This is a list of presidents of Peru.
The Republic of Peru was reestablished on August 25, 1839.
| N | President | Term of office | Form of entry | Party | Born in | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | |||||||
| José de San Martín and the Liberation Army of the South (1820–1823) | ||||||||
| José de San Martín Liberator and Protector |
3 August 1821 | 20 September 1822 | Liberator | Yapeyu | ||||
| 1 | José de la Riva Agüero | 28 February 1823 | 23 June 1823 | Appointed by Congress | Military | Lima | ||
| 2 | José Bernardo de Tagle | 16 August 1823 | 18 November 1823 | Appointed by Congress | Military | Lima | ||
| 18 November 1823 | 10 February 1824 | Election | ||||||
| Simón Bolívar, the Northern Expedition, and the end of colonial era (1823–1826) | ||||||||
| Simón Bolívar | 10 February 1824 | 27 January 1827 | Supreme Political and Military Authority of the Republic of Peru Dictator of Peru |
Military | Caracas | |||
| 3 | José de La Mar | 10 June 1827 | 7 June 1829 | Election | Military | Quito | ||
| 4 | Agustín Gamarra | 7 June 1829 | 19 December 1829 | Coup d'état, in cahoots with Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente | Military | Cusco | ||
| 1 September 1829 | 19 December 1829 | Appointed by Congress | ||||||
| 19 December 1829 | 19 December 1833 | Election | ||||||
| 5 | Luis José de Orbegoso | 21 December 1833 | 21 December 1833 | Election | Military | La Libertad | ||
| 6 | Felipe Salaverry | 25 February 1835 | 7 February 1836 | Coup d'état | Military | Lima | ||
| War of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation (1836-1839) Rulers of the Peru-Bolivia Confederation | ||||||||
| Result: Victory of Restorative United Army
Consequence: Dissolution of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation | ||||||||
| Restorative United Army | Peru–Bolivian Confederation | |||||||
| Restoration of the Republic of Peru | ||||||||
| 7 | Agustín Gamarra | 20 January 1839 | 15 August 1839 | Open Cabildo Occupation of Ejercito Unido Restaurador |
Military | Cusco | ||
| 15 August 1839 | 10 July 1840 | Appointed by Congress | ||||||
| 10 July 1840 | 18 November 1841 (†) | Election | ||||||
| Military anarchy (1842–1844) | ||||||||
| 8 | Manuel Menéndez | 18 November 1841 | 16 August 1842 | Constitutional Succession | Independent | Lima | ||
| 9 | Juan Francisco de Vidal La Hoz | 20 October 1842 | 15 March 1843 | Constitutional Succession | Military | Supe | ||
| 10 | Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco | 27 March 1843 | 7 April 1843 | Coup d'état conspired between Vivanco and Pezet | Military | Lima | ||
| 7 April 1843 | 17 June 1844 | Coup d'état | ||||||
| Military anarchy (1842–1844) | ||||||||
| 11 | Manuel Menéndez | 7 October 1844 | 20 April 1845 | Spare in office | Independent | Lima | ||
| 12 | Ramón Castilla | 20 April 1845 | 20 April 1851 | Election | Military | Tarapaca | ||
| 13 | José Rufino Echenique | 20 April 1851 | 5 January 1855 | Election | Military | Puno | ||
| 14 | Ramón Castilla | 5 January 1855 | 24 October 1858 | Coup d'état | Military | Tarapaca | ||
| 24 October 1858 | 24 October 1862 | Election | ||||||
| 15 | Miguel de San Román | 24 October 1862 | 3 April 1863 (†) | Election | Military | Puno | ||
| 16 | Juan Antonio Pezet | 5 August 1863 | 8 November 1865 | Constitutional Succession | Military | Lima | ||
| 17 | Mariano Ignacio Prado | 28 November 1865 | 15 February 1867 | Coup d'état | Military | Huanuco | ||
| 15 February 1867 | 31 August 1867 | Appointed by Congress | ||||||
| 31 August 1867 | 7 January 1868 | Election | ||||||
| 18 | Pedro Diez Canseco Corbacho | 7 January 1868 | 2 August 1868 | Pezet Constitutional Succession | Military | Arequipa | ||
| 19 | José Balta | 2 August 1868 | 22 July 1872 | Election | Military | Lima | ||
| 20 | Manuel Pardo y Lavalle | 2 August 1872 | 2 August 1876 | Election | Civilista Party | Lima | ||
| War of the Pacific started on 5 April 1879 | ||||||||
| 21 | Mariano Ignacio Prado | 2 August 1876 | 18 December 1879 | Election | Civilista Party | Huanuco | ||
| 22 | Luis La Puerta | 18 December 1879 | 23 December 1879 | Constitutional Succession | Civilista Party | Cusco | ||
| 23 | Nicolás de Piérola | 23 December 1879 | 28 July 1881 | Open cabildo | Independent | Arequipa | ||
| 31 July 1881 | 28 December 1881 | Appointed by the National Assembly of Ayacucho | ||||||
| 24 | Francisco García Calderón | 12 March 1881 | 10 July 1881 | Council of Notables | Independent | Arequipa | ||
| 10 July 1881 | 6 November 1881 | Ratified by the Congress of Chorrillos | ||||||
| 25 | Lizardo Montero | 28 September 1881 | 28 October 1883 | Constitutional Succession
(Vice President) |
Civilista Party | Ayabaca | ||
| 26 | Miguel Iglesias | 30 December 1882 | 1 March 1884 | Appointed by Constituent Assembly of the North | Military | Celendín | ||
| 1 March 1884 | 3 December 1885 | Appointed by Constituent Assembly | ||||||
| War of the Pacific ended on 4 April 1884 | ||||||||
| 27 | Andrés Avelino Cáceres | 3 June 1886 | 10 August 1890 | Election 1886 | Constitutional Party | Ayacucho | ||
| 28 | Remigio Morales Bermúdez | 10 August 1890 | 1 April 1894 (†) | Election 1890 | Constitutional Party | Tarapaca | ||
| 29 | Justiniano Borgoño | 1 April 1894 | 10 August 1894 | Sucesión Constitucional
(Vicepresidente) |
Constitutional Party | Trujillo | ||
| 30 | Andrés Avelino Cáceres | 10 August 1894 | 20 March 1895 | Election 1894 | Constitutional Party | Ayacucho | ||
| 31 | Nicolás de Piérola | 8 September 1895 | 8 September 1899 | Election 1895 | Democratic Party | Arequipa | ||
| 32 | Eduardo López de Romaña | 8 September 1899 | 8 September 1903 | Election 1899 | Civilista Party - Democratic Party | Arequipa | ||
| 33 | Manuel Candamo | 8 September 1903 | 7 May 1904 (†) | Election 1903 | Civilista Party | Lima | ||
| 34 | Serapio Calderón | 7 May 1904 | 24 September 1904 | Constitutional succession
(2º Vice President) |
Civilista Party | Cusco | ||
| 35 | José Pardo y Barreda | 24 September 1904 | 24 September 1908 | Election 1904 | Civilista Party | Lima | ||
| 36 | Augusto Leguía | 24 September 1908 | 24 September 1912 | Election 1908 | Civilista Party | Lambayeque | ||
| 37 | Guillermo Billinghurst | 24 September 1912 | 4 February 1914 | Election 1912 | Democratic Party | Arica | ||
| 38 | Oscar Benavides | 4 February 1914 | 15 May 1914 | Coup d'état | Military | Lima | ||
| 15 May 1914 | 18 August 1915 | Appointed by Congress | ||||||
| 39 | José Pardo y Barreda | 18 August 1915 | 4 July 1919 | Election 1915 | Civilista Party | Lima | ||
| 40 | Augusto Leguía | 4 July 1919 | 12 October 1919 | Coup d'état 1919 | Independent | Lambayeque | ||
| 12 October 1919 | 12 October 1924 | Election 1919 | Reformist Democratic Party | |||||
| 12 October 1924 | 12 October 1929 | Election 1924 | ||||||
| 12 October 1929 | 25 August 1930 | Election 1929 | ||||||
| 41 | Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro | 27 August 1930 | 1 March 1931 | Coup d'état 1930 | Military | Piura | ||
| Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro | 8 December 1931 | 30 April 1933 (†) | Election 1931 | |||||
| 42 | Oscar Benavides | 30 April 1933 | 8 December 1939 | Appointed by Congress | Military | Lima | ||
| 43 | Manuel Prado Ugarteche | 8 December 1939 | 28 July 1945 | Election 1939 | Conservative Coalition | Lima | ||
| 44 | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero | 28 July 1945 | 29 October 1948 | Election 1945 | National Democratic Front | Arequipa | ||
| 45 | Manuel Odría | 1 November 1948 | 1 June 1950 | Coup d'état 1948 | Military | Tarma | ||
| 28 July 1950 | 28 July 1956 | Election 1950 | Odriist National Union | |||||
| 46 | Manuel Prado Ugarteche | 28 July 1956 | 18 July 1962 | Election 1956 | Lima | |||
| 47 | Ricardo Pérez Godoy | 18 July 1962 | 3 March 1963 | Coup d'état 1962 | Military | Lima | ||
| 48 | Nicolás Lindley López | 3 March 1963 | 28 July 1963 | Succession
(De facto) |
Military | Lima | ||
| 49 | Fernando Belaúnde Terry | 28 July 1963 | 3 October 1968 | Election 1963 | Lima | |||
| 50 | Juan Velasco Alvarado | 3 October 1968 | 30 August 1975 | Coup d'état 1968 | Military | Piura | ||
| 51 | Francisco Morales Bermúdez | 30 August 1975 | 28 July 1980 | Coup d'état 1975 | Military | Lima | ||
| 52 | Fernando Belaúnde Terry | 28 July 1980 | 28 July 1985 | Election 1980 | Lima | |||
| 53 | Alan García | 28 July 1985 | 28 July 1990 | Election 1985 | Lima | |||
| 54 | Alberto Fujimori | 28 July 1990 | 5 April 1992 | Election 1990 | Lima | |||
| 22 April 1992 | 9 January 1993 | Coup d'état 1992 | ||||||
| 9 January 1993 | 28 July 1995 | Ratified by Democratic Constituent Congress | ||||||
| 28 July 1995 | 28 July 2000 | Election 1995 | ||||||
| 28 July 2000 | 21 November 2000 | Election 2000 | ||||||
| 55 | Valentín Paniagua | 22 November 2000 | 28 July 2001 | Impeachment Against Alberto Fujimori | Cusco | |||
| 56 | Alejandro Toledo | 28 July 2001 | 28 July 2006 | Election 2001 | Ancash | |||
| 57 | Alan García | 28 July 2006 | 28 July 2011 | Election 2006 | Lima | |||
| 58 | Ollanta Humala | 28 July 2011 | 28 July 2016 | Election 2011 | Lima | |||
| 59 | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski | 28 July 2016 | 23 March 2018 | Election 2016 | Lima | |||
| 60 | Martín Vizcarra | 23 March 2018 | 9 November 2020 | Resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski | Independent | Lima | ||
| 61 | Manuel Merino | 10 November 2020 | 15 November 2020 | Impeachment Against Martin Vizcarra | Tumbes | |||
| 62 | Francisco Sagasti | 17 November 2020 | 28 July 2021 | Resignation of Manuel Merino | Lima | |||
| 63 | Pedro Castillo | 28 July 2021 | 7 December 2022 | Election 2021 | Cajamarca | |||
| 64 | Dina Boluarte | 7 December 2022 | 10 October 2025 | Impeachment Against Pedro Castillo | Independent | Chalhuanca | ||
| 65 | José Jerí | 10 October 2025 | 17 February 2026 | Impeachment against Dina Boluarte | Lima | |||
| 66 | José María Balcázar | 18 February 2026 | 28 July 2026 | Impeachment against José Jerí | Independent | Lambayeque | ||
| 67 | Keiko Fujimori | 28 July 2026 | Incumbent | Election 2026 | Lima | |||
Art. 82º.- Cuando vacare la Presidencia de la República por muerte, pacto atentatorio, renuncia o perpétua imposibilidad física o moral, se encargará provisionalmente del Poder Ejecutivo el Presidente del Consejo de Estado, quien en estos casos convocará a los Colegios Electorales dentro de los primeros diez días de su Gobierno para la elección del Presidente.
Art. 101º.- Para reemplazar al Presidente del Consejo en cualquiera ocurrencia, hará sus veces el Vicepresidente que también nombrará el Congreso, y asimismo un tercero para los casos
en Lima, los "vecinos notables" se reunieron el 12 de marzo de 1881 y eligieron a Francisco García Calderón como Presidente Provisional de la República.
El Congreso ratificó el nombramiento de García Calderón como Presidente Provisorio