Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Peru) explained

The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Peru (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos) is the government ministry charged with advising the President of Peru in judicial matters.

The ministry is responsible of the national prison system as well as the state's relationship with the Roman Catholic Church in Peru.

, the minister of justice is .

Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (1845–1852)

MinisterTermPresident
José Gregorio Paz-Soldán y Ureta1845–1848 Ramón Castilla
Matías León Cárdenas1848
1848–1849
1849

Ministers of Justice, Instruction, Charity and Ecclesiastical Businesses (1852–1856)

MinisterTermPresident
Bartolomé Herrera Vélez1851–1852 José Rufino Echenique
Agustín Guillermo Charún1852–1853
José Manuel Tirado1853
José Luis Gómez-Sánchez Rivero1853
Blas José Alzamora Seminario 1854–1855
1855
1855

Ministers of Justice, Instruction and Charity (1856–1862)

MinisterTermPresident
Jervasio Álvarez y Montaño1856–1857 Ramón Castilla
Luciano María Cano y Dávila 1857–1859
José Fabio Melgar Valdivieso1859–1860
1860–1862

Ministers of Justice, Instruction and Worship (1896–1911)

MinisterTermPresident
Manuel Pablo Olaechea1896–1897 Nicolás de Piérola
José Antonio de Lavalle y Pardo 1897–1898
1898–1899
Eleodoro Romero Salcedo1899–1900Eduardo López de Romaña
Ezequiel Vega 1900
Pedro Carlos Olaechea1900
Rafael Villanueva Cortez1900–1901
Anselmo Barreto León1901Lizardo Alzamora Mayo1901–1902
José Viterbo Arias 1902
Telémaco Orihuela 1902
Francisco José Eguiguren Escudero1903–1904 Manuel Candamo
1904–1906 José Pardo
(1.º gov.)
Carlos A. Washburn Salas1906–1908
Manuel Vicente Villarán Godoy1908–1909 Augusto B. Leguía
(1.º gov.)
Matías León Baltazara 1909–1910
Antonio Flores Rondón 1910
José Salvador Cavero Ovalle1910
Antonio Flores Rondón 1910

Ministers of Justice, Instruction, Worship and Charity (1911–1935)

MinisterTermPresident
Agustín G. Ganoza y Cavero1911–1912 Augusto B. Leguía
(1.º gov.)
Francisco Moreyra y Riglos 1912–1913 Guillermo Billinghurst
1913
Carlos Paz Soldán y Benavides1913–1914
Rafael Grau Cavero1914 Óscar R. Benavides
(1.º gov.)
Luis Julio Menéndez 1914
Aurelio Sousa y Matute1914
Daniel Isaac Castillo 1914–1915
Plácido Jiménez 1915
Wenceslao Valera Olano1915–1917 José Pardo
(2.º gov.)
Ricardo L. Flores Gaviño1917–1918
Ángel Gustavo Cornejo Bouroncle1918–1919
Federico Panizo Orbegoso1919
Arturo Osores Cabrera1919 Augusto B. Leguía
(2.º gov.)
Alberto Salomón Osorio1919–1920
Óscar C. Barrós Mesinas 1920–1922
Julio E. Ego-Aguirre1922–1924
Alejandrino Maguiña1924–1926
Pedro M. Oliveira1926–1929
J. Matías León Carrera 1929–1930
José Angel Escalante1930
Arturo Zapata Vélez 1930 Manuel M. Ponce B.
(Junta Militar)
Armando Sologuren 1930 Luis Sánchez Cerro
(Junta Militar)
1930–1931
Elías Lozada Benavente1931
1931 David Samanez Ocampo
(Junta Nacional)
Guillermo Garrido Lecca1931–1932
Eufrasio Álvarez 1932 Luis Sánchez Cerro
Carlos Sayán Álvarez1932
Ricardo Rivadeneira Barnuevo1932
Alberto Ballón Landa 1932
Wenceslao Delgado 1932
Wenceslao Delgado 1932–1933 Óscar R. Benavides
(2.º gov.)
Daniel Olaechea y Olaechea1933
José de la Riva Agüero y Osma1933–1934
Alberto Rey de Castro y Romaña1934
Carlos Arenas y Loayza1934–1935
1935

Ministers of Justice and Worship (1935–1942)

MinisterPeriodoPresident
Wenceslao Delgado 1935–1936 Óscar R. Benavides
(2.º gov.)
Diómedes Arias Schreiber1936
Felipe de la Barra1936–1937
Diómedes Arias Schreiber1937–1939
Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen1939José Félix Aramburú y Salinas1939
Mariano Lino Cornejo1939–1942 Manuel Prado Ugarteche
(1.º gov.)

Ministers of Justice and Labor (1942–1949)

MinisterTermPresident
Mariano Lino Cornejo1939–1943Manuel Prado Ugarteche
(1.º gov.)
Manuel C. Gallagher y Canaval1943–1944
Manuel Cisneros Sánchez1944–1945
Luis Alayza y Paz Soldán1945José Luis Bustamante y Rivero
Ismael Bielich Flores1945–1947
José R. Alzamora Freundt1947
Armando Artola del Pozo 1947–1948
Alejandro Villalobos Carranza 1948
José León Barandiarán 1948
Marcial Merino 1948–1949Junta Militar
Armando Artola del Pozo 1949

Ministers of Justice and Worship (1949–1981)

MinisterTermPresident
Augusto Romero Lovo 1949–1950Junta Militar
Alberto Freundt Rosell1950–1952Manuel A. Odría
Alejandro Freundt Rosell1952–1955
Félix Huamán Izquierdo1955–1956
Augusto Thorndike Galup1956–1958Manuel Prado Ugarteche
(2.º gov.)
Manuel Cisneros Sánchez1958
Ulises Montoya Manfredi 1958–1959
Raúl Gómez de la Torre Tamayo 1959–1960
José Merino Reyna 1960–1961
Geraldo Arosemena Garland1961–1962
Juan Orrego Aguinaga 1962–1963Junta de govierno
Luis Bedoya Reyes1963Fernando Belaunde Terry
(1.º gov.)
Emilio Llosa Ricketts 1963–1965
Carlos Fernández Sesarego 1965
Valentín Paniagua Corazao1965–1966
Roberto Ramírez del Villar Beaumont1966
Javier de Belaúnde Ruiz de Somocurcio1966–1967
Luis Rodríguez Mariátegui Proaño 1967
José Morales Urresti 1967–1968
Luis Lazarte Ferreyros 1968
Guillermo Hoyos Osores1968
Elías Mendoza Habersperger1968
Alfonso Navarro Romero 1968–1969Juan Velasco Alvarado
Luis Vargas Caballero 1969–1975
Felipe Osterling Parodi1980–1981Fernando Belaunde Terry

Ministers of Justice (1981–2011)

MinisterPeriodoPresident
Enrique Elías Laroza1981–1982 Fernando Belaunde Terry
(2.º gov.)
Armando Buendía Gutiérrez 1982–1983
Ernesto Alayza Grundy1983–1984
Max Arias-Schreiber Pezet1984
Alberto Musso Vento 1984–1985
Luis Gonzales Posada1985–1986 Alan García
(1.º gov.)
Carlos Blancas Bustamante 1986–1988
Gonzalo Durand Aspíllaga 1988
Camilo Carrillo Gómez 1988
César Delgado Barreto 1988–1989
María Bockos Heredia de Grillo ['''1st female'''] 1989–1990
Joffré Fernández Valdivieso 1990
Augusto Antonioli Vásquez 1990–1991 Alberto Fujimori
Fernando Vega Santa Gadea 1991–1996
Carlos Eduardo Hermoza Moya 1996–1997
Alfredo Quispe Correa 1997–1999
María Carlota Valenzuela de Puelles 1999
Jorge Bustamante Romero 1999
Alberto Bustamante Belaunde1999–2000
Diego García-Sayán Larrabure2000–2001 Valentín Paniagua
Fernando Olivera Vega2001–2002 Alejandro Toledo
Fausto Alvarado Dodero2002–2004
Baldo Kresalja Roselló2004
Carlos Gamarra Ugaz2004–2005
Eduardo Salhuana Cavides2005
Alejandro Tudela Chopitea2005–2006
María Zavala Valladares2006–2007 Alan García
(2.º gov.)
Rosario Fernández Figueroa2007–2009
Aurelio Pastor2009–2010
Víctor García Toma2010
Rosario Fernández Figueroa2010–2011
Francisco Eguiguren Praeli2011 Ollanta Humala

Ministers of Justice and Human Rights (2011–)

MinisterTermPresident
Juan Jiménez Mayor2011–2012 Ollanta Humala
Eda Adriana Rivas Franchini2012–2013
Daniel Augusto Figallo Rivadeneyra2013–2015
Fredy Otárola Peñaranda2015
Gustavo Adrianzén Olaya2015
Aldo Alejandro Vásquez Ríos2015–2016
María Soledad Pérez Tello de Rodríguez2016–2017Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Enrique Mendoza Ramírez2017–2018
Salvador Heresi Chicoma2018Martín Vizcarra
Vicente Zeballos Salinas2018–2019
Ana Teresa Revilla2019–2020
Fernando Castañeda Portocarrero2020
Eduardo Vega Luna2020Manuel Merino
Delia Muñoz2020–2021Francisco Sagasti
2021–2022Pedro Castillo
Ángel Yldefonso2022
Félix Chero2022
José Tello Alfaro2022–2023Dina Boluarte
2023
2023–Incumbent

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