Keiko Fujimori, the eldest daughter of late conservative President Alberto Fujimori, was inaugurated as president of Peru on Tuesday for a five-year term until 2031.
Fujimori, who served as first lady of Peru during her father’s rule, became the tenth president Peru has had over the past decade. Peru has experienced a convoluted period of political instability that has seen no president successfully conclude their full five-year term since 2016.
The new conservative president of Peru was elected in June following a slow vote count that marked her fourth and finally successful presidential race. Fujimori narrowly lost Peru’s three previous presidential elections in 2021, 2016, and 2011.
Her victory also...
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