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 .
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 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.) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 2023 | |
| Eduardo Arana Ysa | 2023–Incumbent |
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