Ollanta Humala

Ollanta Humala
Ollanta Humala
	Humala in 2012
President of Peru
	In office; 28 July 2011 – 28 July 2016
Prime Minister	See list Salomón Lerner Ghitis; Óscar Valdés; Juan Jiménez Mayor; César Villanueva; René Cornejo; Ana Jara; Pedro Cateriano;
Vice President	First Vice President; Marisol Espinoza; Second Vice President; Omar Chehade (2011–2012); Vacant (2012–2016)
Preceded by	Alan García
Succeeded by	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
President of the Peruvian Nationalist Party
	In office; 26 August 2016 – 9 September 2021
Preceded by	Nadine Heredia
Succeeded by	Office abolished
	In office; 3 October 2005 – 30 December 2013
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Nadine Heredia
Preceded by	In office; 29 June 2012 – 30 August 2013
Additional positions
President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations
	In office; 29 June 2012 – 30 August 2013
Preceded by	Fernando Lugo
Succeeded by	Dési Bouterse
President pro tempore of the Pacific Alliance
	In office; 3 July 2015 – 1 July 2016
Preceded by	Enrique Peña Nieto
Succeeded by	Michelle Bachelet
Personal details
Born	27 June 1962; Lima, Peru
Party	Peruvian Nationalist Party
Other political; affiliations	Peru Wins (2010–2012) ; Union for Peru (2006)
Spouse	Nadine Heredia (m. 1999)
Children	3
Alma mater	Chorrillos Military School (BS); Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (MA)
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Military service
Allegiance	Peru
Branch/service	Peruvian Army
Years of service	1981–2005
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Battles/wars	Internal conflict in Peru; Cenepa War

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Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso (born 27 June 1962) is a Peruvian former military officer and politician who served as president of Peru from 2011 to 2016. A leftist, he founded the Peruvian Nationalist Party, but shifted towards neoliberalism and the political centre during his presidency.

Born to a prominent political family affiliated with the ethnocacerist movement, Humala is the son of Quechua labour lawyer Isaac Humala. He entered the Peruvian Army in 1981, eventually achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel. During his time in the military, he fought in the internal conflict against left-wing terrorist group Shining Path as well as in the Cenepa War with neighboring Ecuador. In October 2000, Humala attempted an unsuccessful coup d'etat against President Alberto Fujimori during the final days of his regime; eventually, the Congress of the Republic of Peru granted him amnesty and he was allowed to return to military duty.

Humala entered electoral politics in 2005, founding the Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) in order to run in the 2006 Peruvian general election. After finishing first in the opening round, he lost the runoff by a narrow margin to the centre-left former president and Peruvian Aprista Party nominee Alan García. His campaign received widespread international attention in 2006 given the pink tide in Latin America.

In the 2011 Peruvian general election, Humala ran again, defeating Keiko Fujimori of the right-wing Force 2011 in the runoff. To allay fears of radical policies, Humala filled much of his cabinet with centrists at the start of his term. His presidency proved unpopular and was overshadowed by corruption allegations involving him and Nadine Heredia. Environmentalists were highly critical of Humala's mining policies, and argued that he reneged on his campaign promise to rein in mining companies.

In 2017, Humala was arrested by Peruvian authorities on corruption charges. Humala attempted a political comeback in the 2021 presidential election, but only received 1.5% of the vote, finishing in 13th place. In 2025, he and Heredia were convicted of money laundering linked to the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht and each sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment; Heredia was granted diplomatic asylum by Brazil and remains there. As of 2026, Humala was the last Peruvian president to serve a full term, with most of his successors either resigning or being impeached.