Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a cikin wani sanannen dangin siyasa da ke da alaƙa da ƙungiyar ethnocacerist, Humala ɗan sanannen lauya ne na Quechua Isaac Humala. Humala ya shiga Sojojin Peruvian a 1981, a ƙarshe ya sami mukamin Laftanar Kanar. A lokacin da yake aikin soja, ya yi yaƙi a rikicin cikin gida
a kan kungiyar 'yan ta'adda ta Shining Path da kuma a yakin Cenepa da makwabciyar Ecuador. A watan Oktoba na 2000, Humala ya yi ƙoƙarin juyin mulki ba tare da nasara ba a kan Shugaba Alberto Fujimori a lokacin kwanakin ƙarshe na mulkinsa; a ƙarshe, Majalisa ta ba shi afuwa kuma an ba Humala damar komawa aikin soja.