Union for Peru is a Peruvian political party founded by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar,an ex-UN Secretary General,in 1994 to run for the presidency of Peru in the 1995 general elections. Originally a social democratic party,the party became the main political home of the Peruvian ethnocacerist movement in the late-2010s after a group led by former Army Major Antauro Humala joined the party. Humala later formed the Patriotic Front in 2018 and contested the 2021 general elections.
Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi is a Peruvian politician. Fujimori is the eldest daughter of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori and Susana Higuchi. From August 1994 to November 2000,she held the role of First Lady of Peru,during her father's administrations. She has served as the leader of the Fujimorist political party Popular Force since 2010,and was a congresswoman representing the Lima Metropolitan Area,from 2006 to 2011. Fujimori ran for president in the 2011,2016,and 2021 elections,but was defeated each time in the second round of voting.
Alliance for Progress is a Peruvian political party founded on December 8,2001 in Trujillo by Cesar Acuña Peralta.
National Solidarity Party,was a conservative Peruvian political party. Founded in 1998 for the 2000 general election to support the candidacy of Luis Castañeda Lossio,a former Lima City Council member from Popular Action. Following the end of Alberto Fujimori's regime,the party formed the National Unity coalition with the Christian People's Party and other minor parties. Led by Lourdes Flores,the coalition placed third at the 2001 and 2006 general elections,while at municipal level,it won the capital city of Lima with Castañeda as the mayoral nominee.
Renzo Andrés Reggiardo Barreto is a Peruvian politician from Popular Renewal,businessman and a former Congressman representing the constituency of Lima for two terms,between 2006 and 2016. In 2018,he ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Lima in the local elections. Leading most of the polls throughout the entire campaign,his absence in the mayoral debate caused him to finish in third place in the election with 8.9% of the popular vote,losing to Jorge Muñoz Walls of the Popular Action.
Carlos Ricardo Bruce Montes de Oca is a Peruvian politician and a former Congressman,representing Lima from 2006 until 2019,when his term ended with the dissolution of the Congress by Martín Vizcarra in 2019.
Yonhy Lescano Ancieta is a Peruvian lawyer and politician belonging to the Popular Action party. He was a Congressman between 2001 until the dissolution of the Congress by Martín Vizcarra in 2019. From 2009 to 2011,he served as the Popular Action party's national secretary-general. He was the Popular Action's presidential nominee in the 2021 general election and placed fifth in an atomized race of 18 nominees.
Clemente Jaime Yoshiyama Tanaka is a Peruvian Fujimorist politician of Japanese descent. He was the President of the Democratic Constitutional Congress from December 1992 to July 1995. He was also the Minister of the Presidency during the administration of President Alberto Fujimori.
Popular Force,known as Force 2011 until 2012,is a right-wing populist and Fujimorist political party in Peru. The party is led by Keiko Fujimori,former congresswoman and daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori. She ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in the 2011,2016 and 2021 presidential elections,all losing by a narrow margin.
Kenji Gerardo Fujimori Higuchi is a Peruvian businessman,politician and a former congressman representing Lima from 2011 until he was suspended from congressional duty in June 2018,in aftermath of the Mamanivideos scandal. He is the son of former President Alberto Fujimori and former First Lady and congresswoman Susana Higuchi. He has three siblings:Hiro Alberto,Sachi Marcela and Keiko Fujimori. In the 2011 elections,he ran for Congress in the constituency of Lima,under the Force 2011,a Fujimorist political party led by his sister Keiko,being the most voted congressman in 2011. In the 2016 elections,he was re-elected for a second term to Congress,once again representing the same constituency,under the Popular Force,as he received a high number of votes and being the most voted congressman in 2016. In June 2018,following the "Mamanivideos" scandal,Congress suspended Kenji and two other congressmen of his party for allegations of crimes of influence peddling and bribery.
Daniel Enrique Salaverry Villa is a Peruvian architect,businessman and politician. Between 2016 and 2019,he served in Congress representing the Department of La Libertad. Elected to Congress under the Fujimorist Popular Force party,he was the party's spokesperson for a year,and was President of the Congress from 2018 to 2019. He ran as a candidate for the presidency of Peru for the We Are Peru party in the 2021 general elections.
General elections were held in Peru on 11 April 2021. The presidential election,which determined the president and the vice presidents,required a run-off between the two top candidates,which was held on 6 June. The congressional elections determined the composition of the Congress of Peru,with all 130 seats contested.
Vicente Antonio Zeballos Salinas is a Peruvian politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru from September 2019 to July 2020,under President Martín Vizcarra's administration. Prior,he served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights.
Luis Carlos Antonio Iberico Núnez is an Argentine-born Peruvian journalist and politician. Throughout his journalistic career,he served in various news stations during the 1980s and 1990s. He gained prominence for his fight against the Alberto Fujimori administration,denouncing several allegations of corruption involving the press. Alongside Fernando Olivera,he presented the first "Vladi-videos" that would prove the major corruption operations headed by Intelligence Chief Vladimiro Montesinos. His role in Fujimori's downfall would gain him support in a career in politics.
Fernando JoséCillóniz Benavides is a Peruvian engineer and politician who served as Governor of the Ica Region from January 2015 to December 2018,elected as invited candidate under Popular Force.
Hernando Guerra-García Campos,better known as Nano Guerra,was a Peruvian politician,businessman,and television presenter. He served as a congressman representing Lima for Fuerza Popular from 27 July 2021,until his death in office.
Julio César GagóPérez is a Peruvian lawyer,businessman,and politician. He served in the Peruvian Congress representing Lima from 2011 to 2016.
The presidency of Pedro Castillo began with his inauguration as the president of Peru on 28 July 2021,the Peruvian Independence Day. In the 2021 Peruvian general election,Castillo,a school teacher and union organizer,won the presidential election against the right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori of Popular Force by a 45,000 margin in the runoff. In the congressional elections,Castillo's party,Free Peru,did not get a majority in the Congress of the Republic of Peru.
Guillermo Bermejo Rojas is a Peruvian politician. He was elected for the Congress of Peru for the 2021-2026 period.
Alberto Fujimori,President of Peru from 1990 to 2000,died in Lima on 11 September 2024 at the age of 86,following a series of health issues. His state funeral would take place on 14 September.
