List of ministers of defense of Peru explained

Post:Minister of Defense
Body:Peru
Insignia:Seal of Peruvian Ministry of Defense.png
Insigniacaption:Seal of the Ministry of Defense
Flag:Flag for the Minister of Defense (Peru).svg
Flagborder:yes
Flagcaption:Flag for the minister
Incumbent:Walter Astudillo
Incumbentsince:13 February 2024
Department:Ministry of Defense of Peru
Member Of:Council of Ministers
Reports To:The President
Seat:Lima
Appointer:The President
Termlength:No fixed term
Formation:1 April 1987
First:Enrique López Albujar Trint

This is a list of ministers of defense of Peru.

List of ministers of defense

No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePartyPresident
1Enrique López Albujar Trint14 October 198715 May 1989MilitaryAlan García
2Julio Velásquez Giacarini15 May 198928 July 1990Military
3Jorge Torres Aciego28 July 19906 November 1991MilitaryAlberto Fujimori
4Víctor Malca Villanueva6 November 19913 April 1996Military
5Tomás Castillo Meza3 April 199618 July 1997Military
6César Saucedo Sánchez18 July 199722 August 1998Military
7Julio Salazar Monroe22 August 199816 April 1999Military
8Carlos Bergamino Cruz16 April 199925 November 2000Military
9Walter Ledesma Rebaza25 November 200028 July 2001MilitaryValentín Paniagua
10David Waisman28 July 200118 January 2002Possible PeruAlejandro Toledo
11Aurelio Loret de Mola Bohme18 January 200215 December 2003Independent
12Roberto Chiabra León15 December 200316 August 2005Possible Peru
13Marciano Rengifo16 August 200528 July 2006Possible Peru
14Allan Wagner Tizón28 July 200620 December 2007IndependentAlan García
15Ántero Flores Aráoz20 December 200711 July 2009Christian People's Party
16Rafael Rey Rey11 July 200915 September 2010National Renewal
17Jaime Thorne León15 September 201028 July 2011Independent
18Daniel Mora Zevallos28 July 201110 December 2011Possible PeruOllanta Humala
19Alberto Otárola10 December 201110 May 2012Independent
20José Antonio Urquizo14 May 201223 July 2012Peru Wins
21Pedro Cateriano23 July 20122 April 2015Independent
22Jakke Valakivi Álvarez2 April 201528 July 2016Independent
23Cosme Mariano González28 July 201628 November 2016Peruvians for ChangePedro Pablo Kuczynski
24Jorge Nieto Montesinos5 December 20163 January 2018Independent
25Jorge Kisic9 January 20182 April 2018IndependentPedro Pablo Kuczynski
Martín Vizcarra
26Jose Huerta2 April 201824 June 2019†IndependentMartín Vizcarra
27Jorge Moscoso8 July 201930 September 2019Independent
28Walter Martos3 October 20196 August 2020Independent
29Jorge Chávez Cresta6 August 202010 November 2020Independent
30Walter Chávez12 November 202017 November 2020IndependentManuel Merino
31Nuria Esparch18 November 202028 July 2021IndependentFrancisco Sagasti
32Walter Ayala29 July 202115 November 2021IndependentPedro Castillo
33Juan Manuel Carrasco Millones17 November 20211 February 2022Independent
34José Luis Gavidia1 February 202224 August 2022Independent
35Richard Tineo24 August 202224 September 2022Independent
36Daniel Barragán24 September 20223 December 2022Independent
37Gustavo Bobbio5 December 20227 December 2022Independent
38Alberto Otárola10 December 202221 December 2022IndependentDina Boluarte
39Jorge Chávez21 December 202213 February 2024Independent
40Walter Astudillo13 February 2024IncumbentIndependent

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