List of presidents of Peru facts for kids

This is a list of the people who have been the President of Peru. The President is the main leader of the country. This important job was created in 1822, after José de San Martín stepped down from his role as Protector of Peru and left the country.

The very first president was José de la Riva Agüero. Today, the president is Dina Boluarte, who is the first woman to hold this position. Peru's history has seen many changes in leadership, including times when leaders took power by force, civil wars, and times when Congress removed a president. This list is based on historical records and laws.

Even though they weren't officially presidents, José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar are included because they were very important leaders in Peru's fight for independence.

Understanding Political Parties

Here's a quick guide to the political groups mentioned in this list:

Far-right:       Revolutionary Union (Unión Revolucionaria, UR)

Right wing:       Civilista Party (Partido Civil, PC)       Fujimorism (Cambio 90/ Let's Go Neighbor)       Constitutional Party (Partido Constitucional)       Reformist Democratic Party (Partido Democrático Reformista)       Peruvian Democratic Movement (Movimiento Democrático Peruano, MDP)       National Democratic Front (Frente Democrático Nacional)

Centre-right:       Peruvians for Change (Peruanos Por el Kambio, PPK)

Centrist:       Popular Action (Acción Popular, AP)       Possible Peru (Perú Posible, PP)       Purple Party (Partido Morado, PM)

Centre-left:       Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata, PD)       Peruvian Aprista Party (Partido Aprista Peruano, APRA)

Left wing:       Peruvian Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Peruano, PNP)

Far-left:       Free Peru (Perú Libre, PL)

Others:       Independent       Military

List of Presidents

UR (2)       PC (9)       C90/VV (1)       PC (4)       PDR (1)       MDP (2)       PPK (1)       AP (4)       PP (1)       PM (1)       PD (2)       APRA (2)       FDN (1)       PNP (1)       PL (1)       Ind. (6)       Military (16)
No.	Portrait	President (Birth–Death)	Time in Office		How long they served	Party		Election	Vice President
			Started	Ended
—	José de San Martín	José de San Martín (1778–1850)	3 August 1821	20 September 1822	1 year, 48 days		Independent	N/A	None
1	José de la Riva Agüero	José de la Riva Agüero (1783–1858)	28 February 1823	23 June 1823	115 days		Military	—	None
2	José Bernardo de Tagle	José Bernardo de Tagle (1779–1825)	16 August 1823	10 February 1824	178 days		Military	—	None
								1823	Diego de Aliaga y Santa Cruz
—	Simón Bolívar	Simón Bolívar (1783–1830)	10 February 1824	27 January 1827	2 years, 351 days		Independent	—	None
3	José de La Mar	José de La Mar (1776–1830)	10 June 1827	7 June 1829	1 year, 362 days		Military	1827	Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano
4	Agustín Gamarra	Agustín Gamarra (1785–1841)	7 June 1829	19 December 1833	4 years, 195 days		Military	Took power by force	Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente
								1829
5	Luis José de Orbegoso	Luis José de Orbegoso (1795–1847)	21 December 1833	25 February 1835	1 year, 66 days		Military	1833	None
—	Felipe Salaverry	Felipe Salaverry (1805–1836)	25 February 1835	7 February 1836	347 days		Military	Took power by force	None
6	Agustín Gamarra	Agustín Gamarra (1785–1841)	20 January 1839	18 November 1841 (Died in office)	2 years, 302 days		Military	Open Cabildo	Manuel Menéndez (1840–1841) President of the Council of State Justo Figuerola (1840–1841) 1º Vice President of the Council of State Juan Francisco de Vidal (1840–1841) 2º Vice President of the Council of State
								1839
								1840
7	Manuel Menéndez	Manuel Menéndez (1793–1847)	18 November 1841	16 August 1842	271 days		Independent	—	Justo Figuerola 1º Vice President of the Council of State Juan Francisco de Vidal 2º Vice President of the Council of State
8	Juan Francisco de Vidal	Juan Francisco de Vidal (1800–1863)	20 October 1842	15 March 1843	146 days		Military	—	None
-	Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco	Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco (1806–1873)	27 March 1843	17 June 1844	1 year, 82 days		Military	Took power by force	None
10	Manuel Menéndez	Manuel Menéndez (1793–1847)	7 October 1844	20 April 1845	195 days		Independent	Restored to office	None
11	Ramón Castilla	Ramón Castilla (1797–1867)	20 April 1845	20 April 1851	6 years		Military	1845	None
12	José Rufino Echenique	José Rufino Echenique (1808–1887)	20 April 1851	5 January 1855	3 years, 260 days		Military	1851	None
13	Ramón Castilla	Ramón Castilla (1797–1867)	5 January 1855	24 October 1862	7 years, 292 days		Military	Took power by force	(As Prime Minister) José María Raygada Miguel de San Román
								1858	Juan Manuel del Mar
14	Miguel de San Román	Miguel de San Román (1802–1863)	24 October 1862	3 April 1863 (Died in office)	161 days		Military	1862	1º Juan Antonio Pezet 2º Pedro Diez Canseco
15	Juan Antonio Pezet	Juan Antonio Pezet (1809–1879)	5 August 1863	8 November 1865	2 years, 95 days		Military		Pedro Diez Canseco
16	Mariano Ignacio Prado	Mariano Ignacio Prado (1825–1901)	28 November 1865	7 January 1868	2 years, 40 days		Military	Took power by force	None
								1867
17	Pedro Diez Canseco Corbacho	Pedro Diez Canseco Corbacho (1815–1893)	7 January 1868	2 August 1868	208 days		Military		None
18	José Balta	José Balta (1814–1872)	2 August 1868	22 July 1872	3 years, 355 days		Military	1868	1º Mariano Herencia Zevallos 2º Francisco Diez-Canseco
—	Tomás Gutiérrez	Tomás Gutiérrez (1817–1872)	22 July 1872	26 July 1872	4 days		Military	Took power by force	None
19	Mariano Herencia Zevallos	Mariano Herencia Zevallos (1820–1873)	27 July 1872	2 August 1872	6 days		Civilista Party	—	None
20	Manuel Pardo y Lavalle	Manuel Pardo y Lavalle (1834–1878)	2 August 1872	2 August 1876	4 years, 0 days		Civilista Party	1872	1º Manuel Costas Arce 2.º Francisco Garmendia Puértolas
21	Mariano Ignacio Prado	Mariano Ignacio Prado (1825–1901)	2 August 1876	18 December 1879	3 years, 138 days		Civilista Party	1876	1º Luis La Puerta 2º José Francisco Canevaro
22	Luis La Puerta	Luis La Puerta (1811–1896)	18 December 1879	23 December 1879	5 days		Military	—	José Francisco Canevaro
23	Nicolás de Piérola	Nicolás de Piérola (1839–1913)	23 December 1879	28 December 1881	2 years, 5 days		Independent	Open cabildo	None
24	Francisco García Calderón	Francisco García Calderón (1834–1905)	12 March 1881	6 November 1881	239 days		Independent	—	1º Lizardo Montero 2º Andrés Avelino Cáceres
25	Lizardo Montero	Lizardo Montero (1832–1905)	28 September 1881	28 October 1883	2 years, 30 days		Civilista Party	—	None
26	Miguel Iglesias	Miguel Iglesias (1830–1909)	30 December 1882	3 December 1885	2 years, 338 days		Military	1882	None
								1884
27	Andrés Avelino Cáceres	Andrés Avelino Cáceres (1836–1923)	3 June 1886	10 August 1890	4 years, 68 days		Constitutional Party	1886	1º Remigio Morales Bermúdez 2º Aurelio Denegri
28	Remigio Morales Bermúdez	Remigio Morales Bermúdez (1836–1894)	10 August 1890	1 April 1894 (Died in office)	3 years, 234 days		Constitutional Party	1890	1º Pedro Alejandrino del Solar 2º Justiniano Borgoño
29	Justiniano Borgoño	Justiniano Borgoño (1836–1921)	1 April 1894	10 August 1894	131 days		Constitutional Party		None
30	Andrés Avelino Cáceres	Andrés Avelino Cáceres (1836–1923)	10 August 1894	20 March 1895	222 days		Constitutional Party	1894	1º César Canevaro 2º Cesáreo Chacaltana
31	Nicolás de Piérola	Nicolás de Piérola (1839–1913)	8 September 1895	8 September 1899	4 years		Democratic Party	1895	1º Guillermo Billinghurst 2º Augusto Seminario y Váscones
32	Eduardo López de Romaña	Eduardo López de Romaña (1847–1912)	8 September 1899	8 September 1903	4 years		Civilista Party	1899	1º Isaac Alzamora 2.º Federico Bresani
33	Manuel Candamo	Manuel Candamo (1841–1904)	8 September 1903	7 May 1904 (Died in office)	242 days		Civilista Party	1903	1.º Lino Alarco (†) 2.º Serapio Calderón
34	Serapio Calderón	Serapio Calderón (1843–1922)	7 May 1904	24 September 1904	140 days		Civilista Party		None
35	José Pardo y Barreda	José Pardo y Barreda (1864–1947)	24 September 1904	24 September 1908	4 years		Civilista Party	1904	1.º José Salvador Cavero Ovalle 2º Vacant
36	Augusto Leguía	Augusto Leguía (1863–1932)	24 September 1908	24 September 1912	4 years		Civilista Party	1908	1º Eugenio Larrabure y Unanue 2º Belisario Sosa
37	Guillermo Billinghurst	Guillermo Billinghurst (1851–1915)	24 September 1912	4 February 1914	1 year, 133 days		Democratic Party	1912	1º Roberto Leguía 2º Miguel Echenique
38	Óscar Benavides	Óscar Benavides (1876–1945)	4 February 1914	18 August 1915	1 year, 195 days		Military	Took power by force	None
39	José Pardo y Barreda	José Pardo y Barreda (1864–1947)	18 August 1915	4 July 1919	3 years, 320 days		Civilista Party	1915	1º Ricardo Bentín Sánchez 2.º Melitón Carvajal
40	Augusto Leguía	Augusto Leguía (1863–1932)	4 July 1919	25 August 1930	11 years, 52 days		Reformist Democratic Party	Took power by force	1º César Canevaro (1919–1920) 2.º Agustín de la Torre González<br(1919–1920)
								1919
								1924
								1929
41	Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro	Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro (1889–1933)	27 August 1930	30 April 1933 (Died in office)	2 years, 246 days		Revolutionary Union	1931	None
42	Óscar Benavides	Óscar Benavides (1876–1945)	30 April 1933	8 December 1939	6 years, 222 days		Military	—	1º Ernesto Montagne Markholz 2º Antonio Rodríguez Ramírez
43	Manuel Prado Ugarteche	Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1889–1967)	8 December 1939	28 July 1945	5 years, 232 days		Peruvian Democratic Movement	1939	1º Rafael Larco Herrera 2º Carlos D. Gibson
44	José Luis Bustamante y Rivero	José Luis Bustamante y Rivero (1894–1989)	28 July 1945	29 October 1948	3 years, 93 days		National Democratic Front	1945	1º José Gálvez Barrenechea 2º Eduardo Ganoza y Ganoza
45	Manuel Odría	Manuel Odría (1896–1974)	1 November 1948	28 July 1956	7 years, 270 days		Military	Took power by force	1º Héctor Boza 2º Federico Bolognesi Bolognesi
								1950
46	Manuel Prado Ugarteche	Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1889–1967)	28 July 1956	18 July 1962	5 years, 355 days		Peruvian Democratic Movement	1956	1º Luis Gallo Porras 2.º Carlos Moreyra y Paz Soldán
47	Ricardo Pérez Godoy	Ricardo Pérez Godoy (1905–1982)	18 July 1962	3 March 1963	228 days		Military	Took power by force	None
48	Nicolás Lindley López	Nicolás Lindley López (1908–1995)	3 March 1963	28 July 1963	147 days		Military	Succession (De facto)	None
49	Fernando Belaúnde Terry	Fernando Belaúnde Terry (1912–2002)	28 July 1963	3 October 1968	5 years, 67 days		Popular Action	1963	1º Edgardo Seoane 2º Mario Polar Ugarteche
50	Juan Velasco Alvarado	Juan Velasco Alvarado (1910–1977)	3 October 1968	30 August 1975	6 years, 331 days		Military	Took power by force	None
51	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1921–2022)	30 August 1975	28 July 1980	4 years, 333 days		Military	Took power by force	None
52	Fernando Belaúnde Terry	Fernando Belaúnde Terry (1912–2002)	28 July 1980	28 July 1985	5 years		Popular Action	1980	1º Fernando Schwalb 2º Javier Alva Orlandini
53	Alan García	Alan García (1949–2019)	28 July 1985	28 July 1990	5 years		Peruvian Aprista Party	1985	1º Luis Alberto Sánchez 2.º Luis Alva Castro
54	Alberto Fujimori	Alberto Fujimori (1938–2024)	28 July 1990	21 November 2000 (Stepped down after Congress removed him)	10 years, 116 days		Change 90 (1990–1998) Let's Go Neighbour (1998–2000)	1990	First Vice President Máximo San Román (1990–1992) Ricardo Márquez Flores (1995–2000) Francisco Tudela (2000) Second Vice President Carlos García y García (1990–1992) César Paredes Canto (1995–2000) Ricardo Márquez Flores (2000)
								Took more power for himself
								1993
								1995
								2000
55	Valentín Paniagua	Valentín Paniagua (1936–2006)	22 November 2000	28 July 2001	248 days		Popular Action	—	None
56	Alejandro Toledo	Alejandro Toledo (born 1946)	28 July 2001	28 July 2006	5 years		Possible Peru	2001	1º Raúl Diez Canseco 2.º David Waisman
57	Alan García	Alan García (1949–2019)	28 July 2006	28 July 2011	5 years		Peruvian Aprista Party	2006	1º Luis Giampietri 2º Lourdes Mendoza del Solar
58	Ollanta Humala	Ollanta Humala (born 1962)	28 July 2011	28 July 2016	5 years		Peruvian Nationalist Party	2011	1º Marisol Espinoza 2º Omar Chehade
59	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (born 1938)	28 July 2016	23 March 2018	1 year, 238 days		Peruvians for Change	2016	1º Martín Vizcarra 2º Mercedes Aráoz
60	Martín Vizcarra	Martín Vizcarra (born 1963)	23 March 2018	9 November 2020	2 years, 231 days		Independent		2º Mercedes Aráoz
61	Manuel Merino	Manuel Merino (born 1961)	10 November 2020	15 November 2020	5 days		Popular Action	—	None
62	Francisco Sagasti	Francisco Sagasti (born 1944)	17 November 2020	28 July 2021	253 days		Purple Party	—	None
63	Pedro Castillo	Pedro Castillo (born 1969)	28 July 2021	7 December 2022	1 year, 132 days		Free Peru	2021	1º Dina Boluarte
64	Dina Boluarte	Dina Boluarte (born 1962)	7 December 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 193 days		Independent		None

Timeline of Presidents

Other Leaders Who Were Sworn In

The people listed below were sworn in as presidents of Peru during times of political trouble. However, they did not actually govern the country.

President (Birth–Death)			Time in Office		Title	How they became leader	Vice President
			Started	Ended
	Máximo San Román	Máximo San Román (born 1946)	21 April 1992	6 January 1993	Constitutional President of the Republic of Peru	Took over as per the Constitution (1º Vice President)	Carlos García y García
	Mercedes Aráoz	Mercedes Aráoz (born 1961)	30 September 2019	1 October 2019	Acting President	Took over as per the Constitution (2º Vice President)	None

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Presidentes del Perú para niños

• List of Peruvian coups d'état