Prime Minister of Peru

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President of the Council of Ministers of Peru
Presidente del Consejo
de Ministros del Perú
Gran Sello de la República del Perú
Great Seal of the State
Ministerial Logo
Incumbent
Gustavo Adrianzén
since 5 March 2024[1]
Cabinet of Peru
StyleHis/Her Excellency
StatusHead of government
AppointerPresident of Peru
Inaugural holderJuan Manuel del Mar Bernedo
FormationDecember 1856
SalaryS/ 30,000 /month[2]
Websitegob.pe/pcm

The president of the Council of Ministers of Peru (Spanish: presidente del Consejo de Ministros del Perú), informally called Premier (form of address) or Prime Minister, is the head of the cabinet as the most senior member of the Council of Ministers. The president of the Council of Ministers is appointed by the president of Peru (pending ratification by Congress, as with all other cabinet members).

The president of the Council of Ministers is not the head of government, since the president of Peru serves both as head of state and head of government. Peru is one of the few countries in Latin America (others include Cuba, and Haiti) where the position of prime minister currently exists. The current prime minister of Peru is Alberto Otárola.

Reform[edit]

There has been recent debate on whether the prime minister's role should be strengthened, effectively making the prime minister Peru's head of government and transforming the country into a semi-presidential system like in countries such as France and Ukraine. This idea was supported by former Peruvian presidents Alan García, Alejandro Toledo, Ollanta Humala, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Martín Vizcarra and Francisco Sagasti.[citation needed]

List of prime ministers of Peru (1856–present)[edit]

No. Picture Prime Minister Took office Left office President
1 Juan Manuel del Mar Bernedo December 1856 1857 Ramón Castilla
2 José María Raygada y Gallo
(1st time)
1857 15 July 1858
3 Miguel de San Román 15 July 1858 October 1858
2 José María Raygada y Gallo
(2nd time)
October 1858 1861
4 Juan Antonio Pezet 1861 1863
Miguel de San Román
Ramón Castilla
Pedro Diez Canseco
5 Juan Antonio Ribeyro Estrada 1863 August 1864 Juan Antonio Pezet
6 Manuel Costas Arce August 1864 11 April 1865
7 Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco 11 April 1865 September 1865
Mariano Ignacio Prado
Juan Antonio Pezet
8 Pedro José Calderón September 1865 8 November 1865
9 Mariano Ignacio Prado 8 November 1865 June 1867 Pedro Diez Canseco
Mariano Ignacio Prado
10 Pedro José de Saavedra [es] June 1867 January 1868
11 Luis La Puerta January 1868 8 January 1868
12 Antonio Arenas
(1st time)
8 January 1868 2 August 1868 Pedro Diez Canseco
13 José Balta 2 August 1868 2 August 1871 José Balta
14 José Allende 2 August 1871 1872
15 José Jorge Loayza
(1st time)
1872 1872 Francisco Diez Canseco
Mariano Herencia Zevallos
16 José Miguel Medina 2 August 1872 3 September 1873 Manuel Pardo
17 José Eusebio Sánchez Pedraza [es] 3 September 1873 1874
18 José de la Riva-Agüero y Looz Corswarem 1874 1875
19 Nicolás Freire de Neira [es] 1875 1876
12 Antonio Arenas
(2nd time)
2 August 1876 26 August 1876 Mariano Ignacio Prado
20 Teodoro La Rosa [es] 26 August 1876 4 June 1877
21 Juan Buendía Noriega 4 June 1877 18 June 1878
15 José Jorge Loayza
(2nd time)
18 June 1878 17 December 1878
22 Manuel Irigoyen Larrea
(1st time)
17 December 1878 19 May 1879
23 Manuel de Mendiburu 19 May 1879 16 October 1879
24 Manuel Gonzáles de la Cotera [es] 16 October 1879 23 December 1879
25 Aurelio Denegri Valega
(1st time)
March 1881 November 1881 Francisco García Calderón
26 Lorenzo Iglesias Pino de Arce [es] 3 January 1883 27 August 1883 Lizardo Montero Flores
27 Manuel Antonio Barinaga
(1st time)
27 August 1883 7 April 1884
Andrés Avelino Cáceres
28 Mariano Castro Zaldívar Iglesias [es] 7 April 1884 14 May 1885
29 Joaquín Iglesias Pino de Arce 14 May 1885 3 December 1885
12 Antonio Arenas
(3rd time)
3 December 1885 5 June 1886 Himself
30 Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans
(1st time)
5 June 1886 6 October 1886 Andrés Avelino Cáceres
31 José Nicolas Araníbar y Llano [es] 6 October 1886 22 November 1886
30 Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans
(2nd time)
22 November 1886 22 August 1887
32 Mariano Santos Álvarez Villegas [es] 22 August 1887 12 September 1887
33 Carlos Maria Elías y de la Quintana
(1st time)
12 September 1887 5 October 1887
Raymundo Morales Arias [es]
Acting Prime Minister
5 October 1887 8 November 1887
25 Aurelio Denegri Valega
(2nd time)
8 November 1887 8 March 1889
34 José Mariano Jiménez Wald
(1st time)
8 March 1889 4 April 1889
30 Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans
(3rd time)
4 April 1889 10 February 1890
22 Manuel Irigoyen Larrea
(2nd time)
11 February 1890 10 August 1890
35 Augusto Huaman-Velasco Billinghurst 10 August 1890 24 July 1891 Remigio Morales Bermúdez
Alberto Elmore Fernández de Córdoba
Acting Prime Minister
24 July 1891 14 August 1891
36 Federico Herrera
(1st time)
1 August 1891 24 August 1891
37 Justiniano Borgoño 24 August 1891 14 October 1891
Federico Herrera
(2nd time)
14 October 1891 27 November 1891
(acting)
36 27 November 1891 14 April 1892
Juan Ibarra [es] 14 April 1892 2 May 1892
(acting)
38 2 May 1892 30 June 1892
33 Carlos Maria Elías y de la Quintana
(2nd time)
30 June 1892 3 March 1893
39 Manuel Velarde Seoane 3 March 1893 11 May 1893
34 José Mariano Jiménez Wald
(2nd time)
11 May 1893 1 April 1894
40 Baltasar García Urrutia [es] 1 April 1894 10 August 1894 Justiniano Borgoño
41 Cesáreo Chacaltana Reyes
(1st time)
10 August 1894 16 November 1894 Andrés Avelino Cáceres
22 Manuel Irigoyen Larrea
(3rd time)
16 November 1894 20 March 1895
42 Antonio Bentín y La Fuente [es] 8 September 1895 30 November 1895 Nicolás de Piérola
27 Manuel Antonio Barinaga
(2nd time)
30 November 1895 8 August 1896
43 Manuel Pablo Olaechea Guerrero [es] 8 August 1896 25 November 1897
44 Alejandro López de Romaña Alvizuri [es] 25 November 1897 16 May 1898
15 José Jorge Loayza
(3rd time)
16 May 1898 8 September 1899
45 Manuel María Gálvez Egúsquiza 8 September 1899 14 December 1899 Eduardo López de Romaña
46 Enrique de la Riva-Agüero y Looz Corswaren
(1st time)
14 December 1899 30 August 1900
47 Enrique Coronel Zegarra Castro [es] 30 August 1900 2 October 1900
48 Domingo M. Almenara Butler 2 October 1900 11 September 1901
41 Cesáreo Chacaltana Reyes
(2nd time)
11 September 1901 9 August 1902
49 Cesáreo Octavio Deustua Escarza 9 August 1902 4 November 1902
50 Eugenio Larrabure y Unanue 4 November 1902 8 September 1903
51 José Pardo y Barreda 8 September 1903 14 May 1904 Manuel Candamo
Serapio Calderón
52 Alberto Elmore Fernández de Córdoba 14 May 1904 24 September 1904
53 Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo 24 September 1904 1 August 1907 José Pardo y Barreda
54 Agustín Tovar [es] 1 August 1907 9 October 1907
55 Carlos A. Washburn Salas [es] 9 October 1907 24 September 1908
56 Eulogio I. Romero Salcedo [es] 24 September 1908 8 June 1909 Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
57 Rafael Fernández de Villanueva Cortez [es] 8 June 1909 14 March 1910
58 Javier Prado y Ugarteche [es] 14 March 1910 3 August 1910
59 Germán Schreiber Waddington
(1st time)
3 August 1910 3 November 1910
60 José Salvador Cavero Ovalle 3 November 1910 27 December 1910
61 Enrique C. Basadre Stevenson 27 December 1910 31 August 1911
62 Agustín Guillermo Ganoza Cavero [es] 31 August 1911 24 September 1912
63 Elías Malpartida 24 September 1912 23 December 1912 Guillermo Billinghurst
64 Enrique Varela Vidaurre
(1st time)
24 December 1912 24 February 1913
65 Federico Luna y Peralta [es] 24 February 1913 17 June 1913
66 Aurelio Sousa Matute
(1st time)
17 June 1913 27 July 1913
64 Enrique Varela Vidaurre
(2nd time)
27 July 1913 4 February 1914
67 Pedro E. Muñiz Sevilla [es] 16 May 1914 1 August 1914 Óscar Benavides
68 Manuel Melitón Carvajal [es] 1 August 1914 2 August 1914
66 Aurelio Sousa Matute
(2nd time)
22 August 1914 11 November 1914
59 Germán Schreiber Waddington
(2nd time)
11 November 1914 18 February 1915
69 Carlos Isaac Abril Galindo [es] 18 February 1915 24 September 1915 José Pardo y Barreda
64 Enrique de la Riva-Agüero y Looz Corswaren
(2nd time)
24 September 1915 27 July 1917
70 Francisco Tudela y Varela 27 July 1917 18 December 1918
71 Germán Arenas Zuñiga
(1st time)
18 December 1918 26 April 1919
72 Juan Manuel Zuloaga [es] 26 April 1919 4 July 1919
73 Germán Leguía y Martínez Jakeway [es] 4 July 1919 7 October 1922 Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
74 Julio Enrique Ego Aguirre [es] 7 October 1922 12 October 1924
75 Alejandrino Maguiña [es] 12 October 1924 7 December 1926
76 Pedro José Rada y Gamio 7 December 1926 12 October 1929
77 Benjamín Huamán de los Heros [es] 12 October 1929 23 August 1930
78 Fernando Sarmiento [es] 23 August 1930 25 August 1930
79 Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro 25 August 1930 24 November 1930 Manuel María Ponce Brousset
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
80 Antonio Beingolea [es] 24 November 1930 1 March 1931
71 Germán Arenas Zuñiga
(2nd time)
8 December 1931 28 January 1932 Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
81 Francisco R. Lanatta Ramírez [es] 29 January 1932 13 April 1932
82 Luis A. Flores 13 April 1932 20 May 1932
83 Ricardo Rivadeneyra Barnuevo [es]
(1872–1954)
21 May 1932 24 December 1932
84 José Matías Manzanilla Barrientos [es]
(1867–1947)
24 December 1932 29 June 1933
Óscar Benavides
85 Jorge Prado y Ugarteche [es]
(1887–1970)
29 June 1933 24 November 1933
86 José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma
(1885–1944)
24 November 1933 18 May 1934
87 Alberto Rey de Castro y Romaña
(1st time)
(1869–1961)
September 1934 24 December 1934
88 Carlos Arenas y Loayza [es]
(1885–1955)
24 December 1934 May 1935
89 Manuel Esteban Rodríguez [es]
(1883–1936)
May 1935 13 April 1936
90 Ernesto Montagne Markholz
(1885–1954)
8 December 1936 12 April 1939
87 Alberto Rey de Castro y Romaña
(2nd time)
(1869–1961)
12 April 1939 8 December 1939
91 Alfredo Solf y Muro
(1872–1969)
8 December 1939 3 December 1944 Manuel Prado y Ugarteche
92 Manuel Cisneros Sánchez
(1st time)
(1904–1971)
3 December 1944 28 July 1945
93 Rafael Belaúnde Diez Canseco [es]
(1886–1972)
28 July 1945 31 January 1946 José Bustamante y Rivero
94 Julio Ernesto Portugal Escobedo [es]
(1894–1972)
31 January 1946 12 January 1947
95 José R. Alzamora Freundt [es]
(1891–1953)
12 January 1947 30 October 1947
96 Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat
(1st time)
(1892–1974)
27 February 1948 17 June 1948
97 Armando Revoredo Iglesias [es]
(1896–1978)
17 June 1948 29 October 1948
98 Zenón Noriega Agüero
(1900–1957)
28 July 1950 9 August 1954 Manuel A. Odría
96 Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat
(2nd time)
(1892–1974)
9 August 1954 28 July 1956
92 Manuel Cisneros Sánchez
(2nd time)
(1904–1971)
28 July 1956 9 June 1958 Manuel Prado y Ugarteche
99 Luis Gallo Porras
(1894–1972)
9 June 1958 18 July 1959
100 Pedro Beltrán Espantoso
(1897–1979)
18 July 1959 24 November 1961
101 Carlos Moreyra y Paz Soldán
(1898–1981)
24 November 1961 18 July 1962
102 Nicolás Lindley López
(1908–1995)
18 July 1962 3 March 1963 Ricardo Pérez Godoy
3 March 1963 28 July 1963 Nicolás Lindley López
103 Julio Óscar Trelles Montes
(1904–1990)
28 July 1963 31 December 1963 Fernando Belaúnde Terry
104 Fernando Schwalb López Aldana
(1st time)
(1916–2002)
31 December 1963 15 September 1965
105 Daniel Becerra de la Flor [es]
(1906–1987)
15 September 1965 6 September 1967
106 Edgardo Seoane Corrales
(1903–1978)
6 September 1967 17 November 1967
107 Raúl Ferrero Rebagliati
(1911–1977)
17 November 1967 30 May 1968
108 Oswaldo Hercelles García [es]
(1908–1969)
30 May 1968 2 October 1968
109 Miguel Mujica Gallo [es]
(1910–2001)
2 October 1968 3 October 1968
110 Ernesto Montagne Sánchez
(1916–1993)
3 October 1968 31 January 1973 Juan Velasco Alvarado
111 Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín
(1919–2012)
31 January 1973 1 February 1975
112 Francisco Morales Bermúdez
(1921–2022)
1 February 1975 30 August 1975
113 Óscar Vargas Prieto
(1917–1989)
30 August 1975 31 January 1976 Francisco Morales Bermúdez
114 Jorge Fernández Maldonado Solari
(1922–2000)
31 January 1976 16 July 1976
115 Guillermo Arbulú Galliani
(1921–1998)
17 July 1976 30 January 1978
116 Óscar Molina Pallochia [es]
(1921–1990)
30 January 1978 31 January 1979
117 Pedro Richter Prada
(1921–2017)
31 January 1979 28 July 1980
118 Manuel Ulloa Elías
(1922–1992)
28 July 1980 3 January 1983 Fernando Belaúnde Terry
104 Fernando Schwalb López Aldana
(2nd time)
(1916–2002)
3 January 1983 10 April 1984
119 Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe
(1921–2013)
12 October 1984 28 July 1985
120 Luis Ciro Pércovich Roca
(1931–2017)
12 October 1984 28 July 1985
121 Luis Juan Alva Castro
(1942–)
28 July 1985 26 June 1987 Alan García Pérez
122 Guillermo Larco Cox
(1st time)
(1932–2002)
26 June 1987 17 May 1988
123 Armando Villanueva del Campo
(1915–2013)
17 May 1988 15 May 1989
124 Luis Alberto Felix Sánchez
(1900–1994)
15 May 1989 30 September 1989
122 Guillermo Larco Cox
(2nd time)
(1932–2002)
30 September 1989 28 July 1990
125 Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller
(1940–)
28 July 1990 15 February 1991 Alberto Fujimori
126 Carlos Torres y Torres Lara [es]
(1942–2000)
15 February 1991 6 November 1991
127 Alfonso de los Heros Pérez-Albela [es]
(1939–)
6 November 1991 6 April 1992
128 Óscar de la Puente Raygada [es]
(1938–)
6 April 1992 28 August 1993
129 Alfonso Bustamante y Bustamante
(1941–)
28 August 1993 17 February 1994
130 Efraín Goldenberg Schreiber
(1929–)
17 February 1994 28 July 1995
131 Dante Córdova Blanco
(1943–)
28 July 1995 3 April 1996
132 Alberto Pandolfi Arbulú
(1st time)
(1940–)
3 April 1996 4 June 1998
133 Javier Valle Riestra González Olachea
(1932–)
4 June 1998 21 August 1998
132 Alberto Pandolfi Arbulú
(2nd time)
(1940–)
21 August 1998 3 January 1999
134 Víctor Dionicio Joy Way Rojas
(1945–)
3 January 1999 10 October 1999
135 José Alberto Bustamante Belaúnde
(1950–2008)
10 October 1999 29 July 2000
136 Federico Salas Guevara Schultz
(1950–2021)
29 July 2000 22 November 2000
137 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
(1920–2020)
22 November 2000 28 July 2001 Valentín Paniagua
138 Roberto Enrique Dañino Zapata
(1951–)
28 July 2001 12 July 2002 Alejandro Toledo
139 Luis Solari De La Fuente
(1948–)
12 July 2002 28 June 2003
140 Martha Beatriz Merino Lucero
(1947–)
28 June 2003 15 December 2003
141 Carlos Ferrero Costa
(1941–)
15 December 2003 16 August 2005
142 Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard
(1938–)
16 August 2005 28 July 2006
143 Jorge del Castillo Gálvez
(1950–)
28 July 2006 14 October 2008 Alan García Pérez
144 Yehude Simon Munaro
(1947–)
14 October 2008 11 July 2009
145 Javier Velásquez
(1960–)
11 July 2009 14 September 2010
146 José Antonio Chang
(1958–)
14 September 2010 18 March 2011
147 Rosario Fernández
(1955–)
19 March 2011 28 July 2011
148 Salomón Lerner Ghitis
(1946–)
28 July 2011 10 December 2011 Ollanta Humala
149 Oscar Valdés
(1949–)
11 December 2011 23 July 2012
150 Juan Jiménez Mayor
(1964–)
23 July 2012 31 October 2013
151 César Villanueva
(1st time)
(1946–)
31 October 2013 24 February 2014
152 René Cornejo
(1962–)
24 February 2014 22 July 2014
153 Ana Jara
(1968–)
22 July 2014 2 April 2015
154 Pedro Cateriano
(1st time)
(1958–)
2 April 2015 28 July 2016
155 Fernando Zavala Lombardi
(1971–)
28 July 2016 17 September 2017 Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
156 Mercedes Aráoz Fernández
(1961–)
17 September 2017 2 April 2018
151 César Villanueva
(2nd time)
(1946–)
2 April 2018 8 March 2019 Martín Vizcarra
157 Salvador del Solar
(1970–)
11 March 2019 30 September 2019
158 Vicente Zeballos
(1963–)
30 September 2019 15 July 2020
154 Pedro Cateriano
(2nd time)
(1958–)
15 July 2020 6 August 2020
159 Walter Martos
(1957–)
6 August 2020 9 November 2020
160 Ántero Flores Aráoz
(1942–)
11 November 2020 15 November 2020 Manuel Merino
161 Violeta Bermúdez
(1961–)
18 November 2020 28 July 2021 Francisco Sagasti
162 Guido Bellido
(1979–)
29 July 2021 6 October 2021 Pedro Castillo
163 Mirtha Vásquez
(1975–)
6 October 2021 1 February 2022
164 Héctor Valer
(1959–)
1 February 2022 8 February 2022
165 Aníbal Torres
(1942–)
8 February 2022 24 November 2022
166 Betssy Chávez
(1989–)
26 November 2022 7 December 2022
167 Pedro Angulo Arana
(1960–)
11 December 2022 21 December 2022 Dina Boluarte
168 Alberto Otárola
(1967–)
21 December 2022 5 march 2024
169 Gustavo Adrianzén 5 mars 2024 Incumbent

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Alberto Otárola leaves the Executive: Chancellor announces that the next Cabinet hopes to gain trust and a "second chance"" (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "¿Cuánto gana el presidente del Consejo de Ministros?". RPP. 10 January 2013.

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