Alberto Fujimori to run for President of Peru in 2026, daughter announces [View all]

Monday, July 15th 2024 - 10:39 UTC




Fujimori is within a fortnight of turning 86

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori will seek a third term in office in 2026, his daughter and former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori announced Sunday. Regarding her father's disenfranchisement given his numerous criminal convictions, Keiko insisted she would leave those matters up to their legal team. The octogenarian leader also faces several health issues.

“My father and I have talked and decided together that he will be the presidential candidate,” Keiko Fujimori wrote on social media.

Alberto Fujimori, who is two weeks away from turning 86, announced in May that he suffered from a malignant tongue tumor. He ruled Peru with an iron fist between 1990 and 2000, leading to the defeat of Maoist guerrillas Shining Path, but was eventually sentenced to 25 years in prison for two massacres of civilians by an army squadron in the early 1990s.

He was incarcerated for 16 years for crimes against humanity but was released on Dec. 7, 2023, when a pardon granted to him by former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) was upheld by the country's Constitutional Court.

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