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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[edit]

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## Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (1845–1852)[edit]

Minister | Term | President

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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)[edit]

Minister | Term | President

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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)[edit]

Minister | Term | President

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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)[edit]

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## Ministers of Justice, Instruction and Worship (1896–1911)[edit]

Minister | Term | President

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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)[edit]

Minister | Term | President

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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)[edit]

Minister | Periodo | President

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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)[edit]

Minister | Term | President

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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)[edit]

Minister | Term | President

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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)[edit]

Minister | Periodo | President

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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–)[edit]

Minister | Term | President

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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[edit]

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

## See also[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Ministerio de Justicia (Official site – Spanish)

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