Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto[b] (26 July 1938[c] – 11 September 2024) was a Peruvian politician, convicted criminal, professor, and engineer who served as the 54th president of Peru from 1990 to 2000.[d][6] Born in Lima, Fujimori was the country's first president of Japanese descent, and was an agronomist and university rector prior to entering politics. Fujimori emerged as a politician during the midst of the internal conflict in Peru, the Peruvian Lost Decade, and the ensuing violence caused by the far-left guerilla group Shining Path.