Susana Higuchi
Peruvian politician (1950–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Susana Shizuko Higuchi Miyagawa (26 April 1950 – 8 December 2021) was a Peruvian politician and engineer. She served as First Lady of Peru from 1990 to 1994 as the wife of President Alberto Fujimori. In 1994 she described her husband as a corrupt tyrant and divorced him in 1995.
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Higuchi and the second or maternal family name is Miyagawa.
Quick Facts Member of Congress, Constituency ...
Susana Higuchi | |
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スサーナ・ヒグチ (樋口 静子) | |
Member of Congress | |
In office 26 July 2001 – 26 July 2006 | |
Constituency | Lima |
In office 26 July 2000 – 26 July 2001 | |
Constituency | National |
First Lady of Peru | |
In role 28 July 1990 – 23 August 1994 | |
President | Alberto Fujimori |
Preceded by | Pilar Nores de García |
Succeeded by | Keiko Fujimori |
Personal details | |
Born | Susana Shizuko Higuchi Miyagawa (1950-04-26)26 April 1950 Lima, Peru |
Died | 8 December 2021(2021-12-08) (aged 71) Lima, Peru |
Political party | FIM (until 2006) |
Spouse | |
Children | 4, including Keiko and Kenji |
Relatives | Santiago Fujimori (Brother in law) |
Alma mater | Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería |
Website | Official site |
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Higuchi was elected as a member of the Independent Moralizing Front (Frente Independiente Moralizador, FIM), a reformist political party allied with then president Alejandro Toledo, in both the 2000 and 2001 general elections. She served as a member of the Congress for two terms from 2000 to 2006,