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About Ollanta Humala
- Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso (Spanish pronunciation: [o'?anta u'mala]; born 27 June 1962) is a Peruvian politician who served as the 65th President of Peru from 2011 to 2016.
- A former army officer, Humala lost the 2006 presidential election and eventually won the 2011 presidential election in a run-off vote.
- He was elected as President of Peru in the second round, defeating Keiko Fujimori. The son of Isaac Humala, a labour lawyer, Humala entered the Peruvian Army in 1981.
- In the military he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel; in 1991 he fought in the internal conflict against the Shining Path and three years later he participated in the Cenepa War against Ecuador.
- In October 2000, Humala attempted an unsuccessful coup d'etat by soldiers in the southern city of Tacna against President Alberto Fujimori; he was pardoned by the Peruvian Congress after the downfall of the Fujimori regime. In 2005 he founded the Peruvian Nationalist Party and registered to run in the 2006 presidential election.
- The nomination was made under the Union for Peru ticket as the Nationalist party did not achieve its electoral inscription on time.
- He passed the first round of the elections, held on April 9, 2006, with 30.62% of the valid votes.
- A runoff was held on June 4 between Humala and Alan García of the Peruvian Aprista Party.
- Humala lost this round with 47.47% of the valid votes versus 52.62% for García.
- After his defeat, Humala remained an important figure within Peruvian politics. In February 2016, amidst the Peruvian Presidential Race, a report from the Brazilian Federal Police implicated Humala as recipient of bribes from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, in exchange of assigned public works.
- President Humala rejected the implication and has avoided speaking to the media on the matter.Humala was arrested by Peruvian authorities in July 2017 and awaits a corruption trial.
