Prime Minister of Peru

Prime Minister of Peru Presidente del Consejo de Ministros del Perú
Incumbent Salomón Lerner Ghitis since 28 July 2011
Appointer	Ollanta Humala as President of Peru
Inaugural holder	Juan Manuel del Mar Bernedo
Formation	December 1856
Website	http://www.pcm.gob.pe/

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The Prime Minister of Peru (formally: President of the Council of Ministers of Peru; Spanish: Presidentes del Consejo de Ministros del Perú) is the head of the Council of Ministers, and is appointed by the President (pending ratification by Congress as with all members of the Council).^[1]

The current prime minister is Salomón Lerner Ghitis, who was sworn in on 28 July 2011.^[2]

List of Prime Ministers of Peru (1856–present)

• Juan Manuel del Mar Bernedo (December 1856–1857)
• José Maria Raygada y Gallo (1st time) (1857 – 15 July 1858)
• Miguel Pascual San Román y Meza (15 July 1858 – 1858)
• José Maria Raygada y Gallo (2nd time) (1859)
• Juan Antonio Pezet (1861–1863)
• Juan Antonio Ribeyro Estrada (1863–1864)
• José Manuel Costas Arce (August 1864 – 11 April 1865)
• Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco (11 April – September 1865)
• Pedro José Calderón (September – 9 November 1865)
• Mariano Ignacio Prado (9 November 1865 – June 1867)
• Pedro José de Saavedra (June 1867 – January 1868)
• Luis La Puerta (January 1868)
• Antonio Arenas (1st time) (January – August 1868)
• José Balta (1868–1871)
• José Allende (2 August 1871 – 1872)
• José Jorge Loayza (1st time) (1872)
• José Miguel Medina (2 August 1872 – 3 September 1873)
• José Eusebio Sánchez Pedraza (3 September 1873 – 187.)
• José de la Riva-Agüero y Looz Corswaren (1874? – 1875?)
• Nicolás Freire de Neira (1875)
• Antonio Arenas (2nd time) (2–26 August 1876)
• Teodoro La Rosa (26 August 1876 – 4 June 1877)
• Juan Buendía Noriega (4 June 1877 – 18 June 1878)
• José Jorge Loayza (2nd time) (18 June – 17 December 1878)
• Manuel Irigoyen Larrea (1st time) (17 December 1878 – 19 May 1879)
• Manuel de Mendiburu Bonet (19 May – 16 October 1879)
• Manuel Gonzáles de la Cotera (16 October – 23 December 1879)
• Aurélio Denegri Valega (1st time) (March – November 1881)
• Lorenzo Iglesias Pino de Arce (3 January – 27 August 1883)
• Manuel Antonio Barinaga (1st time) (27 August 1883 – 7 April 1884)
• Mariano Castro Zaldívar Iglesias (7 April 1884 – 14 May 1885)
• Joaquín Iglesias Pino de Arce (14 May – 2 December 1885)
• Antonio Arenas (3rd time) (2 December 1885 – 3 June 1886)
• Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans (1st time) (3 June – 6 October 1886)
• José Nicolas Araníbar y Llano (6 October – 22 November 1886)
• Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans (2nd time) (22 November 1886 – 22 August 1887)
• Mariano Santos Álvarez Villegas (22 August – 12 September 1887)
• Carlos Maria Elías y de la Quintana (1st time) (12 September – 5 October 1887)
• Raymundo Morales Arias (interim) (5 October – 8 November 1887
• Aurélio Denegri Valega (2nd time) (8 November 1887 – 8 March 1889)
• José Mariano Jiménez Wald (1st time) (8 March – 4 April 1889)
• Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans (3rd time) (4 April 1889 – 10 February 1890)
• Manuel Irigoyen Larrea (2nd time) (11 February – 10 August 1890)
• Mariano Nicolás Valcárcel Salazar (10 August 1890 – 24 July 1891)
• Alberto Elmore Fernández de Córdoba (1st time, acting) (24 July – 14 August 1891)
• Federico Herrera (1st time) (14–24 August 1891)
• Justiniano Borgoño Castañeda (24 August – 14 October 1891)
• Federico Herrera (2nd time, acting to 27 November 1891) (14 October 1891 – 14 April 1892)
• Juan Ibarra (acting to 2 May 1892) (14 April – 30 June 1892)
• Carlos Maria Elías y de la Quintana (2nd time) (30 June 1892 – 3 March 1893)
• Manuel Velarde Seoane (3 March – 11 May 1893)
• José Mariano Jiménez Wald (2nd time) (11 May 1893 – 1 April 1894)
• Baltasar García Urrutia (1 April – 10 August 1894)
• Cesáreo Chacaltana Reyes (1st time) (10 August – 16 November 1894)
• Manuel Irigoyen Larrea (3nd time) (16 November 1894 – 21 March 1895)
• Antonio Bentín y La Fuente (8 September – 30 November 1895)
• Manuel Antonio Barinaga (2nd time) (30 November 1895 – 8 August 1896)
• Manuel Pablo Olaechea Guerrero (8 August 1896 – 25 November 1897)
• Alejandro López de Romaña Alvizuri (25 November 1897 – 16 May 1898)
• José Jorge Loayza (3rd time) (16 May 1898 – 8 September 1899)
• Manuel María Gálvez Egúsquiza (8 September 1899 – 14 December 1899)
• Enrique de la Riva-Agüero y Looz Corswaren (1st time) (14 December 1899 – 30 August 1900)
• Enrique Coronel Zegarra y Cortés (30 August – 2 October 1900)
• Domingo M. Almenara Butler (2 October 1900 – 11 September 1901)
• Cesáreo Chacaltana Reyes (2nd time) (11 September 1901 – 9 August 1902)
• Cesáreo Octavio Deustua Escarza (9 August – 4 November 1902)
• Eugenio Larrabure y Unanue (4 November 1902 – 8 September 1903)
• José Pardo y Barreda (8 September 1903 – 14 May 1904)
• Alberto Elmore Fernández de Córdoba (2nd time) (14 May – 24 September 1904)
• Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo (24 September 1904 – 1 August 1907)
• Agustín Tovar (1 August – 9 October 1907)
• Carlos A. Washburn Salas (9 October 1907 – 24 September 1908)
• Eulogio I. Romero Salcedo (24 September 1908 – 8 June 1909)
• Rafael Fernández de Villanueva Cortez (8 June 1909 – 14 March 1910)
• Javier Prado y Ugarteche (14 March – 3 August 1910)
• Germán Schreiber Waddington (1st time) (3 August – 3 November 1910)
• José Salvador Cavero Ovalle (3 November – 27 December 1910)
• Enrique C. Basadre Stevenson (27 December 1910 – 31 August 1911)
• Agustín Guillermo Ganoza Cavero (31 August 1911 – 24 September 1912)
• Elías Malpartida (24 September – 23 December 1912)
• Enrique Varela Vidaurre (1st time) (24 December 1912 – 24 February 1913)
• Federico Luna y Peralta (24 February – 17 June 1913)
• Aurelio Sousa Matute (1st time) (17 June – 27 July 1913)
• Enrique Varela Vidaurre (2nd time) (27 July 1913 – 4 February 1914)
• Pedro E. Muñiz Sevilla (16 May – 1 August 1914)
• Manuel Melitón Carvajal (1–22 August 1914)
• Aurelio Sousa Matute (2nd time) (22 August – 11 November 1914)
• Germán Schreiber Waddington (2nd time) (11 November 1914 – 19 February 1915)
• Carlos Isaac Abril Galindo (19 February – 24 September 1915)
• Enrique de la Riva-Agüero y Looz Corswaren (2nd time) (24 September 1915 – 27 July 1917)
• Francisco Tudela y Varela (27 July 1917 – 18 December 1918)
• Germán Arenas Zuñiga (1st time) (18 December 1918 – 26 April 1919)
• Juan Manuel Zuloaga (26 April 1919 – 4 July 1919)
• Germán Leguía y Martínez Jakeway (4 July 1919 – 7 October 1922)
• Julio Enrique Ego Aguirre (7 October 1922 – 12 October 1924)
• Alejandrino Maguiña (12 October 1924 – 7 December 1926)
• Pedro José Rada y Gamio (7 December 1926 – 12 October 1929)
• Benjamín Huamán de los Heros (12 October 1929 – 23 August 1930)
• Fernando Sarmiento (23–25 August 1930)
• Luis Miguel Sanchez del Cerro (25 August – 24 November 1930)
• Antonio Beingolea (24 November 1930 – 1 March 1931)
• Germán Arenas Zuñiga (2nd time) (8 December 1931 – 28 January 1932)
• Francisco R. Lanatta Ramírez (29 January – 13 April 1932)
• Luis Angel Flores (13 April – 20 May 1932)
• Ricardo Rivadeneyra Barnuevo (21 May – 24 December 1932)
• José Matías Manzanilla Barrientos (24 December 1932 – 29 June 1933)
• Jorge Prado y Ugarteche (29 June – 24 November 1933)
• José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma (24 November 1933 – 18 May 1934)
• Alberto Rey de Castro y Romaña (1st time) (September – 24 December 1934)
• Carlos Arenas y Loayza (24 December 1934 – May 1935)
• Manuel Esteban Rodríguez (May 1935 – 13 April 1936)
• Ernesto Montagne Markholz (8 December 1936 – 12 April 1939)
• Alberto Rey de Castro y Romaña (2nd time) (12 April – 8 December 1939)
• Alfredo Solf y Muro (8 December 1939 – 3 December 1944)
• Manuel Cisneros Sánchez (1st time) (3 December 1944 – 28 July 1945)
• Rafael Belaúnde Diez Canseco (28 July 1945 – 31 January 1946)
• Julio Ernesto Portugal Escobedo (31 January 1946 – 12 January 1947)
• José R. Alzamora Freundt (12 January – 30 October 1947)
• Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat (1st time) (27 February – 17 June 1948)
• Armando Revoredo Iglesias (17 June – 27 October 1948)
• Zenón Noriega Agüero (28 July 1950 – 9 August 1954)
• Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat (2nd time) (9 August 1954 – 28 July 1956)
• Manuel Cisneros Sánchez (2nd time) (28 July 1956 – 9 June 1958)
• Luis Gallo Porras (9 June 1958 – 17 July 1959)
• Pedro Gerardo Beltrán Espantoso (17 July 1959 – 24 November 1961)
• Carlos Moreyra y Paz Soldán (24 November 1961 – 18 July 1962)
• Nicolás Lindley López (18 July 1962 – 28 July 1963)
• Julio Óscar Trelles Montes (28 July – 31 December 1963)
• Fernando Schwalb López Aldana (1st time) (31 December 1963 – 15 September 1965)
• Daniel Becerra de la Flor (15 September 1965 – 6 September 1967)
• Edgardo Seoane Corrales (6 September – 17 November 1967)
• Raúl Ferrero Rebagliati (17 November 1967 – 30 May 1968)
• Oswaldo Hercelles García (30 May – 2 October 1968)
• Miguel Mujica Gallo (2–3 October 1968)
• Ernesto Montagne Sánchez (3 October 1968 – 31 January 1973)
• Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín (31 January 1973 – 1 February 1975)
• Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1 February – 30 August 1975)
• Óscar Vargas Prieto (30 August 1975 – 31 January 1976)
• Jorge Fernández Maldonado Solari (31 January – 16 July 1976)
• Guillermo Arbulú Galliani (17 July 1976 – 30 January 1978)
• Óscar Molina Pallochia (30 January 1978 – 31 January 1979)
• Pedro Richter Prada (31 January 1979 – 28 July 1980)
• Manuel Ulloa Elías (28 July 1980 – 3 January 1983)
• Fernando Schwalb López Aldana (2nd time) (3 January 1983 – 10 April 1984)
• Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe (10 April – 12 October 1984)
• Luis Ciro Pércovich Roca (12 October 1984 – 28 July 1985)
• Luis Juan Alva Castro (28 July 1985 – 26 June 1987)
• Guillermo Larco Cox (1st time) (26 June 1987 – 17 May 1988)
• Armando Villanueva del Campo (17 May 1988 – 15 May 1989)
• Luis Alberto Felix Sánchez (15 May – 30 September 1989)
• Guillermo Larco Cox (2nd time) (30 September 1989 – 28 July 1990)
• Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller (28 July 1990 – 15 February 1991)
• Carlos Torres y Torres Lara (15 February – 6 November 1991)
• Alfonso de los Heros Perez Alba (6 November 1991 – 6 April 1992)
• Óscar de la Puente Raygada (6 April 1992 – 28 August 1993)
• Alfonso Bustamante y Bustamante (28 August 1993 – 17 February 1994)
• Efraín Goldenberg Schreiber (17 February 1994 – 28 July 1995)
• Dante Córdova Blanco (28 July 1995 – 3 April 1996)
• Alberto Pandolfi Arbulú (1st time) (3 April 1996 – 4 June 1998)
• Javier Valle Riestra González Olachea (4 June – 21 August 1998)
• Alberto Pandolfi Arbulú (2nd time) (21 August 1998 – 3 January 1999)
• Víctor Dionicio Joy Way Rojas (3 January – 10 October 1999)
• José Alberto Bustamante Belaúnde (10 October 1999 – 29 July 2000)
• Federico Salas Guevara Schultz (29 July – 25 November 2000)
• Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (25 November 2000 – 28 July 2001)
• Roberto Enrique Dañino Zapata (28 July 2001 – 12 July 2002)
• Luis Solari de la Fuente (12 July 2002 – 28 June 2003)
• Martha Beatriz Merino Lucero (28 June – 15 December 2003)
• Carlos Ferrero Costa (15 December 2003 – 16 August 2005)
• Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Goddard (16 August 2005 – 28 July 2006)
• Jorge del Castillo Gálvez (28 July 2006 – 14 October 2008)
• Yehude Simon Munaro (14 October 2008 – 11 July 2009)
• Javier Velásquez (11 July 2009 – 14 September 2010)
• José Antonio Chang (14 September 2010 – 18 March 2011)
• Rosario Fernández (19 March 2011 – 28 July 2011)
• Salomón Lerner Ghitis (28 July 2011 – Present)

References

1. ^ Background Note: Peru, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, United States Department of State, September 30, 2010.
2. ^ Peruvian president swears in new prime minister, Andina, 19 March 2011.

External links

• Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros (Spanish) (government website)
• World Statesmen – Peru