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Economy & Business - July 2026
PERU: Fujimori wins the presidency on her fourth attempt
Keiko Fujimori will take office as Peru’s new president on 28 July after winning the narrowest of victories in the 7 June run-off election. This was fourth time lucky for Fujimori and marks the culmination of a 15-year march towards the presidency. She inherits an immensely divided country in which the majority of voters residing within Peru voted for her left-wing rival, Roberto Sánchez. As Fujimori becomes Peru’s ninth president in 10 years, the main question hanging over her is whether she can arrest the country’s chronic political instability – which has been driven in large part by the congressional manoeuvres of her right-wing Fuerza Popular (FP).
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