Jaime Yoshiyama

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Yoshiyama and the second or maternal family name is Tanaka.

Jaime Yoshiyama
ハイメ・ヨシヤマ
President of the Democratic Constituent Congress
In office December 20, 1992 – July 26, 1995
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position disestabished
Member of the Democratic Constituent Congress
In office November 26, 1992 – July 26, 1995
Constituency	National
Personal details
Born	Clemente Jaime Yoshiyama Tanaka (1944-07-23) 23 July 1944 (age 80) Huancayo, Junín, Peru
Nationality	Peruvian
Political party	Popular Force
Other political affiliations	Cambio 90-New Majority
Alma mater	Michigan State University

Clemente Jaime Yoshiyama Tanaka (born 23 July 1944) is a Peruvian Fujimorist politician of Japanese descent. He was the President of the Democratic Constitutional Congress from December 1992 to July 1995.^[1] He was also the Minister of the Presidency during the administration of President Alberto Fujimori.

Early life and education

Yoshiyama was born on 23 July 1944 in Huancayo, Junín. He is graduated in Industrial Engineering. He attended ESAN University, a prestigious Peruvian postgraduate School, and graduated as a Valedictorian in 1967 getting an MBA degree. He earned scholarships to attend Michigan State University graduating with a Master in Business Administration in 1969, and Harvard University with a Master in Public Administration (Economics and Economic Development) 1976.

Political career

In July 1990 he was President of the Board of Directors of Electrolima and then President of the Committee on Privatizacion of Public Enterprises (Comisión de Privatización de la empresas Públicas (COPRI)).

He was the founder of the Fujimorist alliance Cambio 90-New Majority. He was the President of the Democratic Constitutional Congress from 1992 to 1995. He was also the Minister of Transport and Communications (January–October 1991), Minister of Energy and Mines (February–November 1992), and Minister of the Presidency (November 1995–September 1996), during the first and second term of Alberto Fujimori, respectively.

Born in Huancayo, Yoshiyama ran for Mayor of Lima in the 1995 Lima municipal elections but lost to opposition candidate Alberto Andrade of We Are Lima.

In the 2011 general elections, he ran for Second Vice President under the Force 2011 ticket of Fujimori's daughter Keiko but, the ticket narrowly lost to the ticket of Ollanta Humala of Peru Wins in the runoff.

Conviction and sentence

On June 21, 2006, judicial proceedings were initiated against Yoshiyama and twelve other former ministers of Alberto Fujimori for their involvement in the 1992 self-coup.^[2] In December 2007, Yoshiyama was found guilty on a charge of rebellion but was only given a four-year suspended sentence as he was considered a secondary accomplice.^[3]

Odebrecht case

Since November 11, 2018, he has had an international arrest warrant for allegedly having received illicit money from the Odebrecht company for the 2011 presidential campaign of Keiko Fujimori, who is also detained.^[4] On March 11, 2019, he surrendered to justice and was interned in the Castro Castro Prison, where there are people linked to Fuerza Popular.^[5]

See also

• Alberto Fujimori

References

1. "Presidentes del Congreso de 1951 al 2000".
2. (in Spanish) Poder Judicial del Perú, Instalan juicio por autogolpe del 5 de abril de 1992^{[permanent dead link‍]}. June 21, 2006. Retrieved on March 16, 2008.
3. (in Spanish) Poder Judicial del Perú, Sala penal especial de Corte Suprema hace precisiones sobre caso autogolpe^{[permanent dead link‍]}. December 5, 2007. Retrieved on March 16, 2008.
4. PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (2018-11-25). "Caso Fuerza 2011: a la espera de la captura de Jaime Yoshiyama | Fuerza Popular | POLITICA". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-11.
5. CORREO, NOTICIAS (2019-03-11). "Jaime Yoshiyama se entrega: Esta es la situación legal del exdirigente de Fuerza Popular | POLITICA". Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-11.