Key Facts

• Keiko Fujimori won Peru’s presidency by fewer than 50,000 votes in a June runoff election.
• She is Peru’s ninth president in 10 years, following a period of political instability with many leaders not finishing their terms.
• Fujimori’s party, Fuerza Popular, is the largest group in Congress and, with allies, controls half the Senate seats.
• Her campaign focused on tough crime-fighting measures amid Peru’s serious security problems with gangs and violence.
• Proposed crime policies include building a mega-prison, anonymous judges for cases, deporting undocumented migrants, and making prisoners work for food.
• Keiko Fujimori is the daughter of Alberto Fujimori, president in the 1990s who defeated a Maoist rebellion but was later imprisoned for corruption and human rights abuses.
• Her father’s controversial legacy both helped her win and caused fears about possible government abuses under her leadership.
• Opposition groups and victims’ families have protested her inauguration, asking for justice and the reopening of investigations into past violence.