n referred to as the 1979 Constitution because the
Constituent Assembly met in 1979, but the Constitution actually took effect
the following year); suspended 5 April 1992
Legal system:
based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
National holiday:
Independence Day, 28 July (1821)
Executive branch:
president, two vice presidents (vacant as of 19 May 1992), prime minister,
Council of Ministers (cabinet)
Legislative branch:
bicameral Congress (Congreso) consists of an upper chamber or Senate
(Senado) and a lower chamber or Chamber of Deputies (Camara de Diputados);
note - dissolved on 5 April 1992; being reconstituted
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia)
Leaders:
Chief of State:
President Alberto FUJIMORI (since 28 July 1990); note - slots for first and
second Vice Presidents vacant as of 19 May 1992
Head of Government:
Prime Minister Oscar DE LA PUENTE Raygada (since 6 April 1992)

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Political parties and leaders:
Change 90 (Cambio 90), Alberto FUJIMORI; Popular Christian Party (PPC), Luis
BEDOYA Reyes; Popular Action Party (AP), Eduardo CALMELL del Solar; Liberty
Movement (ML), Luis BUSTAMANTE; American Popular Revolutionary Alliance
(APRA), Luis ALVA Castro, Alan GARCIA; National Front of Workers and
Peasants (FNTC), Roger CACERES; United Left (IU), leader NA; Independent
Moralizing Front (FIM), Fernando OLIVERA Vega; Socialist Left (IS), leader
NA; note - Democratic Front (FREDEMO) was a loosely organized coalition of
the PPC, AP, and ML during the 8 April 1990 elections, but the parties no
longer maintain a formal alliance
Suffrage:
universal at age 18
Elections:
President:
last held on 10 June 1990 (next to be held NA April 1995); results - Alberto
FUJIMORI 56.53%, Mario VARGAS Llosa 33.92%, other 9.55%
Senate:
last held on 8 April 1990; dissolved on 5 April 1992; because of suspension
of constitutional role, next election not yet scheduled; results - percent
of vote by party NA; seats - (62 total; 60 elected, 2 ex-presidents who are
senators for life) FREDEMO 20, APRA 16, Change 90 14, IU 6, IS 3, FNTC 1;
note - as a result of the dissolution of FREDEMO and defections and
expulsions from the various parties, the seats have been reallocated: APRA
17, Change 90 13, AP 8, IU 6, PPC 5, ML 4, IS 3, FNT