President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru

President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru is the presiding officer in the Congress of the Republic of Peru. This is a list of representatives that have served as Presidents of the Peruvian legislature. The Constitution of 1993 re-arranged Congress into a unicameral legislature. The President is elected for a one-year term.

President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru
Presidencia del Congreso de la República del Perú
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Incumbent José Jeri since 26 July 2025
Residence	Legislative Palace
Seat	Lima
Term length	1 year, renewable
Inaugural holder	Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
Formation	20 September 1822
Succession	Third
Deputy	1st Vice President of Congress 2nd Vice President of Congress 3rd Vice President of Congress
Website	congreso.gob.pe

Constituent Congress (1822–1825)

Name	Took office	Left office
Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro	20 September 1822	20 October 1822
José de Larrea y Loredo	21 October 1822	20 November 1822
Juan Antonio de Andueza	21 November 1822	20 December 1822
Hipólito Unanue	20 December 1822	20 February 1823
Nicolás de Araníbar y Fernández Cornejo	20 February 1823	20 April 1823
Carlos Pedemonte y Talavera	21 April 1823	20 June 1823
Justo Figuerola de Estrada	20 June 1823	6 August 1823
Carlos Pedemonte y Talavera	6 August 1823	12 August 1823
Justo Figuerola de Estrada	12 August 1823	20 September 1823
Manuel Arias Pérez de los Ríos	20 September 1823	20 October 1823
Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano	20 October 1823	20 November 1823
José de la Mar Cortázar	20 November 1823	20 December 1823
Felipe Antonio Alvarado Toledo y Pimentel	20 December 1823	20 January 1824
José María Galdeano y Mendoza	20 January 1824	20 February 1824
José Gregorio Fernández de Paredes Ayala	20 February 1825	10 March 1825

Constituent Congress (1827–1828)

Name	Took office	Left office
Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro	4 June 1827	4 July 1827
Manuel Lorenzo de Vidaurre y Encalada	4 July 1827	4 August 1827
Francisco Valdivieso y Prada	4 August 1827	4 October 1827
Mariano de la Llosa y Vizcarra	4 October 1827	4 November 1827
Tomás Diéguez de Florencia	4 November 1827	4 December 1827
Juan Tomás Moscoso y Pérez	4 December 1827	4 January 1828
Juan Manuel Nocheto de Castro	4 January 1828	4 February 1828
Manuel Tellería Vicuña	4 February 1828	4 March 1828
Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro	4 March 1828	4 April 1828
Mariano Alejo Álvarez Vera	4 April 1828	4 June 1828
Juan Manuel Nocheto de Castro	4 June 1828	16 June 1828

Congress (1829–1832)

First bicameral congress of Peru.

Presidents of the Senate Name Took office Left office Andrés Reyes y Buitrón 31 August 1829 20 December 1829 Andrés Reyes y Buitrón 19 April 1831 26 September 1831 Manuel Tellería Vicuña 29 July 1832 22 December 1832

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies Name Took office Left office Juan Antonio Távara Andrade 31 August 1829 20 December 1829 Juan Bautista Navarrete y Maldonado 19 April 1831 26 September 1831 José María de Pando y Ramírez de Laredo 29 July 1832 22 December 1832

Constituent Congress (1833–1834)

Name	Took office	Left office
Francisco de Paula González Vigil Yáñez	12 September 1833	12 October 1833
José Freyre Rodríguez	12 October 1833	12 November 1833
Santiago Távara Andrade	12 November 1833	12 December 1833
Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro	12 December 1833	12 March 1834
Manuel Villarán Loli	12 March 1834	12 April 1834
Tomás Diéguez de Florencia	12 April 1834	12 May 1834
Marcos Farfán	13 May 1834	12 June 1834
Rufino Macedo Béjar	12 June 1834	12 July 1834
Francisco de Paula González Vigil Yáñez	12 July 1834	11 August 1834

Legislative Assembly of Peru–Bolivian Confederation

President of the Assembly (Republic of South Peru) Name Took office Left office Nicolás Fernández de Piérola y Flores 7 December 1835 22 March 1836

President of the Assembly (Republic of North Peru) Name Took office Left office Evaristo Gómez Sánchez 3 August 1836 24 August 1836

Constituent Congress (1839–1840)

Name	Took office	Left office
Manuel Bartolomé Ferreyros	15 August 1839	15 September 1839
Manuel Villarán Loli	15 September 1839	15 October 1839
Agustín Guillermo Charún	15 October 1839	15 November 1839
Lucas Pellicer Camacho	15 November 1839	28 November 1839
Lucas Pellicer Camacho	7 July 1840	12 July 1840

Bicameral Congress (1845–1853)

Presidents of the Senate (1845–1853)

Name	Took office	Left office
Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano	16 April 1845	28 July 1849
Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente	28 July 1849	28 December 1849
Juan Manuel Iturregui Aguilarte	28 December 1849	20 March 1851
Pedro Cisneros de la Torre	20 March 1851	28 July 1851
Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente	28 July 1851	17 November 1853

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1845–1853)

Name	Took office	Left office
Manuel A. Cuadros Loayza	16 April 1845	6 August 1847
José Isidro Bonifaz	6 August 1847	28 July 1849
Bartolomé Herrera Vélez	28 July 1849	28 July 1851
Joaquín José de Osma y Ramírez de Arellano	28 July 1851	28 July 1853
Francisco Forcelledo Maldonado	28 July 1853	17 November 1853

National convention (1855–1857)

Name	Took office	Left office
Francisco Quirós y Ampudia	14 July 1855	5 September 1855
José Santos Castañeda (First vice president)	5 September 1855	30 September 1855
Miguel de San Román y Meza	1 October 1855	31 October 1855
Manuel Ezequiel Rey de Castro Arce	1 November 1855	16 November 1855
Manuel Costas Arce (First vice president)	16 November 1855	30 November 1855
Miguel de San Román y Meza	1 December 1855	31 January 1856
José Gálvez Egúsquiza	1 February 1856	28 February 1856
Miguel de San Román y Meza	1 March 1856	31 October 1856
Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco	1 November 1856	31 December 1856
José Gálvez Egúsquiza	1 January 1857	31 January 1857
Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco	1 February 1857	31 March 1857
José Gálvez Egúsquiza	1 April 1857	31 August 1857
Francisco Quirós y Ampudia	1 September 1857	31 October 1857
Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco	1 November 1857	2 November 1857

Congress (1858–1859)

President of the Senate (1858–1859)

Name Took office Left office José Miguel Medina Elera 12 October 1858 25 May 1859 President of the Chamber of Deputies (1858–1859) Name Took office Left office Pedro José Bustamante y Alvizuri 12 October 1858 25 May 1859

Constituent Congress (1860)

Name	Took office	Left office
Bartolomé Herrera Vélez	14 July 1860	15 November 1860

Bicameral Congress (1860–1865)

Presidents of the Senate (1860–1865)

Name Took office Left office Juan Miguel del Carpio y Melgar 18 November 1860 31 May 1863 Ramón Castilla y Marquesado 1864 1864 Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1860–1865) Name Took office Left office Antonio Arenas Merino 18 November 1860 28 July 1862 José María Pérez Franco 28 July 1862 31 May 1863 José Rufino Echenique Benavente 1864 1864

Constituent Congress (1867)

Name	Took office	Left office
Antonio Salinas y Castañeda	15 February 1867	15 March 1867
José María Químper Caballero	15 March 1867	15 April 1867
José Jacinto Ibarra Falcón	15 April 1867	15 July 1867
Mariano Herencia Zevallos	15 July 1867	15 August 1867
José Jacinto Ibarra Falcón	15 August 1867	15 September 1867
Francisco García Calderón Landa	15 September 1867	15 November 1867

Bicameral Congress (1868–1879)

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Presidents of the Senate (1868–1879)

Name Took office Left office José Rufino Echenique Benavente 28 July 1868 28 July 1871 No legislature 28 July 1871 28 July 1872 Manuel Francisco Benavides Canduelas 28 July 1872 28 July 1873 No legislature 28 July 1873 28 July 1874 Francisco de Paula Muñoz Sologuren 28 July 1874 28 July 1876 José Antonio García y García 28 July 1876 4 August 1876 Francisco Rosas Balcázar 4 August 1876 28 July 1878 Manuel Pardo y Lavalle 28 July 1878 16 November 1878 José Antonio García y García Vice president 16 November 1878 28 July 1879 José Antonio García y García 28 July 1879 25 October 1879 Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1868–1879) Name Took office Left office Juan Oviedo 28 July 1868 28 July 1870 Manuel Benjamín Cisneros 28 July 1870 15 December 1870 Eleuterio Macedo (Second vice president) 15 December 1870 28 July 1871 No legislature 28 July 1871 28 July 1872 José Simeón Tejeda Mares 28 July 1872 28 July 1873 No legislature 28 July 1873 28 July 1874 Mariano Ignacio Prado 28 July 1874 28 August 1874 Ramón Ribeyro (First vice president) 28 August 1874 28 July 1875 Mariano Ignacio Prado 28 July 1875 28 July 1876 Ignacio de Osma y Ramírez de Arellano 28 July 1876 28 July 1878 Camilo N. Carrillo Martínez 28 July 1878 29 July 1879 Ricardo Wenceslao Espinoza (First vice president) 29 July 1879 25 October 1879

Congress (1881)

Installed by the government of Francisco García Calderón in Chorrillos.^[1]

President of the Senate (1881)

Name Took office Left office Francisco de Paula Muñoz Sologuren 10 July 1881 23 August 1881 President of the Chamber of Deputies (1881) Name Took office Left office César Canevaro 10 July 1881 23 August 1881

National constituent assembly (1881)

Installed by Nicolás de Piérola in Ayacucho.

Name	Took office	Left office
Pío Benigno Meza	28 July 1881	12 September 1881

Constituent assembly in the North (1882–1883)

^[1] Installed by the government of Miguel Iglesias in Cajamarca.

Name	Took office	Left office
Vidal García y García	25 December 1882	1883

Congress (1883)

^[1] Installed by the government of Lizardo Montero Flores in Arequipa.

President of the Senate (1883)

Name Took office Left office Manuel Costas Arce 22 April 1883 20 June 1883 President of the Chamber of Deputies (1883) Name Took office Left office Alejandro Arenas Villarreal 22 April 1883 20 June 1883

Constituent Congress (1884–1885)

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Name	Took office	Left office
Antonio Arenas Merino	1 March 1884	31 March 1884
Antonio Arenas Merino	28 February 1885	24 March 1885
Manuel Tovar y Chamorro (First vice president)	24 March 1885	2 May 1885

Congress (1886)

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President of Senate (1886)

Name Took office Left office Francisco Rosas Balcázar 30 May 1886 13 July 1886 President of Chamber of Deputies (1886) Name Took office Left office Pedro Alejandrino del Solar Gabans 30 May 1886 6 June 1886 Ramón Ribeyro Álvarez del Villar (First vice president) 6 June 1886 13 July 1886

Bicameral Congress (1886–1919)

Presidents of Senate (1886–1919)

President of Senate Name Took office Left office Party Francisco García Calderón Landa 28 July 1886 28 July 1887 Civilista Party Francisco Rosas Balcázar 28 July 1887 28 July 1888 Civilista Party Manuel Candamo Iriarte 28 July 1888 28 July 1889 Civilista Party Francisco Rosas Balcázar 28 July 1889 28 July 1890 Civilista Party Manuel Candamo Iriarte 28 July 1890 28 July 1891 Civilista Party Francisco Rosas Balcázar 28 July 1891 28 July 1892 Civilista Party Manuel Candamo Iriarte 28 July 1892 28 July 1893 Civilista Party Francisco Rosas Balcázar 28 July 1893 28 July 1894 Civilista Party César Canevaro 28 July 1894 28 July 1895 Constitutional Party Manuel Pablo Olaechea 28 July 1895 28 July 1896 Democratic Party Guillermo Billinghurst Angulo 28 July 1896 12 August 1897 Democratic Party Manuel Candamo Iriarte 12 August 1897 28 July 1898 Civilista Party Rafael Villanueva Cortez 28 July 1898 28 July 1899 Civilista Party Benjamín Boza Filiberto 28 July 1899 28 July 1900 Democratic Party Julio Santiago Normand Soto 28 July 1900 28 July 1901 Manuel Candamo Iriarte 28 July 1901 28 July 1902 Civilista Party Ántero Aspíllaga Barrera 28 July 1902 28 July 1904 Civilista Party Rafael Villanueva Cortez 28 July 1904 28 July 1905 Civilista Party Manuel Irigoyen Larrea 28 July 1905 28 July 1906 Constitutional Party Manuel Camilo Barrios 28 July 1906 28 July 1908 Agustín Ganoza y Cavero 28 July 1908 28 July 1909 Antero Aspíllaga Barrera 28 July 1909 28 July 1911 Civilista Party Agustín Tovar Aguilar 28 July 1911 28 July 1912 Civilista Party Rafael Villanueva Cortez 28 July 1912 28 July 1913 Civilista Party Juan Norberto Eléspuru 28 July 1913 28 July 1914 Nicanor Carmona 28 July 1914 28 July 1915 Manuel Camilo Barrios 28 July 1915 28 July 1916 Amador del Solar Cárdenas 28 July 1916 28 July 1917 José Carlos Bernales Rodríguez de Mendoza 28 July 1917 28 July 1918 Antonio Miró Quesada de la Guerra 28 July 1918 9 December 1918 Presidents of Chamber of Deputies (1886–1919) Presidents of Chamber of Deputies Name Took office Left office Party Alejandro Arenas Villarreal 28 July 1886 28 July 1888 Constitutional Party Manuel María del Valle 28 July 1888 28 July 1889 Constitutional Party Mariano Valcárcel 28 July 1889 28 July 1890 Manuel María del Valle 28 July 1890 28 July 1891 Constitutional Party Mariano Valcárcel 28 July 1891 28 July 1892 Alejandro Arenas Villarreal 28 July 1892 28 July 1893 Constitutional Party Mariano Valcárcel 28 July 1893 28 July 1894 Manuel María del Valle 28 July 1894 28 July 1895 Constitutional Party Augusto Durand Maldonado[2] 28 July 1895 28 July 1896 Democratic Party Wenceslao Valera Olano 28 July 1896 12 August 1897 Carlos de Piérola Villena 12 August 1897 28 July 1899 Democratic Party Aurelio Sousa Matute 28 July 1899 28 July 1900 Democratic Party Carlos de Piérola Villena 28 July 1900 28 July 1901 Democratic Party Mariano H. Cornejo Zenteno 28 July 1901 28 July 1902 Carlos de Piérola Villena (resigned) 28 July 1902 18 October 1902 Democratic Party Pedro de Osma y Pardo 18 October 1902 28 July 1903 Democratic Party Nicanor Álvarez Calderón Roldán 28 July 1903 28 July 1904 Civilista Party Cesáreo Chacaltana Reyes 28 July 1904 28 July 1905 Civilista Party Antonio Miró Quesada de la Guerra 28 July 1905 28 July 1906 Civilista Party Juan Pardo y Barreda (First vice president) 28 July 1906 28 July 1907 Civilista Party Juan Pardo y Barreda 28 July 1907 28 July 1909 Civilista Party José Matías Manzanilla Barrientos 28 July 1909 28 July 1910 Civilista Party Antonio Miró Quesada de la Guerra 28 July 1910 28 July 1911 Civilista Party Roberto Leguía Salcedo 28 July 1911 28 July 1912 Civilista Party Juan de Dios Salazar y Oyarzábal 28 July 1912 28 July 1913 Civilista Party Ricardo Bentín Sánchez 28 July 1913 28 July 1914 David García Yrigoyen 28 July 1914 28 July 1915 Francisco Tudela y Varela 28 July 1915 28 July 1916 Civilista Party José Matías Manzanilla Barrientos 28 July 1916 28 July 1917 Civilista Party Juan Pardo y Barreda 28 July 1917 9 December 1918 Civilista Party