Alberto Fujimori vs Ismail Haniyeh

Fujimori implemented shock therapy economic reforms, including privatization of state enterprises, elimination of price controls, and reduction of tariffs. These policies ended hyperinflation and stabilized the economy, but also led to increased poverty and inequality in the short term.

Fujimori, a political outsider, won the Peruvian presidential election, defeating novelist Mario Vargas Llosa. He ran on a platform of economic reform and anti-corruption, inheriting a country plagued by hyperinflation and the Shining Path insurgency.

Fujimori's intelligence service captured Abimael Guzm

Fujimori staged a self-coup, dissolving Congress, suspending the constitution, and purging the judiciary. He claimed the action was necessary to fight corruption and the Shining Path. The coup was condemned internationally but supported by the military and many Peruvians.

Fujimori resigned the presidency while in Japan, after a corruption scandal involving his intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos. He remained in exile in Japan for five years, avoiding prosecution until his arrest in Chile in 2005.

Ismail Haniyeh became Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority after Hamas won the 2006 legislative elections. This led to a political crisis and international isolation of the Hamas-led government.

After clashes with Fatah, Haniyeh's Hamas forces seized control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007. This split the Palestinian territories into two rival governments: Hamas in Gaza and Fatah in the West Bank.

Haniyeh led Hamas during multiple Israeli military operations in Gaza, including Operation Cast Lead (2008-2009) and Operation Protective Edge (2014). These wars resulted in heavy Palestinian casualties and destruction.

Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran on July 31, 2024, by an explosion at his residence. He was in Iran for the inauguration of President Masoud Pezeshkian. Iran and Hamas blamed Israel for the attack.