# Ministry of the Interior (Peru)

The Ministry of the Interior (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior, MININTER) is a ministry of the Government of Peru responsible for the administration of the internal order of the Peruvian State, as well as managing law enforcement units. Established in 1968 under the so-called Revolutionary Government, its headquarters are located, since July 1961, in San Isidro District, occupying the former premises of Limatambo International Airport.
It is headed by the Minister of the Interior, with the current officeholder being Juan José Santiváñez [es] since 2024.

## History

Prior to its establishment, it was preceded by the Ministry of Government, which took a number of names throughout its history:
* Ministry of Government, Justice and Worship (1855–1857)
* Ministry of Government, Worship and Public Works (1857–1860)
* Ministry of Government, Police and Public Works (1860–1896)
* Ministry of Government and Police (1896–1968)
Until 1961, it was located at a building located on the southern side of Italy Square, in Barrios Altos, after which it was moved to the former premises of Limatambo International Airport, in San Isidro District. It was officially renamed under the Revolutionary Government of Juan Velasco Alvarado, through Law Decree № 17271, on December 3, 1968.
As an administrating power of the law enforcement system, it organised the Civil Guard, the Republican Guard and the Peruvian Investigative Police, until their gradual incorporation into a single police corps from 1988 to 1991.

## Organisation

* Minister of the Interior
** Cabinet of Senior Management Advisors
** General Directorate of the National Police of Peru
** Institutional Control Body
** Police Disciplinary Tribunal
** General Office of Institutional Integrity
** Public Prosecutor's Office in charge of the Interior Sector
** Public Prosecutor's Office Specialized in Drug Trafficking Crimes
** Public Prosecutor's Office Specialized in Terrorism Crimes
** Public Prosecutor's Office Specialized in Crimes against Public Order
** Public Prosecutor's Office Specialized in Money Laundering Crimes and Forfeiture Process
** Public Prosecutor's Office Specialized in Organized Crime Crimes
** Office of National Security and Defence
** General Office of Social Communication and Institutional Image
** Police Ombudsman's Office
** General Office of Sectoral Strategic Planning
** Health Insurance Fund of the National Police of Peru
* General Secretariat
** General Office of Legal Counsel
** General Office of Planning and Budget
** General Office of Administration
** General Office of Human Resources Management
** General Office of Information and Communications Technology
** General Office of Infrastructure
* Viceministry of Public Security
** General Directorate of Intelligence
** General Directorate Against Organised Crime
** General Directorate of Public Order
** General Directorate of the Internal Government
* Viceministry of Internal Order
** General Directorate of Citizen Security
** General Directorate of Democratic Security
** General Directorate of Information for Security
Entities administered by the ministry include:
* The National Intendancy of Firefighters and its General Corps of Volunteer Firefighters [es].
* The National Police of Peru.
* The National Superintendence of Migration [es]
* The National Superintendence for the Control of Security Services, Weapons, Ammunition, and Explosives for Civil Use (SUCAMEC)

## List of ministers of the interior

| Name | Party | Period | Period |
| Name | Party | Term start | Term end |
| Ministers of Government, Justice and Worship ||||
| Juan Manuel del Mar | — | December 1855 | October 24, 1856 |
| Jervasio Álvarez [es] | — | October 24, 1856 | December 31, 1856 |
| Ministers of Government, Worship and Public Works ||||
| Ignacio de Osma [es] | — | February 14, 1857 | April 1, 1857 |
| Juan Manuel del Mar | — | April 1, 1857 | July 13, 1858 |
| Manuel Morales [es] | — | July 13, 1858 | September 28, 1859 |
| Miguel del Carpio [es] | — | September 28, 1859 | January 31, 1860 |
| Ministers of Government, Police and Public Works ||||
| José Melgar | — | January 31, 1860 | |
| Manuel Morales [es] | — | March 29, 1860 | |
| Antonio Arenas | — | October 24, 1862 | |
| Manuel Freyre [es] | — | April 10, 1863 | |
| Cipriano Coronel [es] | — | August 5, 1863 | |
| Manuel Costas | — | August 11, 1864 | |
| Evaristo Gómez-Sánchez | — | October 14, 1864 | |
| Francisco Javier Mariátegui [es] | — | November 6, 1865 | |
| José María Químper [es] | — | November 27, 1865 | |
| Manuel María Rivas [es] | — | January 30, 1867 | |
| Juan Miguel Gálvez | Military | March 2, 1867 | |
| Carlos Lissón [es] | — | May 4, 1867 | |
| Pedro José Saavedra [es] | — | June 3, 1867 | |
| Antonio Arenas | — | January 26, 1868 | |
| Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente | Military | February 7, 1868 | |
| Pedro Gálvez | — | August 2, 1868 | |
| Manuel Ferreyros | Navy | April 13, 1869 | |
| Rafael Velarde | — | July 27, 1869 | |
| Francisco de Paula Secada [es] | Military | October 22, 1869 | |
| Manuel Santa María | Military | June 28, 1870 | |
| Manuel Morales [es] | — | August 2, 1872 | |
| Francisco Rosas [es] | Civil Party | August 2, 1872 | |
| Ricardo Espinoza | — | September 28, 1874 | |
| Aurelio García | Navy | February 1, 1875 | |
| Manuel Benavides [es] | — | August 2, 1876 | |
| Manuel González [es] | Military | August 26, 1876 | |
| Juan Buendía | Military | June 4, 1877 | |
| Fernando Palacios | — | June 10, 1878 | |
| Manuel Yrigoyen | — | October 19, 1879 | |
| Bruno Bueno | — | October 25, 1878 | |
| Juan Corrales Melgar | — | October 17, 1878 | |
| Rafael Velarde | — | May 17, 1879 | |
| Juan E. Guzmán | — | October 16, 1879 | |
| Rafael Velarde | — | October 28, 1879 | October 29, 1879 |
| Aurelio Denegri | — | October 29, 1879 | |
| Buenaventura Elguera | — | November 1, 1879 | |
| Nemecio Orbegoso [es] | — | December 24, 1879 | |
| Manuel Velarde | Military | March 12, 1881 | |
| Camilo Carrillo | Navy | September 4, 1882 | |
| Manuel Velarde | Military | January 1883 | |
| Federico Herrera | — | April 1883 | |
| Lorenzo Iglesias [es] | — | January 3, 1883 | |
| Martín Dulanto | — | August 27, 1883 | |
| Mariano de Castro [es] | — | November 20, 1882 | |
| Ignacio de Osma [es] | — | April 8, 1884 | |
| Juan de Aliaga y Puente | — | August 11, 1884 | |
| Joaquín Iglesias | — | April 14, 1885 | |
| José Eusebio Sánchez [es] | — | December 3, 1885 | |
| Pedro Alejandrino del Solar | — | June 3, 1886 | |
| Manuel Velarde | Military | October 6, 1886 | |
| Pedro Alejandrino del Solar | Constitutional Party | November 22, 1886 | |
| Rufino Torrico | Military | August 22, 1887 | |
| Enrique Caravedo | — | October 4, 1887 | |
| Aurelio Denegri | — | November 8, 1887 | |
| José Mariano Jiménez | — | March 8, 1889 | |
| Pedro Alejandrino del Solar | Constitutional Party | April 4, 1889 | |
| Guillermo Ferreyros | Military | February 11, 1890 | |
| Mariano Valcárcel | — | August 10, 1890 | |
| Francisco Gerardo Chávez [es] | — | July 25, 1891 | |
| Federico Herrera | — | August 24, 1891 | |
| Juan Ibarra [es] | Constitutional Party | May 2, 1892 | |
| Carlos Maria Elías | Constitutional Party | June 30, 1892 | |
| Manuel Velarde | Military | March 3, 1893 | |
| Pedro José Zavala | — | May 11, 1893 | |
| Alfredo Gastón | — | September 28, 1893 | |
| Guillermo Ferreyros | Military | April 1, 1894 | |
| Cesáreo Chacaltana | Civil Party | August 10, 1894 | |
| José Salvador Cavero | Constitutional Party | November 16, 1894 | |
| Ricardo Espinoza | — | March 20, 1895 | |
| Antonio Bentín [es] | Democratic Party | September 8, 1895 | |
| Benjamín Boza | Democratic Party | November 30, 1895 | |
| Ministers of Government and Police ||||
| Benjamín Boza | Democratic Party | November 30, 1895 | |
| José María de la Puente [es] | Democratic Party | August 8, 1896 | |
| Lorenzo Arrieta | Democratic Party | August 19, 1896 | |
| Alejandro López de Romaña [es] | Democratic Party | November 25, 1897 | |
| José María de la Puente [es] | Democratic Party | December 23, 1897 | |
| Domingo Parra [es] | Military | September 8, 1899 | |
| Enrique Coronel Zegarra [es] | Democratic Party | August 7, 1900 | |
| Ernesto Zapata | Military | October 2, 1900 | |
| Leonidas Cárdenas [es] | — | September 11, 1901 | |
| Alejandro Deustua | — | August 9, 1902 | |
| Rafael Fernández de Villanueva [es] | Civil Party | November 4, 1902 | |
| Juan de Dios de la Quintana | — | September 8, 1903 | May 14, 1904 |
| Juan de Dios de la Quintana | May 14, 1904 | |
| Eulogio Romero [es] | — | September 24, 1904 | |
| Ernesto Zapata | Military | February 19, 1906 | |
| Amador del Solar [es] | National Coalition | July 31, 1906 | |
| Hernán Velarde [es] | — | August 20, 1906 | |
| Agustín Tovar [es] | Civil Party | May 11, 1907 | |
| Germán Arenas | Civil Party | October 9, 1907 | |
| Miguel Abraham Rojas [es] | — | September 24, 1908 | |
| Rafael Villanueva Cortez [es] | Civil Party | June 8, 1909 | |
| Javier Prado [es] | Civil Party | March 14, 1910 | |
| José Manuel García [es] | Civil Party | August 3, 1910 | |
| Enrique Basadre | — | November 3, 1910 | |
| Juan de Dios Salazar  | Civil Party | August 31, 1911 | |
| Plácido Jiménez | — | October 16, 1911 | |
| Elías Malpartida | Democratic Party | September 24, 1912 | |
| Abel I. Montes | — | December 24, 1912 | |
| Federico Luna [es] | Civic Union | February 24, 1913 | |
| Aurelio Sousa | Democratic Party | June 17, 1913 | |
| Gonzalo Tirado | — | July 23, 1913 | |
| Arturo Osores [es] | Constitutional Party | February 4, 1914 | |
| Hildebrando Fuentes | | May 16, 1914 | |
| Fernando Fuchs [es] | — | August 22, 1914 | |
| Víctor R. Benavides | — | February 19, 1915 | |
| Luis Julio Menéndez | — | August 18, 1915 | |
| José Manuel García | Civil Party | August 2, 1916 | |
| Ezequiel Muñoz | — | March 7, 1917 | |
| Germán Arenas | Civil Party | July 27, 1917 | |
| Samuel Sayán y Palacios | — | February 26, 1918 | |
| Clemente Revilla [es] | Civil Party | September 2, 1918 | |
| Germán Arenas | Civil Party | December 18, 1918 | |
| Óscar Mavila Ruiz [es] | — | April 26, 1919 | |
| Mariano Cornejo [es] | Democratic Party | July 4, 1919 | |
| Alejandrino Maguiña [es] | — | August 24, 1919 | |
| Germán Leguía [es] | — | December 6, 1919 | |
| Pedro José Rada | — | October 8, 1922 | |
| Jesús Salazar [es] | Reformist Democratic Party | October 12, 1924 | |
| José Manuel García [es] | Reformist Democratic Party | August 2, 1926 | |
| Celestino Manchego [es] | Reformist Democratic Party | December 26, 1926 | |
| Arturo Rubio | — | December 24, 1927 | |
| Benjamín Huamán [es] | — | October 12, 1929 | |
| Roberto López | — | August 24, 1930 | |
| Eulogio Castillo [es] | Military | August 25, 1930 | |
| Gustavo Jiménez | Military | August 27, 1930 | |
| Antonio Beingolea [es] | Military | November 24, 1930 | |
| Francisco Tamayo [es] | Decentralist Party | March 11, 1931 | |
| José Manuel García | Civil Party | December 8, 1931 | |
| Luis A. Flores | Revolutionary Union | February 29, 1932 | |
| Julio Chávez [es] | — | May 20, 1932 | April 30, 1933 |
| Julio Chávez [es] | April 30, 1933 | |
| Jorge Prado [es] | Conservative Coalition | June 26, 1933 | |
| Alfredo Henriod | Military | November 26, 1933 | |
| Antonio Rodríguez | Military | May 21, 1935 | |
| Diómedes Arias-Schreiber [es] | — | March 20, 1939 | |
| Guillermo Garrido Lecca [es] | — | December 8, 1939 | |
| Ricardo de la Puente [es] | — | May 21, 1942 | |
| Rafael Belaúnde [es] | National Democratic Front | July 28, 1945 | |
| Manuel E. Rodríguez [es] | Military | January 23, 1946 | |
| Manuel A. Odría | Military | January 12, 1947 | |
| Julio César Villegas Cerro | | June 17, 1948 | |
| Augusto Villacorta Álvarez | | November 3, 1948 | |
| Ricardo de la Puente [es] | — | July 28, 1950 | |
| Augusto Romero [es] | — | March 20, 1952 | |
| Alejandro Esparza [es] | — | September 16, 1955 | |
| Augusto Villacorta Álvarez | — | December 22, 1955 | |
| Jorge Fernández [es] | — | July 28, 1956 | |
| Carlos Carrillo [es] | — | April 7, 1958 | |
| Ricardo Elías [es] | — | June 16, 1960 | |
| Juan Bossio Collae | — | July 18, 1962 | |
| Germán Pagador Blondet | — | October 10, 1962 | |
| Óscar Trelles | Popular Action | July 28, 1963 | |
| Juan Languasco [es] | Popular Action | January 1, 1964 | |
| Miguel Rotalde [es] | Navy | July 27, 1964 | |
| Octavio Mongrut [es] | Popular Action | August 1, 1965 | |
| Javier Alva | Popular Action | September 15, 1965 | |
| Luis Alayza Escardó [es] | Popular Action | October 26, 1966 | |
| Luis Ponce [es] | Navy | July 9, 1967 | |
| Carlos Velarde [es] | Popular Action | June 2, 1968 | |
| Manuel Velarde [es] | Popular Action | October 2, 1968 | October 3, 1968 |
| Ministers of the Interior ||||
| Armando Artola [es] | Military | October 3, 1968 | May 18, 1971 |
| Pedro Richter | Military | May 18, 1971 | September 3, 1975 |
| César Campos Quesada | Military | September 3, 1975 | February 1, 1976 |
| Luis Cisneros Vizquerra [es] | Military | February 1, 1976 | May 12, 1978 |
| Fernando Velit Sabattini | Military | February 15, 1978 | May 7, 1980 |
| César Iglesias Barrón | Military | May 7, 1980 | July 28, 1980 |
| José María de la Jara [es] | Popular Action | July 28, 1980 | October 30, 1981 |
| José Gagliardi [es] | Air Force | October 30, 1981 | January 3, 1983 |
| Fernando Rincón [es] | Popular Action | January 3, 1983 | March 21, 1983 |
| Luis Pércovich | Popular Action | March 21, 1983 | October 15, 1984 |
| Óscar Brush [es] | Military | October 15, 1984 | July 28, 1985 |
| Abel Salinas | APRA | July 28, 1985 | June 29, 1987 |
| José Barsallo [es] | APRA | June 29, 1987 | May 15, 1988 |
| Juan E. Soria Díaz | APRA | May 15, 1988 | March 2, 1989 |
| Armando Villanueva | APRA | March 2, 1989 | May 12, 1989 |
| Agustín Mantilla | APRA | May 12, 1989 | July 28, 1990 |
| Adolfo Alvarado Fournier | Military | July 28, 1990 | April 2, 1991 |
| Víctor Malca [es] | Military | April 2, 1991 | November 7, 1991 |
| Juan Briones [es] | Military | November 7, 1991 | April 20, 1997 |
| César Saucedo [es] | Military | April 20, 1997 | July 18, 1997 |
| José Villanueva [es] | Military | July 18, 1997 | August 19, 1999 |
| César Saucedo [es] | Military | August 19, 1999 | July 29, 2000 |
| Walter Chacón | Military | July 29, 2000 | October 28, 2000 |
| Fernando Dianderas Ottone | Police | October 28, 2000 | November 25, 2000 |
| Ketín Vidal [es] | Police | November 25, 2000 | July 28, 2001 |
| Fernando Rospigliosi [es] | Possible Peru | July 28, 2001 | July 12, 2002 |
| Gino Costa | — | July 12, 2002 | January 27, 2003 |
| Alberto Sanabria Ortiz | Possible Peru | January 27, 2003 | July 25, 2003 |
| Fernando Rospigliosi [es] | Possible Peru | July 25, 2003 | May 7, 2004 |
| Javier Reátegui | Possible Peru | May 8, 2004 | January 14, 2005 |
| Félix Murazzo [es] | Police | January 14, 2005 | August 16, 2005 |
| Rómulo Pizarro | Possible Peru | August 16, 2005 | July 28, 2006 |
| Pilar Mazzetti | — | July 28, 2006 | February 24, 2007 |
| Luis Alva | APRA | February 27, 2007 | October 14, 2008 |
| Remigio Hernani [es] | Police | October 14, 2008 | February 19, 2009 |
| Mercedes Cabanillas | APRA | February 19, 2009 | July 19, 2009 |
| Octavio Salazar | Police | July 19, 2009 | September 12, 2010 |
| Fernando Barrios | APRA | September 14, 2010 | November 22, 2010 |
| Miguel Hidalgo | Police | November 23, 2010 | July 28, 2011 |
| Óscar Valdés | Military | July 28, 2011 | December 10, 2011 |
| Daniel Lozada | — | December 11, 2011 | May 10, 2012 |
| Wilver Calle | Military | May 14, 2012 | July 23, 2012 |
| Wilfredo Pedraza | — | July 23, 2012 | November 15, 2013 |
| Walter Albán [es] | — | November 19, 2013 | June 23, 2014 |
| Daniel Urresti | Military | June 23, 2014 | February 17, 2015 |
| José Luis Pérez [es] | — | February 17, 2015 | July 28, 2016 |
| Carlos Basombrío | — | July 28, 2016 | December 22, 2017 |
| Vicente Romero | Police | December 27, 2017 | April 2, 2018 |
| Mauro Medina [es] | Police | April 2, 2018 | October 17, 2018 |
| Carlos Morán [es] | Police | October 19, 2018 | April 24, 2020 |
| Gastón Rodríguez [es] | Police | April 24, 2020 | July 15, 2020 |
| Jorge Montoya Pérez [es] | Air Force | July 15, 2020 | September 9, 2020 |
| César Gentille [es] | Police | September 10, 2020 | November 10, 2020 |
| Gastón Rodríguez [es] | Police | November 12, 2020 | November 17, 2020 |
| Rubén Vargas Céspedes [es] | — | November 18, 2020 | December 2, 2020 |
| Cluber Aliaga [es] | Police | December 2, 2020 | December 7, 2020 |
| José Elice [es] | Purple Party | December 7, 2020 | July 28, 2021 |
| Juan Manuel Carrasco | Together for Peru | July 29, 2021 | October 6, 2021 |
| Luis Barranzuela | — | October 6, 2021 | November 3, 2021 |
| Avelino Guillén | — | November 4, 2021 | January 30, 2022 |
| Alfonso Chávarry [es] | Police | February 1, 2022 | May 22, 2022 |
| Dimitri Senmache [es] | — | May 22, 2022 | June 30, 2022 |
| Mariano González [es] | National Victory | July 4, 2022 | July 19, 2022 |
| Willy Huerta [es] | — | July 19, 2022 | December 7, 2022 |
| César Cervantes [es] | Police | December 10, 2022 | December 21, 2022 |
| Víctor Rojas [es] | Police | December 21, 2022 | January 13, 2023 |
| Vicente Romero | Police | January 13, 2023 | November 17, 2023 |
| Víctor Torres | Police | November 21, 2023 | April 1, 2024 |
| Walter Ortiz Acosta [es] | Police | April 1, 2024 | May 16, 2024 |
| Juan José Santiváñez [es] | — | April 16, 2024 | Incumbent |