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full screen Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori, center in a photo from when he was pardoned from a long prison sentence last year, has died, aged 86. Archive image. Photo: Martin Mejia/AP/TT
Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori has died of cancer, aged 86, his daughter Keiko announced on X. He was pardoned last December from a long prison term for corruption and responsibility for the deaths of 25 people during his 1990-2000 presidency.
Mathematics professor Fujimori defeated author and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa in the 1990 presidential election.
He implemented major economic reforms, had support in the beginning but resigned after scandals in 2000.