Alejandro Toledo

{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = His Excellency
| name                = Alejandro Toledo
| image               = Alejandro Toledo 2015 (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Toledo in April 2015
| order               = 56th
| office              = President of Peru
| primeminister       = 
| vicepresident       = {{List collapsed|title=
| First Vice President
| Raúl Diez Canseco(2001–2004)
| David Waisman(2004–2006)
| Second Vice President
| David Waisman(2001–2004)
| Vacant(2004–2006)
}}
| term_start          = 28 July 2001
| term_end            = 28 July 2006
| predecessor         = Valentín Paniagua
| successor           = Alan Garcia
| office1             = President of Possible Peru
| term_start1         = 1 March 1994
| term_end1           = 13 July 2017
| predecessor1        = Party established
| successor1          = Party dissolved
| birth_date          = 
| birth_place         = Cabana, Peru
| death_date          =
| death_place         =
| spouse              = Eliane Karp
| party               = Possible Peru (1994–2017)
| education           = 
| occupation          = Politician, Economist
| blank1              = Religion
| data1               = Roman Catholicism
}}Alejandro Toledo''' (born 28 March 1946) is a Peruvian former politician and economist who was the 56th President of Peru from 2001 to 2006. He gained international prominence after leading the opposition against president Alberto Fujimori, who held the presidency from 1990 to 2000. Toledo was also considered a "champion of democracy" in Peru as he was the first democratically–elected president of Peru after the restoration of democracy after 10 years of authoritarian rule by Alberto Fujimori.

Early life
He pursued his undergraduate and graduate education at the University of San Francisco and Stanford University. He originally joined the technical and academic field, from where he participated as an analyst on politics and economics on some occasions.Revista GENTE, 16 de julio de 1987. Entrevista SI FUERA MINISTRO a Alejandro Toledo.

Political career
He entered politics when he founded the País Posible party, participating for the first time in the 1995 general election. In 2000, he managed to become in the largest opposition leader to the government of Alberto Fujimori, before whom in the midst of a controversial and bumpy process, lost the election for a second time.¿Cómo pasó Alejandro Toledo de ser el líder de la batalla contra Fujimori en Perú a estar acusado de corrupción? After the transition stage and the return of democracy in Peru, he participated for the third time in the 2001 elections against Lourdes Flores of National Unity and Alan García of the Peruvian Aprista Party; he competed with the latter in the second round, winning with 53.1% of the popular vote.

Arrest
On 16 July 2019, Toledo was arrested in the United States.Alejandro Toledo es arrestado en EE.UU. "por mandato de extradición" On 19 March 2020, he was released on bail.

On 21 October 2024, Toledo was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison by the National Superior Court of Specialized Criminal Justice for taking bribes as part of the Odebrecht case.

Personal life
He is from the town of Chimbote in Ancash Region, Peru. He is married to Eliane Karp of Belgium.

References

Category:Presidents of Peru
Category:1946 births
Category:Living people

Category:People from Chimbote
Category:Peruvian economists