Jaime Yoshiyama

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Jaime Yoshiyama Tanaka is a Peruvian politician. He was the president of the Democratic Constitutional Congress. He was also the Minister of the Presidency under Alberto Fujimori. He ran for Mayor of Lima but lost to Alberto Andrade. 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.[1] On 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.[2]

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  1. ^ (Spanish) Poder Judicial del Perú, Instalan juicio por autogolpe del 5 de abril de 1992. June 21, 2006. Retrieved on March 16, 2008.
  2. ^ (Spanish) Poder Judicial del Perú, Sala penal especial de Corte Suprema hace precisiones sobre caso autogolpe. December 5, 2007. Retrieved on March 16, 2008.
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