President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru explained
President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru is the presiding officer in the Congress of the Republic of Peru. This is a list of representatives that have served as Presidents of the Peruvian legislature. The Constitution of 1993 re-arranged Congress into a unicameral legislature. The President is elected for a one-year term.
Name | Took office | Left office |
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Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro | 20 September 1822 | 20 October 1822 |
José de Larrea y Loredo | 21 October 1822 | 20 November 1822 |
Juan Antonio de Andueza | 21 November 1822 | 20 December 1822 |
Hipólito Unanue | 20 December 1822 | 20 February 1823 |
Nicolás de Araníbar y Fernández Cornejo | 20 February 1823 | 20 April 1823 |
Carlos Pedemonte y Talavera | 21 April 1823 | 20 June 1823 |
Justo Figuerola de Estrada | 20 June 1823 | 6 August 1823 |
Carlos Pedemonte y Talavera | 6 August 1823 | 12 August 1823 |
Justo Figuerola de Estrada | 12 August 1823 | 20 September 1823 |
Manuel Arias Pérez de los Ríos | 20 September 1823 | 20 October 1823 |
Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano | 20 October 1823 | 20 November 1823 |
José de la Mar Cortázar | 20 November 1823 | 20 December 1823 |
Felipe Antonio Alvarado Toledo y Pimentel | 20 December 1823 | 20 January 1824 |
José María Galdeano y Mendoza | 20 January 1824 | 20 February 1824 |
José Gregorio Fernández de Paredes Ayala | 20 February 1825 | 10 March 1825 |
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Constituent Congress (1827–1828)
Name | Took office | Left office |
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Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro | 4 June 1827 | 4 July 1827 |
Manuel Lorenzo de Vidaurre y Encalada | 4 July 1827 | 4 August 1827 |
Francisco Valdivieso y Prada | 4 August 1827 | 4 October 1827 |
Mariano de la Llosa y Vizcarra | 4 October 1827 | 4 November 1827 |
Tomás Diéguez de Florencia | 4 November 1827 | 4 December 1827 |
Juan Tomás Moscoso y Pérez | 4 December 1827 | 4 January 1828 |
Juan Manuel Nocheto de Castro | 4 January 1828 | 4 February 1828 |
Manuel Tellería Vicuña | 4 February 1828 | 4 March 1828 |
Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro | 4 March 1828 | 4 April 1828 |
Mariano Alejo Álvarez Vera | 4 April 1828 | 4 June 1828 |
Juan Manuel Nocheto de Castro | 4 June 1828 | 16 June 1828 | |
Congress (1829–1832)
First bicameral congress of Peru.
Name | Took office | Left office |
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Andrés Reyes y Buitrón | 31 August 1829 | 20 December 1829 | Andrés Reyes y Buitrón | 19 April 1831 | 26 September 1831 | Manuel Tellería Vicuña | 29 July 1832 | 22 December 1832 | | | Name | Took office | Left office |
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Juan Antonio Távara Andrade | 31 August 1829 | 20 December 1829 | Juan Bautista Navarrete y Maldonado | 19 April 1831 | 26 September 1831 | José María de Pando y Ramírez de Laredo | 29 July 1832 | 22 December 1832 | | | |
Constituent Congress (1833–1834)
Constituent Congress (1839–1840)
Name | Took office | Left office |
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Manuel Bartolomé Ferreyros | 15 August 1839 | 15 September 1839 |
Manuel Villarán Loli | 15 September 1839 | 15 October 1839 |
Agustín Guillermo Charún | 15 October 1839 | 15 November 1839 |
Lucas Pellicer Camacho | 15 November 1839 | 28 November 1839 |
Lucas Pellicer Camacho | 7 July 1840 | 12 July 1840 | |
Bicameral Congress (1845–1853)
Presidents of the Senate (1845–1853)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1845–1853)
Name | Took office | Left office |
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Manuel A. Cuadros Loayza | 16 April 1845 | 6 August 1847 |
José Isidro Bonifaz | 6 August 1847 | 28 July 1849 |
Bartolomé Herrera Vélez | 28 July 1849 | 28 July 1851 |
Joaquín José de Osma y Ramírez de Arellano | 28 July 1851 | 28 July 1853 |
Francisco Forcelledo Maldonado | 28 July 1853 | 17 November 1853 | |
National convention (1855–1857)
Name | Took office | Left office |
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Francisco Quirós y Ampudia | 14 July 1855 | 5 September 1855 |
José Santos Castañeda (First vice president) | 5 September 1855 | 30 September 1855 |
Miguel de San Román y Meza | 1 October 1855 | 31 October 1855 |
Manuel Ezequiel Rey de Castro Arce | 1 November 1855 | 16 November 1855 |
Manuel Costas Arce (First vice president) | 16 November 1855 | 30 November 1855 |
Miguel de San Román y Meza | 1 December 1855 | 31 January 1856 |
José Gálvez Egúsquiza | 1 February 1856 | 28 February 1856 |
Miguel de San Román y Meza | 1 March 1856 | 31 October 1856 |
Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco | 1 November 1856 | 31 December 1856 |
José Gálvez Egúsquiza | 1 January 1857 | 31 January 1857 |
Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco | 1 February 1857 | 31 March 1857 |
José Gálvez Egúsquiza | 1 April 1857 | 31 August 1857 |
Francisco Quirós y Ampudia | 1 September 1857 | 31 October 1857 |
Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco | 1 November 1857 | 2 November 1857 | |
Congress (1858–1859)
President of the Senate (1858–1859)
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1858–1859)
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Bicameral Congress (1860–1865)
Presidents of the Senate (1860–1865)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1860–1865)
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Constituent Congress (1867)
Bicameral Congress (1868–1879)
Presidents of the Senate (1868–1879)
Name | Took office | Left office |
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José Rufino Echenique Benavente | 28 July 1868 | 28 July 1871 | No legislature | 28 July 1871 | 28 July 1872 | Manuel Francisco Benavides Canduelas | 28 July 1872 | 28 July 1873 | No legislature | 28 July 1873 | 28 July 1874 | Francisco de Paula Muñoz Sologuren | 28 July 1874 | 28 July 1876 | José Antonio García y García | 28 July 1876 | 4 August 1876 | Francisco Rosas Balcázar | 4 August 1876 | 28 July 1878 | Manuel Pardo y Lavalle | 28 July 1878 | 16 November 1878 | José Antonio García y García Vice president | 16 November 1878 | 28 July 1879 | José Antonio García y García | 28 July 1879 | 25 October 1879 | |
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1868–1879)
Name | Took office | Left office |
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Juan Oviedo | 28 July 1868 | 28 July 1870 | Manuel Benjamín Cisneros | 28 July 1870 | 15 December 1870 | Eleuterio Macedo (Second vice president) | 15 December 1870 | 28 July 1871 | No legislature | 28 July 1871 | 28 July 1872 | José Simeón Tejeda Mares | 28 July 1872 | 28 July 1873 | No legislature | 28 July 1873 | 28 July 1874 | Mariano Ignacio Prado | 28 July 1874 | 28 August 1874 | Ramón Ribeyro (First vice president) | 28 August 1874 | 28 July 1875 | Mariano Ignacio Prado | 28 July 1875 | 28 July 1876 | Ignacio de Osma y Ramírez de Arellano | 28 July 1876 | 28 July 1878 | Camilo N. Carrillo Martínez | 28 July 1878 | 29 July 1879 | Ricardo Wenceslao Espinoza (First vice president) | 29 July 1879 | 25 October 1879 | |
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Congress (1881)
Installed by the government of Francisco García Calderón in Chorrillos.
President of the Senate (1881)
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1881)
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National constituent assembly (1881)
Installed by Nicolás de Piérola in Ayacucho.
Constituent assembly in the North (1882–1883)
Installed by the government of Miguel Iglesias in Cajamarca.
Congress (1883)
Installed by the government of Lizardo Montero Flores in Arequipa.
President of the Senate (1883)
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1883)
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Constituent Congress (1884–1885)
Congress (1886)
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President of Senate (1886)
President of Chamber of Deputies (1886)
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Bicameral Congress (1886–1919)
Presidents of Senate (1886–1919)
Presidents of Chamber of Deputies (1886–1919)
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National constituent assembly (1919)
Presidents of the Senate (1919–1930)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1919–1930)
Constituent Congress (1931–1936)
Bicameral Congress (1939–1968)
Presidents of the Senate (1939–1968)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1939–1968)
Name | Took office | Left office | Political party |
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Carlos Sayán Álvarez | 8 December 1939 | 28 July 1941 | Revolutionary Union | Gerardo Balbuena Carrillo | 28 July 1941 | 28 July 1944 | | Carlos Sayán Álvarez | 28 July 1944 | 28 July 1945 | Revolutionary Union | Fernando León de Vivero | 28 July 1945 | 28 July 1946 | Peruvian Aprista Party | Pedro E. Muñiz Martínez | 28 July 1946 | 28 July 1947 | Peruvian Aprista Party | Fernando León de Vivero | 28 July 1947 | 28 July 1948 | Peruvian Aprista Party | No legislature | 28 July 1948 | 29 October 1948 | | Vacant, coup d'état | 29 October 1948 | 28 July 1950 | | Claudio Fernández Concha | 28 July 1950 | 28 July 1952 | | Juan Manuel Peña Prado | 28 July 1952 | 28 July 1954 | | Eduardo Miranda Sousa | 28 July 1954 | 28 July 1956 | | Carlos Ledgard Jiménez | 28 July 1956 | 28 July 1958 | | Javier Ortiz de Zevallos Thorndike | 28 July 1958 | 28 July 1960 | Pradist Democratic Movement | Armando de la Flor Valle | 28 July 1960 | 18 July 1962 | | Vacant, coup d'état | 18 July 1962 | 28 July 1963 | | Fernando León de Vivero | 28 July 1963 | 28 July 1964 | Peruvian Aprista Party | Víctor Freundt Rosell | 28 July 1964 | 28 July 1965 | | Enrique Rivero Vélez | 28 July 1965 | 28 July 1966 | Unión Nacional Odriísta | Antonio Monsalve Morante | 28 July 1966 | 28 July 1967 | | Armando Villanueva del Campo | 28 July 1967 | 28 July 1968 | Peruvian Aprista Party | Andrés Townsend Ezcurra | 28 July 1968 | 3 October 1968 | Peruvian Aprista Party | | Bicameral Congress (1980–1992)
Presidents of the Senate (1980–1992)
- ¹ Ramiro Prialé died on February 25 of 1988.
- ² Jorge Lozada assumed the Presidency of the Senate after the death of Ramiro Prialé, because he was the Vice-President of the Chamber.
- ³ Felipe Osterling's presidency was interrupted when President Fujimori dissolved Congress in 1992.
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1980–1992)
- ¹ Fernando León de Vivero died on January 26 of 1990.
- ² Luis Alvarado assumed the Presidency of the Chamber after the death of Fernando León De Vivero, because he was the 1st Vice-President of the Chamber.
- ³ Roberto Ramírez del Villar presidency was interrupted when President Fujimori dissolved Congress in 1992.
Congress of the Republic (1995–present)
- Notes:
- ¹ Luz Salgado temporarily assumed the position of President of Congress after a motion to censure President Hildebrandt.
- ² Valentìn Paniagua, was elected President of Congress and as such simultaneously served as President of the Transitional Government.
- ³ Carlos Ferrero Costa, was assigned to President of Congress by an agreement between different political parties.
- 4 Alejandro Aguinaga temporarily assumed the position of President of Congress after Javier Velásquez's nomination as President of the Council of Ministers.
- 5 Luis Iberico temporarily assumed the position of President of Congress after Freddy Otárola's nomination as Minister of Labor.
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: Presidentes del Congreso de 1851 al 1900. www.congreso.gob.pe.
- Was replaced by the first vice president Ramón Arístides Chaparro Echave between 5 December 1895 and 16 January 1896.
- Web site: Presidentes del Congreso de 1901 al 1950. www.congreso.gob.pe.
- José Gálvez Barrenechea died 8 February 1957
- Web site: Presidentes del Congreso de 1951 al 2000. www.congreso.gob.pe.
- Web site: Presidentes del Congreso de 2001 al 2050. www.congreso.gob.pe.
- News: Presidentes del Congreso de la República . 9 December 2022 . www.congreso.gob.pe.
- News: Pedro Castillo sworn in as Peru's president, vows new constitution. Buenos Aires Times. 28 July 2021. 31 July 2021.
- News: Peru opposition to lead Congress in setback for socialist Castillo. Marco. Aquino. Reuters. 26 July 2021. 31 July 2021.