On the 3rd, Peru's National Election Committee officially announced the results of the second round of Peru's 2026 presidential election. Right-wing Popular Force Party candidate Keiko Fujimori was elected president, with a term lasting until 2031. According to plan, Keiko Fujimori will be sworn in on July 28.
At the party headquarters in the capital, Fujimori said: "Peru needs to restore order to the streets, institutions, and the country."
She said: "Besides feeling happy about this result, we will not wait a moment longer, because we are here to solve the country's problems and begin making decisions. We know citizens are eager to see results."
Keiko Fujimori is the daughter of the disgraced late former president Alberto Fujimori.
Peru has long suffered under the ravages of powerful organized crime groups and political instability. Now 51-year-old Keiko Fujimori takes on the responsibility of governing the country. On the social media platform X, she wrote: "A new chapter begins."
Her father Alberto Fujimori governed from 1990 to 2000, earning praise for defeating Maoist rebels and curbing rampant hyperinflation, but later becoming notorious for corruption and committing crimes against humanity in the name of anti-terrorism. He went into exile and was eventually imprisoned.