President of the Council of Ministers of Peru


The President of the Council of Ministers of Peru, informally called Premier or Prime Minister, heads the Council of Ministers, and is appointed by the president.
The prime minister is not the head of government, since the president is the one who serves as the actual head of government in Peru. It is one of the few countries in Latin America where the position of prime minister currently exists. The current Prime Minister is Pedro Cateriano, who was sworn in on July 15, 2020, following the resignation of Vicente Zeballos.

Reform

Recently, the role of the prime minister has been debated, and whether it should be strengthened. This idea has been supported by former presidents Alan García, Alejandro Toledo and Ollanta Humala. Such reforms would enable the prime minister to become the effective head of government, similarly to what happens in countries like France and Russia.

List of prime ministers of Peru (1856–)

No.PicturePrime MinisterTook OfficeLeft OfficePresident
1Juan Manuel del Mar BernedoDecember 18561857Ramón Castilla
2José Maria Raygada y Gallo
185715 July 1858Ramón Castilla
3Miguel de San Román15 July 1858October 1858Ramón Castilla
2José Maria Raygada y Gallo
October 18581861Ramón Castilla
4Juan Antonio Pezet18611863Ramón Castilla
4Juan Antonio Pezet18611863Miguel de San Román
4Juan Antonio Pezet18611863Ramón Castilla
4Juan Antonio Pezet18611863Pedro Diez Canseco
5Juan Antonio Ribeyro Estrada1863August 1864Juan Antonio Pezet
6Manuel Costas ArceAugust 186411 April 1865Juan Antonio Pezet
7Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco11 April 1865September 1865Juan Antonio Pezet
7Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco11 April 1865September 1865Mariano Ignacio Prado
7Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco11 April 1865September 1865Juan Antonio Pezet
8Pedro José CalderónSeptember 18658 November 1865Juan Antonio Pezet
9Mariano Ignacio Prado8 November 1865June 1867Pedro Diez Canseco
9Mariano Ignacio Prado8 November 1865June 1867Mariano Ignacio Prado
10Pedro José de SaavedraJune 1867January 1868Mariano Ignacio Prado
11Luis La PuertaJanuary 18688 January 1868Mariano Ignacio Prado
12Antonio Arenas
8 January 18682 August 1868Pedro Diez Canseco
13José Balta2 August 18682 August 1871José Balta
14José Allende2 August 18711872José Balta
15José Jorge Loayza
18721872Francisco Diez Canseco
15José Jorge Loayza
18721872Mariano Herencia Zevallos
16José Miguel Medina2 August 18723 September 1873Manuel Pardo
17José Eusebio Sánchez Pedraza3 September 18731874Manuel Pardo
18José de la Riva-Agüero y Looz Corswaren18741875Manuel Pardo
19Nicolás Freire de Neira18751876Manuel Pardo
12Antonio Arenas
2 August 187626 August 1876Mariano Ignacio Prado
20Teodoro La Rosa26 August 18764 June 1877Mariano Ignacio Prado
21Juan Buendía Noriega4 June 187718 June 1878Mariano Ignacio Prado
15José Jorge Loayza
18 June 187817 December 1878Mariano Ignacio Prado
22Manuel Irigoyen Larrea
17 December 187819 May 1879Mariano Ignacio Prado
23Manuel de Mendiburu19 May 187916 October 1879Mariano Ignacio Prado
24Manuel Gonzáles de la Cotera16 October 187923 December 1879Mariano Ignacio Prado
25Aurelio Denegri Valega
March 1881November 1881Francisco García Calderón
26Lorenzo Iglesias Pino de Arce3 January 188327 August 1883Lizardo Montero Flores
27Manuel Antonio Barinaga
27 August 18837 April 1884Lizardo Montero Flores
27Manuel Antonio Barinaga
27 August 18837 April 1884Andrés Avelino Cáceres
28Mariano Castro Zaldívar Iglesias7 April 188414 May 1885Andrés Avelino Cáceres
29Joaquín Iglesias Pino de Arce14 May 18853 December 1885Andrés Avelino Cáceres
12Antonio Arenas
3 December 18855 June 1886Himself
30Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans
5 June 18866 October 1886Andrés Avelino Cáceres
31José Nicolas Araníbar y Llano6 October 188622 November 1886Andrés Avelino Cáceres
30Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans
22 November 188622 August 1887Andrés Avelino Cáceres
32Mariano Santos Álvarez Villegas22 August 188712 September 1887Andrés Avelino Cáceres
33Carlos Maria Elías y de la Quintana
12 September 18875 October 1887Andrés Avelino Cáceres
—Raymundo Morales Arias
Acting Prime Minister		5 October 18878 November 1887Andrés Avelino Cáceres
25Aurelio Denegri Valega
8 November 18878 March 1889Andrés Avelino Cáceres
34José Mariano Jiménez Wald
8 March 18894 April 1889Andrés Avelino Cáceres
30Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans
4 April 188910 February 1890Andrés Avelino Cáceres
22Manuel Irigoyen Larrea
11 February 189010 August 1890Andrés Avelino Cáceres
35Augusto Huaman-Velasco Billinghurst10 August 189024 July 1891Remigio Morales Bermúdez
—Alberto Elmore Fernández de Córdoba
Acting Prime Minister		24 July 189114 August 1891Remigio Morales Bermúdez
36Federico Herrera
1 August 189124 August 1891Remigio Morales Bermúdez
37Justiniano Borgoño24 August 189114 October 1891Remigio Morales Bermúdez
—Federico Herrera14 October 189127 November 1891
Remigio Morales Bermúdez
36Federico Herrera27 November 189114 April 1892Remigio Morales Bermúdez
—Juan Ibarra14 April 18922 May 1892
Remigio Morales Bermúdez
38Juan Ibarra2 May 189230 June 1892Remigio Morales Bermúdez
33Carlos Maria Elías y de la Quintana
30 June 18923 March 1893Remigio Morales Bermúdez
39Manuel Velarde Seoane3 March 189311 May 1893Remigio Morales Bermúdez
34José Mariano Jiménez Wald
11 May 18931 April 1894Remigio Morales Bermúdez
40Baltasar García Urrutia1 April 189410 August 1894Justiniano Borgoño
41Cesáreo Chacaltana Reyes
10 August 189416 November 1894Andrés Avelino Cáceres
22Manuel Irigoyen Larrea
16 November 189420 March 1895Andrés Avelino Cáceres
42Antonio Bentín y La Fuente8 September 189530 November 1895Nicolás de Piérola
27Manuel Antonio Barinaga
30 November 18958 August 1896Nicolás de Piérola
43Manuel Pablo Olaechea Guerrero8 August 189625 November 1897Nicolás de Piérola
44Alejandro López de Romaña Alvizuri25 November 189716 May 1898Nicolás de Piérola
15José Jorge Loayza
16 May 18988 September 1899Nicolás de Piérola
45Manuel María Gálvez Egúsquiza8 September 189914 December 1899Eduardo López de Romaña
46Enrique de la Riva-Agüero y Looz Corswaren
14 December 189930 August 1900Eduardo López de Romaña
47Enrique Coronel Zegarra y Cortés30 August 19002 October 1900Eduardo López de Romaña
48Domingo M. Almenara Butler2 October 190011 September 1901Eduardo López de Romaña
41Cesáreo Chacaltana Reyes
11 September 19019 August 1902Eduardo López de Romaña
49Cesáreo Octavio Deustua Escarza9 August 19024 November 1902Eduardo López de Romaña
50Eugenio Larrabure y Unanue4 November 19028 September 1903Eduardo López de Romaña
51José Pardo y Barreda8 September 190314 May 1904Manuel Candamo
51José Pardo y Barreda8 September 190314 May 1904Serapio Calderón
52Alberto Elmore Fernández de Córdoba14 May 190424 September 1904Serapio Calderón
53Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo24 September 19041 August 1907José Pardo y Barreda
54Agustín Tovar1 August 19079 October 1907José Pardo y Barreda
55Carlos A. Washburn Salas9 October 190724 September 1908José Pardo y Barreda
56Eulogio I. Romero Salcedo24 September 19088 June 1909Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
57Rafael Fernández de Villanueva Cortez8 June 190914 March 1910Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
58Javier Prado y Ugarteche14 March 19103 August 1910Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
59Germán Schreiber Waddington
3 August 19103 November 1910Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
60José Salvador Cavero Ovalle3 November 191027 December 1910Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
61Enrique C. Basadre Stevenson27 December 191031 August 1911Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
62Agustín Guillermo Ganoza Cavero31 August 191124 September 1912Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
63Elías Malpartida24 September 191223 December 1912Guillermo Billinghurst
64Enrique Varela Vidaurre
24 December 191224 February 1913Guillermo Billinghurst
65Federico Luna y Peralta24 February 191317 June 1913Guillermo Billinghurst
66Aurelio Sousa Matute
17 June 191327 July 1913Guillermo Billinghurst
64Enrique Varela Vidaurre
27 July 19134 February 1914Guillermo Billinghurst
67Pedro E. Muñiz Sevilla16 May 19141 August 1914Óscar Benavides
68Manuel Melitón Carvajal1 August 19142 August 1914Óscar Benavides
66Aurelio Sousa Matute
22 August 191411 November 1914Óscar Benavides
59Germán Schreiber Waddington
11 November 191418 February 1915Óscar Benavides
69Carlos Isaac Abril Galindo18 February 191524 September 1915José Pardo y Barreda
64Enrique de la Riva-Agüero y Looz Corswaren
24 September 191527 July 1917José Pardo y Barreda
70Francisco Tudela y Varela27 July 191718 December 1918José Pardo y Barreda
71Germán Arenas Zuñiga
18 December 191826 April 1919José Pardo y Barreda
72Juan Manuel Zuloaga26 April 19194 July 1919José Pardo y Barreda
73Germán Leguía y Martínez Jakeway4 July 19197 October 1922Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
74Julio Enrique Ego Aguirre7 October 192212 October 1924Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
75Alejandrino Maguiña12 October 19247 December 1926Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
76Pedro José Rada y Gamio7 December 192612 October 1929Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
77Benjamín Huamán de los Heros12 October 192923 August 1930Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
78Fernando Sarmiento23 August 193025 August 1930Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
79Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro25 August 193024 November 1930Manuel María Ponce Brousset
79Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro25 August 193024 November 1930Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
80Antonio Beingolea24 November 19301 March 1931Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
71Germán Arenas Zuñiga
8 December 193128 January 1932Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
81Francisco R. Lanatta Ramírez29 January 193213 April 1932Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
82Luis Angel Flores13 April 193220 May 1932Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
83Ricardo Rivadeneyra Barnuevo
21 May 193224 December 1932Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
84José Matías Manzanilla Barrientos
24 December 193229 June 1933Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
84José Matías Manzanilla Barrientos
24 December 193229 June 1933Óscar Benavides
85Jorge Prado y Ugarteche
29 June 193324 November 1933Óscar Benavides
86José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma
24 November 193318 May 1934Óscar Benavides
87Alberto Rey de Castro y Romaña

September 193424 December 1934Óscar Benavides
88Carlos Arenas y Loayza
24 December 1934May 1935Óscar Benavides
89Manuel Esteban Rodríguez
May 193513 April 1936Óscar Benavides
90Ernesto Montagne Markholz
8 December 193612 April 1939Óscar Benavides
87Alberto Rey de Castro y Romaña

12 April 19398 December 1939Óscar Benavides
91Alfredo Solf y Muro
8 December 19393 December 1944Manuel Prado y Ugarteche
92Manuel Cisneros Sánchez

3 December 194428 July 1945Manuel Prado y Ugarteche
93Rafael Belaúnde Diez Canseco
28 July 194531 January 1946José Bustamante y Rivero
94Julio Ernesto Portugal Escobedo
31 January 194612 January 1947José Bustamante y Rivero
95José R. Alzamora Freundt
12 January 194730 October 1947José Bustamante y Rivero
96Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat

27 February 194817 June 1948José Bustamante y Rivero
97Armando Revoredo Iglesias
17 June 194829 October 1948José Bustamante y Rivero
98Zenón Noriega Agüero
28 July 19509 August 1954Manuel A. Odría
96Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat

9 August 195428 July 1956Manuel A. Odría
92Manuel Cisneros Sánchez

28 July 19569 June 1958Manuel Prado y Ugarteche
99Luis Gallo Porras
9 June 195818 July 1959Manuel Prado y Ugarteche
100Pedro Beltrán Espantoso
18 July 195924 November 1961Manuel Prado y Ugarteche
101Carlos Moreyra y Paz Soldán
24 November 196118 July 1962Manuel Prado y Ugarteche
102Nicolás Lindley López
18 July 19623 March 1963Ricardo Pérez Godoy
102Nicolás Lindley López
3 March 196328 July 1963Nicolás Lindley López
103Julio Óscar Trelles Montes
28 July 196331 December 1963Fernando Belaúnde Terry
104Fernando Schwalb López Aldana

31 December 196315 September 1965Fernando Belaúnde Terry
105Daniel Becerra de la Flor
15 September 19656 September 1967Fernando Belaúnde Terry
106Edgardo Seoane Corrales
6 September 196717 November 1967Fernando Belaúnde Terry
107Raúl Ferrero Rebagliati
17 November 196730 May 1968Fernando Belaúnde Terry
108Oswaldo Hercelles García
30 May 19682 October 1968Fernando Belaúnde Terry
109Miguel Mujica Gallo
2 October 19683 October 1968Fernando Belaúnde Terry
110Ernesto Montagne Sánchez
3 October 196831 January 1973Juan Velasco Alvarado
111Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín
31 January 19731 February 1975Juan Velasco Alvarado
112Francisco Morales Bermúdez
1 February 197530 August 1975Juan Velasco Alvarado
113Óscar Vargas Prieto
30 August 197531 January 1976Francisco Morales Bermúdez
114Jorge Fernández Maldonado Solari
31 January 197616 July 1976Francisco Morales Bermúdez
115Guillermo Arbulú Galliani
17 July 197630 January 1978Francisco Morales Bermúdez
116Óscar Molina Pallochia
30 January 197831 January 1979Francisco Morales Bermúdez
117Pedro Richter Prada
31 January 197928 July 1980Francisco Morales Bermúdez
118Manuel Ulloa Elías
28 July 19803 January 1983Fernando Belaúnde Terry
104Fernando Schwalb López Aldana

3 January 198310 April 1984Fernando Belaúnde Terry
119Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe
12 October 198428 July 1985Fernando Belaúnde Terry
120Luis Ciro Pércovich Roca
12 October 198428 July 1985Fernando Belaúnde Terry
121Luis Juan Alva Castro
28 July 198526 June 1987Alan García Pérez
122Guillermo Larco Cox

26 June 198717 May 1988Alan García Pérez
123Armando Villanueva del Campo
17 May 198815 May 1989Alan García Pérez
124Luis Alberto Felix Sánchez
15 May 198930 September 1989Alan García Pérez
122Guillermo Larco Cox

30 September 198928 July 1990Alan García Pérez
125Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller
28 July 199015 February 1991Alberto Fujimori
126Carlos Torres y Torres Lara
15 February 19916 November 1991Alberto Fujimori
127Alfonso de los Heros Perez Alba
6 November 19916 April 1992Alberto Fujimori
128Óscar de la Puente Raygada
6 April 199228 August 1993Alberto Fujimori
129Alfonso Bustamante y Bustamante
28 August 199317 February 1994Alberto Fujimori
130Efraín Goldenberg Schreiber
17 February 199428 July 1995Alberto Fujimori
131Dante Córdova Blanco
28 July 19953 April 1996Alberto Fujimori
132Alberto Pandolfi Arbulú

3 April 19964 June 1998Alberto Fujimori
133Javier Valle Riestra González Olachea
4 June 199821 August 1998Alberto Fujimori
132Alberto Pandolfi Arbulú

21 August 19983 January 1999Alberto Fujimori
134Víctor Dionicio Joy Way Rojas
3 January 199910 October 1999Alberto Fujimori
135José Alberto Bustamante Belaúnde
10 October 199929 July 2000Alberto Fujimori
136Federico Salas Guevara Schultz
29 July 200022 November 2000Alberto Fujimori
137Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
22 November 200028 July 2001Valentín Paniagua
138Roberto Enrique Dañino Zapata
28 July 200112 July 2002Alejandro Toledo
139Luis Solari De La Fuente
12 July 200228 June 2003Alejandro Toledo
140Martha Beatriz Merino Lucero
28 June 200315 December 2003Alejandro Toledo
141Carlos Ferrero Costa
15 December 200316 August 2005Alejandro Toledo
142Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard
16 August 200528 July 2006Alejandro Toledo
143Jorge del Castillo Gálvez
28 July 200614 October 2008Alan García Pérez
144Yehude Simon Munaro
14 October 200811 July 2009Alan García Pérez
145Javier Velásquez
11 July 200914 September 2010Alan García Pérez
146José Antonio Chang
14 September 201018 March 2011Alan García Pérez
147Rosario Fernández
19 March 201128 July 2011Alan García Pérez
148Salomón Lerner Ghitis
28 July 201111 December 2011Ollanta Humala
149Oscar Valdés
11 December 201123 July 2012Ollanta Humala
150Juan Jiménez Mayor
23 July 201231 October 2013Ollanta Humala
151César Villanueva

31 October 201324 February 2014Ollanta Humala
152René Cornejo
24 February 201422 July 2014Ollanta Humala
153Ana Jara
22 July 20142 April 2015Ollanta Humala
154Pedro Cateriano

2 April 201528 July 2016Ollanta Humala
155Fernando Zavala Lombardi
28 July 201617 September 2017Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
156Mercedes Aráoz Fernández
17 September 20172 April 2018Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
151César Villanueva

2 April 20188 March 2019Martín Vizcarra
157Salvador del Solar
11 March 201930 September 2019Martín Vizcarra
158Vicente Zeballos
30 September 201915 July 2020Martín Vizcarra
154Pedro Cateriano

15 July 2020IncumbentMartín Vizcarra