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Alberto Fujimori

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The Resume

    (July 28, 1938- )
    Born in Lima, Peru
    Dual citizen of Peru and Japan
    President of Peru (1990-2000)
    Fled Peru for Japan (November, 2000)
    Arrested during a visit to Chile (2005) and extradited to Japan
    Convicted of ordering an illegal search (2007)
    Convicted of human rights violations and sentenced to 25 years in prison (April 7, 2009)

Why he might be annoying:

    He suspended the Constitution, shut down congress and purged the judiciary (1992).
    Transparency International accused his government of embezzling $600 million.
    His 'voluntary' family planning campaign reportedly forced or coerced 2-300,000 women into undergoing sterilization.
    The Peruvian congress voted 62-9 to remove him from office on grounds of being 'morally disabled' (November 17, 2000).
    He was convicted of ordering the kidnapping of a journalist and a businessman.
    He was also found guilty of ordering two massacres by the Grupo Colina death squad that left 25 people dead.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He curbed the country's hyperinflation and stabilized the economy.
    He ended a fifteen-year reign of terror by the Shining Path guerrilla movement.
    He signed treaties ending long-simmering border disputes with both Ecuador and Chile.
    In a 2007 poll, although 4 out of 5 Peruvians felt he should be tried for human rights violations, half still approved of his presidency.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 71 Votes: 50.70% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 46 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 43 Votes: 62.79% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 60 Votes: 70.0% Annoying