Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Pepública Peruana/Republica del Perú/Piruw (Female Suffrage 1955) Independent 1821
Also see Peru Heads and Peru Parliament
1980-87 Vice-Minister of State, Chief Statistics and Census Graciela Fernandez-Baca Calderón de Valdez
Candidate for the 1. Vice-presidency of the Nation on the ticket of Dr. Javier Pérez de Cuellar in 1995, instead she was elected as member of the Congreso Nacional.
1987-89 and 1989-90 Minister of Education Mercedes Cabanillas Bustamente de Llanos de la Mata
2009 Minister of Interior
Candidate for the Mayorship of Lima in 1989, from 1992 Deputy Secretary and from 2000 Parliamentay Co-spokesperson of the Socialist Party. Circa 1990-99 Senator and from 2000 member of the Congreso where she vas 2. Vice-President 2002-03 and President 2006-07. Also Presidential Candidate in 1995. (b. 1947-)
1987-90 Minister of Health lda Urigzar de Arias
1989-90 Minister of Justice Maria Angelina Breckostteredia
1990-91 Minister of Education Gloria Gilda Helfer Palacios
2003-06 Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Development
She was Member of the Congress when she joined the government for the second time. (b. 1944-)
Circa 1991-2000 Vice-Minister of Industry Agnes Franco Temple
1992 Acting Minister of Justice Blanca Nélida Golán Maguiño
1992-2000 Attorney General
1994-95 Acting Minister of Justice
1992-93 and 1994-97 Comptroller-General María Hermina Drago Correa
1992 Vice-Minister of Regional Development in the Ministry of the Presidency Luz Salgado Rubianes de Paredes
Member of the Directive Council of the Democratic Constituent Congress 1993-95 , 3rd Vice-President 1996-97 and 1998-99, 1. Vice-President and 2000-01 and in 2000 Acting President of the Congreso National and President 2016-17. Became Parliamentary Leader of Perú Posibile in 2000.
1992-94 Vice-Minister of Tourism Liliana Canales Novella
1994-97 Minister of Industry Tourism, Integration and International Trade Negotiations (Second in the Cabinet).
(b. 1953-)
Circa 1993-96 Vice-Minister of Justice Mariam Schenone Ordinola
1996-99 Minister of Women’s Affairs and Human Development
1999-2000 Secretary of the Council of Ministers
Former Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice
1994-95 Secretary General in the Office of the President Mariela Guernoni Romero
1994-95 Minister of the Presidency Maria Luisa Federici Soto
Ambassador to France and UNESCO from 1996.
Around 1995 Vice-Minister of Labour Armida Murguía Sánchez
1996-97 Minister of Transport, Communication, Housing and Construction Elisa Carrera Cabrera de Escalante
Around 1996 Vice-Minister Ester Gago Hurtado
Around 1998 Vice-Minister of Labour Beatriz Alva
Around 1999 Vice-Minister by the Presidency of Ministers and Executive Secretary of Internal Technical Co-operation Magdalena Fajardo de Savaraín
1999-2000 Minister of Justice Prof. María Carlota Valenzela de Puelles
1999-2000 Minister of the Presidency María Cristina Rizo Patrón Velarde
1999-2000 Minister of Women’s Affairs and Human Rights Luisa María Cuculiza Torre
Former Mayor of Huánuco and Mayor of San Borja 1991-99, Registered as candidate of the Sí Cumple for the post of First Vice-President as the running-mate of ex-president Fujimori, but when he was barred from running the party chose Martha Chavez as presidential candidate with two male running-mates.
1999-2000 Vice-Minister by the Vice-Minister of the Presidency for Regional Affairs Auroa Torrejón
Circa 1999-2000 Vice-Minister of Economy Rosario Almenara Díaz de Pezo
Circa 1999-2000 Vice-Minister of Environment, National Resources and Forestal Development Neisa Roca
Circa 1999-2000 Vice-Minister of Science and Technology for Planning and Development Marianela Lafuente
Until 2000 Vice-Minister of Communication Eva Garland Hilbak
Until 2000 Vice-Minister of Regional Development in the Ministry of the Presidency
2000 Minister of the Presidency María Louisa Alvarado Barrantes
2000-01 Minister of Women’s Affairs Susana Villarán de la Puente
Leader of the Partido por la Democracia Social - PDS and presidential candidate in 2006, Mayor of Lima 2011-14 and Vice-Presidental Candidate in 2016.
2000-01 Vice-Minister of Women’s Affairs Eva Guerrero
2001-02 Minister of Women’s Affairs Doris Sánchez Pinedo
2001-02 Minister of Economy Patricia Teullet
2002 Minister of Women’s Affairs Cecilia
2002-03 and 2003-06 Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Development Ana María Romero-Lozada Lauezzari
2016- Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations
2002 Vice-Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Development Violeta Bermúdez Valdivia
2002-04 Vice-Minister of Women's Affairs María Elizabeth Querol Campos de Arana
2002-04 Vice-Minister of Labour and Employment Carmen Vildoso Chirinos
2008-09 Minister of Women and Social Development
2002 Vice-Minister of Education Rosa Mavila León
2003 President of the Council of Ministers Beatriz Merino Lucero
Senator 1990-92, Member of the Congress 1995-2000, Vice-Presidential Candidate 2000 and Superintendent of the National Tax Administration 2000-03. (b. 1949-).
2003 Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Development Anel Townsend Diez-Canseco
Presided over the election of the Mesa Directiva of the Congress in 2001 and was considered a Prime contender for the post of President for the period of 2003-04, but preferred the ministerial post instead.
2004 Vice-Minister of Health Pilar Mazzetti Soler
2004-06 Minister of Health
2006-07 Minister of Interior
2004 Vice-Minister of External Relations Ana Maria Deustua
In charge of International Economy in the Chancellery. Former ambassador to Italy.
2004-06 Subsecretary of Foreign Affairs for Asian Affairs Martha Chavarri Dupuy
Ambassador.
2004-06 Vice-Minister of Women's Affairs María Isabel Rosas Ballinas
2004-06 Vice-Minister of Education Helenn Chávez Depaz de Huambo
2006-11 Second Vice-President Lourdes Mendoza del Solar
A former Mayor, Zoila Lourdes Carmen Sandra Mendoza del Solar, was elected as the running-mate of Alan Garcia. (b. 1958-).
2006-07 Minister of Justice María Zavala Valladares
Former President of the Supreme Court of Lima, Ambassador to the OAS from 2008.
2006-07 Minister of Transport Verónica Zavala Lombardi
Former Spokesperson of the Presidency of the Council of Minsiters.
2006-09 Minister of External Trade and Tourism Mercedes Aráoz Fernández
2009 Minister of Production
2009-10 Minister of Finance
2016- 2. Vice-President
2006-07 Minister of Labour Susana Pinilla Cisneros
2007-08 Minister of Women and Social Development
2006-07 Minister of Women and Social Development Virginia Borra Toledo de Jiménez
2006-08 Vice-Minister of Communication Cayetana Ajovín Gazzani*
2016- Minister of Social Inclusion
2007-09 and 2010-11 Minister of Justice Rosario del Pilar Fernández Figueroa
2011 President of the Council of Ministers
2008-09 Minister of Production Elena Aída Conterno Martinelli
2009-11 Minister of Labour and Employment Promotion Manuela Esperanza García Cochagne
2009-10 Minister of Women and Social Development Nidia Vilchez Yucra
2009-10 Vice-Minister of Fisheries in the Ministry of Production Elsa Galarza Contreras
2016- Minister of Environment
2010-11 Minister of Women and Social Development Dora Virginia Borra Toledo
2011-16 1. Vice-President Marisol Espinoza Cruz
Member of the Congress 2006-11 and and Spokesperson for the Partido Nacionalista Peruano in the Congress 2009-11. (b. 1967-)
2011 Minister of the Promotion of Women and Social Development Aída García Naranjo Morales
2011 Minister of Culture Susana Baca
2011-14 Minister of Education Patricia Salas
2011-14 Minister of Social Inclusion Carolina Trivelli
2011-14 Minister of Women's Promotion and Social Development Ana Rosario Jara Velásquez
2014 Minister of Labour and Promotion of Employment
2014-15 President of the Council of Ministers
MP 2011. (b. 1968-)
2011-12 Vice-Minister of Justice and Human Rights Eda Adriana Rivas Franchini
2012-13 Minister of Justice and Human Rights
2013-14 Minister of Foreign Affairs
2012-14 Minister of Production Gladys Triveño
2012-16 Minister of Health Midori Musme de Habich Rospigliosi
2014-16 Minister of External Commerce and Tourism Blanca Magali Silva Velarde-Álvarez
2014-15 Minister of Women and Vunerable Populations Carmen Omonte Durand
2014-16 Minister of Culture Diana Álvarez Calderón Gallo
2014-16 Minister of Deveoplment and Social Inclusion Paola Bustamante Suárez
2015-16 Minister of Energy and Mines Maria Ortiz
2015-16 Minister of Women and Vunerable Populations Marcela Huaita Alegre
2015-16 Minister of Foreign Affairs Ana María Liliana Sánchez Vargas de Ríos
Appointed Ambassador to France in 2015A
2016- Minister of Justice and Human Rights Marisol Pérez Tello
Of the 5 female members of the government, 3 held office before - see 2002, 2006 and 2009.
2016- Minister of Health Patricia García Funegra
2017 - Mercedes Rosalba Aráoz Fernández, Current Prime - Minister
Last updates 04.08.16