Alberto Fujimori had amassed an impressive net worth as a former president of Peru.
Sadly, Alberto Fujimori, who was convicted of human rights abuse and corruption, passed away on September 11, 2024, at the age of 86.
Highlights
- Alberto Fujimori passed away on September 11, 2024, from complications of cancer.
- Fujimori’s daughter, Keiko Fujimori, announced Alberto’s passing through her official Twitter handle.
- Alberto earned an estimated net worth of $3 million as a politician and engineer.
According to the statement given by his daughter, Keiko Fujimori, he passed away after a long battle with cancer. Keiko said,
After a long battle against cancer, our father, Alberto Fujimori has just left to meet the Lord. We ask those who appreciated him to accompany us with a prayer for the eternal repose of his soul. Thank you so much dad!
Keiko Fujimori
He will be laid to rest at the Museum of the Nation from Thursday, September 12, 2024, to Saturday, September 14, 2024.
Later, Fujimori will be transferred to the Campo Fe cemetery in Huanchipa.
For his supporters, he was the man who saved Peru from a brutal Maoist rebel group, the Sendero Luminso, and who put the economy back on track after skyrocketing inflation.
But for thousands of innocent victims of the conflict, Alberto was an autocratic figure and a brutal leader.
Former President Alberto Fujimori Had A Net Worth Of Millions
Alberto Fujimori had an estimated net worth of around $3 million, primarily earned as a former Peruvian president and engineer.
Before entering politics, he worked as an agricultural engineer and university rector. The average annual salary of an agricultural engineer in Peru is around $30k to $40k.
Therefore, Fujimori might have had a salary in these ranges while working as an engineer.
As a mathematics professor or University rector of the National Agrarian University, he earned around $25k yearly.
Despite his earnings, he was caught and kept in lockup for seven and a half years for embezzlement after he admitted to giving $15 million from the Peruvian treasury to his intelligence service chief, Vladimiro Montesinos.
Moreover, in 2004, he was listed seventh among the World’s most corrupt leaders and was said to have amassed $600 million.
However, after years of investigation, none of these supposed stolen funds have ever been located in any bank account anywhere in the World.
Alberto Fujimori’s Journey From Engineering To Politics
Alberto Fujimori, born in 1938 in Miraflores, a district of Lima, migrated from Japan to Peru in 1934. He obtained his early education at the Colegio Nuestra Senora de la Merced and La Rectora School.
He continued his undergraduate studies at the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina in 1957, graduating first in his class as an agricultural engineer in 1961.
Alberto’s political journey started in 1989 as the head of the new political party Cambio 90. Surprisingly, he won the presidential election and was sworn in as president on July 28, 1990, on his 52nd birthday.
He was reelected in 1995 and asserted victory in the 2000 election despite claims of fraud, but arguments involving his secret police chief caused him to move to Japan.
On November 17, 2000, he traveled from Brunei to Tokyo, where he submitted his presidential resignation through fax.
Additional Information
- Alberto Fujimori was married to Susana Higuchi in 1974 but separated in 1994. Later, he married Satomi Kataoka, a Japanese businesswoman.
- He had two sons, Kenji & Hiro Alberto, and two daughters, Keiko Fujimori and Sachi Marcela Fujimori.
- Alberto was born to his father, Naoichi Fujimori, and his mother, Mutsue Inomoto Fujimori.
