Constituency Lima Religion Roman Catholicism Siblings Keiko Fujimori | Name Kenji Fujimori Uncles Santiago Fujimori Role Peruvian Politician | |
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Born May 19, 1980 (age 43)
Lima, Peru ( 1980-05-19 ) Political party Fuerza Popular (2010–present) Parents Susana Higuchi, Alberto Fujimori Grandparents Naoichi Fujimori, Mutsue Inomoto Fujimori Similar People Alberto Fujimori, Keiko Fujimori, Susana Higuchi, Vladimiro Montesinos, Gisela Valcarcel | ||
Education Kansas State University | ||
Kenji Fujimori creates own political block in Peru
Kenji Gerardo Fujimori Higuchi (Japanese: 藤森 健二 Fujimori Kenji, born 19 May 1980 in Lima) is a Peruvian businessman and Fujimorista politician. He is the son of Alberto Fujimori who was the President of Peru from 1990 to 2000, and the brother of Popular Force leader Keiko Fujimori. Since 2011, he has been serving as Congressman.
Kenji Fujimori was born to Japanese Peruvian engineers, Alberto Fujimori, at the time dean of the science faculty of the National Agrarian University in Lima, and later President of Peru, and Susana Higuchi. He has three elder siblings. His father won the 1990 presidential elections, in 1992 he suspended the constitution and neutralized the Congress and the opposition. Kenji's mother soon disagreed with her husband, and they divorced in 1994. After this, Kenji's 19-year-old sister Keiko was named "First Lady". Alberto Fujimori resigned in 2001 after a massive corruption scandal and went to exile in Japan. He was extradited to Peru and sentenced to jail in 2007.
From 1999 to 2004, Kenji Fujimori studied agronomics at Kansas State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree. Since 2008, he has been the general manager of a Lima private security and surveillance company. In March 2009, he founded his own enterprise, offering "independent services". Moreover, he holds executive positions in three other companies.
In 2006, he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of the Lima Region, representing his father's Si Cumple party. In 2010, he was a founding member of Fuerza 2011, led by his sister. Since March of that year, he has been the national secretary of youth of this party. In 2011 he ran for Congress in the constituency of Lima. He was elected and served for the 2011-2016 term and was reelected for the 2016-2021 term
