The following is a list of the coups d'état (including plots, failed and successful attempts and armed conflicts) that have taken place in Peru during its independent history.
| No. | Name | Date | Result | Consequences | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balconcillo mutiny | Success | Carried out by a group of soldiers who demanded the appointment of José de la Riva Agüero as president. It dissolved the Supreme Governing Junta. | |||||
| 2 | 1829 Peruvian coup d'état | Success | Carried out in Piura by general Agustín Gamarra and a group of officers against José de La Mar. | |||||
| 3 | 1835 Peruvian coup d'état | Success | Carried out by Felipe Santiago Salaverry against President of the Council of Ministers, Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano, while President Luis José de Orbegoso was in the south of the country.[1] | |||||
| 4 | 1842 Peruvian coup d'état | Success | Carried out by colonel Juan Crisóstomo Torrico against President of the Council of Ministers Manuel Menéndez. | |||||
| 5 | 1865 Peruvian coup d'état | Success | Carried out by the heads of the Peruvian Army against President Pedro Diez Canseco for not taking quick and drastic measures regarding the problem with Spain. The next day, the people of Lima met in an open cabildo at the Plaza de Armas, proclaiming Mariano Ignacio Prado as president. | |||||
| 6 | 1872 Peruvian coup d'état | Failure | Brothers Tomás, Silvestre, Marceliano and Marcelino Gutiérrez carried out a coup against José Balta due to the incumbent presidency of civilian Manuel Pardo y Lavalle.[2] | |||||
| 7 | 1879 Peruvian coup d'état | Success | Carried out by Nicolás de Piérola against first Vice President Luis La Puerta while President Mariano Ignacio Prado was outside the country, purchasing arms to use in the war against Chile. | |||||
| 8 | 1909 Peruvian coup d'état | Failure | Carried out by against President Augusto B. Leguía.[3] [4] | |||||
| 9 | 1914 Peruvian coup d'état | Success | Carried out by colonel Oscar R. Benavides against President Guillermo Billinghurst.[5] | |||||
| 10 | 1919 Peruvian coup d'état | Success | Carried out by president-elect Augusto B. Leguía against President José Pardo y Barreda.[6] | |||||
| 11 | 1930 Peruvian coup d'état | Success | Carried out by commander Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro against President Augusto B. Leguía.[7] | |||||
| 12 | 1948 Peruvian coup d'état | Success | Carried out by commander Manuel A. Odría and right-wing associates against President José Luis Bustamante y Rivero.[8] | |||||
| 13 | 1962 Peruvian coup d'état | Success | Carried out by the Armed Forces under Ricardo Pérez Godoy against President Manuel Prado Ugarteche.[9] | |||||
| 14 | 1968 Peruvian coup d'état | Success | Carried out by general Juan Velasco Alvarado against President Fernando Belaúnde.[10] [11] | |||||
| 15 | 1975 Peruvian coup d'état | Success | Carried out by General Francisco Morales Bermúdez, then President of the Council of Ministers, against Juan Velasco Alvarado.[12] | |||||
| 16 | 1992 Peruvian self-coup | Success | Carried out by President Alberto Fujimori with the support of the Armed Forces, dissolving Congress and closing other State-owned institutions.[13] [14] | |||||
| 17 | 1992 Peruvian counter-coup | Foiled | Plotted by retired general alongside a group of army soldiers against President Alberto Fujimori in an attempt to restore the constitutional order.[15] | |||||
| 18 | Locumbazo | Failure | Carried out in Locumba by commander Ollanta Humala and retired major Antauro Humala, who demanded the resignation of President Alberto Fujimori. | |||||
| 19 | Andahuaylazo | Failure | Carried out by retired major Antauro Humala in Andahuaylas with 150 armed reservists, who demanded the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo. | |||||
| 20 | 2022 Peruvian self-coup | Failure | Carried out by President Pedro Castillo, who tried to dissolve Congress and other State institutions without the support of the Armed Forces or the Police.[16] [17] [18] | -- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator -->[19] [20] The national parliament subsequently voted to dismiss him constitutionally, which was approved by a large majority with 102 votes out of 130.[21] | -- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator -->[22] [23] Castillo was subsequently arrested for attempting to break the constitutional order.[24] | -- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --> |