# Presidency of Dina Boluarte

The presidency of Dina Boluarte began with her inauguration as the president of Peru on 7 December 2022, immediately following the removal of Pedro Castillo from office in the aftermath of his attempted self-coup.

## Background

The formation of this government comes three days after the investiture of Dina Boluarte as President of the Republic after the attempted self-coup by Pedro Castillo that occurred the same morning. From her speech as the new president, she declared "to ask for a political truce to install a government of national unity".

## History
### First negotiations

As of 8 December, President Dina Boluarte announces that she will meet with all the parliamentary groups, being herself a president without a label, and therefore without any party or group supporting her continuously in Congress to form a political government.
Nevertheless, it meets most of the parliamentary groups of the center and the right, in particular Popular Force, Go on Country, Popular Renewal, Popular Action, Integrity and Development and the left group of Together for Peru.
According to deputies from Free Peru, President Dina Boluarte offered her former party a place in the government, which the parliamentarians refused. A few hours later, party leader Vladimir Cerrón confirmed that the party refuses to join the government and refuses the convocation of the group by the president, it is the only group that refused the invitation, demonstrating the still continuous support for Pedro Castillo and destroyed relations with Boluarte.
All the parliamentary groups, and especially the center and the right, announce that they will not join the government, all preferring a technical government of national unity, and especially on the left, demanding the calling of a snap general election.

### Pro-Castillo protests

Nevertheless, the parliamentary groups agree on the need to quickly appoint a unity government, in an attempt to calm the protests in the street. Because from the appointment of Dina Boluarte, about a thousand people marched in Lima towards the Congress.
Other demonstrators also blocked the Panamericana highway the same day with rocks, logs, and burning tires to demand general elections and the closure of Congress, as Pedro Castillo wanted.
In Ica, several dozen demonstrators paralyzed the transport of passengers and freight vehicles. In Arequipa, a thousand kilometers south of Lima, there were also blockages on the Panamericana Sur highway.
Street mobilizations were also reported in other parts of the interior of Peru such as Chota (Cajamarca, birthplace of Castillo), Trujillo, Puno, Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Moquegua.

### First rumors about the chairman of the Council

If the government will therefore not be political, Dina Boluarte must therefore find independent politicians, withdrawn from political life and above all experienced. The first media rumors refer to the appointment of Jorge Nieto as President of the Council of Ministers, an experienced minister from the time of the presidency of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
While the Minister is experienced, he is nevertheless not independent, but with a brand new centrally located party called the Party of Good Government (PBG) which does not yet have representation in Congress, which could only slightly annoy the groups in parliament.
The other two rumors mentioned would be the appointment of Alberto Otárola, former Minister of Defense during the era of the presidency of Ollanta Humala, or the current mediator of Peru Walter Gutiérrez.

### Announcement and composition

On 9 December, President Dina Boluarte announces that the composition of her government will be finalized in the evening, and announced on Saturday morning, 10 December, before noon.
Finally, the government investiture ceremony takes place at 1 p.m., and the president decides to appoint the lawyer Pedro Angulo. In the government, eight women are appointed, which is more than in all of Pedro Castillo's five governments, and the ministers belong or have belonged to a political party, but who have no parliamentary representation. The cabinet is therefore a technical government.
In addition, President Dina Boluarte has not yet decided on the Ministers of Labor and Transport, the portfolios that were most criticized and used for corruption in Castillo's government.

### Changes

On 13 December, three days after the formation of the government, President Dina Boluarte announces the appointment of the Ministers of Labor and Transport, Eduardo García and Paola Lazarte.
On 16 December, the sixth day of government, the two Ministers of Education and Culture Patricia Correa and Jair Pérez announced their resignation, in opposition to the outbreak of the state of emergency in the country and the numerous deaths during the demonstrations in favor of Pedro Castillo, whose death toll worsened the same day, with 18 dead, confirmed by the Minister of Health Rosa Gutiérrez.

## Composition

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Office of the President of the Council of Ministers | Pedro Angulo Arana | 10 December 2022 | 21 December 2022 | Independent |
| Office of the President of the Council of Ministers | Alberto Otárola Peñaranda | 21 December 2022 | 6 March 2024 | Independent |
| Office of the President of the Council of Ministers | Gustavo Adrianzén Olaya | 6 March 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Ana Cecilia Gervasi Díaz | 10 December 2022 | 6 November 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Javier González Olaechea | 7 November 2023 | 3 September 2024 | Christian People’s Party |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Elmer Schialer Salcedo | 3 September 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Defense | Alberto Otárola Peñaranda | 10 December 2022 | 21 December 2022 | Independent |
| Ministry of Defense | Jorge Chávez Cresta | 21 December 2022 | 13 February 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of Defense | Walter Astudillo Chávez | 13 February 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Economy and Finance | Alex Contreras Miranda | 10 December 2022 | 13 February 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of Economy and Finance | José Arista Arbildo | 13 February 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Economy and Finance | José Salardi | 31 January 2025 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of the Interior | César Cervantes Cárdenas | 10 December 2022 | 21 December 2022 | Independent |
| Ministry of the Interior | Víctor Rojas Herrera | 21 December 2022 | 13 January 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of the Interior | Vicente Romero Fernández | 13 January 2023 | 17 November 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of the Interior | Víctor Torres Falcón | 21 November 2023 | 1 April 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of the Interior | Walter Ortiz Acosta | 1 April 2024 | 16 May 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of the Interior | Juan Santiváñez Antúnez | 16 May 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | José Andrés Tello Alfaro | 10 December 2022 | 23 April 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Daniel Maurate Romero | 23 Abril 2023 | 6 September 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Eduardo Arana Ysa | 6 September 2023 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Education | Patricia Correa Arangoitia | 10 December 2022 | 21 December 2022 | Independent |
| Ministry of Education | Óscar Becerra Tresierra | 21 December 2022 | 23 April 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Education | Magnet Márquez Ramírez | 23 April 2023 | 6 September 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Education | Miriam Ponce Vértiz | 6 September 2023 | 1 April 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of Education | Morgan Quero Gaime | 1 April 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Health | Rosa Gutiérrez Palomino | 10 December 2022 | 15 June 2023 | Peru First |
| Ministry of Health | César Vásquez Sánchez | 19 June 2023 | Incumbent | Alliance for Progress |
| Ministry of Agriculture Development and Irrigation | Nelly Paredes del Castillo | 10 December 2022 | 6 September 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Agriculture Development and Irrigation | Jennifer Contreras Álvarez | 6 September 2023 | 1 April 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of Agriculture Development and Irrigation | Ángel Manero Campos | 1 April 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Labor and Promotion of Employment | Eduardo García Birimisa | 13 December 2022 | 13 January 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Labor and Promotion of Employment | Luis Alberto Adrianzén Ojeda | 13 January 2023 | 23 April 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Labor and Promotion of Employment | Fernando Varela Bohórquez | 23 April 2023 | 6 September 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Labor and Promotion of Employment | Daniel Maurate Romero | 6 September 2023 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Production | Sandra Belaúnde Arnillas | 10 December 2022 | 25 January 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Production | Raúl Pérez-Reyes Espejo | 26 January 2023 | 6 September 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Production | Ana María Choquehuanca de Villanueva | 6 September 2023 | 1 April 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of Production | Sergio González Guerrero | 1 April 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism | Luis Fernando Elguero González | 10 December 2022 | 23 April 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism | Juan Carlos Mathews Salazar | 23 April 2023 | 1 April 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism | Elizabeth Galdo Marín | 1 April 2024 | 3 September 2024 | Go on Country |
| Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism | Úrsula León Chempén | 3 September 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Energy and Mines | Óscar Vera Gargurevich | 10 December 2022 | 13 February 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of Energy and Mines | Rómulo Mucho Mamani | 13 February 2024 | Incumbent | Modern Peru |
| Ministry of Transportation and Communications | Paola Lazarte Castillo | 13 December 2022 | 6 September 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Transportation and Communications | Raúl Pérez-Reyes Espejo | 6 September 2023 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation | Hania Pérez de Cuéllar Lubienska | 10 December 2022 | 3 September 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation | Durich Whittembury Talledo | 3 September 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations | Grecia Rojas Ortiz | 10 December 2022 | 13 January 2023 | Independent |
| Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations | Nancy Tolentino Gamarra | 13 January 2023 | 1 April 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations | Ángela Hernández Cajo | 1 April 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Environment | Albina Ruiz Ríos | 10 December 2022 | 13 February 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of Environment | Juan Castro Vargas | 13 February 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Culture | Jair Pérez Bráñez | 10 December 2022 | 21 December 2022 | Independent |
| Ministry of Culture | Leslie Urteaga Peña | 21 December 2022 | 3 September 2024 | Independent |
| Ministry of Culture | Fabricio Valencia Gibaja | 3 September 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion | Julio Demartini Montes | 10 December 2022 | Incumbent | Independent |