Alejandro Toledo
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| 63rd President of Peru | |
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In office 28 July 2001 – 28 July 2006 |
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| Prime Minister |
Roberto Dañino Luis Solari Beatriz Merino Carlos Ferrero Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
| Vice President |
First Raúl Diez Canseco (2001–04) Second David Waisman |
| Preceded by |
Valentín Paniagua (Transitional President) |
| Succeeded by | Alan García |
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| Born |
Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique March 28, 1946 Cabana, Peru 
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| Nationality | Peruvian |
| Political party | Perú Posible |
| Spouse(s) | Eliane Karp |
| Alma mater |
University of San Francisco (BA) Stanford University (MA, PhD) North High School |
| Profession | Economist |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique (Spanish: [aleˈxandɾo toˈleðo]; born 28 March 1946) is a Peruvian politician who served as the 63rd President of Peru, from 2001 to 2006. He was elected in April 2001, defeating former President Alan García. Toledo came to international prominence after leading the opposition against President Alberto Fujimori, who held the presidency from 1990 to 2000. As of February 2017[update] Toledo is being sought by Interpol, accused of having received $20 million in bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht during his presidency.
Toledo was born into an impoverished family of indigenous peasants of Quechua heritage. He was the eighth oldest of sixteen brothers and sisters, seven of whom died in childhood. He was born in the village of Ferrer, Bolognesi, but registered in the nearby town of Cabana, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department.
As a child he worked shining shoes and selling newspapers and lottery tickets. When, at age 11, he finished grade school, his father expected him to leave school and get a job to support the family. With his teacher's encouragement, Toledo was able to continue his schooling by working nights and weekends, becoming the first person in his family to attend high school. Toledo eventually found employment as a news correspondent for La Prensa in Chimbote, where he interviewed several high-ranking politicians.
Toledo's prospects improved when two Peace Corps volunteers, Joel Meister and Nancy Deeds, arrived in Chimbote looking for lodging and arrived at his family's door. The two Americans were drawn to Toledo by his "industriousness and charm," and his long conversations with them during the year that followed introduced Toledo to a world outside his small fishing village and inspired him to apply for a local civic group's scholarship to study in the United States. He was chosen to receive a one-year grant, and while in the United States, Deeds and Meister helped him get into the University of San Francisco's special program for non-English speakers.
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