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

Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori leaves the Centenario Clinic in Lima on January 04, 2018, where he was hospitalised and where he received a pardon from President Kuczynski. © Luka Gonzales, AFP

Fighting ongoing health issues and a checkered past, former president Alberto Fujimori will run for office in Peru's 2026 elections, his daughter said Sunday. Fujimori has three convictions on corruption charges and owes about $15 million to the Treasury, according to the Attorney General. 

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.

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