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Elected to the Peruvian Congress in , he rose to the position of General Secretary of the APRA in , and was subsequently elected to the presidency in in a landslide victory at the age of 35 years. At the conclusion of his first presidency, he was accused and investigated for corruption and illicit enrichment. He was succeeded by his former run-off rival Ollanta Humala in He withdrew from party politics after failing to advance to the second round of the general election , placing fifth in his bid for a record third presidential term under the Popular Alliance coalition between his party and the Christian People's Party , which included former rival Lourdes Flores as one of his running mates.

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Already recognized as a young leader with a bright future in the country, he was elected to Congress in He was elected to serve as president of the Republic in the general elections. Barrantes, however, withdrew and decided not to enter the run-off, saying he did not want to prolong the country's political uncertainty. According to studies by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics and the United Nations Development Programme , [ 24 ] around the start of his presidency, His presidency was marked by world-record hyperinflation with the annual rate exceeding 13, percent per year.

The administration devastated the local economy as well as all governmental institutions. The economic turbulence exacerbated social tensions and contributed in great part to the rise of the violent Maoist rebel movement known as the Shining Path , which launched the internal conflict in Peru and began attacking electrical towers, causing a number of blackouts in Lima.

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His own personal involvement in these events is not clear. Some opposition members even left the congress. The anecdotical event was televised. Later in , then-U. On 5 April , Alberto Fujimori conducted a self-coup , through which he dissolved the Peruvian Congress unconstitutionally and intervened in the Judiciary and other public institutions.

Due to these actions, various politicians were persecuted and prevented from leaving their homes.