| Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones del Perú | |
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| Formed | March 25, 1969 |
| Jurisdiction | Peru |
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The Ministry of Transport and Communications (Spanish: Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones, MTC) of Peru is the government ministry responsible for regulating transportation and communications services.
As of 28 June 2026[update], the minister of transport and communications is Rafael Rey under the presidency of Keiko Fujimori .
From December 24, 1896, onwards, a Secretariat of Development—later a Directory of Development—functioned as part of the Ministry of Development and Public Works. Under Juan Velasco Alvarado, the ministry was formally created on March 25, 1969.
On May 11, 1992, under the government of Alberto Fujimori, the ministry was merged with that of Housing and Construction, creating the Ministry of Transport, Communications, Housing and Construction (Spanish: Ministerio de Transportes, Comunicaciones, Vivienda y Construcción, MTCVC). It was reestablished on July 10, 2002.
Entities administered by the ministry include:
The Commission for the Investigation of Aviation Accidents (Spanish: Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación, CIAA) is the department responsible for air accident investigation. Notable investigations by the CIAA include TANS Perú Flight 204 and TANS Perú Flight 222.
| Name | Party | Period | |
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| Term start | Term end | ||
Ministers of Transport and Communications (1969–1992) | |||
| Alberto Maldonado Yáñez | — | October 3, 1968 | April 1, 1969 |
| Aníbal Meza Cuadra Cárdenas | April 1, 1969 | December 30, 1972 | |
| Raúl Meneses Arata | December 31, 1972 | August 30, 1975 | |
| August 30, 1975 | September 16, 1975 | ||
| Artemio García Vargas | September 16, 1975 | August 17, 1976 | |
| Elivio Vannini Chumpitazi | August 17, 1976 | July 25, 1979 | |
| José Soriano Morgan | July 25, 1979 | July 28, 1980 | |
| Eduardo Orrego Villacorta | Acción Popular | July 28, 1980 | August 11, 1980 |
| Fernando Chaves Belaunde | August 11, 1980 | August 2, 1982 | |
| Carlos Pestana Zevallos | August 2, 1982 | July 28, 1984 | |
| Francisco Aramayo Pinazo | July 28, 1984 | July 28, 1985 | |
| José Murgia Zannier | APRA | July 28, 1985 | June 27, 1987 |
| Julio German Parra Herrera | June 27, 1987 | July 16, 1988 | |
| Francisco Maury López | — | July 16, 1988 | September 6, 1988 |
| Camilo Carrillo Gómez | September 6, 1988 | March 11, 1989 | |
| Luis Heysen Zegarra | APRA | March 11, 1989 | October 6, 1989 |
| Oswaldo Morán Márquez | N/a | October 6, 1989 | May 9, 1990 |
| Augusto Valqui | APRA | May 9, 1990 | July 28, 1990 |
| Eduardo Toledo Gonzáles | N/a | July 28, 1990 | January 8, 1991 |
| Jaime Yoshiyama Tanaka | Cambio 90 | January 8, 1991 | November 6, 1991 |
| Alfredo Ross Antezana | N/a | November 6, 1991 | February 3, 1993 |
Ministers of Transport, Communications, Housing and Construction (1992–2002) | |||
| Dante Córdova Blanco | Cambio 90 | February 3, 1993 | July 28, 1995 |
| Juan Castilla Meza | N/a | July 28, 1995 | January 16, 1996 |
| Manuel Vara Ochoa | Cambio 90 | January 16, 1996 | April 3, 1996 |
| Elsa Carrera Cabrera | April 3, 1996 | December 31, 1997 | |
| Antonio Paúcar Carbajal | N/a | December 31, 1997 | January 6, 1999 |
| Alberto Pandolfi Arbulú | Cambio 90 | January 6, 1999 | July 28, 2000 |
| Augusto Bedoya Cámere | N/a | August 3, 2000 | November 21, 2000 |
| Luis Ortega Navarrete | Acción Popular | November 25, 2000 | July 28, 2001 |
| Luis Chang Reyes | Perú Posible | July 28, 2001 | July 12, 2002 |
Ministers of Transport and Communications | |||
| Javier Reátegui Roselló | Perú Posible | July 12, 2002 | June 28, 2003 |
| Eduardo Iriarte Jiménez | FIM | June 28, 2003 | February 16, 2004 |
| José Ortiz Rivera | — | February 16, 2004 | July 28, 2006 |
| Verónica Zavala Lombardi | July 28, 2006 | November 29, 2008 | |
| Enrique Cornejo Ramirez | APRA | November 29, 2008 | July 28, 2011 |
| Carlos Paredes Rodríguez | — | July 28, 2011 | June 23, 2014 |
| José Gallardo Ku | June 23, 2014 | July 28, 2016 | |
| Martín Vizcarra Cornejo | PPK | July 28, 2016 | May 22, 2017 |
| Bruno Giuffra Monteverde | — | May 25, 2017 | March 23, 2018 |
| Edmer Trujillo Mori | March 28, 2018 | April 14, 2019 | |
| María Jara Risco | April 26, 2019 | October 3, 2019 | |
| Edmer Trujillo Mori | October 3, 2019 | February 13, 2020 | |
| Carlos Lozada Contreras | February 13, 2020 | July 15, 2020 | |
| Carlos Estremadoyro Mory | July 15, 2020 | November 10, 2020 | |
| Augusto Valqui | APRA | November 12, 2020 | November 17, 2020 |
| Eduardo González Chávez | — | November 18, 2020 | July 28, 2021 |
| Juan Silva Villegas | July 29, 2021 | February 28, 2022 | |
| Nicolás Bustamante Coronado | March 4, 2022 | May 22, 2022 | |
| Juan Barranzuela Quiroga | May 22, 2022 | August 5, 2022 | |
| Geiner Alvarado López | August 5, 2022 | September 16, 2022 | |
| Richard Tineo Quispe | UPP | September 24, 2022 | December 7, 2022 |
| Paola Lazarte Castillo | — | December 13, 2022 | September 6, 2023 |
| Raúl Pérez-Reyes Espejo | September 6, 2023 | Incumbent | |