Alberto Fujimori, former Peruvian leader, to run for presidency in 2026, daughter says

Fighting ongoing health issues and a checkered past, former president Alberto Fujimori announced he will run for office in Peru's 2026 elections.  

Former President Alberto Fujimori, who was pardoned in December from his convictions for corruption and responsibility for the murder of 25 people, plans to run for Peru's presidency for the fourth time in 2026, his eldest daughter said Sunday.

“My father and I have talked and decided together that he will be the presidential candidate,” Keiko Fujimori, leader of the right-wing Fuerza Popular party, said on social networks.