Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Peru)

The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Peru (Spanish: 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.

As of 6 September 2023^[update], the minister of justice is Eduardo Arana Ysa [es].

List of ministers

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

Minister	Term	President
José Gregorio Paz-Soldán y Ureta	1845–1848	Ramón Castilla
Matías León Cárdenas	1848
Felipe Pardo y Aliaga	1848–1849
Manuel Bartolomé Ferreyros de la Mata	1849

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

Minister	Term	President
Bartolomé Herrera Vélez	1851–1852	José Rufino Echenique
Agustín Guillermo Charún	1852–1853
José Manuel Tirado	1853
José Luis Gómez-Sánchez Rivero	1853
Blas José Alzamora Seminario	1854–1855
Pedro Gálvez Egúsquiza	1855
Juan Manuel del Mar Bernedo	1855

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

Minister	Term	President
Jervasio Álvarez y Montaño	1856–1857	Ramón Castilla
Luciano María Cano y Dávila	1857–1859
José Fabio Melgar Valdivieso	1859–1860
Juan Oviedo	1860–1862

Ministers of Justice, Instruction, Worship and Charity (1862–1896)

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

Minister	Term	President
Manuel Pablo Olaechea	1896–1897	Nicolás de Piérola
José Antonio de Lavalle y Pardo	1897–1898
José Jorge Loayza	1898–1899
Eleodoro Romero Salcedo	1899–1900	Eduardo López de Romaña
Ezequiel Vega	1900
Pedro Carlos Olaechea	1900
Rafael Villanueva Cortez	1900–1901
Anselmo Barreto León	1901		Lizardo Alzamora Mayo	1901–1902
José Viterbo Arias	1902
Telémaco Orihuela	1902
Francisco José Eguiguren Escudero	1903–1904		Manuel Candamo
Jorge Polar Vargas	1904–1906	José Pardo (1.º gov.)
Carlos A. Washburn Salas	1906–1908
Manuel Vicente Villarán Godoy	1908–1909	Augusto B. Leguía (1.º gov.)
Matías León Baltazara	1909–1910
Antonio Flores Rondón	1910
José Salvador Cavero Ovalle	1910
Antonio Flores Rondón	1910

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

Minister	Term	President
Agustín G. Ganoza y Cavero	1911–1912	Augusto B. Leguía (1.º gov.)
Francisco Moreyra y Riglos	1912–1913	Guillermo Billinghurst
Alfredo Solf y Muro	1913
Carlos Paz Soldán y Benavides	1913–1914
Rafael Grau Cavero	1914	Óscar R. Benavides (1.º gov.)
Luis Julio Menéndez	1914
Aurelio Sousa y Matute	1914
Daniel Isaac Castillo	1914–1915
Plácido Jiménez	1915
Wenceslao Valera Olano	1915–1917	José Pardo (2.º gov.)
Ricardo L. Flores Gaviño	1917–1918
Ángel Gustavo Cornejo Bouroncle	1918–1919
Federico Panizo Orbegoso	1919
Arturo Osores Cabrera	1919	Augusto B. Leguía (2.º gov.)
Alberto Salomón Osorio	1919–1920
Óscar C. Barrós Mesinas	1920–1922
Julio E. Ego-Aguirre	1922–1924
Alejandrino Maguiña	1924–1926
Pedro M. Oliveira	1926–1929
J. Matías León Carrera	1929–1930
José Angel Escalante	1930
Arturo Zapata Vélez	1930	Manuel M. Ponce B. (Junta Militar)
Armando Sologuren	1930	Luis Sánchez Cerro (Junta Militar)
José Luis Bustamante y Rivero	1930–1931
Elías Lozada Benavente	1931
José Gálvez Barrenechea	1931	David Samanez Ocampo (Junta Nacional)
Guillermo Garrido Lecca	1931–1932
Eufrasio Álvarez	1932	Luis Sánchez Cerro
Carlos Sayán Álvarez	1932
Ricardo Rivadeneira Barnuevo	1932
Alberto Ballón Landa	1932
Wenceslao Delgado	1932
Wenceslao Delgado	1932–1933	Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.)
Daniel Olaechea y Olaechea	1933
José de la Riva Agüero y Osma	1933–1934
Alberto Rey de Castro y Romaña	1934
Carlos Arenas y Loayza	1934–1935
Ernesto Montagne Markholz	1935

Ministers of Justice and Worship (1935–1942)

Minister	Periodo	President
Wenceslao Delgado	1935–1936	Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.)
Diómedes Arias Schreiber	1936
Felipe de la Barra	1936–1937
Diómedes Arias Schreiber	1937–1939
Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen	1939		José Félix Aramburú y Salinas	1939
Mariano Lino Cornejo	1939–1942		Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1.º gov.)

Ministers of Justice and Labor (1942–1949)

Minister	Term	President
Mariano Lino Cornejo	1939–1943	Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1.º gov.)
Manuel C. Gallagher y Canaval	1943–1944
Manuel Cisneros Sánchez	1944–1945
Luis Alayza y Paz Soldán	1945	José Luis Bustamante y Rivero
Ismael Bielich Flores	1945–1947
José R. Alzamora Freundt	1947
Armando Artola del Pozo	1947–1948
Alejandro Villalobos Carranza	1948
José León Barandiarán	1948
Marcial Merino	1948–1949	Junta Militar
Armando Artola del Pozo	1949

Ministers of Justice and Worship (1949–1981)

Minister	Term	President
Augusto Romero Lovo	1949–1950	Junta Militar
Alberto Freundt Rosell	1950–1952	Manuel A. Odría
Alejandro Freundt Rosell	1952–1955
Félix Huamán Izquierdo	1955–1956
Augusto Thorndike Galup	1956–1958	Manuel Prado Ugarteche (2.º gov.)
Manuel Cisneros Sánchez	1958
Ulises Montoya Manfredi	1958–1959
Raúl Gómez de la Torre Tamayo	1959–1960
José Merino Reyna	1960–1961
Geraldo Arosemena Garland	1961–1962
Juan Orrego Aguinaga	1962–1963	Junta de govierno
Luis Bedoya Reyes	1963	Fernando Belaunde Terry (1.º gov.)
Emilio Llosa Ricketts	1963–1965
Carlos Fernández Sesarego	1965
Valentín Paniagua Corazao	1965–1966
Roberto Ramírez del Villar Beaumont	1966
Javier de Belaúnde Ruiz de Somocurcio	1966–1967
Luis Rodríguez Mariátegui Proaño	1967
José Morales Urresti	1967–1968
Luis Lazarte Ferreyros	1968
Guillermo Hoyos Osores	1968
Elías Mendoza Habersperger	1968
Alfonso Navarro Romero	1968–1969	Juan Velasco Alvarado
Luis Vargas Caballero	1969–1975
Felipe Osterling Parodi	1980–1981	Fernando Belaunde Terry

Ministers of Justice (1981–2011)

Minister	Periodo	President
Enrique Elías Laroza	1981–1982	Fernando Belaunde Terry (2.º gov.)
Armando Buendía Gutiérrez	1982–1983
Ernesto Alayza Grundy	1983–1984
Max Arias-Schreiber Pezet	1984
Alberto Musso Vento	1984–1985
Luis Gonzales Posada	1985–1986	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 Belaunde	1999–2000
Diego García-Sayán Larrabure	2000–2001	Valentín Paniagua
Fernando Olivera Vega	2001–2002	Alejandro Toledo
Fausto Alvarado Dodero	2002–2004
Baldo Kresalja Roselló	2004
Carlos Gamarra Ugaz	2004–2005
Eduardo Salhuana Cavides	2005
Alejandro Tudela Chopitea	2005–2006
María Zavala Valladares	2006–2007	Alan García (2.º gov.)
Rosario Fernández Figueroa	2007–2009
Aurelio Pastor	2009–2010
Víctor García Toma	2010
Rosario Fernández Figueroa	2010–2011
Francisco Eguiguren Praeli	2011	Ollanta Humala

Ministers of Justice and Human Rights (2011–)

Minister	Term	President
Juan Jiménez Mayor	2011–2012	Ollanta Humala
Eda Adriana Rivas Franchini	2012–2013
Daniel Augusto Figallo Rivadeneyra	2013–2015
Fredy Otárola Peñaranda	2015
Gustavo Adrianzén Olaya	2015
Aldo Alejandro Vásquez Ríos	2015–2016
María Soledad Pérez Tello de Rodríguez	2016–2017	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Enrique Mendoza Ramírez	2017–2018
Salvador Heresi Chicoma	2018	Martín Vizcarra
Vicente Zeballos Salinas	2018–2019
Ana Teresa Revilla	2019–2020
Fernando Castañeda Portocarrero	2020
Eduardo Vega Luna	2020	Manuel Merino
Delia Muñoz	2020–2021	Francisco Sagasti
Aníbal Torres	2021–2022	Pedro Castillo
Ángel Yldefonso	2022
Félix Chero	2022
José Tello Alfaro	2022–2023	Dina Boluarte
Daniel Maurate Romero [es]	2023
Eduardo Arana Ysa [es]	2023–Incumbent

Public offices

• General Archive of the Nation (Peru)
• National Superintendent of Public Registration (Peru)
• National Penitentiary Institute (Peru)

See also

• Council of Ministers of Peru
• Justice ministry
• Ministro de Justicia y Derechos Humanos del Perú (Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Peru)
• National Police of Peru

External links

• Ministerio de Justicia (Official site – Spanish)

References