Alberto Fujimori | |
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.jpg) Fujimori in 1991 | |
| 54th President of Peru | |
| In office 28 July 1990 – 22 November 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | See list
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| Vice President | See list
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| 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[a] Lima, Peru |
| Died | 11 September 2024 (aged 86) Lima, Peru |
| Resting place | Campo Fe Huachipa Cemetery |
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| Political party | Change 90 (1990–1998) Sí Cumple (1998–2010) 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) |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 4, including Keiko and Kenji |
| Relatives | Santiago Fujimori (brother) |
| Alma mater | National Agrarian University (BS) University of Strasbourg University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (MS) |
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| Criminal information | |
| Criminal status | Convicted[1] |
| 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[b] (26 July 1938[a] – 11 September 2024) was a Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer who served as the 54th president of Peru from 1990 to 2000.[c] Of Japanese descent, Fujimori was an agronomist and university rector before entering politics. Generally recognized as a civilian-military dictatorship,[6] his government was characterized by its use of propaganda, widespread political corruption, and human rights violations.
Fujimori's tenure began with his unexpected victory in the 1990 general election. He quickly implemented neoliberal[neutrality is disputed] economic reforms to address hyperinflation and economic instability, which won him initial support from international financial institutions, the military, and the Peruvian upper class. His administration soon became known for its authoritarian practices. In 1992, he carried out a self-coup, dissolving Congress and assuming extraordinary powers. After the coup, it was revealed that his government applied the directives of the military's Plan Verde. His government was linked to forced sterilizations and the violent suppression of the Shining Path insurgency. He was re-elected in 1995 and controversially again in 2000 amid allegations of electoral fraud.
In 2000, facing mounting allegations of widespread corruption, crimes against humanity, and human rights abuses in his government, Fujimori fled to Japan. He was later arrested in Chile in 2005 and extradited to Peru, where he was tried and convicted on multiple charges, including human rights violations and embezzlement. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison but was released in December 2023 following a controversial court order. He died from cancer nine months later in September 2024. He remains a polarizing figure in Peruvian politics, with a visible legacy in his political movement called Fujimorism, and in his daughter, Keiko Fujimori, who has run three times for president.
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In the 1990s, Peru was run ... by its secret-police chief, Vladimiro Montesinos Torres.
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The coup of April 5, 1992, carried out by high-ranking military felons who used the President of the Republic himself as their figurehead, had as one of its stated objectives a guaranteed free hand for the armed forces in the anti-subversion campaign, the same armed forces for whom the democratic system – a critical Congress, an independent judiciary, a free press – constituted an intolerable obstacle.
- "Spymaster". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. August 2002. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
Lester: Though few questioned it, Montesinos was a novel choice. Peru's army had banished him for selling secrets to America's CIA, but he'd prospered as a defence lawyer – for accused drug traffickers. ... Lester: Did Fujmori control Montesinos or did Montesinos control Fujimori? ... Shifter: As information comes out, it seems increasingly clear that Montesinos was the power in Peru.
- Keller, Paul (26 October 2000). "Fujimori in OAS talks PERU CRISIS UNCERTAINTY DEEPENS AFTER RETURN OF EX-SPY CHIEF". Financial Times.
Mr Montesinos ... and his military faction, ... for the moment, has chosen to keep Mr Fujimori as its civilian figurehead
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Alberto Fujimori,... as later events would seem to confirm—merely the figurehead of a regime governed for all practical purposes by the Intelligence Service and the leadership of the armed forces
- "Questions And Answers: Mario Vargas Llosa". Newsweek. 9 January 2001. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
Fujimori became a kind of, well, a figurehead
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Peru's vibrant human rights community, which fought tirelessly to confront impunity, end the Fujimori dictatorship
- Contesse, Jorge (July 2019). "Inter-American Court of Human Rights – presidential pardon – anti-impunity – conventionality control". American Journal of International Law. 113 (3): 568. doi:10.1017/ajil.2019.28. S2CID 199175644.
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court) ordered Peru to review the presidential pardon granted to former president and dictator Alberto Fujimori
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the dictator Fujimori fled
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Fujimori's rule as a dictator lasted for nearly ten years
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in Peru the first dictatorial support party was created by General Manuel Odria ... and the second completely different one by President Alberto Fujimori
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former Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori often dressed as a samurai and as an Inca as part of his campaign publicity
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- Burt, Jo-Marie; Youngers, Coletta A. (2010). "Peruvian precedent: the Fujimori conviction and the ongoing struggle for justice". NACLA Report on the Americas. 43 (2): 6. doi:10.1080/10714839.2010.11722203. S2CID 157981443.