Alberto Fujimori

*Excelentísimo Señor*

Alberto Fujimori
Excelentísimo Señor; Alberto Fujimori
藤森謙也
	Fujimori in 1991
54th President of Peru
	In office; 28 July 1990 – 22 November 2000
Prime Minister	See list Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller ; Carlos Torres y Torres Lara ; Alfonso de los Heros ; Óscar de la Puente Raygada ; Alfonso Bustamante ; Efraín Goldenberg ; Dante Córdova Blanco ; Alberto Pandolfi ; Javier Valle Riestra ; Víctor Joy Way ; Alberto Bustamante Belaúnde ; Federico Salas ;
Vice President	See list First Vice Presidents ; Máximo San Román; (1990–1992) ; Vacant; (1992–1995) ; Ricardo Márquez Flores; (1995–2000) ; Francisco Tudela; (July–November 2000) ; Second Vice Presidents ; Carlos García y García; (1990–1992) ; Vacant; (1992–1995) ; César Paredes Canto; (1995–2000) ; Ricardo Márquez Flores; (July–November 2000) ;
Preceded by	Alan García
Succeeded by	Valentín Paniagua
President of the Emergency and National Reconstruction Government
	In office; 5 April 1992 – 9 January 1993
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Post abolished
Personal details
Born	Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto; 26 July 1938; Lima, Peru
Died	11 September 2024 (aged 86); Lima, Peru
Political party	Change 90 (1990–1998); Vamos Vecino (1998–2005); Sí Cumple (2005–2010); People's New Party (2007–2013); Popular Force (2024)
Other political; affiliations	New Majority (1992–1998, non-affiliated member); Peru 2000 (1999–2001); Alliance for the Future (2005–2010); Change 21 (2018–2019)
Spouse(s)	; Susana Higuchi (m. 1974; div. 1995) ; Satomi Kataoka (m. 2006)
Children	4, including Keiko and Kenji
Relatives	Santiago Fujimori (brother)
Education	National Agrarian University (BS); University of Strasbourg; University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (MS)
Signature
	Criminal information
Criminal status	Convicted
Criminal charge	Human rights abuses, murder, kidnapping, embezzlement, abuse of power, bribery and corruption
Penalty	25 years in prison (Human rights abuses, murder and kidnapping charges); Six years in prison (Abuse of power charges); Seven-and-a-half years in prison (Embezzlement charges); Six years in prison (Corruption and bribery charges)

Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto (July 26, 1938 – September 11, 2024) 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]

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 had 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.

His daughter, Keiko Fujimori is also a politician and ran for president three times, the most recent being is 2021.

Prison and release

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. He was released in December 2023 because of bad health.

Death

Fujimori died of problems caused by tongue cancer on September 11, 2024 in Lima at the age of 86.^[4]

References

↑ Released on 5 December 2023.
↑ Fox, Elizabeth, and Fox, de Cardona and Waisbord, Silvio Ricardo. Latin Politics, Global Media. 2002, p. 154
↑ Dan Collyns (24 December 2017). "Peru's jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori pardoned, sparking protests". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
↑ "Former Peruvian leader Alberto Fujimori dies at 86". BBC. September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.