Alberto Fujimori

His Excellency Alberto Fujimori
藤森謙也 アルベルト・フジモリ
Fujimori in 1991
54th President of Peru
In office 28 July 1990 – 22 November 2000[a]
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 (1938-07-26)26 July 1938 Lima, Peru
Died	11 September 2024(2024-09-11) (aged 86) Lima, Peru
Resting place	Campo Fe Huachipa Cemetery
Citizenship	Peru Japan
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	Susana Higuchi ​ ​ (m. 1974; div. 1995)​ Satomi Kataoka ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	4, including Keiko and Kenji
Relatives	Santiago Fujimori (brother)
Alma mater	National Agrarian University (BS) University of Strasbourg University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (MS)
Signature
Website	alberto.fujimori.pe
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^[c] – 11 September 2024) was a Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer who served as the 54th president of Peru from 1990 to 2000.^[d][6] Born in Lima, Fujimori was the country's first president of Japanese descent, and was an agronomist and university rector prior to entering politics.

Fujimori emerged as a politician during the midst of the internal conflict in Peru, the Peruvian Lost Decade, and the ensuing violence caused by the far-left guerilla group Shining Path.^[7] In office as president, Fujimori implemented a series of military reforms and responded to Shining Path with repressive and lethal force, successfully halting the group's actions. His economic policy and his neoliberal political ideology of Fujimorism rescued Peru's economy and transformed its governance in the midst of its internal conflict.

In 1992, during his first presidential term, Fujimori, with the support of the National Intelligence Service and the Peruvian Armed Forces, adopted Plan Verde and carried out a self-coup against the Peruvian legislature and judiciary. Fujimori dissolved the Peruvian congress and supreme court, effectively making him a de facto dictator of Peru.^[6][8] The coup was criticized by Peruvian politicians, intellectuals and journalists, but was well received by the country's private business sector and a substantial part of the public.^[9] Following the coup d'état, Fujimori drafted a new constitution in 1993, which was approved in a referendum, and was elected as president for a second term in 1995 and controversially for a third term in 2000.

Fujimori's time in office was marked by severe authoritarian measures, excessive use of propaganda, entrenched political corruption, multiple cases of extrajudicial killings, and human rights violations. Under the provisions of Plan Verde, Fujimori targeted members of Peru's indigenous community and subjected them to forced sterilizations.

In 2000, following his third term election, Fujimori was facing mounting allegations of widespread corruption and crimes against humanity, in his government. Subsequently Fujimori fled to Japan, where he submitted his presidential resignation via fax. Peru's congress refused to accept his resignation, instead voting to remove him from office on the grounds that he was "permanently morally disabled."^[10] While in Japan, Peru issued multiple criminal charges against him, stemming from the corruption and human rights abuses that occurred during his government. Peru requested Fujimori's extradition from Japan, which was refused by the Japanese government due to Fujimori being a Japanese citizen, and Japanese laws stipulating against extraditing its citizens.^[11] In 2005, while Fujimori was visiting Santiago, Chile, he was arrested by the Carabineros de Chile by the request of Peru, and extradited to Lima to face charges in 2007.

Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in prison, but was unlawfully pardoned by president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in 2017, and was officially released in December 2023.

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