- Keiko Fujimori
Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi (born 1975) [Citation
title = The Fall of Fujimori: The Story
url = http://www.falloffujimori.com/html/the_story_right.html
accessdate = 2008.02.12.] is aPeru vianpolitician , daughter of former Peruvian PresidentAlberto Fujimori andSusana Higuchi . In August 1994 her father named herFirst Lady of Peru after stripping her mother of the title; she was the youngest First Lady in Peru and in the history of theAmericas .In 2004, Fujimori married Mark Villanella, an American citizen from Berkeley Heights,
New Jersey . After over a year of residence in the United States, she returned to Peru to announce her father's candidacy in the April 2006 Peruvian presidential election, though he was forbidden to participate in any political activity until 2011 under a congressional ban. While in the United States Fujimori attended the highly regardedColumbia Business School inManhattan for a year and a half and obtained a business degree fromBoston University School of Management. In April 2006, while her father was detained in neighboringChile , Fujimori was elected to the Peruvian Congress, obtaining the highest vote nationwide.References
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3840827.stm Fujimori daughter accused in Peru]
* [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/10/02/peru.firstlady.ap/ Fujimori's daughter says spy chief was her father's great error]
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