| Ministerio de Salud | |
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| Formed | 5 October 1935 |
| Headquarters | 801 Salaverry, Jesús María, Lima |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | www |
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The Ministry of Health (Spanish : Ministerio de Salud, MINSA) of Peru is the government ministry in charge of the country's healthcare system.
As of 2025 [update] , the minister of Health is César Vásquez Sánchez .
The ministry was created on October 5, 1935, through Law Decree 8124, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Peruvian medical researcher Daniel Alcides Carrión. [1] Created as the Ministry of Public Health, Works and Social Precaution (Spanish : Ministerio de Salud Pública, Trabajo y Previsión Social), it incorporated the Directorate of Public Health, and the sectors of Work, Social Precaution, and Indian Affairs, all belonging to the Ministry of Development and Public Works. It additionally assumed the functions of the Department of Philanthropy, which at the time belonged to the Ministry of Justice. The first Minister of Health was Armando Montes de Peralta .
In 1942, the ministry changed its name to the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (Spanish : Ministerio de Salud Pública, Trabajo y Previsión Social). This name remained until 1968, when it adopted its current name.
In 2003, it incorporated the Medicinal Botanical Garden of Lima, created in 1991, into its National Institute of Health.
From 2020 onwards, the ministry oversaw a large part of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.
Entities administered by the ministry include:
| Name | Party | Period | |
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| Term start | Term end | ||
Ministers of Public Health, Works and Social Precaution (1935–1942) | |||
| Armando Montes de Peralta | — | October 9, 1935 | April 12, 1936 |
| Fortunato Quesada Larrea | April 13, 1936 | September 23, 1936 | |
| Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat | September 24, 1936 | November 2, 1937 | |
| Rafael Escardó | November 3, 1937 | April 19, 1938 | |
| Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen | April 30, 1938 | December 7, 1939 | |
Ministers of Public Health and Social Assistance (1942–1968) | |||
| Constantino J. Carvallo | — | December 8, 1939 | August 27, 1945 |
| Óscar Trelles Montes | August 28, 1945 | January 22, 1946 | |
| Julio Ernesto Portugal | January 23, 1946 | January 11, 1947 | |
| Alberto Hurtado Abadía | January 12, 1947 | October 30, 1947 | |
| Manuel R. Nieto | October 31, 1947 | February 28, 1948 | |
| Arturo Jiménez Pacheco | March 1, 1948 | June 17, 1948 | |
| Alberto Hurtado Abadía | June 18, 1948 | October 27, 1948 | |
| Alberto López Flores | October 31, 1948 | June 27, 1950 | |
| Edgardo Rebagliati Martins | June 28, 1950 | August 4, 1952 | |
| Luis N. Sáenz | August 5, 1952 | August 9, 1954 | |
| Armando Montes de Peralta | August 10, 1954 | September 14, 1955 | |
| Jorge de Romaña Plazolles | September 15, 1955 | December 5, 1955 | |
| Alberto López Flores | December 5, 1955 | July 27, 1956 | |
| Jorge Haaker Fort | July 28, 1956 | September 23, 1957 | |
| Francisco Sánchez-Moreno Moscoso | September 24, 1957 | June 19, 1959 | |
| Guillermo Garrido-Lecca Frías | June 20, 1959 | June 6, 1960 | |
| Rodrigo Franco Guerra | June 10, 1960 | February 18, 1961 | |
| Eduardo Watson Cisneros | February 19, 1961 | July 18, 1962 | |
| Víctor Solano Castro | July 18, 1962 | July 28, 1963 | |
| Javier Arias Stella | Acción Popular | July 28, 1963 | September 15, 1965 |
| Daniel Becerra de la Flor | September 16, 1965 | September 7, 1967 | |
| Javier Arias Stella | September 9, 1967 | October 2, 1968 | |
| Javier Correa Miller | October 2, 1968 | October 3, 1968 | |
Ministers of Health | |||
| Eduardo Montero Rojas | — | October 10, 1968 | December 30, 1969 |
| Rolando Caro Constantini | December 31, 1969 | April 27, 1971 | |
| Fernando Miró Quesada Bahamonde | April 28, 1971 August 28, 1975 | August 28, 1975 October 18, 1975 | |
| Jorge Tamayo de la Flor | October 18, 1975 | December 31, 1976 | |
| Humberto Campodónico Hoyos | January 1, 1977 | December 31, 1977 | |
| Óscar Dávila Zumaeta | January 1, 1978 | September 15, 1978 | |
| Eduardo Rivasplata Hurtado | September 18, 1978 | July 27, 1980 | |
| Uriel García Cáceres | Acción Popular | July 27, 1980 | March 2, 1982 |
| Juan Franco Ponce | March 3, 1982 | February 28, 1985 | |
| Carlos Bazán Zender | March 1, 1985 | July 28, 1985 | |
| David Tejada de Rivero | APRA | July 28, 1985 | June 29, 1987 |
| Ilda Urízar Peroni | June 29, 1987 | March 15, 1988 | |
| Luis Pinillos Ashton | — | March 15, 1988 | May 12, 1989 |
| David Tejada de Rivero | APRA | May 12, 1989 | October 3, 1989 |
| Paul Caro Gamarra | October 3, 1989 | July 27, 1990 | |
| Carlos Vidal Layseca | — | July 28, 1990 | February 18, 1991 |
| Víctor Yamamoto Miyakawa | Cambio 90 | February 18, 1991 | November 6, 1991 |
| Víctor Paredes Guerra | November 6, 1991 | August 28, 1993 | |
| Jaime Freundt-Thurne Oyanguren | August 28, 1993 | October 7, 1994 | |
| Eduardo Yong Motta | — | October 10, 1994 | April 3, 1996 |
| Marino Costa Bauer | April 10, 1996 | January 5, 1999 | |
| Carlos de Romaña y García | January 5, 1999 | April 14, 1999 | |
| Alejandro Aguinaga Recuenco | Nueva Mayoría | April 15, 1999 | November 25, 2000 |
| Eduardo Pretell Zárate | Acción Popular | November 25, 2000 | July 28, 2001 |
| Luis Solari de la Fuente | Perú Posible | July 28, 2001 | January 18, 2002 |
| Fernando Carbone Campoverde | — | January 21, 2002 | June 28, 2003 |
| Álvaro Vidal Rivadeneyra | June 28, 2003 | February 16, 2004 | |
| Pilar Mazzetti Soler | February 16, 2004 | July 28, 2006 | |
| Carlos Vallejos Sologuren | APRA | July 29, 2006 | December 20, 2007 |
| Hernán Garrido-Lecca Montañez | December 20, 2007 | October 14, 2008 | |
| Óscar Ugarte Ubilluz | Partido Humanista Peruano | October 14, 2008 | July 28, 2011 |
| Alberto Tejada Noriega | — | July 28, 2011 | July 23, 2012 |
| Midori de Habich Rospigliosi | July 23, 2012 | November 5, 2014 | |
| Aníbal Velásquez Valdivia | November 5, 2014 | July 28, 2016 | |
| Patricia García Funegra | July 28, 2016 | September 17, 2017 | |
| Fernando d'Alessio Ipinza | September 17, 2017 | January 9, 2018 | |
| Abel Salinas Rivas | APRA | January 9, 2018 | April 2, 2018 |
| Silvia Pessah Eljay | — | April 2, 2018 | January 5, 2019 |
| Zulema Tomás Gonzales | January 7, 2019 | November 15, 2019 | |
| Elizabeth Hinostroza Pereyra | November 18, 2019 | March 20, 2020 | |
| Víctor Zamora Mesía | Frente Amplio | March 20, 2020 | July 15, 2020 |
| Pilar Mazzetti Soler | — | July 15, 2020 | November 10, 2020 |
| Abel Salinas Rivas | APRA | November 11, 2020 | November 15, 2020 |
| Pilar Mazzetti Soler | — | November 18, 2020 | February 12, 2021 |
| Óscar Ugarte Ubilluz | Juntos Por El Perú | February 13, 2021 | July 28, 2021 |
| Hernando Cevallos Flores | Frente Amplio | July 29, 2021 | February 8, 2022 |
| Hernán Condori Machado | Perú Libre | February 8, 2022 | March 31, 2022 |
| Jorge López Peña | — | April 7, 2022 | October 23, 2022 |
| Kelly Portalatino | Perú Libre | October 27, 2022 | December 7, 2022 |
| Rosa Gutiérrez | — | December 10, 2022 | June 15, 2023 |
| César Vásquez Sánchez | APP | June 19, 2023 | Incumbent |
