President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru is the presiding officer in the Congress of the Republic of Peru.
This is a list of representatives that have served as Presidents of the Peruvian legislature. The Constitution of 1993 re-arranged Congress into a unicameral legislature. The President is elected for a one-year term.
Name
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Took office
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Left office
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Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
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20 September 1822
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20 October 1822
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José de Larrea y Loredo
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21 October 1822
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20 November 1822
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Juan Antonio de Andueza
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21 November 1822
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20 December 1822
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Hipólito Unanue
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20 December 1822
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20 February 1823
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Nicolás de Araníbar y Fernández Cornejo
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20 February 1823
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20 April 1823
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Carlos Pedemonte y Talavera
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21 April 1823
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20 June 1823
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Justo Figuerola de Estrada
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20 June 1823
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6 August 1823
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Carlos Pedemonte y Talavera
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6 August 1823
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12 August 1823
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Justo Figuerola de Estrada
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12 August 1823
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20 September 1823
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Manuel Arias Pérez de los Ríos
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20 September 1823
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20 October 1823
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Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano
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20 October 1823
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20 November 1823
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José de la Mar Cortázar
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20 November 1823
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20 December 1823
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Felipe Antonio Alvarado Toledo y Pimentel
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20 December 1823
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20 January 1824
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José María Galdeano y Mendoza
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20 January 1824
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20 February 1824
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José Gregorio Fernández de Paredes Ayala
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20 February 1825
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10 March 1825
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Constituent Congress (1827–1828)
Name
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Took office
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Left office
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Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
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4 June 1827
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4 July 1827
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Manuel Lorenzo de Vidaurre y Encalada
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4 July 1827
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4 August 1827
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Francisco Valdivieso y Prada
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4 August 1827
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4 October 1827
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Mariano de la Llosa y Vizcarra
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4 October 1827
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4 November 1827
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Tomás Diéguez de Florencia
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4 November 1827
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4 December 1827
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Juan Tomás Moscoso y Pérez
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4 December 1827
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4 January 1828
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Juan Manuel Nocheto de Castro
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4 January 1828
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4 February 1828
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Manuel Tellería Vicuña
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4 February 1828
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4 March 1828
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Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
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4 March 1828
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4 April 1828
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Mariano Alejo Álvarez Vera
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4 April 1828
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4 June 1828
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Juan Manuel Nocheto de Castro
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4 June 1828
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16 June 1828
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Congress (1829–1832)
First bicameral congress of Peru.
Presidents of the Senate
Name
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Took office
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Left office
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Andrés Reyes y Buitrón
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31 August 1829
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20 December 1829
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Andrés Reyes y Buitrón
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19 April 1831
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26 September 1831
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Manuel Tellería Vicuña
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29 July 1832
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22 December 1832
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Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies
Name
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Took office
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Left office
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Juan Antonio Távara Andrade
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31 August 1829
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20 December 1829
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Juan Bautista Navarrete y Maldonado
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19 April 1831
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26 September 1831
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José María de Pando y Ramírez de Laredo
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29 July 1832
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22 December 1832
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Constituent Congress (1833–1834)
President of the Assembly (Republic of South Peru)
Name
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Took office
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Left office
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Nicolás Fernández de Piérola y Flores
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7 December 1835
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22 March 1836
|
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President of the Assembly (Republic of North Peru)
Name
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Took office
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Left office
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Evaristo Gómez Sánchez
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3 August 1836
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24 August 1836
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Constituent Congress (1839–1840)
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
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Manuel Bartolomé Ferreyros
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15 August 1839
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15 September 1839
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Manuel Villarán Loli
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15 September 1839
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15 October 1839
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Agustín Guillermo Charún
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15 October 1839
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15 November 1839
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Lucas Pellicer Camacho
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15 November 1839
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28 November 1839
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Lucas Pellicer Camacho
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7 July 1840
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12 July 1840
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Bicameral Congress (1845–1853)
Presidents of the Senate (1845–1853)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1845–1853)
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
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Manuel A. Cuadros Loayza
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16 April 1845
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6 August 1847
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José Isidro Bonifaz
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6 August 1847
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28 July 1849
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Bartolomé Herrera Vélez
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28 July 1849
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28 July 1851
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Joaquín José de Osma y Ramírez de Arellano
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28 July 1851
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28 July 1853
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Francisco Forcelledo Maldonado
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28 July 1853
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17 November 1853
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National convention (1855–1857)
Name
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Took office
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Left office
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Francisco Quirós y Ampudia
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14 July 1855
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5 September 1855
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José Santos Castañeda (First vice president)
|
5 September 1855
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30 September 1855
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Miguel de San Román y Meza
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1 October 1855
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31 October 1855
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Manuel Ezequiel Rey de Castro Arce
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1 November 1855
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16 November 1855
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Manuel Costas Arce (First vice president)
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16 November 1855
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30 November 1855
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Miguel de San Román y Meza
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1 December 1855
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31 January 1856
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José Gálvez Egúsquiza
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1 February 1856
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28 February 1856
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Miguel de San Román y Meza
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1 March 1856
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31 October 1856
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Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco
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1 November 1856
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31 December 1856
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José Gálvez Egúsquiza
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1 January 1857
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31 January 1857
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Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco
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1 February 1857
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31 March 1857
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José Gálvez Egúsquiza
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1 April 1857
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31 August 1857
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Francisco Quirós y Ampudia
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1 September 1857
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31 October 1857
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Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco
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1 November 1857
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2 November 1857
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Congress (1858–1859)
President of the Senate (1858–1859)
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
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José Miguel Medina Elera
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12 October 1858
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25 May 1859
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President of the Chamber of Deputies (1858–1859)
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
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Pedro José Bustamante y Alvizuri
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12 October 1858
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25 May 1859
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Constituent Congress (1860)
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
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Bartolomé Herrera Vélez
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14 July 1860
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15 November 1860
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Bicameral Congress (1860–1865)
Presidents of the Senate (1860–1865)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1860–1865)
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Constituent Congress (1867)
Bicameral Congress (1868–1879)
[1]
Presidents of the Senate (1868–1879)
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
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José Rufino Echenique Benavente
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28 July 1868
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28 July 1871
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No legislature
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28 July 1871
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28 July 1872
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Manuel Francisco Benavides Canduelas
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28 July 1872
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28 July 1873
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No legislature
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28 July 1873
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28 July 1874
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Francisco de Paula Muñoz Sologuren
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28 July 1874
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28 July 1876
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José Antonio García y García
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28 July 1876
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4 August 1876
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Francisco Rosas Balcázar
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4 August 1876
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28 July 1878
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Manuel Pardo y Lavalle
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28 July 1878
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16 November 1878
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José Antonio García y García Vice president
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16 November 1878
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28 July 1879
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José Antonio García y García
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28 July 1879
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25 October 1879
|
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1868–1879)
Name
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Took office
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Left office
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Juan Oviedo
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28 July 1868
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28 July 1870
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Manuel Benjamín Cisneros
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28 July 1870
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15 December 1870
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Eleuterio Macedo (Second vice president)
|
15 December 1870
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28 July 1871
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No legislature
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28 July 1871
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28 July 1872
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José Simeón Tejeda Mares
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28 July 1872
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28 July 1873
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No legislature
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28 July 1873
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28 July 1874
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Mariano Ignacio Prado
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28 July 1874
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28 August 1874
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Ramón Ribeyro (First vice president)
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28 August 1874
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28 July 1875
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Mariano Ignacio Prado
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28 July 1875
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28 July 1876
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Ignacio de Osma y Ramírez de Arellano
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28 July 1876
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28 July 1878
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Camilo N. Carrillo Martínez
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28 July 1878
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29 July 1879
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Ricardo Wenceslao Espinoza (First vice president)
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29 July 1879
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25 October 1879
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Congress (1881)
Installed by the government of Francisco García Calderón in Chorrillos.[1]
President of the Senate (1881)
Name
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Took office
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Left office
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Francisco de Paula Muñoz Sologuren
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10 July 1881
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23 August 1881
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President of the Chamber of Deputies (1881)
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
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César Canevaro
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10 July 1881
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23 August 1881
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National constituent assembly (1881)
Installed by Nicolás de Piérola in Ayacucho.
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
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Pío Benigno Meza
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28 July 1881
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12 September 1881
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Constituent assembly in the North (1882–1883)
[1]
Installed by the government of Miguel Iglesias in Cajamarca.
Name
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Took office
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Left office
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Vidal García y García
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25 December 1882
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1883
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Congress (1883)
[1]
Installed by the government of Lizardo Montero Flores in Arequipa.
President of the Senate (1883)
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1883)
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
|
Alejandro Arenas Villarreal
|
22 April 1883
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20 June 1883
|
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Constituent Congress (1884–1885)
[1]
Congress (1886)
[1]
President of Senate (1886)
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
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Francisco Rosas Balcázar
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30 May 1886
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13 July 1886
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President of Chamber of Deputies (1886)
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Bicameral Congress (1886–1919)
Presidents of Senate (1886–1919)
Presidents of Chamber of Deputies (1886–1919)
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National constituent assembly (1919)
President of the national constituent assembly[3]
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
|
Mariano H. Cornejo Zenteno
|
24 September 1919
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27 December 1919
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Presidents of the Senate (1919–1930)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1919–1930)
Constituent Congress (1931–1936)
Presidents of the Constituent Congress[3]
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
|
Political party
|
Luis Antonio Eguiguren Escudero
|
8 December 1931
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21 April 1932
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Party Socialdemócrata
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Clemente Justiniano Revilla Villanueva
|
21 April 1932
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8 December 1936
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Nationalist Party
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Bicameral Congress (1939–1968)
Presidents of the Senate (1939–1968)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1939–1968)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies[4]
Name
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Took office
|
Left office
|
Political party
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Carlos Sayán Álvarez
|
8 December 1939
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28 July 1941
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Revolutionary Union
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Gerardo Balbuena Carrillo
|
28 July 1941
|
28 July 1944
|
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Carlos Sayán Álvarez
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28 July 1944
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28 July 1945
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Revolutionary Union
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Fernando León de Vivero
|
28 July 1945
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28 July 1946
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Peruvian Aprista Party
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Pedro E. Muñiz Martínez
|
28 July 1946
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28 July 1947
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Peruvian Aprista Party
|
Fernando León de Vivero
|
28 July 1947
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28 July 1948
|
Peruvian Aprista Party
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No legislature
|
28 July 1948
|
29 October 1948
|
|
Vacant, coup d'état
|
29 October 1948
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28 July 1950
|
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Claudio Fernández Concha
|
28 July 1950
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28 July 1952
|
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Juan Manuel Peña Prado
|
28 July 1952
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28 July 1954
|
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Eduardo Miranda Sousa
|
28 July 1954
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28 July 1956
|
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Carlos Ledgard Jiménez
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28 July 1956
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28 July 1958
|
|
Javier Ortiz de Zevallos Thorndike
|
28 July 1958
|
28 July 1960
|
Pradist Democratic Movement
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Armando de la Flor Valle
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28 July 1960
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18 July 1962
|
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Vacant, coup d'état
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18 July 1962
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28 July 1963
|
|
Fernando León de Vivero
|
28 July 1963
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28 July 1964
|
Peruvian Aprista Party
|
Víctor Freundt Rosell
|
28 July 1964
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28 July 1965
|
|
Enrique Rivero Vélez
|
28 July 1965
|
28 July 1966
|
Unión Nacional Odriísta
|
Antonio Monsalve Morante
|
28 July 1966
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28 July 1967
|
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Armando Villanueva del Campo
|
28 July 1967
|
28 July 1968
|
Peruvian Aprista Party
|
Andrés Townsend Ezcurra
|
28 July 1968
|
3 October 1968
|
Peruvian Aprista Party
|
Bicameral Congress (1980–1992)
Presidents of the Senate (1980–1992)
- ¹ Ramiro Prialé died on February 25 of 1988.
- ² Jorge Lozada assumed the Presidency of the Senate after the death of Ramiro Prialé, because he was the Vice-President of the Chamber.
- ³ Felipe Osterling's presidency was interrupted when President Fujimori dissolved Congress in 1992.
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1980–1992)
- ¹ Fernando León de Vivero died on January 26 of 1990.
- ² Luis Alvarado assumed the Presidency of the Chamber after the death of Fernando León De Vivero, because he was the 1st Vice-President of the Chamber.
- ³ Roberto Ramírez del Villar presidency was interrupted when President Fujimori dissolved Congress in 1992.
Congress of the Republic (1995–present)
- Notes
- ¹ Luz Salgado temporarily assumed the position of President of Congress after a motion to censure President Hildebrandt.
- ² Valentìn Paniagua, was elected President of Congress and as such simultaneously served as President of the Transitional Government.
- ³ Carlos Ferrero Costa, was assigned to President of Congress by an agreement between different political parties.
- 4 Alejandro Aguinaga temporarily assumed the position of President of Congress after Javier Velásquez's nomination as President of the Council of Ministers.
- 5 Luis Iberico temporarily assumed the position of President of Congress after Freddy Otárola's nomination as Minister of Labor.
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