Alberto Fujimori

Alberto Fujimori
Fujimori in October 1998
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	1st Vice President Máximo San Román Ricardo Márquez Flores Francisco Tudela 2nd Vice President Carlos García y García César Paredes Canto Ricardo Márquez Flores
Preceded by	Alan García
Succeeded by	Valentín Paniagua
Personal details
Born	Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto (1938-07-28)28 July 1938 Lima,Peru
Nationality	Peruvian Japanese
Political party	Cambio 90(1990–1998) Vamos Vecino(1998–2005) Sí Cumple(2005–2010) People's New Party(2007–2013)
Other political affiliations	New Majority(non-affiliated member/1992–1998) Peru 2000(1999–2001) Alliance for the Future(2005–2010) Change 21(2018–2019)
Spouse(s)	Susana Higuchi ​ ​ (m.1974;div.1994)​ Satomi Kataoka ​ (m.2006)​
Children	4, includingKeikoandKenji
Relatives	Santiago Fujimori(brother)
Education	Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina University of Strasbourg University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Alberto Fujimori(bornJuly 28,1938) was thePresidentofPerufrom 1990 to 2000. A controversial figure in Peruvian politics, his government is credited with the creation ofFujimorism,defeating theShining Pathinsurgency and restoring Peru'smacroeconomicstability.He is still remembered in Peru for defeatingShining Path,the peace withEcuadorand recovering theeconomyafter the presidency ofAlan García.Even amid his prosecution in 2008 forcrimes against humanityrelating to his presidency, two-thirds of Peruvians polled voiced approval for his leadership in that period.

In 2001, Fujimori's head ofintelligence,Vladimiro Montesinos,was accused of doingillegalthings. People thought that Fujimori was also involved.

After that, Fujimori went toJapan,because he has Japanese ancestors, thus is acitizenthere. Japan protected him from Peruvianlawsince they do not find any valid accusation. Fujimori resigned the Presidency of Peru.Valentín Paniaguawaselectedpresident by theCongresssoon after Fujimori resigned.

In 2005 Fujimori was detained inChile.After hisextraditionin 2007 the Peruviangovernmentput him ontrialand convicted him. He was sentenced to several years in prison. On 24 December 2017, PresidentKuczynskipardoned him on health groundsbut in 2019 he was put back in prison.

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