Santiago Fujimori

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fujimori and the second or maternal family name is Inomoto.

Santiago Fujimori Inomoto (born 3 December 1946) is a Peruvian lawyer, politician and a former congressman, representing Lima for the 2006–2011 term. Of Japanese descent, Fujimori is the younger brother of former President Alberto Fujimori who was the President of Peru from 1990 until 2000 and the uncle of Keiko Fujimori and Kenji Fujimori. During his brother's presidency, he served as an advisor.

Santiago Fujimori
サンチアゴ・フジモリ
Fujimori in October 2010
Member of Congress
In office 26 July 2006 – 26 July 2011
Constituency	Lima
Personal details
Born	Santiago Fujimori Inomoto (1946-12-03) 3 December 1946 (age 78) Lima, Peru
Political party	Popular Force
Other political affiliations	Sí Cumple Alliance for the Future
Relatives	Alberto Fujimori (brother) Keiko Fujimori (niece) Kenji Fujimori (nephew)
Alma mater	Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Occupation	Lawyer
Profession	Politician

Early life and education

Fujimori graduated from the National University of San Marcos, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1974 and a law degree in 1975.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

During his brother's presidency, he served as an advisor. He was involved in a case about an alleged irregular purchase of the Presidential Plane. When his brother's regime fell, he stayed away from politics.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2006 election, he was elected Congressman, representing the city of Lima for the 2006–2011 term after getting 22,992 votes,^[1] in which he also ran unsuccessfully for First Vice President as the running mate of Martha Chávez under the Fujimorist Alliance for the Future coalition. He retired from politics after he lost his seat when he unsuccessfully ran for re-election in the 2011 elections under the Force 2011 party of his niece, Keiko, representing the Lima Region, but he was not elected.^{[citation needed]}

Congressman (2006–2011)

As of August 3, 2006, the Board of Spokesperson of the Congress of the Republic, as well as the Multi-Party Board, which decides the organization of the different work commissions in Congress, appointed him as Coordinator of the Energy and Mines Commission. By tradition, the coordinators later become Commission Chairs. He was president of the Energy and Mines Commission from August 11, 2006 to July 26, 2007. He was also president of the Foreign Relations Commission from August 14, 2008 to July 26, 2009, performing important work. In 2008, he was president of the Working Group in charge of systematizing national legislation (created by the Justice Commission of the Peruvian Congress). Between October 6, 2009 and July 26, 2011, he was the President of the Special Multiparty Commission in Charge of the Peruvian Legislative Order, which was elected unanimously.^[2]

References

1. "Ficha de Congresista". Congreso de la Republica del Peru. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
2. "Santiago Fujimori Fujimori". www4.congreso.gob.pe. Retrieved 2021-03-13.