Jaime Yoshiyama

Clemente Jaime Yoshiyama Tanaka (born July 23, 1944) is a Japanese Peruvian and Fujimorist politician. He was the president of the Democratic Constitutional Congress. He was also the Minister of the Presidency under Alberto Fujimori.

Biography

Yoshiyama was born on July 23, 1944 in Huancayo, Junín. From 1960 to 1965, he studied at the National University of Engineering (Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería), where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering. He attended ESAN University, a prestigious Peruvian postgraduate School, and graduated as a Valedictorian in 1967 getting a MBA degree. He earned scholarships to attend Michigan State University graduating with a Master in Business Administration in 1969, and Harvard University with a Master in Public Administration (Economics and Economic Development) 1976.

In July 1990 he was President of the Board of Directors of Electrolima and then President of the Committee on Privatizacion of Public Enterprises (Comisión de Privatización de la empresas Públicas (COPRI)).