Keiko Fujimori Is Inaugurated as Peru's President Following a Narrow Election Victory
Fujimori pledged to deploy the military in crime-hit areas and proposed a 15% minimum wage increase and social service reforms.
- Conservative leader Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's president on Tuesday after winning June's election by fewer than 50,000 votes, becoming the nation's ninth leader in a decade.
- Fujimori takes office amid deep polarization, as Peru has seen only three presidents elected by popular vote over the past decade; the rest resigned or were removed by Congress amid corruption scandals.
- During her campaign, Fujimori promised to fight crime with an "iron fist," implementing policies adopted by Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele, including building a megaprison modeled after the notorious Cecot penitentiary in Salvador.
- Opposition leaders have asked the incoming government to reverse laws weakening organized-crime prosecution, while relatives of civilians killed during 2022–2023 anti-government protests plan to protest Fujimori's inauguration.
- Despite Peru maintaining economic stability with interest rates below 5%, critics point to a growing gap in living standards between coastal areas and communities in the Andean highlands.
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The president sworn in her position in the Peruvian Congress this Tuesday before King Felipe VI and other heads of state.
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Kristeligt DagbladKeiko Fujimori was inaugurated as Peru's president on Tuesday. She won the election in June by less than 50,000 votes.
In his first message to Congress he has announced that the Armed Forces will temporarily assume security and internal order control operations in areas of the country declared in a state of emergency
In his investiture speech, he said uniforms will regain control during “states of exception” by fighting criminal gangs
The Popular Force leader assumed for the period 2026-2031 with 9.2 million votes, one third of the electorate, and an advantage of 49,641 ballots over the left. She is the tenth Peruvian ruler in ten years.
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