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The Congress of the Republic of Peru or the National Congress of Peru is the unicameral body that assumes legislative power in Peru.
Congress consists of 130 members of congress (congresistas), who are elected for five year periods in office on a proportional representation
basis. To be eligible, candidates must be Peruvian citizens, have passed their 25th birthday, and not have had their right to vote suspended.
The last congressional election was held on April 10, 2011, concurrently with the presidential election.
Since July 27, 2011, the President of Congress is Daniel Abugattás
, of the Peru Wins
political party
Currently the Peruvian congress congregates at the Palacio Legislativo
, which is located in the Historical Center of Lima, across the road from Plaza Simón Bolívar
and a few blocks away from Casa de Pizarro.
Congress, made up of a Senate and a Chamber of Deputies
. The Senate had 60 members; the Chamber, 180. Members of both chambers were elected for five-year terms, running concurrently with that of the president. Party-list proportional representation
was used for both chambers: on a regional basis for the Senate, and using the D'Hondt method
for the lower house. Members of both houses had to be Peruvian citizens, with a minimum age of 25 for deputies and 35 for senators.
Following the auto-coup of 1992
, in which Congress was dissolved, the Democratic Constitutional Congress
established a single chamber of 120 members.
. The following distribution marks seats by party at the end of the 2000-2001 term:
Congress consists of 130 members of congress (congresistas), who are elected for five year periods in office on a proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
basis. To be eligible, candidates must be Peruvian citizens, have passed their 25th birthday, and not have had their right to vote suspended.
The last congressional election was held on April 10, 2011, concurrently with the presidential election.
Since July 27, 2011, the President of Congress is Daniel Abugattás
Daniel Abugattás
Daniel Fernando Abugattás Majluf is a Peruvian businessman and politician . He has been a Congressman representing the constituency of Lima since 2006, and is the incumbent President of the Congress....
, of the Peru Wins
Peru Wins
Peru Wins is a left-wing political party in Peru formed as an alliance for the general election, 2011, dominated by the Peruvian Nationalist Party and led by presidential candidate Ollanta Humala.- Constituent Parties :...
political party
Currently the Peruvian congress congregates at the Palacio Legislativo
Legislative Palace (Peru)
The Legislative Palace of Peru is the seat of the Congress of Peru, located on the second block of Jiron Ayacucho, on the Plaza Bolivar, in Lima, the capital of Peru...
, which is located in the Historical Center of Lima, across the road from Plaza Simón Bolívar
Plaza Bolivar (Lima)
The Plaza Bolivar is also known as the Plaza of Congress or Plaza of the Inquisition as it is surrounded by the Legislative Palace which is the seat of the Congress of Peru, and the site of the former Tribunal of the Inquisition. It is located in the Barrios Altos neighborhood of the Historic...
and a few blocks away from Casa de Pizarro.
Historical
Under its 1980 constitution (adopted in 1979 and abrogated in 1993), Peru had a bicameralBicameralism
In the government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. Thus, a bicameral parliament or bicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of two chambers or houses....
Congress, made up of a Senate and a Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of deputies is the name given to a legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or can refer to a unicameral legislature.-Description:...
. The Senate had 60 members; the Chamber, 180. Members of both chambers were elected for five-year terms, running concurrently with that of the president. Party-list proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
was used for both chambers: on a regional basis for the Senate, and using the D'Hondt method
D'Hondt method
The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...
for the lower house. Members of both houses had to be Peruvian citizens, with a minimum age of 25 for deputies and 35 for senators.
Following the auto-coup of 1992
Peruvian Constitutional Crisis of 1992
The 1992 Peruvian constitutional crisis, also known as the Autogolpe of 1992 was a constitutional crisis that occurred in Peru in 1992, after President Alberto Fujimori dissolved the Congress of Peru and assumed full legislative powers.-Background:...
, in which Congress was dissolved, the Democratic Constitutional Congress
Democratic Constitutional Congress
The Democratic Constituent Congress was a Constituent Assembly created in Peru after the dissolution of Congress by President Alberto Fujimori in 1992...
established a single chamber of 120 members.
Peruvian Congress of 1995-2000
On July 27, 1995 a new unicameral Congress was created with the following distribution by political party:- Change 90-New MajorityCambio 90Cambio 90-Nueva Mayoría was a right-wing Peruvian political party which entered the political spectrum in early 1990, and by June 1991 was the most powerful political force in the nation....
(Alberto FujimoriAlberto FujimoriAlberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of...
): 74 seats. - Independents: 16 seats.
- Union for PeruUnion for PeruUnion for Peru is a Peruvian political party. UPP was founded by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, ex UN Secretary General, in 1994. UPP was originally a liberal or centrist political party....
(Javier Pérez de CuéllarJavier Pérez de CuéllarJavier Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra is a Peruvian diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1991. He studied in Colegio San Agustín of Lima, and then at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. In 1995, he ran unsuccessfully...
): 8 seats. - Christian People's PartyChristian People's Party (Peru)The Christian People's Party is a center-right and conservative political party based on Christian Democracy. It was founded in 1966 by a group of Peruvian Christian Democracy dissidents, led by Luis Bedoya Reyes....
(Luis Bedoya ReyesLuis Bedoya ReyesLuis Bedoya Reyes was a Peruvian Christian Democrat and Christian People's Party politician in the late 1960s. He was the mayor of Lima from 1964 to 1969. He is also a former Minister of Justice, member of the Peruvian Congress and ran for Peruvian president two times...
): 7 seats. - Peruvian Aprista Party (Jorge Del CastilloJorge Del CastilloJorge Alfonso Alejandro Del Castillo Gálvez is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Peru. He is also a member and current Secretary-General of the Peruvian Aprista Party...
): 7 seats. - Popular Action (Fernando BelaúndeFernando Belaúnde TerryFernando Belaúnde Terry was President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms . Deposed by a military coup in 1968, he was re-elected in 1980 after eleven years of military rule...
): 6 seats. - Democracy in Action: 6 seats.
Peruvian Congress of 2000-2001
On July 27, 2000 the Congress of the Republic was established. This Congressional period was marked with various episodes of members of Congress switching their party affiliationParty switching
Party-switching is any change in political party affiliation of a partisan public figure, usually one currently holding elected office.In many countries, party-switching takes the form of politicians refusing to support their political parties in coalition governments...
. The following distribution marks seats by party at the end of the 2000-2001 term:
- Peru PossiblePeru PossiblePossible Peru is a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of País Posible ....
(Alejandro Toledo): 21 seats. - Let's Go Neighbor (Alberto FujimoriAlberto FujimoriAlberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of...
): 18 seats. - Peru 2000 (Alberto FujimoriAlberto FujimoriAlberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of...
): 18 seats. - Sin agrupación: 16 seats.
- No Agrupados: 11 congresistas.
- Parliamentary Independent Group: 10 congresistas.
- Independent Moralizing FrontIndependent Moralizing FrontThe Independent Moralizing Front was a Peruvian political party. At the legislative elections, 8 April 2001, the party won 11.0 % of the popular vote and 11 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic. Its presidential candidate at the elections of the same day, Luis Fernando Olivera Vega,...
(Fernando Olivera): 7 seats. - With Force PeruWith Force PeruWith Force Peru is a Peruvian political party founded in March 1995. The party participated in the 2006 Peruvian national election under the Presidential candidacy of Pedro Koechlin Von Stein....
(Pedro KoechlinPedro Koechlin Von SteinPedro Koechlin von Stein is a Peruvian politician and entrepreneur. He was With Force Peru's presidential candidate for the 2006 national election. He received 0.3% of the vote, coming in 11th place....
): 7 seats. - Democratic Parliamentary Group: 6 seats.
- Popular Action-Union for PeruUnion for PeruUnion for Peru is a Peruvian political party. UPP was founded by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, ex UN Secretary General, in 1994. UPP was originally a liberal or centrist political party....
(Fernando BelaúndeFernando Belaúnde TerryFernando Belaúnde Terry was President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms . Deposed by a military coup in 1968, he was re-elected in 1980 after eleven years of military rule...
and José Vega): 6 seats.
Peruvian Congress of 2001-2006
On July 21, 2001 a new Congress of the Peruvian Republic was established the following is a distribution of Congress members by political party affiliation:- Peru PossiblePeru PossiblePossible Peru is a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of País Posible ....
(Alejandro Toledo): 35 seats - Peruvian Aprista Party (Alan GarcíaAlan García PérezAlan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez was the President of Peru, having won the 2006 elections on 4 June 2006 in a run-off against Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala. He is the leader of the APRA and the only party member ever to have served as President of Peru. He served a first term as...
): 28 seats - National UnityNational Unity (Peru)National Unity was a Peruvian center-right, mainly Christian democratic electoral alliance.National Unity was founded in 2000 by Lourdes Flores Nano and was considered Peru's third largest party. The party participated in the 2001 presidential election, on 8 April 2001, when its candidate,...
(Lourdes FloresLourdes FloresLourdes Celmira Rosario Flores Nano is a Peruvian politician and lawyer. She currently leads the Unidad Nacional ' alliance and the Partido Popular Cristiano ' in Peru, which is the most well-known right-of-center party of the country.-Biography:Lourdes Flores was born in Lima on 7 October 1959...
): 12 seats - Independent Moralizing FrontIndependent Moralizing FrontThe Independent Moralizing Front was a Peruvian political party. At the legislative elections, 8 April 2001, the party won 11.0 % of the popular vote and 11 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic. Its presidential candidate at the elections of the same day, Luis Fernando Olivera Vega,...
(Fernando Olivera): 7 seats - Peru Now (Luis Guerrero): 6 seats
- Other parties: 27 seats
Peruvian Congress of 2006-2011
A new Peruvian Congress of the Republic was established in July 2006 with the following distribution:- Union for PeruUnion for PeruUnion for Peru is a Peruvian political party. UPP was founded by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, ex UN Secretary General, in 1994. UPP was originally a liberal or centrist political party....
(Ollanta HumalaOllanta HumalaOllanta Moisés Humala Tasso is a Peruvian politician and the President of Peru. Humala, who previously served as an army officer, lost the presidential election in 2006 but won the 2011 presidential election in a run-off vote...
): 45 seats. - Peruvian Aprista Party (Alan García): 36 seats.
- National UnityNational Unity (Peru)National Unity was a Peruvian center-right, mainly Christian democratic electoral alliance.National Unity was founded in 2000 by Lourdes Flores Nano and was considered Peru's third largest party. The party participated in the 2001 presidential election, on 8 April 2001, when its candidate,...
(Lourdes FloresLourdes FloresLourdes Celmira Rosario Flores Nano is a Peruvian politician and lawyer. She currently leads the Unidad Nacional ' alliance and the Partido Popular Cristiano ' in Peru, which is the most well-known right-of-center party of the country.-Biography:Lourdes Flores was born in Lima on 7 October 1959...
): 17 seats. - Alliance for the FutureAlliance for the Future (Peru)Alliance for the Future was a Peruvian political alliance formed by pro-Fujimori parties Change 90 and New Majority for the 2006 national election...
(Martha ChávezMartha ChávezMartha Gladys Chávez Cossío de Ocampo is a Peruvian politician and lawyer who ran unsuccessfully for president in the 2006 presidential elections on the Alliance for the Future ticket.-Education and professional career:...
): 13 seats. - Center FrontCenter FrontThe Center Front was a Peruvian political coalition formed by the parties Acción Popular , Somos Perú and Coordinadora Nacional de Independientes for the 2006 national election...
(Valentín Paniagua): 5 seats. - Possible Peru (Alejandro Toledo): 2 seats.
- National RestorationNational RestorationNational Restoration is a Peruvian political party controlled by Evangelical Christians and associated with Christian fundamentalism...
(Humberto LayHumberto Lay SunPastor Humberto Lay Sun is a Peruvian evangelical minister of the Iglesia Biblica Emmanuel, architect, and a politician . He is of Chinese descent. He studied at the Colegio San Andrés...
): 2 seats.
Peruvian Congress of 2011-2016
- Peru WinsPeru WinsPeru Wins is a left-wing political party in Peru formed as an alliance for the general election, 2011, dominated by the Peruvian Nationalist Party and led by presidential candidate Ollanta Humala.- Constituent Parties :...
(Ollanta HumalaOllanta HumalaOllanta Moisés Humala Tasso is a Peruvian politician and the President of Peru. Humala, who previously served as an army officer, lost the presidential election in 2006 but won the 2011 presidential election in a run-off vote...
): 47 seats. - Force 2011 (Keiko FujimoriKeiko FujimoriKeiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi is a Peruvian Fujimorista politician, daughter of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and Susana Higuchi. She served as First Lady, from 1994 to 2000, after her parents divorced, becoming the youngest First Lady in the history of the Americas...
): 37 seats. - Possible Peru (Alejandro ToledoAlejandro ToledoAlejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique is a politician who was President of Peru from 2001 to 2006. He was elected in April 2001, defeating former President Alan García...
): 21 seats. - Alliance for the Great Change (Pedro Pablo KuczynskiPedro Pablo KuczynskiPedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard , better known simply as PPK, is a Peruvian public administrator, economist, and politician that participate in the policy of his country....
): 12 seats. - Alliance National SolidarityNational Solidarity (Peru)National Solidarity is a Peruvian political party. During the 2006 legislative elections the party was part of the Unidad Nacional coalition. Since the 2011 election, it has been part of the National Solidarity Alliance, led by Luis Castañeda....
(Luis Castañeda): 9 seats. - American Popular Revolutionary AllianceAmerican Popular Revolutionary AllianceThe Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana is a centre-left Peruvian political party.At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and 36 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic...
: 4 seats.
Presidents of Congress
| Beginning of Term | End of Term | Name of President | Political Party | Party Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 27, 1995 | July 26, 1996 | Martha Chávez Martha Chávez Martha Gladys Chávez Cossío de Ocampo is a Peruvian politician and lawyer who ran unsuccessfully for president in the 2006 presidential elections on the Alliance for the Future ticket.-Education and professional career:... |
Change 90-New Majority Cambio 90 Cambio 90-Nueva Mayoría was a right-wing Peruvian political party which entered the political spectrum in early 1990, and by June 1991 was the most powerful political force in the nation.... |
Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of... |
| July 27, 1996 | July 26, 1997 | Víctor Joy Way Víctor Joy Way Víctor Dionicio Joy Way Rojas is a former Peruvian politician. Born in Huánuco, Joy Way was a member of both the Democratic Constitutional Congress and the Congress of the Republic. He was also the Prime Minister of Peru from January 1999 until December 1999. An ardent supporter of Alberto... |
Change 90-New Majority Cambio 90 Cambio 90-Nueva Mayoría was a right-wing Peruvian political party which entered the political spectrum in early 1990, and by June 1991 was the most powerful political force in the nation.... |
Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of... |
| July 27, 1997 | July 26, 1998 | Carlos Torres y Torres Lara | Change 90-New Majority Cambio 90 Cambio 90-Nueva Mayoría was a right-wing Peruvian political party which entered the political spectrum in early 1990, and by June 1991 was the most powerful political force in the nation.... |
Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of... |
| July 27, 1998 | July 26, 1999 | Víctor Joy Way Víctor Joy Way Víctor Dionicio Joy Way Rojas is a former Peruvian politician. Born in Huánuco, Joy Way was a member of both the Democratic Constitutional Congress and the Congress of the Republic. He was also the Prime Minister of Peru from January 1999 until December 1999. An ardent supporter of Alberto... |
Change 90-New Majority Cambio 90 Cambio 90-Nueva Mayoría was a right-wing Peruvian political party which entered the political spectrum in early 1990, and by June 1991 was the most powerful political force in the nation.... |
Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of... |
| July 27, 1999 | July 26, 2000 | Martha Hildebrandt Martha Hildebrandt Martha Luz Hildebrandt Pérez-Treviño is a Peruvian linguist and politician. Martha Hildebrandt was the second woman to occupy the Presidency of the Congress of the Republic of Peru in 1999... |
Change 90-New Majority Cambio 90 Cambio 90-Nueva Mayoría was a right-wing Peruvian political party which entered the political spectrum in early 1990, and by June 1991 was the most powerful political force in the nation.... |
Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of... |
| July 27, 2000 | November 13, 2000 | Martha Hildebrandt Martha Hildebrandt Martha Luz Hildebrandt Pérez-Treviño is a Peruvian linguist and politician. Martha Hildebrandt was the second woman to occupy the Presidency of the Congress of the Republic of Peru in 1999... |
Peru 2000 Peru 2000 Peru 2000 was a Right-wing, political party in Peru that fielded candidates in the 2000 elections in Peru. Alberto Fujimori and his political allies ran on the Peru 2000 ticket.... |
Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of... |
| November 13, 2000 | November 16, 2000 | Luz Salgado¹ | Peru 2000 Peru 2000 Peru 2000 was a Right-wing, political party in Peru that fielded candidates in the 2000 elections in Peru. Alberto Fujimori and his political allies ran on the Peru 2000 ticket.... |
Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of... |
| November 16, 2000 | November 22, 2000 | Valentín Paniagua Corazao² | Popular Action | Fernando Belaúnde Fernando Belaúnde Terry Fernando Belaúnde Terry was President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms . Deposed by a military coup in 1968, he was re-elected in 1980 after eleven years of military rule... |
| December 15, 2000 | July 26, 2001 | Carlos Ferrero Costa³ | Peru Possible Peru Possible Possible Peru is a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of País Posible .... |
Alejandro Toledo |
| July 27, 2001 | July 26, 2002 | Carlos Ferrero Costa | Peru Possible Peru Possible Possible Peru is a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of País Posible .... |
Alejandro Toledo |
| July 27, 2002 | July 26, 2003 | Carlos Ferrero Costa | Peru Possible Peru Possible Possible Peru is a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of País Posible .... |
Alejandro Toledo |
| July 27, 2003 | July 26, 2004 | Henry Pease Henry Pease (Peruvian politician) Henry Gustavo Pease García is a former Congressman of the Democratic Constitutional Congress and the Congress of the Republic. While he served in the Democratic Constitutional Congress, he was a member of the Democratic Left Movement.-External links:*... |
Peru Possible Peru Possible Possible Peru is a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of País Posible .... |
Alejandro Toledo |
| July 27, 2004 | July 26, 2005 | Antero Flores Aráoz Antero Flores Aráoz Ántero Flores Aráoz Esparza is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. He is a leader of the Christian People's Party and a member of National Unity.... |
National Unity National Unity (Peru) National Unity was a Peruvian center-right, mainly Christian democratic electoral alliance.National Unity was founded in 2000 by Lourdes Flores Nano and was considered Peru's third largest party. The party participated in the 2001 presidential election, on 8 April 2001, when its candidate,... |
Lourdes Flores Lourdes Flores Lourdes Celmira Rosario Flores Nano is a Peruvian politician and lawyer. She currently leads the Unidad Nacional ' alliance and the Partido Popular Cristiano ' in Peru, which is the most well-known right-of-center party of the country.-Biography:Lourdes Flores was born in Lima on 7 October 1959... |
| July 27, 2005 | July 26, 2006 | Marcial Ayaipoma Marcial Ayaipoma Marcial Ayaipoma is a Peruvian doctor, surgerian and politician. From July 27, 2005 to July 26, 2006 he was the President of the Peruvian Congress. As a member of Peru Possible, he was elected in 1995 as a Congressman and re-elected until 2001. He has announced that he won't participate again in... |
Peru Possible Peru Possible Possible Peru is a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of País Posible .... |
Alejandro Toledo |
| July 27, 2006 | July 26, 2007 | Mercedes Cabanillas Mercedes Cabanillas Mercedes Cabanillas Bustamante ,is currently a Peruvian Congresswoman of the Peruvian Aprista Party representing the Electoral District of Lima. Minister of Interior of Peru.... |
Peruvian Aprista Party American Popular Revolutionary Alliance The Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana is a centre-left Peruvian political party.At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and 36 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic... |
Alan García |
| July 27, 2007 | July 26, 2008 | Luis Gonzales Luis Gonzales Luis Javier Gonzales Posada Eyzaguirre is a Peruvian politician. He is currently a Congressman representing Ica for the period 2006-2011, and belongs to the Peruvian Aprista Party.-References:... |
Peruvian Aprista Party American Popular Revolutionary Alliance The Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana is a centre-left Peruvian political party.At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and 36 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic... |
Alan García |
| July 27, 2008 | July 11, 2009 | Javier Velásquez | Peruvian Aprista Party American Popular Revolutionary Alliance The Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana is a centre-left Peruvian political party.At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and 36 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic... |
Alan García |
| July 11, 2009 | July 26, 2009 | Alejandro Aguinaga Alejandro Aguinaga Alejandro Aurelio Aguinaga Recuenco is a Peruvian physician and fujimorist politician. He has been Congressman, representing Lambayeque, since 2006.... |
Alliance for the Future | Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Alberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of... |
| July 27, 2009 | July 26, 2010 | Luis Alva Castro Luis Alva Castro Luis Juan Alva Castro is a Peruvian politician. He was born on February 17, 1942, in the city of Trujillo. He served as the 2nd Vicepresident of the Republic, Prime Minister and President of Peruvian Chamber of Deputies during the government of President Alan García.He was elected to the Peruvian... |
Peruvian Aprista Party American Popular Revolutionary Alliance The Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana is a centre-left Peruvian political party.At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and 36 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic... |
Alan García |
| July 27, 2010 | July 26, 2011 | Cesar Zumaeta César Zumaeta César Alejandro Zumaeta Flores is a Peruvian politician and a Congressman representing Lima for the 2006-2011 term. He was the President of the Congress of Peru from 2010 to 2011. Zumaeta belongs to the Peruvian Aprista Party.... |
Peruvian Aprista Party American Popular Revolutionary Alliance The Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana is a centre-left Peruvian political party.At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and 36 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic... |
Alan García |
| July 27, 2011 | Daniel Abugattás Daniel Abugattás Daniel Fernando Abugattás Majluf is a Peruvian businessman and politician . He has been a Congressman representing the constituency of Lima since 2006, and is the incumbent President of the Congress.... |
Peru Wins Peru Wins Peru Wins is a left-wing political party in Peru formed as an alliance for the general election, 2011, dominated by the Peruvian Nationalist Party and led by presidential candidate Ollanta Humala.- Constituent Parties :... |
Ollanta Humala Ollanta Humala Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso is a Peruvian politician and the President of Peru. Humala, who previously served as an army officer, lost the presidential election in 2006 but won the 2011 presidential election in a run-off vote... |