List of ministers of defense of Peru

Minister of Defense of Peru
Seal of the Ministry of Defense
Flag for the minister
Incumbent Walter Astudillo since 13 February 2024
Ministry of Defense of Peru
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	The President
Seat	Lima
Appointer	The President
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	1 April 1987
First holder	Enrique López Albujar Trint
Website	www.mindef.gob.pe

This is a list of ministers of defense of Peru.

List of ministers of defense

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	President
1		Enrique López Albujar Trint	14 October 1987	15 May 1989	Military	Alan García
2		Julio Velásquez Giacarini	15 May 1989	28 July 1990	Military
3		Jorge Torres Aciego	28 July 1990	6 November 1991	Military	Alberto Fujimori
4		Víctor Malca Villanueva	6 November 1991	3 April 1996	Military
5		Tomás Castillo Meza	3 April 1996	18 July 1997	Military
6		César Saucedo Sánchez	18 July 1997	22 August 1998	Military
7		Julio Salazar Monroe	22 August 1998	16 April 1999	Military
8		Carlos Bergamino Cruz	16 April 1999	25 November 2000	Military
9		Walter Ledesma Rebaza	25 November 2000	28 July 2001	Military	Valentín Paniagua
10		David Waisman	28 July 2001	18 January 2002	Possible Peru	Alejandro Toledo
11		Aurelio Loret de Mola Bohme	18 January 2002	15 December 2003	Independent
12		Roberto Chiabra León	15 December 2003	16 August 2005	Possible Peru
13		Marciano Rengifo	16 August 2005	28 July 2006	Possible Peru
14		Allan Wagner Tizón	28 July 2006	20 December 2007	Independent	Alan García
15		Ántero Flores Aráoz	20 December 2007	11 July 2009	Christian People's Party
16		Rafael Rey Rey	11 July 2009	15 September 2010	National Renewal
17		Jaime Thorne León	15 September 2010	28 July 2011	Independent
18		Daniel Mora Zevallos	28 July 2011	10 December 2011	Possible Peru	Ollanta Humala
19		Alberto Otárola	10 December 2011	10 May 2012	Independent
20		José Antonio Urquizo	14 May 2012	23 July 2012	Peru Wins
21		Pedro Cateriano	23 July 2012	2 April 2015	Independent
22		Jakke Valakivi Álvarez	2 April 2015	28 July 2016	Independent
23		Cosme Mariano González	28 July 2016	28 November 2016	Peruvians for Change	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
24		Jorge Nieto Montesinos	5 December 2016	3 January 2018	Independent
25		Jorge Kisic	9 January 2018	2 April 2018	Independent	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Martín Vizcarra
26		Jose Huerta	2 April 2018	24 June 2019†	Independent	Martín Vizcarra
27		Jorge Moscoso	8 July 2019	30 September 2019	Independent
28		Walter Martos	3 October 2019	6 August 2020	Independent
29		Jorge Chávez Cresta	6 August 2020	10 November 2020	Independent
30		Walter Chávez	12 November 2020	17 November 2020	Independent	Manuel Merino
31		Nuria Esparch	18 November 2020	28 July 2021	Independent	Francisco Sagasti
32		Walter Ayala	29 July 2021	15 November 2021	Independent	Pedro Castillo
33		Juan Manuel Carrasco Millones	17 November 2021	1 February 2022	Independent
34		José Luis Gavidia	1 February 2022	24 August 2022	Independent
35		Richard Tineo	24 August 2022	24 September 2022	Independent
36		Daniel Barragán	24 September 2022	3 December 2022	Independent
37		Gustavo Bobbio	5 December 2022	7 December 2022	Independent
38		Alberto Otárola	10 December 2022	21 December 2022	Independent	Dina Boluarte
39		Jorge Chávez	21 December 2022	13 February 2024	Independent
40		Walter Astudillo	13 February 2024	Incumbent	Independent

External links

• List of Military and Police awards at the Ministry of Defense, Peru (in Spanish)