 to 2000 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alberto Fujimori (born July 28, 1938) was the President of Peru from 1990 to 2000. A controversial figure in Peruvian politics, his government is credited with the creation of Fujimorism, defeating the Shining Path insurgency and restoring Peru's macroeconomic stability.[2] He is still remembered in Peru for defeating Shining Path, the peace with Ecuador and recovering the economy after the presidency of Alan García. Even amid his prosecution in 2008 for crimes against humanity relating to his presidency, two-thirds of Peruvians polled voiced approval for his leadership in that period.
Alberto Fujimori | |
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In office 28 July 1990 – 22 November 2000 | |
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Vice President | 1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
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Preceded by | Alan García |
Succeeded by | Valentín Paniagua |
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Born | Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto (1938-07-28) 28 July 1938 (age 85) Lima, Peru |
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Children | 4, including Keiko and Kenji |
Relatives | Santiago Fujimori (brother) |
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In 2001, Fujimori's head of intelligence, Vladimiro Montesinos, was accused of doing illegal things. People thought that Fujimori was also involved.
After that, Fujimori went to Japan, because he has Japanese ancestors, thus is a citizen there. Japan protected him from Peruvian law since they do not find any valid accusation. Fujimori resigned the Presidency of Peru. Valentín Paniagua was elected president by the Congress soon after Fujimori resigned.
In 2005 Fujimori was detained in Chile. After his extradition in 2007 the Peruvian government put him on trial and convicted him. He was sentenced to several years in prison. On 24 December 2017, President Kuczynski pardoned him on health grounds[3] but in 2019 he was put back in prison.
His daughter, Keiko is also a politician and ran for president three times, the most recent being is 2021.