List of ministers of defence (Peru)

The following is a list of defence ministers of Peru.

Minister of Defence of Peru
Seal of the Ministry of Defence
Flag for the minister
since 13 February 2024
Ministry of Defence
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Reports toThe President
SeatLima
AppointerThe President
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation1 April 1987
First holderEnrique López Albujar Trint
Websitewww.mindef.gob.pe

List of ministers of defence

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No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Party President
1 Enrique López Albujar Trint 14 October 1987 15 May 1989 Military Alan García
2 Julio Velásquez Giacarini 15 May 1989 28 July 1990 Military
3 Jorge Torres Aciego 28 July 1990 6 November 1991 Military Alberto Fujimori
4 Víctor Malca Villanueva 6 November 1991 3 April 1996 Military
5 Tomás Castillo Meza 3 April 1996 18 July 1997 Military
6 César Saucedo Sánchez 18 July 1997 22 August 1998 Military
7 Julio Salazar Monroe 22 August 1998 16 April 1999 Military
8 Carlos Bergamino Cruz 16 April 1999 25 November 2000 Military
9 Walter Ledesma Rebaza 25 November 2000 28 July 2001 Military Valentín Paniagua
10   David Waisman 28 July 2001 18 January 2002 Possible Peru Alejandro Toledo
11 Aurelio Loret de Mola Bohme 18 January 2002 15 December 2003 Independent
12 Roberto Chiabra León 15 December 2003 16 August 2005 Possible Peru
13   Marciano Rengifo 16 August 2005 28 July 2006 Possible Peru
14   Allan Wagner Tizón 28 July 2006 20 December 2007 Independent Alan García
15   Ántero Flores Aráoz 20 December 2007 11 July 2009 Christian People's Party
16   Rafael Rey Rey 11 July 2009 15 September 2010 National Renewal
17   Jaime Thorne León 15 September 2010 28 July 2011 Independent
18   Daniel Mora Zevallos 28 July 2011 10 December 2011 Possible Peru Ollanta Humala
19   Alberto Otárola 10 December 2011 10 May 2012 Independent
20   José Antonio Urquizo 14 May 2012 23 July 2012 Peru Wins
21   Pedro Cateriano 23 July 2012 2 April 2015 Independent
22   Jakke Valakivi Álvarez 2 April 2015 28 July 2016 Independent
23   Cosme Mariano González 28 July 2016 28 November 2016 Peruvians for Change Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
24   Jorge Nieto Montesinos 5 December 2016 3 January 2018 Independent
25   Jorge Kisic 9 January 2018 2 April 2018 Independent Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Martín Vizcarra
26   Jose Huerta 2 April 2018 24 June 2019† Independent Martín Vizcarra
27   Jorge Moscoso 8 July 2019 30 September 2019 Independent
28   Walter Martos 3 October 2019 6 August 2020 Independent
29   Jorge Chávez Cresta 6 August 2020 10 November 2020 Independent
30 Walter Chávez 12 November 2020 17 November 2020 Independent Manuel Merino
31   Nuria Esparch 18 November 2020 28 July 2021 Independent Francisco Sagasti
32   Walter Ayala 29 July 2021 15 November 2021 Independent Pedro Castillo
33   Juan Manuel Carrasco Millones 17 November 2021 1 February 2022 Independent
34   José Luis Gavidia 1 February 2022 24 August 2022 Independent
35   Richard Tineo 24 August 2022 24 September 2022 Independent
36   Daniel Barragán 24 September 2022 3 December 2022 Independent
37   Gustavo Bobbio 5 December 2022 7 December 2022 Independent
38   Alberto Otárola 10 December 2022 21 December 2022 Independent Dina Boluarte
39   Jorge Chávez 21 December 2022 13 February 2024 Independent
40 Walter Astudillo 13 February 2024 Incumbent Independent

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