Ministry of the Interior (Peru)

Ministry of the Interior

Ministerio del Interior
Agency overview
Formed	April 30, 1873;151 years ago (1873-04-30)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Peru
Headquarters	Plaza Treinta de Agosto 150, San Isidro District, Lima
Agency executive	Juan José Santiváñez  [ es ], Minister of the Interior
Website	Official website

The Ministry of the Interior (Spanish : Ministerio del Interior, MININTER) is a ministry of the Government of Peru responsible for the administration of the internal order of the Peruvian State, as well as managing law enforcement units. Established in 1968 under the so-called Revolutionary Government, its headquarters are located, since July 1961, in San Isidro District, occupying the former premises of Limatambo International Airport.

It is headed by the Minister of the Interior, with the current officeholder being Juan José Santiváñez  [ es ] since 2024.

History

Prior to its establishment, it was preceded by the Ministry of Government, which took a number of names throughout its history:

• Ministry of Government, Justice and Worship (1855–1857)
• Ministry of Government, Worship and Public Works (1857–1860)
• Ministry of Government, Police and Public Works (1860–1896)
• Ministry of Government and Police (1896–1968)

Until 1961, it was located at a building located on the southern side of Italy Square, in Barrios Altos, after which it was moved to the former premises of Limatambo International Airport, in San Isidro District. It was officially renamed under the Revolutionary Government of Juan Velasco Alvarado, through Law Decree № 17271, on December 3, 1968. ^[1]

As an administrating power of the law enforcement system, it organised the Civil Guard, the Republican Guard and the Peruvian Investigative Police, until their gradual incorporation into a single police corps from 1988 to 1991. ^[2]

Organisation

• Minister of the Interior
  • Cabinet of Senior Management Advisors
  • General Directorate of the National Police of Peru
  • Institutional Control Body
  • Police Disciplinary Tribunal
  • General Office of Institutional Integrity
  • Public Prosecutor's Office in charge of the Interior Sector
  • Public Prosecutor's Office Specialized in Drug Trafficking Crimes
  • Public Prosecutor's Office Specialized in Terrorism Crimes
  • Public Prosecutor's Office Specialized in Crimes against Public Order
  • Public Prosecutor's Office Specialized in Money Laundering Crimes and Forfeiture Process
  • Public Prosecutor's Office Specialized in Organized Crime Crimes
  • Office of National Security and Defence
  • General Office of Social Communication and Institutional Image
  • Police Ombudsman's Office
  • General Office of Sectoral Strategic Planning
  • Health Insurance Fund of the National Police of Peru
• General Secretariat
  • General Office of Legal Counsel
  • General Office of Planning and Budget
  • General Office of Administration
  • General Office of Human Resources Management
  • General Office of Information and Communications Technology
  • General Office of Infrastructure
• Viceministry of Public Security
  • General Directorate of Intelligence
  • General Directorate Against Organised Crime
  • General Directorate of Public Order
  • General Directorate of the Internal Government
• Viceministry of Internal Order
  • General Directorate of Citizen Security
  • General Directorate of Democratic Security
  • General Directorate of Information for Security

Entities administered by the ministry include:

• The National Intendancy of Firefighters and its General Corps of Volunteer Firefighters  [ es ].
• The National Police of Peru.
• The National Superintendence of Migration  [ es ]
• The National Superintendence for the Control of Security Services, Weapons, Ammunition, and Explosives for Civil Use (SUCAMEC)

List of ministers of the interior

Name	Party	Period
		Term start	Term end
Ministers of Government, Justice and Worship
Juan Manuel del Mar	—	December 1855	October 24, 1856
Jervasio Álvarez  [ es ]	—	October 24, 1856	December 31, 1856
Ministers of Government, Worship and Public Works
Ignacio de Osma  [ es ] [note 1]	—	February 14, 1857	April 1, 1857
Juan Manuel del Mar	—	April 1, 1857	July 13, 1858
Manuel Morales  [ es ]	—	July 13, 1858	September 28, 1859
Miguel del Carpio  [ es ]	—	September 28, 1859	January 31, 1860
Ministers of Government, Police and Public Works
José Melgar	—	January 31, 1860
Manuel Morales  [ es ]	—	March 29, 1860
Antonio Arenas	—	October 24, 1862
Manuel Freyre  [ es ]	—	April 10, 1863
Cipriano Coronel  [ es ]	—	August 5, 1863
Manuel Costas	—	August 11, 1864
Evaristo Gómez-Sánchez	—	October 14, 1864
Francisco Javier Mariátegui  [ es ]	—	November 6, 1865
José María Químper  [ es ] [note 2]	—	November 27, 1865
Manuel María Rivas  [ es ]	—	January 30, 1867
Juan Miguel Gálvez	Military	March 2, 1867
Carlos Lissón  [ es ]	—	May 4, 1867
Pedro José Saavedra  [ es ]	—	June 3, 1867
Antonio Arenas	—	January 26, 1868
Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente	Military	February 7, 1868
Pedro Gálvez	—	August 2, 1868
Manuel Ferreyros	Navy	April 13, 1869
Rafael Velarde	—	July 27, 1869
Francisco de Paula Secada  [ es ]	Military	October 22, 1869
Manuel Santa María	Military	June 28, 1870
Manuel Morales  [ es ]	—	August 2, 1872
Francisco Rosas  [ es ]	Civil Party	August 2, 1872
Ricardo Espinoza	—	September 28, 1874
Aurelio García	Navy	February 1, 1875
Manuel Benavides  [ es ]	—	August 2, 1876
Manuel González  [ es ]	Military	August 26, 1876
Juan Buendía	Military	June 4, 1877
Fernando Palacios	—	June 10, 1878
Manuel Yrigoyen [note 3]	—	October 19, 1879
Bruno Bueno	—	October 25, 1878
Juan Corrales Melgar	—	October 17, 1878
Rafael Velarde	—	May 17, 1879
Juan E. Guzmán	—	October 16, 1879
Rafael Velarde	—	October 28, 1879	October 29, 1879
Aurelio Denegri	—	October 29, 1879
Buenaventura Elguera	—	November 1, 1879
Nemecio Orbegoso  [ es ] [note 2]	—	December 24, 1879
Manuel Velarde	Military	March 12, 1881
Camilo Carrillo	Navy	September 4, 1882
Manuel Velarde [note 4]	Military	January 1883
Federico Herrera [note 4]	—	April 1883
Lorenzo Iglesias  [ es ] [note 5]	—	January 3, 1883
Martín Dulanto	—	August 27, 1883
Mariano de Castro  [ es ]	—	November 20, 1882
Ignacio de Osma  [ es ]	—	April 8, 1884
Juan de Aliaga y Puente	—	August 11, 1884
Joaquín Iglesias	—	April 14, 1885
José Eusebio Sánchez  [ es ]	—	December 3, 1885
Pedro Alejandrino del Solar	—	June 3, 1886
Manuel Velarde	Military	October 6, 1886
Pedro Alejandrino del Solar	Constitutional Party	November 22, 1886
Rufino Torrico	Military	August 22, 1887
Enrique Caravedo	—	October 4, 1887
Aurelio Denegri	—	November 8, 1887
José Mariano Jiménez	—	March 8, 1889
Pedro Alejandrino del Solar	Constitutional Party	April 4, 1889
Guillermo Ferreyros	Military	February 11, 1890
Mariano Valcárcel	—	August 10, 1890
Francisco Gerardo Chávez  [ es ] [note 3]	—	July 25, 1891
Federico Herrera	—	August 24, 1891
Juan Ibarra  [ es ]	Constitutional Party	May 2, 1892
Carlos Maria Elías	Constitutional Party	June 30, 1892
Manuel Velarde	Military	March 3, 1893
Pedro José Zavala	—	May 11, 1893
Alfredo Gastón	—	September 28, 1893
Guillermo Ferreyros	Military	April 1, 1894
Cesáreo Chacaltana	Civil Party	August 10, 1894
José Salvador Cavero	Constitutional Party	November 16, 1894
Ricardo Espinoza	—	March 20, 1895
Antonio Bentín  [ es ]	Democratic Party	September 8, 1895
Benjamín Boza	Democratic Party	November 30, 1895
Ministers of Government and Police
Benjamín Boza	Democratic Party	November 30, 1895
José María de la Puente  [ es ]	Democratic Party	August 8, 1896
Lorenzo Arrieta	Democratic Party	August 19, 1896
Alejandro López de Romaña  [ es ]	Democratic Party	November 25, 1897
José María de la Puente  [ es ]	Democratic Party	December 23, 1897
Domingo Parra  [ es ]	Military	September 8, 1899
Enrique Coronel Zegarra  [ es ]	Democratic Party	August 7, 1900
Ernesto Zapata	Military	October 2, 1900
Leonidas Cárdenas  [ es ]	—	September 11, 1901
Alejandro Deustua	—	August 9, 1902
Rafael Fernández de Villanueva  [ es ]	Civil Party	November 4, 1902
Juan de Dios de la Quintana	—	September 8, 1903	May 14, 1904
	May 14, 1904
Eulogio Romero  [ es ]	—	September 24, 1904
Ernesto Zapata	Military	February 19, 1906
Amador del Solar  [ es ]	National Coalition	July 31, 1906
Hernán Velarde  [ es ]	—	August 20, 1906
Agustín Tovar  [ es ]	Civil Party	May 11, 1907
Germán Arenas	Civil Party	October 9, 1907
Miguel Abraham Rojas  [ es ]	—	September 24, 1908
Rafael Villanueva Cortez  [ es ]	Civil Party	June 8, 1909
Javier Prado  [ es ]	Civil Party	March 14, 1910
José Manuel García  [ es ]	Civil Party	August 3, 1910
Enrique Basadre	—	November 3, 1910
Juan de Dios Salazar  []	Civil Party	August 31, 1911
Plácido Jiménez	—	October 16, 1911
Elías Malpartida	Democratic Party	September 24, 1912
Abel I. Montes	—	December 24, 1912
Federico Luna  [ es ]	Civic Union	February 24, 1913
Aurelio Sousa	Democratic Party	June 17, 1913
Gonzalo Tirado	—	July 23, 1913
Arturo Osores  [ es ]	Constitutional Party	February 4, 1914
Hildebrando Fuentes		May 16, 1914
Fernando Fuchs  [ es ]	—	August 22, 1914
Víctor R. Benavides	—	February 19, 1915
Luis Julio Menéndez	—	August 18, 1915
José Manuel García	Civil Party	August 2, 1916
Ezequiel Muñoz	—	March 7, 1917
Germán Arenas	Civil Party	July 27, 1917
Samuel Sayán y Palacios	—	February 26, 1918
Clemente Revilla  [ es ]	Civil Party	September 2, 1918
Germán Arenas	Civil Party	December 18, 1918
Óscar Mavila Ruiz  [ es ]	—	April 26, 1919
Mariano Cornejo  [ es ]	Democratic Party	July 4, 1919
Alejandrino Maguiña  [ es ]	—	August 24, 1919
Germán Leguía  [ es ]	—	December 6, 1919
Pedro José Rada	—	October 8, 1922
Jesús Salazar  [ es ]	Reformist Democratic Party	October 12, 1924
José Manuel García  [ es ]	Reformist Democratic Party	August 2, 1926
Celestino Manchego  [ es ]	Reformist Democratic Party	December 26, 1926
Arturo Rubio	—	December 24, 1927
Benjamín Huamán  [ es ]	—	October 12, 1929
Roberto López	—	August 24, 1930
Eulogio Castillo  [ es ]	Military	August 25, 1930
Gustavo Jiménez	Military	August 27, 1930
Antonio Beingolea  [ es ]	Military	November 24, 1930
Francisco Tamayo  [ es ]	Decentralist Party	March 11, 1931
José Manuel García	Civil Party	December 8, 1931
Luis A. Flores	Revolutionary Union	February 29, 1932
Julio Chávez  [ es ]	—	May 20, 1932	April 30, 1933
	April 30, 1933
Jorge Prado  [ es ]	Conservative Coalition	June 26, 1933
Alfredo Henriod	Military	November 26, 1933
Antonio Rodríguez	Military	May 21, 1935
Diómedes Arias-Schreiber  [ es ]	—	March 20, 1939
Guillermo Garrido Lecca  [ es ]	—	December 8, 1939
Ricardo de la Puente  [ es ]	—	May 21, 1942
Rafael Belaúnde  [ es ]	National Democratic Front	July 28, 1945
Manuel E. Rodríguez  [ es ]	Military	January 23, 1946
Manuel A. Odría	Military	January 12, 1947
Julio César Villegas Cerro		June 17, 1948
Augusto Villacorta Álvarez		November 3, 1948
Ricardo de la Puente  [ es ]	—	July 28, 1950
Augusto Romero  [ es ]	—	March 20, 1952
Alejandro Esparza  [ es ]	—	September 16, 1955
Augusto Villacorta Álvarez	—	December 22, 1955
Jorge Fernández  [ es ]	—	July 28, 1956
Carlos Carrillo  [ es ]	—	April 7, 1958
Ricardo Elías  [ es ]	—	June 16, 1960
Juan Bossio Collae	—	July 18, 1962
Germán Pagador Blondet	—	October 10, 1962
Óscar Trelles	Popular Action	July 28, 1963
Juan Languasco  [ es ]	Popular Action	January 1, 1964
Miguel Rotalde  [ es ]	Navy	July 27, 1964
Octavio Mongrut  [ es ]	Popular Action	August 1, 1965
Javier Alva	Popular Action	September 15, 1965
Luis Alayza Escardó  [ es ]	Popular Action	October 26, 1966
Luis Ponce  [ es ]	Navy	July 9, 1967
Carlos Velarde  [ es ]	Popular Action	June 2, 1968
Manuel Velarde  [ es ]	Popular Action	October 2, 1968	October 3, 1968
Ministers of the Interior
Armando Artola  [ es ]	Military	October 3, 1968	May 18, 1971
Pedro Richter	Military	May 18, 1971	September 3, 1975
César Campos Quesada	Military	September 3, 1975	February 1, 1976
Luis Cisneros Vizquerra  [ es ]	Military	February 1, 1976	May 12, 1978
Fernando Velit Sabattini	Military	February 15, 1978	May 7, 1980
César Iglesias Barrón	Military	May 7, 1980	July 28, 1980
José María de la Jara  [ es ]	Popular Action	July 28, 1980	October 30, 1981
José Gagliardi  [ es ]	Air Force	October 30, 1981	January 3, 1983
Fernando Rincón  [ es ]	Popular Action	January 3, 1983	March 21, 1983
Luis Pércovich	Popular Action	March 21, 1983	October 15, 1984
Óscar Brush  [ es ]	Military	October 15, 1984	July 28, 1985
Abel Salinas	APRA	July 28, 1985	June 29, 1987
José Barsallo  [ es ]	APRA	June 29, 1987	May 15, 1988
Juan E. Soria Díaz	APRA	May 15, 1988	March 2, 1989
Armando Villanueva	APRA	March 2, 1989	May 12, 1989
Agustín Mantilla	APRA	May 12, 1989	July 28, 1990
Adolfo Alvarado Fournier	Military	July 28, 1990	April 2, 1991
Víctor Malca  [ es ]	Military	April 2, 1991	November 7, 1991
Juan Briones  [ es ]	Military	November 7, 1991	April 20, 1997
César Saucedo  [ es ]	Military	April 20, 1997	July 18, 1997
José Villanueva  [ es ]	Military	July 18, 1997	August 19, 1999
César Saucedo  [ es ]	Military	August 19, 1999	July 29, 2000
Walter Chacón	Military	July 29, 2000	October 28, 2000
Fernando Dianderas Ottone	Police	October 28, 2000	November 25, 2000
Ketín Vidal  [ es ]	Police	November 25, 2000	July 28, 2001
Fernando Rospigliosi  [ es ]	Possible Peru	July 28, 2001	July 12, 2002
Gino Costa	—	July 12, 2002	January 27, 2003
Alberto Sanabria Ortiz	Possible Peru	January 27, 2003	July 25, 2003
Fernando Rospigliosi  [ es ]	Possible Peru	July 25, 2003	May 7, 2004
Javier Reátegui	Possible Peru	May 8, 2004	January 14, 2005
Félix Murazzo  [ es ]	Police	January 14, 2005	August 16, 2005
Rómulo Pizarro	Possible Peru	August 16, 2005	July 28, 2006
Pilar Mazzetti	—	July 28, 2006	February 24, 2007
Luis Alva	APRA	February 27, 2007	October 14, 2008
Remigio Hernani  [ es ]	Police	October 14, 2008	February 19, 2009
Mercedes Cabanillas	APRA	February 19, 2009	July 19, 2009
Octavio Salazar	Police	July 19, 2009	September 12, 2010
Fernando Barrios	APRA	September 14, 2010	November 22, 2010
Miguel Hidalgo	Police	November 23, 2010	July 28, 2011
Óscar Valdés	Military	July 28, 2011	December 10, 2011
Daniel Lozada	—	December 11, 2011	May 10, 2012
Wilver Calle	Military	May 14, 2012	July 23, 2012
Wilfredo Pedraza	—	July 23, 2012	November 15, 2013
Walter Albán  [ es ]	—	November 19, 2013	June 23, 2014
Daniel Urresti	Military	June 23, 2014	February 17, 2015
José Luis Pérez  [ es ]	—	February 17, 2015	July 28, 2016
Carlos Basombrío	—	July 28, 2016	December 22, 2017
Vicente Romero	Police	December 27, 2017	April 2, 2018
Mauro Medina  [ es ]	Police	April 2, 2018	October 17, 2018
Carlos Morán  [ es ]	Police	October 19, 2018	April 24, 2020
Gastón Rodríguez  [ es ]	Police	April 24, 2020	July 15, 2020
Jorge Montoya Pérez  [ es ]	Air Force	July 15, 2020	September 9, 2020
César Gentille  [ es ]	Police	September 10, 2020	November 10, 2020
Gastón Rodríguez  [ es ]	Police	November 12, 2020	November 17, 2020
Rubén Vargas Céspedes  [ es ]	—	November 18, 2020	December 2, 2020
Cluber Aliaga  [ es ]	Police	December 2, 2020	December 7, 2020
José Elice  [ es ]	Purple Party	December 7, 2020	July 28, 2021
Juan Manuel Carrasco	Together for Peru	July 29, 2021	October 6, 2021
Luis Barranzuela	—	October 6, 2021	November 3, 2021
Avelino Guillén	—	November 4, 2021	January 30, 2022
Alfonso Chávarry  [ es ]	Police	February 1, 2022	May 22, 2022
Dimitri Senmache  [ es ]	—	May 22, 2022	June 30, 2022
Mariano González  [ es ]	National Victory	July 4, 2022	July 19, 2022
Willy Huerta  [ es ]	—	July 19, 2022	December 7, 2022
César Cervantes  [ es ]	Police	December 10, 2022	December 21, 2022
Víctor Rojas  [ es ]	Police	December 21, 2022	January 13, 2023
Vicente Romero	Police	January 13, 2023	November 17, 2023
Víctor Torres	Police	November 21, 2023	April 1, 2024
Walter Ortiz Acosta  [ es ]	Police	April 1, 2024	May 16, 2024
Juan José Santiváñez  [ es ]	—	April 16, 2024	Incumbent

See also

• List of ministries of Peru

Notes

1. Did not take office (absent). His absence led to his replacement soon after.
2. As Secretary.
3. Interim.
4. Representing the government based in Arequipa during the War of the Pacific.
5. As "Minister-General" (representing the ministries of Government, Police, Public Works, Statistics, and War and Navy) of his brother's government in Cajamarca during the War of the Pacific, which would be legitimised by the Chilean government throughout the year.

References

1. "Reseña Histórica". Ministerio del Interior .
2. "Reseña Histórica". National Police of Peru .