# Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Peru)

The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Peru (Spanish: Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos) is the government ministry charged with advising the President of Peru in judicial matters.
The ministry is responsible of the national prison system as well as the state's relationship with the Roman Catholic Church in Peru.
As of 6 September 2023, the minister of justice is Eduardo Arana Ysa [es].

## List of ministers
### Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (1845–1852)

| Minister | Term | President |
| José Gregorio Paz-Soldán y Ureta | 1845–1848 | Ramón Castilla |
| Matías León Cárdenas | 1848 | Ramón Castilla |
| Felipe Pardo y Aliaga | 1848–1849 | Ramón Castilla |
| Manuel Bartolomé Ferreyros de la Mata | 1849 | Ramón Castilla |

### Ministers of Justice, Instruction, Charity and Ecclesiastical Businesses (1852–1856)

| Minister | Term | President |
| Bartolomé Herrera Vélez | 1851–1852 | José Rufino Echenique |
| Agustín Guillermo Charún | 1852–1853 | José Rufino Echenique |
| José Manuel Tirado | 1853 | José Rufino Echenique |
| José Luis Gómez-Sánchez Rivero | 1853 | José Rufino Echenique |
| Blas José Alzamora Seminario | 1854–1855 | José Rufino Echenique |
| Pedro Gálvez Egúsquiza | 1855 | José Rufino Echenique |
| Juan Manuel del Mar Bernedo | 1855 | José Rufino Echenique |

### Ministers of Justice, Instruction and Charity (1856–1862)

| Minister | Term | President |
| Jervasio Álvarez y Montaño | 1856–1857 | Ramón Castilla |
| Luciano María Cano y Dávila | 1857–1859 | Ramón Castilla |
| José Fabio Melgar Valdivieso | 1859–1860 | Ramón Castilla |
| Juan Oviedo | 1860–1862 | Ramón Castilla |

### Ministers of Justice, Instruction and Worship (1896–1911)

| Minister | Term | President |
| Manuel Pablo Olaechea | 1896–1897 | Nicolás de Piérola |
| José Antonio de Lavalle y Pardo | 1897–1898 | Nicolás de Piérola |
| José Jorge Loayza | 1898–1899 | Nicolás de Piérola |
| Eleodoro Romero Salcedo | 1899–1900 | Eduardo López de Romaña |
| Ezequiel Vega | 1900 | Eduardo López de Romaña |
| Pedro Carlos Olaechea | 1900 | Eduardo López de Romaña |
| Rafael Villanueva Cortez | 1900–1901 | Eduardo López de Romaña |
| Anselmo Barreto León | 1901 | Eduardo López de Romaña | Lizardo Alzamora Mayo | 1901–1902 |
| José Viterbo Arias | 1902 | Eduardo López de Romaña |
| Telémaco Orihuela | 1902 | Eduardo López de Romaña |
| Francisco José Eguiguren Escudero | 1903–1904 | Eduardo López de Romaña | Manuel Candamo |
| Jorge Polar Vargas | 1904–1906 | José Pardo (1.º gov.) |
| Carlos A. Washburn Salas | 1906–1908 | José Pardo (1.º gov.) |
| Manuel Vicente Villarán Godoy | 1908–1909 | Augusto B. Leguía (1.º gov.) |
| Matías León Baltazara | 1909–1910 | Augusto B. Leguía (1.º gov.) |
| Antonio Flores Rondón | 1910 | Augusto B. Leguía (1.º gov.) |
| José Salvador Cavero Ovalle | 1910 | Augusto B. Leguía (1.º gov.) |
| Antonio Flores Rondón | 1910 | Augusto B. Leguía (1.º gov.) |

### Ministers of Justice, Instruction, Worship and Charity (1911–1935)

| Minister | Term | President |
| Agustín G. Ganoza y Cavero | 1911–1912 | Augusto B. Leguía (1.º gov.) |
| Francisco Moreyra y Riglos | 1912–1913 | Guillermo Billinghurst |
| Alfredo Solf y Muro | 1913 | Guillermo Billinghurst |
| Carlos Paz Soldán y Benavides | 1913–1914 | Guillermo Billinghurst |
| Rafael Grau Cavero | 1914 | Óscar R. Benavides (1.º gov.) |
| Luis Julio Menéndez | 1914 | Óscar R. Benavides (1.º gov.) |
| Aurelio Sousa y Matute | 1914 | Óscar R. Benavides (1.º gov.) |
| Daniel Isaac Castillo | 1914–1915 | Óscar R. Benavides (1.º gov.) |
| Plácido Jiménez | 1915 | Óscar R. Benavides (1.º gov.) |
| Wenceslao Valera Olano | 1915–1917 | José Pardo (2.º gov.) |
| Ricardo L. Flores Gaviño | 1917–1918 | José Pardo (2.º gov.) |
| Ángel Gustavo Cornejo Bouroncle | 1918–1919 | José Pardo (2.º gov.) |
| Federico Panizo Orbegoso | 1919 | José Pardo (2.º gov.) |
| Arturo Osores Cabrera | 1919 | Augusto B. Leguía (2.º gov.) |
| Alberto Salomón Osorio | 1919–1920 | Augusto B. Leguía (2.º gov.) |
| Óscar C. Barrós Mesinas | 1920–1922 | Augusto B. Leguía (2.º gov.) |
| Julio E. Ego-Aguirre | 1922–1924 | Augusto B. Leguía (2.º gov.) |
| Alejandrino Maguiña | 1924–1926 | Augusto B. Leguía (2.º gov.) |
| Pedro M. Oliveira | 1926–1929 | Augusto B. Leguía (2.º gov.) |
| J. Matías León Carrera | 1929–1930 | Augusto B. Leguía (2.º gov.) |
| José Angel Escalante | 1930 | Augusto B. Leguía (2.º gov.) |
| Arturo Zapata Vélez | 1930 | Manuel M. Ponce B. (Junta Militar) |
| Armando Sologuren | 1930 | Luis Sánchez Cerro (Junta Militar) |
| José Luis Bustamante y Rivero | 1930–1931 | Luis Sánchez Cerro (Junta Militar) |
| Elías Lozada Benavente | 1931 | Luis Sánchez Cerro (Junta Militar) |
| José Gálvez Barrenechea | 1931 | David Samanez Ocampo (Junta Nacional) |
| Guillermo Garrido Lecca | 1931–1932 | David Samanez Ocampo (Junta Nacional) |
| Eufrasio Álvarez | 1932 | Luis Sánchez Cerro |
| Carlos Sayán Álvarez | 1932 | Luis Sánchez Cerro |
| Ricardo Rivadeneira Barnuevo | 1932 | Luis Sánchez Cerro |
| Alberto Ballón Landa | 1932 | Luis Sánchez Cerro |
| Wenceslao Delgado | 1932 | Luis Sánchez Cerro |
| Wenceslao Delgado | 1932–1933 | Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.) |
| Daniel Olaechea y Olaechea | 1933 | Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.) |
| José de la Riva Agüero y Osma | 1933–1934 | Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.) |
| Alberto Rey de Castro y Romaña | 1934 | Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.) |
| Carlos Arenas y Loayza | 1934–1935 | Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.) |
| Ernesto Montagne Markholz | 1935 | Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.) |

### Ministers of Justice and Worship (1935–1942)

| Minister | Periodo | President |
| Wenceslao Delgado | 1935–1936 | Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.) |
| Diómedes Arias Schreiber | 1936 | Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.) |
| Felipe de la Barra | 1936–1937 | Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.) |
| Diómedes Arias Schreiber | 1937–1939 | Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.) |
| Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen | 1939 | Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.) | José Félix Aramburú y Salinas | 1939 |
| Mariano Lino Cornejo | 1939–1942 | Óscar R. Benavides (2.º gov.) | Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1.º gov.) |

### Ministers of Justice and Labor (1942–1949)

| Minister | Term | President |
| Mariano Lino Cornejo | 1939–1943 | Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1.º gov.) |
| Manuel C. Gallagher y Canaval | 1943–1944 | Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1.º gov.) |
| Manuel Cisneros Sánchez | 1944–1945 | Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1.º gov.) |
| Luis Alayza y Paz Soldán | 1945 | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero |
| Ismael Bielich Flores | 1945–1947 | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero |
| José R. Alzamora Freundt | 1947 | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero |
| Armando Artola del Pozo | 1947–1948 | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero |
| Alejandro Villalobos Carranza | 1948 | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero |
| José León Barandiarán | 1948 | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero |
| Marcial Merino | 1948–1949 | Junta Militar |
| Armando Artola del Pozo | 1949 | Junta Militar |

### Ministers of Justice and Worship (1949–1981)

| Minister | Term | President |
| Augusto Romero Lovo | 1949–1950 | Junta Militar |
| Alberto Freundt Rosell | 1950–1952 | Manuel A. Odría |
| Alejandro Freundt Rosell | 1952–1955 | Manuel A. Odría |
| Félix Huamán Izquierdo | 1955–1956 | Manuel A. Odría |
| Augusto Thorndike Galup | 1956–1958 | Manuel Prado Ugarteche (2.º gov.) |
| Manuel Cisneros Sánchez | 1958 | Manuel Prado Ugarteche (2.º gov.) |
| Ulises Montoya Manfredi | 1958–1959 | Manuel Prado Ugarteche (2.º gov.) |
| Raúl Gómez de la Torre Tamayo | 1959–1960 | Manuel Prado Ugarteche (2.º gov.) |
| José Merino Reyna | 1960–1961 | Manuel Prado Ugarteche (2.º gov.) |
| Geraldo Arosemena Garland | 1961–1962 | Manuel Prado Ugarteche (2.º gov.) |
| Juan Orrego Aguinaga | 1962–1963 | Junta de govierno |
| Luis Bedoya Reyes | 1963 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (1.º gov.) |
| Emilio Llosa Ricketts | 1963–1965 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (1.º gov.) |
| Carlos Fernández Sesarego | 1965 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (1.º gov.) |
| Valentín Paniagua Corazao | 1965–1966 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (1.º gov.) |
| Roberto Ramírez del Villar Beaumont | 1966 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (1.º gov.) |
| Javier de Belaúnde Ruiz de Somocurcio | 1966–1967 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (1.º gov.) |
| Luis Rodríguez Mariátegui Proaño | 1967 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (1.º gov.) |
| José Morales Urresti | 1967–1968 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (1.º gov.) |
| Luis Lazarte Ferreyros | 1968 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (1.º gov.) |
| Guillermo Hoyos Osores | 1968 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (1.º gov.) |
| Elías Mendoza Habersperger | 1968 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (1.º gov.) |
| Alfonso Navarro Romero | 1968–1969 | Juan Velasco Alvarado |
| Luis Vargas Caballero | 1969–1975 | Juan Velasco Alvarado |
| Felipe Osterling Parodi | 1980–1981 | Fernando Belaunde Terry |

### Ministers of Justice (1981–2011)

| Minister | Periodo | President |
| Enrique Elías Laroza | 1981–1982 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (2.º gov.) |
| Armando Buendía Gutiérrez | 1982–1983 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (2.º gov.) |
| Ernesto Alayza Grundy | 1983–1984 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (2.º gov.) |
| Max Arias-Schreiber Pezet | 1984 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (2.º gov.) |
| Alberto Musso Vento | 1984–1985 | Fernando Belaunde Terry (2.º gov.) |
| Luis Gonzales Posada | 1985–1986 | Alan García (1.º gov.) |
| Carlos Blancas Bustamante | 1986–1988 | Alan García (1.º gov.) |
| Gonzalo Durand Aspíllaga | 1988 | Alan García (1.º gov.) |
| Camilo Carrillo Gómez | 1988 | Alan García (1.º gov.) |
| César Delgado Barreto | 1988–1989 | Alan García (1.º gov.) |
| María Bockos Heredia de Grillo [1st female] | 1989–1990 | Alan García (1.º gov.) |
| Joffré Fernández Valdivieso | 1990 | Alan García (1.º gov.) |
| Augusto Antonioli Vásquez | 1990–1991 | Alberto Fujimori |
| Fernando Vega Santa Gadea | 1991–1996 | Alberto Fujimori |
| Carlos Eduardo Hermoza Moya | 1996–1997 | Alberto Fujimori |
| Alfredo Quispe Correa | 1997–1999 | Alberto Fujimori |
| María Carlota Valenzuela de Puelles | 1999 | Alberto Fujimori |
| Jorge Bustamante Romero | 1999 | Alberto Fujimori |
| Alberto Bustamante Belaunde | 1999–2000 | Alberto Fujimori |
| Diego García-Sayán Larrabure | 2000–2001 | Valentín Paniagua |
| Fernando Olivera Vega | 2001–2002 | Alejandro Toledo |
| Fausto Alvarado Dodero | 2002–2004 | Alejandro Toledo |
| Baldo Kresalja Roselló | 2004 | Alejandro Toledo |
| Carlos Gamarra Ugaz | 2004–2005 | Alejandro Toledo |
| Eduardo Salhuana Cavides | 2005 | Alejandro Toledo |
| Alejandro Tudela Chopitea | 2005–2006 | Alejandro Toledo |
| María Zavala Valladares | 2006–2007 | Alan García (2.º gov.) |
| Rosario Fernández Figueroa | 2007–2009 | Alan García (2.º gov.) |
| Aurelio Pastor | 2009–2010 | Alan García (2.º gov.) |
| Víctor García Toma | 2010 | Alan García (2.º gov.) |
| Rosario Fernández Figueroa | 2010–2011 | Alan García (2.º gov.) |
| Francisco Eguiguren Praeli | 2011 | Ollanta Humala |

### Ministers of Justice and Human Rights (2011–present)

| Minister | Term | President |
| Juan Jiménez Mayor | 2011–2012 | Ollanta Humala |
| Eda Adriana Rivas Franchini | 2012–2013 | Ollanta Humala |
| Daniel Augusto Figallo Rivadeneyra | 2013–2015 | Ollanta Humala |
| Fredy Otárola Peñaranda | 2015 | Ollanta Humala |
| Gustavo Adrianzén Olaya | 2015 | Ollanta Humala |
| Aldo Alejandro Vásquez Ríos | 2015–2016 | Ollanta Humala |
| María Soledad Pérez Tello de Rodríguez | 2016–2017 | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
| Enrique Mendoza Ramírez | 2017–2018 | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
| Salvador Heresi Chicoma | 2018 | Martín Vizcarra |
| Vicente Zeballos Salinas | 2018–2019 | Martín Vizcarra |
| Ana Teresa Revilla | 2019–2020 | Martín Vizcarra |
| Fernando Castañeda Portocarrero | 2020 | Martín Vizcarra |
| Eduardo Vega Luna | 2020 | Manuel Merino |
| Delia Muñoz | 2020–2021 | Francisco Sagasti |
| Aníbal Torres | 2021–2022 | Pedro Castillo |
| Ángel Yldefonso | 2022 | Pedro Castillo |
| Félix Chero | 2022 | Pedro Castillo |
| José Tello Alfaro | 2022–2023 | Dina Boluarte |
| Daniel Maurate Romero [es] | 2023 | Dina Boluarte |
| Eduardo Arana Ysa [es] | 2023–Incumbent | Dina Boluarte |

## Public offices

* General Archive of the Nation (Peru)
* National Superintendent of Public Registration (Peru)
* National Penitentiary Institute (Peru)