Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso[a] (Latin American Spanish: [oˈʝanta mojˈses uˈmala ˈtaso]; born 27 June 1962) is a Peruvian politician and former military officer who served as President of Peru from 2011 to 2016.

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.

His father Isaac Humala, who is of Quechua ethnicity, is a labour lawyer, member of the Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland, and ideological leader of the Ethnocacerista movement.

[16] Humala was born in Peru and attended the French-Peruvian school Franco-Peruano, and later the "Colegio Cooperativo La Union," established by part of the Peruvian-Japanese community in Lima.

In his military career, Humala was also involved in the two major Peruvian conflicts of the past 20 years, the battle against the insurgent organization Shining Path and the 1995 Cenepa War with Ecuador.

[17] In October 2000, Humala led an uprising in Toquepala[18] against Alberto Fujimori on his last days as president due to multiple corruption scandals.

The main reason given for the rebellion was the capture of Vladimiro Montesinos, former intelligence chief who had fled Peru for asylum in Panama after being caught on video trying to bribe an opposition congressman.

The return of Montesinos led to fears that he still had much power in Fujimori's government, so Humala and about 40 other Peruvian soldiers revolted against their senior army commander.

The revolt gained some sympathy from the Peruvian populace with the influential opposition newspaper La República calling him "valiant and decisive, unlike most in Peru".

The lawyer Javier Valle Riestra requested an amnesty for the Humala, alleging that they had exercised the "right to insurrection against an illegitimate and totalitarian government."

His forced retirement is suspected to have partly motivated an etnocacerista rebellion of Andahuaylas[3] led by his brother Antauro Humala in January 2005.

[22] In October 2005 Humala created the Partido Nacionalista Peruano (the Peruvian Nationalist Party) and ran for the presidency in 2006 with the support of Union for Peru (UPP).

Ambassador Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the former Peruvian Secretary-General of the United Nations and founder of UPP, told the press on 5 December 2005, that he did not support the election of Humala as the party's presidential candidate.

[25][26] Humala, in an interview with Jorge Ramos, acknowledged that he went under the pseudonym Captain Carlos but stated that other soldiers went under the same name and denied participation in any human rights abuses.

Humala came in first place getting 30.62% of the valid votes,[32] and immediately began preparing to face Alan García, who obtained 24.32%, in a runoff election on 4 June.

Humala went on to cite similar claims of voting fraud in the first round made by right-wing National Unity candidate Lourdes Flores when she told reporters that she felt she had "lost at the tabulation tables, not at the ballot box".

[41][42] On 16 August 2006, prosecutors in Peru filed charges against Humala for alleged human rights abuses including forced disappearance, torture, and murder against Shining Path guerillas during his service in San Martín.

On 19 May, at National University of San Marcos and with the support of many Peruvian intellectuals and artists (including Mario Vargas Llosa with reservations), Ollanta Humala signed the "Compromiso en Defensa de la Democracia".

After the news of the election of Ollanta as president the Lima Stock Exchange experienced its largest drop ever,[50][51][52] though it later stabilised following the announcement of Humala's cabinet appointees, who were judged to be moderate and in line with continuity.

[citation needed] However he was also said to have inherited "a ticking time bomb of disputes stemming in large part from objections by indigenous groups to the damage to water supplies, crops and hunting grounds wrought by mining, logging and oil and gas extraction" from Alan Garcia.

On 22 July 2014 René Cornejo resigned, being replaced by Ana Jara Velásquez, who until then was the head of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion, an office that was taken over by the ruling congressman Fredy Otárola Peñaranda.

[2][1] Ollanta Humala expressed sympathy for the regime of Juan Velasco Alvarado, which took power in a bloodless military coup on 3 October 1968, and nationalized various Peruvian industries whilst pursuing a favorable foreign policy with Cuba and the Soviet Union.

[59][60] During the Peruvian presidential election in February 2016, a report by the Brazilian Federal Police implicated Humala in bribery by Odebrecht for public works contracts.

[63] In January 2019, Peruvian prosecutors stated that they had enough evidence to charge Humala and his wife with laundering money from both Odebrecht and the government of Venezuela.

[67][68] Ollanta Humala was investigated under restricted appearance, allegedly accused of money laundering to the detriment of the State and of illicit association to commit a crime, among others.

[63] President: Ollanta Humala 1st Vice President: Marisol Espinoza 2nd Vice President: Omar Chehade (Resigned) Prime Minister: Salomon Lerner (July-Dec 2011) Foreign: Rafael Roncagliolo Defense: Daniel Mora Agriculture: Miguel Caillaux Labor: Rudecindo Vega Women: Aída García-Naranjo Economy and Finance: Miguel Castilla Transportation and Communication: Carlos Paredes Housing: René Cornejo Foreign Commerce and Tourism: José Luis Silva Martinot Production: Kurt Burneo Development and Social Inclusion: Kurt Burneo Health: Alberto Tejada Noriega Energy and Mines: Carlos Herrera Education: Patricia Salas Interior: Oscar Valdés Justice: Francisco Eguiguren Environment: Ricardo Giesecke Culture: Susana Baca President: Ollanta Humala 1st Vice President: Marisol Espinoza 2nd Vice President: Omar Chehade (resigned) Prime Minister: Oscar Valdés Foreign: Rafael Roncagliolo Defense: Luis Alberto Otárola Agriculture: Luis Ginocchio Labor: José Villena Women: Ana Jara Economy and Finance: Miguel Castilla Transportation and Communication: Carlos Paredes Housing: René Cornejo Foreign Commerce and Tourism: José Luis Silva Martinot Production: José Urquizo Development and Social Inclusion: Carolina Trivelli Health: Alberto Tejada Noriega Energy and Mines: Jorge Merino Tafur Education: Patricia Salas Interior: Daniel Lozada (resigned) William Calle Justice: Juan Jiménez Mayor Environment: Manuel Pulgar Vidal Culture: Luis Peirano President: Ollanta Humala 1st Vice President: Marisol Espinoza Prime Minister: Juan Jiménez Mayor Foreign: Rafael Roncagliolo Defense: Peter Cateriano Bellido Agriculture: Milton Von Hesse Labor: José Villena Women: Ana Jara Economy and Finance: Miguel Castilla Transportation and Communication: Carlos Paredes Housing: René Cornejo Foreign Commerce and Tourism: José Luis Silva Martinot Production: José Urquizo Development and Social Inclusion: Carolina Trivelli Health: Midori de Habich Energy and Mines: Jorge Merino Tafur Education: Patricia Salas Interior: Wilfredo Pedraza Justice: Eda Rivas Environment: Manuel Pulgar Vidal Culture: Luis Peirano Supporting Parties Supporting Parties Before 2021: After 2021: After 2021: