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| Minister of Defence of Peru | |
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 Seal of the Ministry of Defence | |
 Flag for the minister | |
since 13 February 2024 | |
| Ministry of Defence | |
| 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 |
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 Peruportal |
The following is a list of defence ministers of Peru .
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | President |
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| 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 |
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