| Hernando Cevallos | |
| Office: | Minister of Health |
| Term Start: | 29 July 2021 |
| Term End: | 8 February 2022 |
| President: | Pedro Castillo |
| Predecessor: | Óscar Ugarte |
| Successor: | Hernán Condori |
| Office2: | Member of Congress |
| Constituency2: | Piura |
| Term Start2: | 26 July 2016 |
| Term End2: | 30 September 2019 |
| Birth Name: | Hernando Ismael Cevallos Flores |
| Birth Date: | 14 October 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Piura, Peru |
| Profession: | Medical doctor |
| Party: | Broad Front |
| Alma Mater: | National University of La Plata |
Hernando Ismael Cevallos Flores (born 14 October 1956) is a Peruvian doctor and former Minister of Health of Peru.
Cevallos was born in Piura and graduated as a doctor from the National University of La Plata.[1] [2]
He was president of the Medical Federation of Piura in 1999 and 2000. He was also dean of the Medical College of Piura during 2000 and 2001.
He worked for 26 years at the Santa Rosa Hospital of the Ministry of Health and for 23 years at the Belén Clinic in Piura.
He also served as a lecturer at the National University of Piura during 2013 and 2014.
Cevallos was elected Congressman of the Republic by the Broad Front for Piura in the 2016 general elections.
During his time as a congressman, he promoted laws to improve the labor regime of health workers and also the law that regulates the medicinal and therapeutic use of cannabis.
On 30 September 2019, his parliamentary post came to an end after the dissolution of Congress by then President Martín Vizcarra.
He was also part of the Peru Libre technical team in the Second Round of the 2021 general elections.
On 29 July 2021, Cevallos was appointed Minister of Health of Peru in the Pedro Castillo government.[3]