Peru's outgoing foreign minister, Carlos Pareja Rios (C), waves ahead of official ceremonies marking the transfer of power and inauguration of President-elect Keiko Fujimori in Lima, Peru, on Tuesday. Photo by Paolo Aguilar/EPA
July 28 (UPI) -- After 15 years of failed attempts and four presidential campaigns, Keiko Fujimori on Tuesday became Peru's first woman elected president by popular vote, returning her family's political movement to the Government Palace after nearly three decades.
Fujimori, the daughter and political heir of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, took office on the same date her father did in 1990. She assumes leadership of a country that faces a severe public security crisis and the immediate challenge of governing a fractured nation.
Her inauguration also marks the return to power of the Fujimori political movement, which remains deeply divisive in Peru.
Fujimori won one of the closest presidential elections in the country's history, receiving 50.135% of valid ballots in the runoff. She defeated leftist candidate Roberto Sánchez by 49,641 votes.
