Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori Inomoto was the President of Peru from July 28, 1990 to November 17, 2000.
In late 2000, in the face of mounting scandal, criticism over human rights abuses (including a compulsory sterilization program[2]) and growing instability, he left Peru to attend an APEC summit in Brunei and then continued on to Japan, from where he resigned. His resignation was initially transmitted by fax machine and later officially via the Peruvian Embassy in Tokyo. However, the Congress of the Republic refused to accept his resignation and removed him from office. It then barred him from holding any elective office for 10 years.
At the beginning of March 2003, at the behest of the Peruvian Government, Interpol issued an international arrest order for Fujimori on charges that include murder, kidnapping, and crimes against humanity. In addition, the former Toledo administration lodged an extradition request with the Japanese government in September 2003. Attorney General Nelly Calderón also travelled to Tokyo to argue Peru's request for Fujimori's extradition before Japan's judicial authorities. She detailed the charges against Fujimori to the Japanese authorities, and pointed out irregularities in the former president's dual Peruvian-Japanese nationality.
In October of 2005, Fujimori publicly announced he would run in the up-coming Peruvian national election.
