Martín Vizcarra

**Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo** (born 22 March 1963) is a Peruvian engineer and politician. He was the 60th President of Peru following the resignation of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. He previously served as the Vice President of Peru alongside Mercedes Aráoz.

On 26 November 2025, Vizcarra was sentenced to 14 years in prison for taking bribes from construction companies while serving as governor of Moquegua between 2011 and 2014.

## Early life

Vizcarra was born in Lima, the son of César Vizcarra Vargas, who was an American Popular Revolutionary Alliance(APRA) member, and Doris Cornejo, an elementary school teacher. His father was mayor of Moquegua and a member of the Constituent Assembly of 1978. His family was based in Moquegua, but moved to Lima due to a pulmonary complication that put him on the verge of death at his birth. Vizcarra has stated that his father had a lasting impact on his life.

## Education

Vizcarra studied at the IEP Juan XXIII and the GUE Simón Bolívar, in Moquegua. For university education, Vizcarra graduated from the National University of Engineering in Lima in 1984 while also earning a degree in Management Administration from the School of Business Administration (ESAN).

## Vice presidency

In the 2016 general election, Vizcarra ran with the Peruvians for Change presidential ticket as candidate for first vice president and as Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's running mate. The ticket narrowly defeated Keiko Fujimori's Popular Force nomination.

## Presidency

Vizcarra was sworn into office as president on 23 March 2018 following the resignation of President Kuczynski. Throughout his tenure, Vizcarra remained independent from political parties, promoted reforms against corruption in the legislative and judicial branches and vowed to not run for president when his term ends in 2021.Following what he described as a "factual denial of confidence" against his government, Vizcarra dissolved the Peruvian Congress on 30 September 2019 and, on the same day, issued a decree for legislative elections. The snap election for a new congress was held on 26 January 2020, with the legislature elected becoming opposition-led once again.

### Removal

On 9 November 2020, Vizcarra was impeached and removed as President by the Congress and replaced with Manuel Merino.  Vizcarra's impeachment incited the 2020 Peruvian protests, as many Peruvians. Vizcarra was banned from holding public office for 10 years after allegedly jumping the line to get a COVID-19 vaccine, with an 86-0 vote in congress.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: Excellency
- **name**: Martín Vizcarra
- **image**: Martín Vizcarra Cornejo (cropped).png
- **office**: 60th List of Presidents of Peru, President of Peru
- **primeminister**: Mercedes Aráoz
César Villanueva
Salvador del Solar
Vicente Zeballos
Pedro Cateriano
Walter Martos
- **vicepresident**: Mercedes Aráoz (2018–19)
- **term start**: 23 March 2018
- **term end**: 9 November 2020
- **predecessor**: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
- **successor**: Manuel Merino
- **office1**: Vice President of Peru
- **president1**: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
- **term start1**: 28 July 2016
- **term end1**: 23 March 2018
- **predecessor1**: Marisol Espinoza
- **successor1**: Dina Boluarte (2021)
- **office2**: Ministry of Transport and Communications (Peru), Minister of Transport and Communications
- **term start2**: 28 July 2016
- **term end2**: 22 May 2017
- **predecessor2**: José Gallardo Ku
- **successor2**: Bruno Giuffra
- **office3**: Moquegua Region, Governor of the Moquegua Region
- **term start3**: 1 January 2011
- **term end3**: 31 December 2014
- **predecessor3**: Jaime Rodríguez Villanueva
- **successor3**: Jaime Rodríguez Villanueva
- **birth name**: Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo
- **birth place**: Lima, Peru
- **party**: Peruvians for Change
- **profession**: Engineering, Engineer