Alberto Fujimori, the first man of Japanese heritage to become leader of a Latin American nation, was a university administrator who came from nowhere to win Peru's presidency in 1990.

Fujimori, the son of Japanese immigrants, entered national politics in 1990 as a dark-horse candidate running for president against author Mario Vargas Llosa, who would later become a Nobel laureate.

Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died.

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori died on Wednesday at the age of 86. He was the country's first president of Japanese descent. Fujimori demonstrated an ability to reform the economy and ...

Alberto Fujimori, who made history in Latin American politics, as the first Japanese immigrant to become President of Peru in 1990, died on 11 September. He has two world history records.

Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori speaks during an interview with the Asahi Shimbun newspaper on June 7, 1994, in Tokyo, Japan. The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images ...

Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace, has died. He was 86.

Alberto Fujimori, Peru's controversial former president who died Sept. 11, ... The son of Japanese immigrants, Fujimori came to UW-Milwaukee in 1969 after studying agricultural engineering in Peru.

Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that later sent him to ...

Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori gives a press conference in front of the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima on April 22, 1997. | Eugene Hoshiko/AP By Associated Press 09/11/2024 08:28 PM EDT ...

Alberto Fujimori, the once popular Peruvian president credited with rescuing his country from economic chaos and leftist insurgency but who was later disgraced and sentenced to prison on charges ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in autocratic excess that later sent ...