Public Ministry of Peru

The Public Ministry of Peru (Spanish: Ministerio Público), also known as the Prosecutor's Office of Peru (Spanish: Fiscalía del Perú), is an autonomous entity of the Government of Peru that is responsible for enforcing law in Peru. Headed by the Prosecutor of the Nation, the Public Ministry oversees investigations surrounding private citizens, public interest and legislative interrogatives.^[1]

Public Ministry of Peru

Ministerio Público del Perú
Headquarters at Abancay Avenue
Agency overview
Formed	1979; 46 years ago (1979)
Jurisdiction	Peru
Headquarters	Barrios Altos, Lima
Motto	Ama suwa, ama qilla ama llulla (Don't be a thief, don't be a liar, don't be lazy)
Agency executive	Delia Espinoza, Attorney General of Peru
Website	mpfn.gob.pe

History

Following the creation of the Supreme Court of Peru in 1825, an entity similar to the Public Ministry served under the chief national court. The 1828 Constitution of Peru established a Supreme Court with seven justices and a prosecutor.

Jorge Basadre notes that in the National Convention of 1855, functions for a national prosecutor were more defined.^[2] By 1930, it was indicated in Article 2 of the Code of Procedure in Criminal Matters that public criminal prosecution was performed by a proseuctor's office that was overseen by the Ministry of Justice.^[3] In the 1979 Constitution of Peru, the Public Ministry of Peru was officially established as an independent body from the Ministry of Justice.

Organization

Attorney General of Peru

The Attorney General of Peru heads the Public Ministry. Individuals in the office must be over 45 years old and are appointed by the National Board of Justice (JNJ).

N.º	Name		Term started	Term ended
1		Gonzalo Ortiz de Zevallos Roedel	1981	1983
2		Miguel Cavero-Egúsquiza Saavedra	May 1983	May 1984
3		Álvaro Rey De Castro	May 1984	May 1985
4		César Elejalde Estenssoro	1985	1987
5		Hugo Denegri Cornejo	1987	1989
6		Manuel Catacora Gonzales	April 1989	March 1991
7		Pedro Méndez Jurado	1991	1992
8		Blanca Nélida Colán Maguiño	1992	1997
9		Miguel Aljovín Swayne	1997	2000
10		Nelly Calderón Navarro	2001	2005
11		Flora Adelaida Bolívar Arteaga	2006	2008
12		Gladys Echaíz de Núñez-Ízaga	2008	2011
13		José Antonio Peláez Bardales	2011	2014
14		Carlos Ramos Heredia	2014	2015
15		Pablo Sánchez Velarde	5 July 2015	7 June 2018
16		Pedro Chávarry Vallejos	7 June 2018[4][5]	8 January 2019[6]
17		Zoraida Ávalos Rivera	8 January 2019[7]	30 March 2022[8]
18		Pablo Sánchez Velarde	30 March 2022[9]	20 June 2022[10]
19		Patricia Benavides Vargas	20 June 2022[10]	7 December 2023[11]
20		Pablo Sánchez Velarde	7 December 2023[12]	11 December 2023
21		Juan Carlos Villena Campana	11 December 2023[13]	18 October 2024
22		Delia Espinoza Valenzuela	18 October 2024

Districts

The Public Ministry has 34 districts:

1. Amazonas
2. Áncash
3. Apurímac
4. Arequipa
5. Ayacucho
6. Cajamarca
7. Callao
8. Cañete
9. Cuzco
10. Huancavelica
11. Huánuco
12. Huaura
13. Ica
14. Junin
15. La Libertad
16. Lambayeque
17. Lima
18. Lima Este
19. Lima Norte
20. Lima Noroeste
21. Lima-Sur
22. Loreto
23. Madre de Dios
24. Moquegua
25. Pasco
26. Piura
27. Puno
28. San Martín
29. Santa
30. Sullana
31. Tacna
32. Tumbes
33. Ucayali
34. Selva Central

See also

• Ministry of Justice (Peru)
• Peruvian Public Ministry controversy