List of ministers of defense of Peru
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| Minister of Defense of Peru | |
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| Ministry of Defense of Peru | |
| Member of | Council of Ministers |
| Reports to | The President |
| Seat | Lima |
| Appointer | The President |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Formation | 1 April 1987 |
| First holder | Enrique López Albujar Trint |
| Website | www |
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This is a list of ministers of defense of Peru.
List of ministers of defense
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | President |
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| 1 | Enrique López Albujar Trint | 14 October 1987 | 15 May 1989 | Military | Alan García | |
| 2 | Julio Velásquez Giacarini | 15 May 1989 | 28 July 1990 | Military | ||
| 3 | Jorge Torres Aciego | 28 July 1990 | 6 November 1991 | Military | Alberto Fujimori | |
| 4 | Víctor Malca Villanueva | 6 November 1991 | 3 April 1996 | Military | ||
| 5 | Tomás Castillo Meza | 3 April 1996 | 18 July 1997 | Military | ||
| 6 | César Saucedo Sánchez | 18 July 1997 | 22 August 1998 | Military | ||
| 7 | Julio Salazar Monroe | 22 August 1998 | 16 April 1999 | Military | ||
| 8 | Carlos Bergamino Cruz | 16 April 1999 | 25 November 2000 | Military | ||
| 9 | Walter Ledesma Rebaza | 25 November 2000 | 28 July 2001 | Military | Valentín Paniagua | |
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David Waisman | 28 July 2001 | 18 January 2002 | Possible Peru | Alejandro Toledo |
| 11 | Aurelio Loret de Mola Bohme | 18 January 2002 | 15 December 2003 | Independent | ||
| 12 | Roberto Chiabra León | 15 December 2003 | 16 August 2005 | Possible Peru | ||
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Marciano Rengifo | 16 August 2005 | 28 July 2006 | Possible Peru | |
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Allan Wagner Tizón | 28 July 2006 | 20 December 2007 | Independent | Alan García |
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Ántero Flores Aráoz
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20 December 2007 | 11 July 2009 | Christian People's Party | |
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Rafael Rey Rey | 11 July 2009 | 15 September 2010 | National Renewal | |
| 17 | Jaime Thorne León | 15 September 2010 | 28 July 2011 | Independent | ||
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Daniel Mora Zevallos | 28 July 2011 | 10 December 2011 | Possible Peru | Ollanta Humala |
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Alberto Otárola | 10 December 2011 | 10 May 2012 | Independent | |
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José Antonio Urquizo | 14 May 2012 | 23 July 2012 | Peru Wins | |
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Pedro Cateriano | 23 July 2012 | 2 April 2015 | Independent | |
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Jakke Valakivi Álvarez | 2 April 2015 | 28 July 2016 | Independent | |
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Cosme Mariano González | 28 July 2016 | 28 November 2016 | Peruvians for Change | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
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Jorge Nieto Montesinos | 5 December 2016 | 3 January 2018 | Independent | |
| 25 | Jorge Kisic | 9 January 2018 | 2 April 2018 | Independent | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Martín Vizcarra | |
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Jose Huerta
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9 April 2018 | 24 June 2019† | Independent | Martín Vizcarra |
| 27 | Jorge Moscoso | 8 July 2019 | 30 September 2019 | Independent | ||
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Walter Martos | 3 October 2019 | 6 August 2020 | Independent | |
| 29 | Jorge Chávez Cresta | 6 August 2020 | 9 November 2020 | Independent | ||
| 30 | Walter Chávez | 12 November 2020 | 17 November 2020 | Independent | Manuel Merino | |
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Nuria Esparch | 18 November 2020 | 28 July 2021 | Independent | Francisco Sagasti |
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Walter Ayala | 29 July 2021 | 17 November 2021 | Independent | Pedro Castillo |
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Juan Manuel Carrasco Millones | 17 November 2021 | 1 February 2022 | Independent | |
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José Luis Gavidia | 1 February 2022 | 24 August 2022 | Independent | |
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Richard Tineo | 24 August 2022 | 24 September 2022 | Independent | |
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Daniel Barragán | 24 September 2022 | 3 December 2022 | Independent | |
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Gustavo Bobbio | 3 December 2022 | 7 December 2022 | Independent | |
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Alberto Otárola | 11 December 2022 | 21 December 2022 | Independent | Dina Boluarte |
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Jorge Chávez | 21 December 2022 | Incumbent | Independent |