| Eduardo Salhuana | |
| Office: | President of Congress |
| Termstart: | 26 July 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Alejandro Soto Reyes |
| Vicepresident: | 1st Vice President Patricia Juárez 2nd Vice President Waldemar Cerrón 3rd Vice President Alejandro Cavero |
| Office2: | Member of Congress |
| Term Start2: | 27 July 2021 |
| Constituency2: | Madre de Dios |
| Predecessor2: | Alexander Lozano Inostroza |
| Successor2: | Juan Perry |
| Term Start3: | 27 July 2001 |
| Term End3: | 26 July 2006 |
| Constituency3: | Madre de Dios |
| Predecessor3: | Nationwide district |
| Successor3: | Juan Perry |
| Office4: | Minister of Justice |
| Term Start4: | 25 February 2005 |
| Term End4: | 16 August 2005 |
| President4: | Alejandro Toledo |
| Primeminister4: | Carlos Ferrero |
| Predecessor4: | Carlos Gamarra Ugaz |
| Successor4: | Alejandro Tudela Chopitea |
| Office5: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Term Start5: | 27 July 1990 |
| Term End5: | 5 April 1992 |
| Constituency5: | Madre de Dios |
| Predecessor5: | Simón Gonzalo Horna Mejía |
| Successor5: | Congress dissolved |
| Birth Name: | Eduardo Salhuana Cavides |
| Birth Date: | September 1, 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Cuzco, Peru |
| Party: | Alliance for Progress |
| Otherparty: | Perú Posible |
| Alma Mater: | National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco |
Eduardo Salhuana is member of the Congress of Peru of the Alianza para el Progreso party representing Madre de Dios. On July 2024, he was elected President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru for a two year period. Previously, he was a member of congress affiliated with the Perú Posible party. He was Minister of Justice of Peru during the Alejandro Toledo presidency.
He attended his school studies in his hometown. In 1980 he entered the Law School of the National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco, graduating with a degree in Law and Political Science in 1986.[1]
In his professional career, he was a mixed judge in Puerto Maldonado; member of the Mixed and Decentralized Chamber of Madre de Dios; legal advisor to grassroots organizations and representative unions of Madre de Dios; and Dean of the Lawyers Association of Madre de Dios (2000-2001).[2]
In 1990, he entered politics as a member of United Left (IU), being elected deputy for Madre de Dios,[3] a period that was frustrated by the 1992 self-coup. In 1997 he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of the Tambopata Provincial Municipality, in a questioned election that gave the ruling candidate the winner.
After the fall of the Fujimori regime, he ran in 2001 as a candidate for the National Congress for the National United Renaissance group,[4] winning with 40.97% of the departmental vote, the highest percentage vote at the national level. During his parliamentary function, he was a member of the Justice, Constitution and Budget commissions.[5] He was also president of the Commission on Amazon, Indigenous and Afro-Peruvian Affairs.[6] He was one of the promoters in declaring the South Interoceanic Highway of national interest, which he considered essential to achieve economic integration with Brazil.
On February 25, 2005 he was sworn in as Minister of Justice, replacing the resigning Carlos Gamarra Ugaz, forming part of the ministerial cabinet chaired by Carlos Ferrero.[7] He resigned when the ministerial crisis of August 2005 occurred, which led to the fall of the Ferrero cabinet.
In 2015 he was appointed General Manager of the Madre de Dios Region.[8]