Who is Keiko Fujimori?
Keiko Fujimori leads Fuerza Popular and was a presidential runoff candidate three times before 2026. The fourth time, she faced Roberto Sánchez on 7 June 2026 and won with 50.135 percent of valid votes, a margin of fewer than 50,000 votes. The National Elections Jury proclaimed her on 3 July, and she was sworn in on 28 July 2026 for the 2026-2031 term with Luis Galarreta and Miguel Torres as vice presidents. Fuerza Popular and its ally Renovación Popular hold half the Senate seats. Her programme centres on security, fiscal discipline, private investment and social programmes.
Previously: President of Peru (2026 to present); term 2026-2031 · Candidate in the 2011, 2016 and 2021 presidential runoffs · Leader of Fuerza Popular, Peru's largest party · Member of Congress (2006-2011)
Documented positions
- She campaigned on an iron fist against crime, with policies drawn from El Salvador, a megaprison, faceless judges and temporary military-led operations in crime-affected areas.Source: inquirer.com
- Her plan includes mega-prisons, anti-extortion units for small businesses, AI crime prevention, video surveillance and cutting impunity for robbery and assault from 90 to 50 percent by 2031.Source: infobae.com
- Her plan sets a deficit of 1 percent of GDP, keeps the central bank independent and targets USD 5,000 to 7,000 million a year in extra private investment.Source: infobae.com
- It prioritises public-private partnerships and works-for-taxes, and would let public debt rise by up to 1 point of GDP for productive investment.Source: infobae.com
- She announced a 15 percent minimum wage increase, from 1,130 to 1,300 soles, and pledged to double the Pensión 65 subsidy from 350 to 700 soles every two months.Source: latintimes.com
- Her plan would send 40 percent of the mining canon directly to extractive zones under community oversight and create an innovation fund for small-scale mining.Source: infobae.com
- At her oath on 28 July 2026 she pledged to recognise the importance of the Catholic Church in Peru's cultural and moral formation while respecting freedom of worship.Source: ewtnnews.com
- Her government planned to ask Congress for 120 days of authority to legislate by decree across seven areas, which had not been sent as of 8 August 2026.Source: latintimes.com
Record
In her first 13 days her government announced policies but had issued few formal measures, and the decree-powers request was still unsent. Roberto Sánchez challenged the result over the count at consulates abroad and electoral authorities dismissed his complaints. The long-running Cócteles case ended in January 2026, when Judge Wilson Verástegui carried out a Constitutional Tribunal ruling and archived the main money laundering and criminal organisation charges against her, her party and 31 others; remaining false-statement charges were sent back to the prosecutor and reported as time-barred. Supporters credit her with answering public demand for order and with economic continuity. Opposition leaders charge that the laws of the last legislature weaken the fight against organised crime and want them reversed, and relatives of the 2022-2023 protest dead say they do not recognise her as president.