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Keiko Fujimori was 19 years old when she made her international debut at a 1994 event as Peru’s first lady.
Dressed in black, the young woman appeared shy and nervous in front of the cameras on the arm of her father, then-President Alberto Fujimori, at the first Summit of the Americas hosted by US President Bill Clinton.
Keiko Fujimori assumed the role after her mother, the late Susana Higuchi, separated from her father following her public denunciation of corruption in his government regarding the handling of international donations. It marked the beginning of Fujimori’s political life.
At the age of 51, the eldest daughter of Peru’s late former president is making her fourth attempt at winning the presidency, despite three consecutive defeats in 2011, 2016 and 2021.
