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Alberto Fujimori

1938–2024 · 20th century

Alberto Fujimori was president of Peru from 1990 to 2000. He curbed hyperinflation, closed Congress in a self-coup in 1992 and fought the Shining Path insurgency, whose leader was captured that year. He fled to Japan in 2000 amid corruption scandals and was later convicted in Peru of human rights abuses and corruption.

Alberto Fujimori
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Alberto Fujimori. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/alberto-fujimori
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