Peru Prime Minister

The Peru prime minister is a part of the legislative body of the Peru government. He belongs to the council of ministers and is elected through voting by universal suffrage. Unlike the president, the powers of the prime minister are limited. All the ministers of the council resign if the prime minister resigns.

Following is the list of Prime Ministers of the country:

• Juan Manuel del Mar Bernedo (December 1856–1857)
• Jose Maria Raygada y Gallo (1st time) (1857 – July 15, 1858)
• Miguel Pascual San Roman y Meza (July 15, 1858 – 1858)
• Jose Maria Raygada y Gallo (2nd time) (1859)
• Juan Antonio Pezet (1861–1863)
• Juan Antonio Ribeyro Estrada (1863–1864)
• Jose Manuel Costas Arce (August 1864 – April 11, 1865)
• Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco (April 11, 1865 – September 1865)
• Pedro Jose Calderon (September 1865 – November 9, 1865)
• Mariano Ignacio Prado (November 9, 1865 – June 1867)
• Pedro Jose de Saavedra (June 1867 – January 1868)
• Luis La Puerta (January 1868)
• Antonio Arenas (1st time) (January – August 1868)
• Jose Balta (1868–1871)
• Jose Allende (August 2, 1871 – 1872)
• Jose Jorge Loayza (1st time) (1872)
• Jose Miguel Medina (August 2, 1872 – September 3, 1873)
• Jose Eusebio Sanchez Pedraza (September 3, 1873 – 1874)
• Jose de la Riva-Aguero y Looz Corswaren (1874 – 1875)
• Nicolas Freire de Neira (1875)
• Antonio Arenas (2nd time) (August 26, 1876)
• Teodoro La Rosa (August 26, 1876 – June 4, 1877)
• Juan Buendia Noriega (June 4, 1877 – June 18, 1878)
• Jose Jorge Loayza (2nd time) (June 18, – December 17, 1878)
• Manuel Irigoyen Larrea (1st time) (December 17, 1878 – May 19, 1879)
• Manuel de Mendiburu Bonet (May 19 – October 16, 1879)
• Manuel Gonzales de la Cotera (October 16 – December 23, 1879)
• Aurelio Denegri Valega (1st time) (March – November 1881)
• Lorenzo Iglesias Pino de Arce (January 3 – August 27, 1883)
• Manuel Antonio Barinaga (1st time) (August 27, 1883 – April 7, 1884)
• Mariano Castro Zaldivar Iglesias (April 7, 1884 – May 14, 1885)
• Joaquin Iglesias Pino de Arce (May 14 – December 2, 1885)
• Antonio Arenas (3rd time) (December 2, 1885 – June 3, 1886)
• Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans (1st time) (June 3 – October 6, 1886)
• Jose Nicolas Aranibar y Llano (October 6 – November 22, 1886)
• Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans (2nd time) (November 22, 1886 – August 22, 1887)
• Mariano Santos Alvarez Villegas (August 22 – September 12, 1887)
• Carlos Maria Elias y de la Quintana (1st time) (September 12 – October 5, 1887)
• Raymundo Morales Arias (interim) (October 5 – November 8, 1887
• Aurelio Denegri Valega (2nd time) (November 8, 1887 – March 8, 1889)
• Jose Mariano Jimenez Wald (1st time) (March 8 – April 4, 1889)
• Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans (3rd time) (April 4, 1889 – February 10, 1890)
• Manuel Irigoyen Larrea (2nd time) (February 11 – August 10, 1890)
• Mariano Nicolas Valcarcel Salazar (August 10, 1890 – July 24, 1891)
• Alberto Elmore Fernandez de Cordoba (1st time, acting) (July 24 – August 14, 1891)
• Federico Herrera (1st time) (14– August 24, 1891)
• Justiniano Borgono Castaneda (August 24, – October 14, 1891)
• Federico Herrera (2nd time, acting to 27 November 1891) (October 14, 1891 – April 14,1892)
• Juan Ibarra (acting to 2 May 1892) (April 14 – June 30, 1892)
• Carlos Maria Elias y de la Quintana (2nd time) (June 30, 1892 – March 3, 1893)
• Manuel Velarde Seoane (March 3 – May 11, 1893)
• Jose Mariano Jimenez Wald (2nd time) (May 11, 1893 – April 1, 1894)
• Baltasar Garcia Urrutia (April 1 – August 10, 1894)
• Cesareo Chacaltana Reyes (1st time) (August 10 – November 16, 1894)
• Manuel Irigoyen Larrea (3nd time) (November 16, 1894 – March 21, 1895)
• Antonio Bentin y La Fuente (September 8 – November 30, 1895)
• Manuel Antonio Barinaga (2nd time) (November 30, 1895 – August 8, 1896)
• Manuel Pablo Olaechea Guerrero (August 8, 1896 – November 25, 1897)
• Alejandro Lopez de Romana Alvizuri (November 25, 1897 – May 16, 1898)
• Jose Jorge Loayza (3rd time) (May 16, 1898 – September 8, 1899)
• Manuel Maria Galvez Egusquiza (September 8, 1899 – December 14, 1899)
• Enrique de la Riva-Aguero y Looz Corswaren (1st time) (December 14, 1899 – August 30, 1900)
• Enrique Coronel Zegarra y Cortes (August 30 – October 2, 1900)
• Domingo M. Almenara Butler (October 2, 1900 – September 11, 1901)
• Cesareo Chacaltana Reyes (2nd time) (September 11, 1901 – August 9, 1902)
• Cesareo Octavio Deustua Escarza (August 9, – November 4, 1902)
• Eugenio Larrabure y Unanue (November 4, 1902 – September 8, 1903)
• Jose Pardo y Barreda (September 8, 1903 – May 14, 1904)
• Alberto Elmore Fernandez de Cordoba (2nd time) (May 14 – September 24, 1904)
• Augusto Bernardino Leguia y Salcedo (September 24, 1904 – August 1, 1907)
• Agustin Tovar (August 1– October 9, 1907)
• Carlos A. Washburn Salas (October 9, 1907 – September 24, 1908)
• Eulogio I. Romero Salcedo (September 24, 1908 – June 8, 1909)
• Rafael Fernandez de Villanueva Cortez (June 8, 1909 – March 14, 1910)
• Javier Prado y Ugarteche (March 14, – August 3, 1910)
• German Schreiber Waddington (1st time) (August 3 – November 3, 1910)
• Jose Salvador Cavero Ovalle (November 3 – December 27, 1910)
• Enrique C. Basadre Stevenson (December 27, 1910 – August 31, 1911)
• Agustin Guillermo Ganoza Cavero (August 31, 1911 – September 24, 1912)
• Elias Malpartida (September 24 – December 23, 1912)
• Enrique Varela Vidaurre (1st time) (December 24, 1912 – February 24, 1913)
• Federico Luna y Peralta (February 24 – June 17, 1913)
• Aurelio Sousa Matute (1st time) (June 17 – July 27, 1913)
• Enrique Varela Vidaurre (2nd time) (July 27, 1913 – February 4, 1914)
• Pedro E. Muniz Sevilla (May 16 – August 1, 1914)
• Manuel Meliton Carvajal (1– August 22, 1914)
• Aurelio Sousa Matute (2nd time) (August 22 – November 11, 1914)
• German Schreiber Waddington (2nd time) (November 11, 1914 – February 19, 1915)
• Carlos Isaac Abril Galindo (February 19 – September 24, 1915)
• Enrique de la Riva-Aguero y Looz Corswaren (2nd time) (September 24, 1915 – July 27, 1917)
• Francisco Tudela y Varela (July 27, 1917 – December 18, 1918)
• German Arenas Zuniga (1st time) (December 18, 1918 – April 26, 1919)
• Juan Manuel Zuloaga (April 26, 1919 – July 4, 1919)
• German Leguia y Martinez Jakeway (July 4, 1919 – October 7, 1922)
• Julio Enrique Ego Aguirre (October 7, 1922 – October 12, 1924)
• Alejandrino Maguina (October 12, 1924 – December 7, 1926)
• Pedro Jose Rada y Gamio (December 7, 1926 – October 12, 1929)
• Benjamin Huaman de los Heros (October 12, 1929 – August 23, 1930)
• Fernando Sarmiento (23– August 25, 1930)
• Luis Miguel Sanchez del Cerro (August 25– November 24, 1930)
• Antonio Beingolea (November 24, 1930 – March 1, 1931)
• German Arenas Zuniga (2nd time) (December 8, 1931 – January 28, 1932)
• Francisco R. Lanatta Ramirez (January 29 – April 13, 1932)
• Luis Angel Flores (April 13 – May 20, 1932)
• Ricardo Rivadeneyra Barnuevo (May 21 – December 24, 1932)
• Jose Matias Manzanilla Barrientos (December 24, 1932 – June 29, 1933)
• Jorge Prado y Ugarteche (June 29 – November 24, 1933)
• Jose de la Riva-Aguero y Osma (November 24, 1933 – May 18, 1934)
• Alberto Rey de Castro y Romana (1st time) (September – December 24, 1934)
• Carlos Arenas y Loayza (December 24, 1934 – May 1935)
• Manuel Esteban Rodriguez (May 1935 – April 13, 1936)
• Ernesto Montagne Markholz (December 8, 1936 – April 12, 1939)
• Alberto Rey de Castro y Romana (2nd time) (April 12 – December 8, 1939)
• Alfredo Solf y Muro (December 8, 1939 – December 3, 1944)
• Manuel Cisneros Sanchez (1st time) (December 3, 1944 – July 28, 1945)
• Rafael Belaunde Diez Canseco (July 28, 1945 – January 31, 1946)
• Julio Ernesto Portugal Escobedo (January 31, 1946 – January 12, 1947)
• Jose R. Alzamora Freundt (January 12, – October 30, 1947)
• Roque Augusto Saldias Maninat (1st time) (February 27 – June 17, 1948)
• Armando Revoredo Iglesias (June 17 – October 27, 1948)
• Zenon Noriega Aguero (July 28, 1950 – August 9, 1954)
• Roque Augusto Saldias Maninat (2nd time) (August 9, 1954 – July 28, 1956)
• Manuel Cisneros Sanchez (2nd time) (July 28, 1956 – June 9, 1958)
• Luis Gallo Porras (June 9, 1958 – July 17, 1959)
• Pedro Gerardo Beltran Espantoso (July 17, 1959 – November 24, 1961)
• Carlos Moreyra y Paz Soldan (November 24, 1961 – July 18, 1962)
• Nicolas Lindley Lopez (July 18, 1962 – July 28, 1963)
• Julio Oscar Trelles Montes (July 28 – December 31, 1963)
• Fernando Schwalb Lopez Aldana (1st time) (December 31, 1963 – September 15, 1965)
• Daniel Becerra de la Flor (September 15, 1965 – September 6, 1967)
• Edgardo Seoane Corrales (September 6 – November 17, 1967)
• Raul Ferrero Rebagliati (November 17, 1967 – May 30, 1968)
• Oswaldo Hercelles Garcia (May 30 – October 2, 1968)
• Miguel Mujica Gallo (2– October 3, 1968)
• Ernesto Montagne Sanchez (October 3, 1968 – January 31, 1973)
• Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrin (January 31, 1973 – February 1, 1975)
• Francisco Morales Bermudez (February 1 – August 30, 1975)
• Oscar Vargas Prieto (August 30, 1975 – January 31, 1976)
• Jorge Fernandez Maldonado Solari (January 31 – July 16, 1976)
• Guillermo Arbulu Galliani (July 17, 1976 – January 30, 1978)
• Oscar Molina Pallochia (January 30, 1978 – January 31, 1979)
• Pedro Richter Prada (January 31, 1979 – July 28, 1980)
• Manuel Ulloa Elνas (July 28, 1980 – January 3, 1983)
• Fernando Schwalb Lopez Aldana (2nd time) (January 3, 1983 – April 10, 1984)
• Sandro Mariategui Chiappe (April 10 – October 12, 1984)
• Luis Ciro Percovich Roca (October 12, 1984 – July 28, 1985)
• Luis Juan Alva Castro (July 28, 1985 – June 26, 1987)
• Guillermo Larco Cox (1st time) (June 26, 1987 – May 17, 1988)
• Armando Villanueva del Campo (May 17, 1988 – May 15, 1989)
• Luis Alberto Felix Sanchez (May 15 – September 30, 1989)
• Guillermo Larco Cox (2nd time) (September 30, 1989 – July 28, 1990)
• Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller (July 28, 1990 – February 15, 1991)
• Carlos Torres y Torres Lara (February 15 – November 6, 1991)
• Alfonso de los Heros Perez Alba (November 6, 1991 – April 6, 1992)
• Oscar de la Puente Raygada (April 6, 1992 – August 28, 1993)
• Alfonso Bustamante y Bustamante (August 28, 1993 – February 17, 1994)
• Efrain Goldenberg Schreiber (February 17, 1994 – July 28, 1995)
• Dante Cordova Blanco (July 28, 1995 – April 3, 1996)
• Alberto Pandolfi Arbulu (1st time) (April 3, 1996 – June 4, 1998)
• Javier Valle Riestra Gonzαlez Olachea (June 4 – August 21, 1998)
• Alberto Pandolfi Arbulϊ (2nd time) (August 21, 1998 – January 3, 1999)
• Victor Dionicio Joy Way Rojas (January 3 – October 10, 1999)
• Jose Alberto Bustamante Belaunde (10 October 1999 – 29 July 2000)
• Federico Salas Guevara Schultz (July 29 – November 25, 2000)
• Javier Perez de Cuellar (November 25, 2000 – July 28, 2001)
• Roberto Enrique Danino Zapata (July 28, 2001 – July 12, 2002)
• Luis Solari de la Fuente (July 12, 2002 – June 28, 2003)
• Martha Beatriz Merino Lucero (June 28 – December 15, 2003)
• Carlos Ferrero Costa (December 15, 2003 – August 16, 2005)
• Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Goddard (August 16, 2005 – July 28, 2006)
• Jorge del Castillo Galvez (July 28, 2006 – October 14, 2008)
• Yehude Simon Munaro (October 14, 2008 – July 11, 2009)
• Javier Velasquez (July 11, 2009 – September 14, 2010)
• Jose Antonio Chang (September 14, 2010 – March 18, 2011)
• Rosario Fernandez (March 19, 2011 – July 28, 2011)
• Salomon Lerner Ghitis (July 28, 2011 – December 11, 2011)
• Oscar Valdes (December 11, 2011 - present)

In 2003 President Alejandro Toledo appointed the first woman prime minister of Peru Beatriz Merino.

The present incumbent, Oscar Valdes belongs to the Independent party. He assumed office on December 11, 2011.

Last Updated on : 02/10/2012