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
Took office
Left office
Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
20 September 1822
20 October 1822
José de Larrea y Loredo
21 October 1822
20 November 1822
Juan Antonio de Andueza
21 November 1822
20 December 1822
Hipólito Unanue
20 December 1822
20 February 1823
Nicolás de Araníbar y Fernández Cornejo
20 February 1823
20 April 1823
Carlos Pedemonte y Talavera
21 April 1823
20 June 1823
Justo Figuerola de Estrada
20 June 1823
6 August 1823
Carlos Pedemonte y Talavera
6 August 1823
12 August 1823
Justo Figuerola de Estrada
12 August 1823
20 September 1823
Manuel Arias Pérez de los Ríos
20 September 1823
20 October 1823
Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano
20 October 1823
20 November 1823
José de la Mar Cortázar
20 November 1823
20 December 1823
Felipe Antonio Alvarado Toledo y Pimentel
20 December 1823
20 January 1824
José María Galdeano y Mendoza
20 January 1824
20 February 1824
José Gregorio Fernández de Paredes Ayala
20 February 1825
10 March 1825
Constituent Congress (1827–1828)
Name
Took office
Left office
Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
4 June 1827
4 July 1827
Manuel Lorenzo de Vidaurre y Encalada
4 July 1827
4 August 1827
Francisco Valdivieso y Prada
4 August 1827
4 October 1827
Mariano de la Llosa y Vizcarra
4 October 1827
4 November 1827
Tomás Diéguez de Florencia
4 November 1827
4 December 1827
Juan Tomás Moscoso y Pérez
4 December 1827
4 January 1828
Juan Manuel Nocheto de Castro
4 January 1828
4 February 1828
Manuel Tellería Vicuña
4 February 1828
4 March 1828
Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
4 March 1828
4 April 1828
Mariano Alejo Álvarez Vera
4 April 1828
4 June 1828
Juan Manuel Nocheto de Castro
4 June 1828
16 June 1828
Congress (1829–1832)
First bicameral congress of Peru.
Presidents of the Senate
Name
Took office
Left office
Andrés Reyes y Buitrón
31 August 1829
20 December 1829
Andrés Reyes y Buitrón
19 April 1831
26 September 1831
Manuel Tellería Vicuña
29 July 1832
22 December 1832
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies
Name
Took office
Left office
Juan Antonio Távara Andrade
31 August 1829
20 December 1829
Juan Bautista Navarrete y Maldonado
19 April 1831
26 September 1831
José María de Pando y Ramírez de Laredo
29 July 1832
22 December 1832
Constituent Congress (1833–1834)
President of the Assembly (Republic of South Peru)
Name
Took office
Left office
Nicolás Fernández de Piérola y Flores
7 December 1835
22 March 1836
President of the Assembly (Republic of North Peru)
Name
Took office
Left office
Evaristo Gómez Sánchez
3 August 1836
24 August 1836
Constituent Congress (1839–1840)
Name
Took office
Left office
Manuel Bartolomé Ferreyros
15 August 1839
15 September 1839
Manuel Villarán Loli
15 September 1839
15 October 1839
Agustín Guillermo Charún
15 October 1839
15 November 1839
Lucas Pellicer Camacho
15 November 1839
28 November 1839
Lucas Pellicer Camacho
7 July 1840
12 July 1840
Bicameral Congress (1845–1853)
Presidents of the Senate (1845–1853)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1845–1853)
Name
Took office
Left office
Manuel A. Cuadros Loayza
16 April 1845
6 August 1847
José Isidro Bonifaz
6 August 1847
28 July 1849
Bartolomé Herrera Vélez
28 July 1849
28 July 1851
Joaquín José de Osma y Ramírez de Arellano
28 July 1851
28 July 1853
Francisco Forcelledo Maldonado
28 July 1853
17 November 1853
National convention (1855–1857)
Name
Took office
Left office
Francisco Quirós y Ampudia
14 July 1855
5 September 1855
José Santos Castañeda(First vice president)
5 September 1855
30 September 1855
Miguel de San Román y Meza
1 October 1855
31 October 1855
Manuel Ezequiel Rey de Castro Arce
1 November 1855
16 November 1855
Manuel Costas Arce (First vice president)
16 November 1855
30 November 1855
Miguel de San Román y Meza
1 December 1855
31 January 1856
José Gálvez Egúsquiza
1 February 1856
28 February 1856
Miguel de San Román y Meza
1 March 1856
31 October 1856
Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco
1 November 1856
31 December 1856
José Gálvez Egúsquiza
1 January 1857
31 January 1857
Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco
1 February 1857
31 March 1857
José Gálvez Egúsquiza
1 April 1857
31 August 1857
Francisco Quirós y Ampudia
1 September 1857
31 October 1857
Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco
1 November 1857
2 November 1857
Congress (1858–1859)
President of the Senate (1858–1859)
Name
Took office
Left office
José Miguel Medina Elera
12 October 1858
25 May 1859
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1858–1859)
Name
Took office
Left office
Pedro José Bustamante y Alvizuri
12 October 1858
25 May 1859
Constituent Congress (1860)
Name
Took office
Left office
Bartolomé Herrera Vélez
14 July 1860
15 November 1860
Bicameral Congress (1860–1865)
Presidents of the Senate (1860–1865)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1860–1865)
Constituent Congress (1867)
Bicameral Congress (1868–1879)
[ 1]
Presidents of the Senate (1868–1879)
Name
Took office
Left office
José Rufino Echenique Benavente
28 July 1868
28 July 1871
No legislature
28 July 1871
28 July 1872
Manuel Francisco Benavides Canduelas
28 July 1872
28 July 1873
No legislature
28 July 1873
28 July 1874
Francisco de Paula Muñoz Sologuren
28 July 1874
28 July 1876
José Antonio García y García
28 July 1876
4 August 1876
Francisco Rosas Balcázar
4 August 1876
28 July 1878
Manuel Pardo y Lavalle
28 July 1878
16 November 1878
José Antonio García y GarcíaVice president
16 November 1878
28 July 1879
José Antonio García y García
28 July 1879
25 October 1879
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1868–1879)
Name
Took office
Left office
Juan Oviedo
28 July 1868
28 July 1870
Manuel Benjamín Cisneros
28 July 1870
15 December 1870
Eleuterio Macedo(Second vice president)
15 December 1870
28 July 1871
No legislature
28 July 1871
28 July 1872
José Simeón Tejeda Mares
28 July 1872
28 July 1873
No legislature
28 July 1873
28 July 1874
Mariano Ignacio Prado
28 July 1874
28 August 1874
Ramón Ribeyro(First vice president)
28 August 1874
28 July 1875
Mariano Ignacio Prado
28 July 1875
28 July 1876
Ignacio de Osma y Ramírez de Arellano
28 July 1876
28 July 1878
Camilo N. Carrillo Martínez
28 July 1878
29 July 1879
Ricardo Wenceslao Espinoza(First vice president)
29 July 1879
25 October 1879
Congress (1881)
Installed by the government of Francisco García Calderón in Chorrillos .[ 1]
President of the Senate (1881)
Name
Took office
Left office
Francisco de Paula Muñoz Sologuren
10 July 1881
23 August 1881
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1881)
Name
Took office
Left office
César Canevaro
10 July 1881
23 August 1881
National constituent assembly (1881)
Installed by Nicolás de Piérola in Ayacucho .
Name
Took office
Left office
Pío Benigno Meza
28 July 1881
12 September 1881
Constituent assembly in the North (1882–1883)
[ 1]
Installed by the government of Miguel Iglesias in Cajamarca .
Name
Took office
Left office
Vidal García y García
25 December 1882
1883
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
Took office
Left office
Alejandro Arenas Villarreal
22 April 1883
20 June 1883
Constituent Congress (1884–1885)
[ 1]
Congress (1886)
[ 1]
President of Senate (1886)
Name
Took office
Left office
Francisco Rosas Balcázar
30 May 1886
13 July 1886
President of Chamber of Deputies (1886)
Bicameral Congress (1886–1919)
Presidents of Senate (1886–1919)
Presidents of Chamber of Deputies (1886–1919)
National constituent assembly (1919)
President of the national constituent assembly [ 3]
Name
Took office
Left office
Mariano H. Cornejo Zenteno
24 September 1919
27 December 1919
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
Took office
Left office
Political party
Luis Antonio Eguiguren Escudero
8 December 1931
21 April 1932
Party Socialdemócrata
Clemente Justiniano Revilla Villanueva
21 April 1932
8 December 1936
Nationalist Party
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
Took office
Left office
Political party
Carlos Sayán Álvarez
8 December 1939
28 July 1941
Revolutionary Union
Gerardo Balbuena Carrillo
28 July 1941
28 July 1944
Carlos Sayán Álvarez
28 July 1944
28 July 1945
Revolutionary Union
Fernando León de Vivero
28 July 1945
28 July 1946
Peruvian Aprista Party
Pedro E. Muñiz Martínez
28 July 1946
28 July 1947
Peruvian Aprista Party
Fernando León de Vivero
28 July 1947
28 July 1948
Peruvian Aprista Party
No legislature
28 July 1948
29 October 1948
Vacant, coup d'état
29 October 1948
28 July 1950
Claudio Fernández Concha
28 July 1950
28 July 1952
Juan Manuel Peña Prado
28 July 1952
28 July 1954
Eduardo Miranda Sousa
28 July 1954
28 July 1956
Carlos Ledgard Jiménez
28 July 1956
28 July 1958
Javier Ortiz de Zevallos Thorndike
28 July 1958
28 July 1960
Pradist Democratic Movement
Armando de la Flor Valle
28 July 1960
18 July 1962
Vacant, coup d'état
18 July 1962
28 July 1963
Fernando León de Vivero
28 July 1963
28 July 1964
Peruvian Aprista Party
Víctor Freundt Rosell
28 July 1964
28 July 1965
Enrique Rivero Vélez
28 July 1965
28 July 1966
Unión Nacional Odriísta
Antonio Monsalve Morante
28 July 1966
28 July 1967
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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