# List of presidents of the Congress of the Republic of Peru

This is a list of people who have served as head of the legislature in the government of Peru. Since the Constitution of 1993, the head of the legislature of Peru is the President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru, who is the presiding officer of the Congress of the Republic of Peru.
The President of Congress leads a unicameral legislature. The President of Congress is elected for a one-year term.

## Constituent Congress (1822–1825)

| 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)

| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Francisco de Paula González Vigil Yáñez | 12 September 1833 | 12 October 1833 |
| José Freyre Rodríguez | 12 October 1833 | 12 November 1833 |
| Santiago Távara Andrade | 12 November 1833 | 12 December 1833 |
| Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro | 12 December 1833 | 12 March 1834 |
| Manuel Villarán Loli | 12 March 1834 | 12 April 1834 |
| Tomás Diéguez de Florencia | 12 April 1834 | 12 May 1834 |
| Marcos Farfán | 13 May 1834 | 12 June 1834 |
| Rufino Macedo Béjar | 12 June 1834 | 12 July 1834 |
| Francisco de Paula González Vigil Yáñez | 12 July 1834 | 11 August 1834 |

## Legislative Assembly of Peru–Bolivian Confederation

| 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)

| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano | 16 April 1845 | 28 July 1849 |
| Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente | 28 July 1849 | 28 December 1849 |
| Juan Manuel Iturregui Aguilarte | 28 December 1849 | 20 March 1851 |
| Pedro Cisneros de la Torre | 20 March 1851 | 28 July 1851 |
| Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente | 28 July 1851 | 17 November 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 |

## 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)

| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Juan Miguel del Carpio y Melgar | 18 November 1860 | 31 May 1863 |
| Ramón Castilla y Marquesado | 1864 | 1864 |

## Constituent Congress (1867)

| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Antonio Salinas y Castañeda | 15 February 1867 | 15 March 1867 |
| José María Químper Caballero | 15 March 1867 | 15 April 1867 |
| José Jacinto Ibarra Falcón | 15 April 1867 | 15 July 1867 |
| Mariano Herencia Zevallos | 15 July 1867 | 15 August 1867 |
| José Jacinto Ibarra Falcón | 15 August 1867 | 15 September 1867 |
| Francisco García Calderón Landa | 15 September 1867 | 15 November 1867 |

## Bicameral Congress (1868–1879)
### 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 García Vice president | 16 November 1878 | 28 July 1879 |
| José Antonio García y García | 28 July 1879 | 25 October 1879 |

## Congress (1881)

Installed by the government of Francisco García Calderón in Chorrillos.

### President of the Senate (1881)

| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Francisco de Paula Muñoz Sologuren | 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)

Installed by the government of Miguel Iglesias in Cajamarca.
| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Vidal García y García | 25 December 1882 | 1883 |

## Congress (1883)

Installed by the government of Lizardo Montero Flores in Arequipa.

### President of the Senate (1883)

| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Manuel Costas Arce | 22 April 1883 | 20 June 1883 |

## Constituent Congress (1884–1885)

| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Antonio Arenas Merino | 1 March 1884 | 31 March 1884 |
| Antonio Arenas Merino | 28 February 1885 | 24 March 1885 |
| Manuel Tovar y Chamorro (First vice president) | 24 March 1885 | 2 May 1885 |

## Congress (1886)
### President of Senate (1886)

| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Francisco Rosas Balcázar | 30 May 1886 | 13 July 1886 |

## Bicameral Congress (1886–1919)
### Presidents of Senate (1886–1919)

President of Senate :
| Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Francisco García Calderón Landa | 28 July 1886 | 28 July 1887 | Civilista Party |
| Francisco Rosas Balcázar | 28 July 1887 | 28 July 1888 | Civilista Party |
| Manuel Candamo Iriarte | 28 July 1888 | 28 July 1889 | Civilista Party |
| Francisco Rosas Balcázar | 28 July 1889 | 28 July 1890 | Civilista Party |
| Manuel Candamo Iriarte | 28 July 1890 | 28 July 1891 | Civilista Party |
| Francisco Rosas Balcázar | 28 July 1891 | 28 July 1892 | Civilista Party |
| Manuel Candamo Iriarte | 28 July 1892 | 28 July 1893 | Civilista Party |
| Francisco Rosas Balcázar | 28 July 1893 | 28 July 1894 | Civilista Party |
| César Canevaro | 28 July 1894 | 28 July 1895 | Constitutional Party |
| Manuel Pablo Olaechea | 28 July 1895 | 28 July 1896 | Democratic Party |
| Guillermo Billinghurst Angulo | 28 July 1896 | 12 August 1897 | Democratic Party |
| Manuel Candamo Iriarte | 12 August 1897 | 28 July 1898 | Civilista Party |
| Rafael Villanueva Cortez | 28 July 1898 | 28 July 1899 | Civilista Party |
| Benjamín Boza Filiberto | 28 July 1899 | 28 July 1900 | Democratic Party |
| Julio Santiago Normand Soto | 28 July 1900 | 28 July 1901 | |
| Manuel Candamo Iriarte | 28 July 1901 | 28 July 1902 | Civilista Party |
| Ántero Aspíllaga Barrera | 28 July 1902 | 28 July 1904 | Civilista Party |
| Rafael Villanueva Cortez | 28 July 1904 | 28 July 1905 | Civilista Party |
| Manuel Irigoyen Larrea | 28 July 1905 | 28 July 1906 | Constitutional Party |
| Manuel Camilo Barrios | 28 July 1906 | 28 July 1908 | |
| Agustín Ganoza y Cavero | 28 July 1908 | 28 July 1909 | |
| Antero Aspíllaga Barrera | 28 July 1909 | 28 July 1911 | Civilista Party |
| Agustín Tovar Aguilar | 28 July 1911 | 28 July 1912 | Civilista Party |
| Rafael Villanueva Cortez | 28 July 1912 | 28 July 1913 | Civilista Party |
| Juan Norberto Eléspuru | 28 July 1913 | 28 July 1914 | |
| Nicanor Carmona | 28 July 1914 | 28 July 1915 | |
| Manuel Camilo Barrios | 28 July 1915 | 28 July 1916 | |
| Amador del Solar Cárdenas | 28 July 1916 | 28 July 1917 | |
| José Carlos Bernales Rodríguez de Mendoza | 28 July 1917 | 28 July 1918 | |
| Antonio Miró Quesada de la Guerra | 28 July 1918 | 9 December 1918 | |

## National constituent assembly (1919)

President of the national constituent assembly :
| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Mariano H. Cornejo Zenteno | 24 September 1919 | 27 December 1919 |

## Bicameral Congress (1919–1930)
### Presidents of the Senate (1919–1930)

Presidents of the Senate :
| Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Mariano H. Cornejo Zenteno | 28 December 1919 | 28 July 1920 | Reformist Democratic Party |
| Augusto Bedoya Suárez | 28 July 1920 | 28 July 1921 | Constitutional Party |
| César Canevaro | 28 July 1921 | 28 July 1922 | Constitutional Party |
| Germán Luna Iglesias | 28 July 1922 | 28 July 1923 | Reformist Democratic Party |
| Manuel Guillermo Rey Torres Valdivia | 28 July 1923 | 4 May 1925 | Reformist Democratic Party |
| Antonio Castro y Arellano | 4 May 1925 | 18 June 1925 | Reformist Democratic Party |
| Enrique de la Piedra (First vice president) | 18 June 1925 | 28 July 1925 | |
| Enrique de la Piedra | 28 July 1925 | 28 July 1927 | |
| Roberto Leguía Salcedo | 28 July 1927 | 22 August 1930 | Reformist Democratic Party |