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Regions of Peru

Regions: Amazonas - Áncash - Apurímac - Arequipa - Ayacucho - Cajamarca - Callao - Cusco (Cuzco) - Huancavelica - Huánuco - Ica - Junín - La Libertad - Lambayeque - Lima - Lima Metropolitana - Loreto - Madre de Dios - Moquegua - Pasco - Piura - Puno - San Martín - Tacna - Tumbes - Ucayali -

Note: According to the Regionalization Law which was passed 18 Nov 2002, Peru is divided into 25 regions (regiones; singular: región) and Lima Province, located in the central coast of the country, which does not belong to any region.  The mayor of Lima is the president of Municipality of Metropolitan Lima (Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima). Peru previously had regions during 1989-1992. By Law 30305 of 10 Mar 2015 the title of regional heads was changed from President to Governor.

Party abbreviations: AGUA = Movimiento Regional Alianza Gobierno Unidad y Acción (Regional Movement Alliance Government Unity and Action, est.2022); AP = Acción Popular (People's Action, center-right, nationalist, est.7 Jul 1956); APP = Alianza para el Progreso (Alliance for Progress, progressive, center-right, est.8 Dec 2001); APRA = Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana "Partido Aprista" (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, "Aprista Party", social democratic, center-left, banned 1931-45 & 1948-56, est.7 May 1924); ARA = Movimiento Alianza Renace Ayacucho (Regional Movement "Alliance Reborn Ayacucho", Ayacucho regionalist, est.2013); AT = Alianza por Tacna (Alliance for Tacna, Tacna regionalist); AvP = Avanza País (Go on Country, center-right, est.2000); AUT = Acción por la Unidad Tacna (Action for Taca Unity, est.16 Jan 2017); CRD = Concertación en la Región por la Descentralización (Consultation in the region for Decentralization); DD = Democracia Directa (Direct Democracy); FAENA = Movimiento Independiente Regional FAENA (Regional Independent Movement WORK, Tumbes regionalist, est.2002); FD = Fuerza Democrática (Democratic Force); FE21 = Frente de la Esperanza 2021 (Front of Hope 2021, reformist, centrist, est.29 Sep 2020); FIRME = Frente De Integracion Regional Moquegua Emprendedora "Firme" (Moquegua Entrepreneurial Regional Integration Front "Firm", est.2010); FL = Fuerza Loretana (Loreto Force, Loreto regionalist, est.2005); FP = Fuerza Popular (Popular Force, conservative, Fujimorismo, est.2010); FR = Fuerza Regional (Regional Force, est.8 Apr 2010); GANA = Gran Alianza Nacionalista de Cusco (Grand National Alliance of Cusco, est.2010); Ind = Independiente (Independent); IzU = Izquierda Unida (United Left); JSG = Junín Sostenible con su Gente (Sustainable Junín with People, Junín regionalist, est.2006); MCDRL = Movimiento Concertación para el Desarrollo Regional de Lima (Agreement for the Regional Development of Lima Movement, Lima regionalist, est.2006); MCP = Movimiento Cívico Peruano (Peruvian Civil Movement); MICC = Movimiento Independiente "Chim Pum Callao" (Independent Movement "Chim Pum Callao", est.2 Aug 2005); MICR = Movimiento Independiente "Contigo Región" (Independent Movement 'With You Region', Piura regionalist, est.2022); MIDE = Movimiento Regional Integración Descentralista (Decentralist Regional Integration Movement, Huánuco regionalist, est.2011); MIDR = Movimiento de Integración por el Desarrollo Regional "Mi Casita" (Integration Movement for Regional Development "My House", social justice, ecologist, Puna regionalist, est.26 Aug 2015); MIFCAR = Movimiento Independiente Fuerza Campesina Regional (Independent Movement Regional Peasant Force, Apurimac regionalist, est.2013); MIFR = Movimiento Independiente Fuerza Regional (Independent Movement Regional Force, Piura regionalist, est.21 Aug 2014); MIL = Movimiento Integración Loretana (Loreto Integration Movement, Loreto regionalist, est.2006); MINCAP = Movimiento Independiente de Campesinos y Profesionales (Independent Movement of Farmers and Professionals, Huancavelica regionalist, est.2005); MIOSO = Movimiento Independiente "Obras siempre Obras" ("Work Always Works" Independent Movement, Madre de Dios regionalist, est.2005); MIRA = Movimiento Independiente Regional "Ayllu" (Regional Independent Movement "Ayllu", Huancavelica regionalist, est.2013); MIRMBV = Movimiento Independiente Regional Mi Buen Vecino (Independent Regional Movement My Good Neighbor, est.2019); MIRCU = Movimiento Independiente Regional "Cambio Ucayalino" (Independent Regional Movement "Change Ucayali", est.2014); MIRE = Movimiento de Innovación Regional (Movement of Regional Innovation, Ayacucho regionalist, est.2005); MIRPA = Movimiento Independiente Regional "Puro Áncash" ("Pure Ancash" Indepdendent Regional Movement, Áncash regionalist, est.2010); MIRPC = Movimiento Independiente Regional "Por ti Callao" (Independent Regional Movement "For You Callao", Callao regionalist, est.15 Feb 2014); MIRRSAC = Movimiento Independiente Regional Río Santa Caudaloso (Regional Independent Movement "Abundant Santa River", Ancash regionalist, est.2005); MIRT = Movimiento Independiente Regional "Trabajando para Todos" (Regional Independent Movement "Working for All", Huancavelica regionalist, est.2006); MNIz = Movimiento Nacional de Izquierda (National Left Movement); MNI = Movimiento Nueva Izquierda (New Left Movement); MPJ = Movimiento Regional Patia Joven (Young Homeland Regional Movement, Lima regionalist, est.2006); MPRKC = Movimiento Político Regional "Kausachun Cusco" ("Kausachun Cusco" Regional Political Movement, Cusco regionalist, est.14 Aug 2001); MRA = Movimiento Regional Ayni (Ayni Regional Movement, est.2015); MRAR = Movimiento Regional "Acción Regional" (Regional Movement "Regional Action", San Martin regionalist, est.Mar 2006); MRATYF = Movimiento Regional Arequipa, Tradición y Futuro (Arequipa, Tradition and Future Regional Movement, Arequipa regionalist, est.25 Feb 2005); MRFA = Movimiento Regional "Fuerza Amazonense" ("Amazonian Force" Regional Movement, Amazonas regionalist, est.2014); MRKM = Movimiento Regional "Kausachun" Moquegua ("Kausachun" Regional Movement Moquegua, est.2008); MRLK = Movimiento Regional "Llankasun Kuska" ("Llankasun Kuska" Regional Movement, Apurímac regionalist, est.10 Jul 2015); MRNA = Movimiento Independiente Regional "Nueva Amazonía" (Regional Independent Movement "New Amazon", democratic decentralist, Amazonía and San Martin regionalist, est.1983); MRNM = Movimiento Regional "Musuq Ñan" ("Musuq Ñan" Regional Movement, Ayacucho regionalist, est.2011); MROM = Movimiento Regional "Obras Modernidad" (Regional Movement "Modernity Works", Ica regionalist, est.18 Mar 2014); MRPV = Movimiento Regional "Pasco Verde" ("Green Pasco" Regional Movement, Pasco regionalist, est.2014); MRSSCJ = Movimiento Regional Sierra y Selva Contigo Junín (Sierra and Jungle Regional Movement With You Junin); MRUCL = Movimiento Regional Unidad Cívica Lima (Lima Civic Unity Regional Movement, est.2014); MRWL = Movimiento Regional Wari Llaqta (Warrior City Regional Movement); MRYA = Movimiento Regional 'Yo Arequipa' (Regional Movement "I Arequipa"); PDFS = Partido Descentralista Fuerza Social (Social Force Decentralist Party, center-left, est.2007); PDSP = Partido Democrático 'Somos Perú' (Democratic Party "We Are Peru", est.1991); PHP = Partido Movimiento Humanista Peruano (Peruvian Humanist Movement Party, humanist, leftist, est.2001); PIPC = Proyecto de la Integración para la Cooperación (Project of Integration for Cooperation, Puno regionalist, est.2013); PNPL = Partido Político Nacional Perú Libre (Free Peru National Political Party, left-wing populist, socialist, Marxist-Leninist, federalist, Mariáteguism, former PL, est.15 Jan 2016); PPA = Poder Popular Andino (Andean People Power, Apurímac regionalist, est.2009); PPP = Podemos por el Progreso del Perú (We can for the Progress of Peru, est.18 Apr 2018); PRI = Partido Regional de Integración (Regional Integration Party, Ica regionalist, est.2005); PSN = Partido Solidaridad Nacional (National Solidarity Party, center-right, est.1999); RN = Restauración Nacional (National Restoration, est.26 Dec 2005); RHMO = Reforma y Honradez por Más Obras (Reform and Honesty for More Works. Puno regionalist); ROMOT = Reconstrucción con Obras Más Obras para un Tumbes Bello (Reconstruction with Work more Work for a Beautiful Tumbes, est.2006); RP = Renovación Popular (Popular Renewal, national conservative, right-wing, est.7 Oct 2020); SAR = Movimiento Sentimiento Amazonense Regional (Amazon Regional Sentiment Movement, Amazonas regionalist, est.19 Feb 2014); UDN = Movimiento Político Regional "Unión Democrática del Norte" ("Northern Democratic Union" Regional Political Movement, Piura regionalist, est.2013); UGC = Movimiento Regional Arequipa - Unidos por el Gran Cambio (Arequipa Regional Movement - United for Great Change, Arequipa regionalist, est.2013); UNIPOL = Movimiento Político Regional Unidos por Loreto (United for Loreto Regional Political Movement, Loreto regionalist, est.2002); UPI = Uno Por Ica (One for Ica); UPP = Unión por el Perú (Union for Peru, social democratic, est.21 Sep 1994); VP = Vamos Perú (Go Peru, Ica regionalist, est.27 Sep 2013);
- Former parties:
ARJA = Alianza Regional Juntos por Amazonas (Together for the Amazon Regional Alliance, Amazonas regionalist, 2010-2014); ART = Alianza Regional Todos por Pasco (Regional Alliance All for Pasco, Pasco regionalist, 2010-2013); AUC = Alianza Unidos Construyendo (United Alliance Building, Piura regionalist, 2010-2011); BPMD = Bloque Popular Madre de Dios (Madre de Dios Popular Bloc, Madre de Dios regionalist, 2010-2015); CRD-C = Convergencia Regional Descentralista "Conredes" (Regional Convergence Descentralist "Conredes", Junin regionalist, 2006-2007, merged into PDFS); FAR = Frente Amplio Regional (Broad Regional Front, Hunauco regionalist, 2006-2007); FIM = Frente Independiente Moralizador (Independent Moralizing Front, center-left, 1990-2006); FPL = Frente Popular "Llapanchik" (Popular Front "Llapanchik", Apurimac regionalist, 2006-2015); FREPROI = Frente Regional Progresista Iqueño (Ican Regional Progressive Front, Ica regionalist, 2006-2015); IU = Integrando Ucayali (Integrating Ucayali, Ucayali regionalist, 2005-2015); LT = Movimiento Regional "Luchemos por Tumbes" ("Fight for Tumbes" Regional Movement, Tumbes regionalist, 2010-2015); MARQA = Movimiento por la Autonomía Regional de Quechuas y Aymaras (Movement for the Regional Autonomy of Quechuas and Aymaras, Puno regionalist, 2006-2011); MAS = Movimiento de Afirmación Social (Social Movement Statement, Cajamarca regionalist, 2010-2012); MHP = Partido Movimiento Humanista Peruano (Peruvian Humanist Movement Party, humanist, center-left, renamed PHP); MILH = Movimiento Independiente "Luchemos por Huánuco" (Independent Movement "Fight for Huanuco", Huanuco regionalist, 2006-2015); MINA = Movimiento Independiente "Nueva Amazonía" (Independent Movement "New Amazon", Amazonas regionalist, 2003-2006); MINM = Movimiento Independiente Nuestro Ilo Moquegua (Our Ilo Moquegua Independent Movement, Moquegua regionalist, 2005-2011); MIRFT = Movimiento Independiente Regional Fuerza Tacna (Independent Regional Movement Tacna Force, Tacna regionalist); MPIRT = Movimiento Político Integración Regional "por Ti" (Regional Integration Political Movement "for You", Moquegua regionalist, 2006-2015); MRICC = Movimiento Regional Independiente "Cuenta Conmigo" ("Count Me In" Regional Independent Movement, Ancash regionalist, 2006-2015); PICO = Proyecto Integracionista de Comunidades Organizadas (Organized Communities Integration Project, Huancavelica regionalist, 2006-2015); PL = Movimiento Político Regional "Perú Libre" ("Free Peru" Regional Political Movement, Junín regionlaist, 13 Aug 2008-15 Jan 2016, renamed PNPL); PP = Perú Posible (Possible Peru, A. Toldedo personalist, liberal, center-left, 1994-2016); PP-A = Proyecto Político-Aquí (Political Project "Here", Puno regionalist, 2010-2015); UJ = Movimiento Independiente Unidos por Junín, Sierra y Selva (United for Junin, Mountain and Forest Independent Movement, Junin regionalist, 2005-2011); UN = Unidad Nacional (National Unity, center-right electoral alliance, 2000-2008)


Regions from 2003


Amazonas

[Amazonas Region flag
                        (Peru)]
Adopted 21 Nov 2003

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Miguel Catalino Reyes Contreras    (b. 1955)            APRA
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  Óscar Ramiro Altamirano Quispe     (b. 1952)            FD
                             (1st time)
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Jos
é Berley Arista Arbildo         (b. 1959)            ARJA
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Gilmer Wilson Horna Corrales       (b. 1964)            SAR
                             (1st time)
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022 
Óscar Ramiro Altamirano Quispe     (s.a.)               MRFA
                             (2nd time)
 1 Jan 2023 -             
Gilmer Wilson Horna Corrales       (s.a.)               SAR
                             (2nd time)



Áncash

[Ancash Region
                        (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 28 Nov 2004  Freddy Alberto Ghilardi Álvarez    (b. 1955)            APRA
29 Nov 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Eloy Ricardo Narváez Soto          (b. 1953)            APRA
 1 Jan 2007 -  5 Jun 2010  César Joaquín Álvarez Aguilar      (b. 1967)            MRICC
                             (1st time)
 5 Jun 2010 - 13 Jul 2010  José Sánchez Milla (acting)        (b. 1966 - d. 2010)  PNP
11 Aug 2010 - 31 Dec 2010  Roy Glen Ypanaqué Otta (acting)    (b. 1964)            APRA
 1 Jan 2011 - 19 May 2014  César Joaquín Álvarez Aguilar      (s.a.)               MRICC
                             (2nd time)
20 May 2014 - 12 Jun 2014  Florencio Román Reyna (acting)     (b. 1947)            MRICC
13 Jun 2014 - 31 Dec 2014  Zenón Fulgencio Ayala López        (b. 1959)            MRICC
                             (acting)
 1 Jan 2015 - 23 May 2015 
Enrique Máximo Vargas Barrenechea  (b. 1982)            MIRPA
                             (1st time)
24 May 2015 -  5 Oct 2016  Waldo Enrique Ríos Salcedo         (b. 1955)            MIRPA
 6 Oct 2016 - 10 Apr 2017 
Enrique Máximo Vargas Barrenechea  (s.a.)               MIRPA
                             (2nd time)
19 Apr 2017 - 31 Dec 2018  Luís Fernando Gamarra Alor         (b. 1950)            MIRRSAC
 1 Jan 2019 -  3 Feb 2021 
Juan Carlos Morillo Ulloa          (b. 1980)            PDSP
                             (suspended from 30 Nov 2020)
 3 Dec 2020 - 31 Dec 2022  Henry Augusto Borja Cruzado                             PDSP
                             (acting to 20 Feb 2021)
 1 Jan 2023 -              Fabián Koki Noriega Brito          (b. 1985)            AGUA



Apurímac

[Apurimac Region flag (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 25 Sep 2004  Luis Beltrán Barra Pacheco         (b. 1953)            UPP
25 Sep 2004 - 31 Dec 2006  Rosa Aurora Suárez Aliaga (f)      (b. 1954)            UPP
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  David Abraham Salazar Morote       (b. 1953)            FPL
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Elías Segovia Ruiz                 (b. 1959)            PoPA
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Wilber Fernando Venegas Torres     (b. 1961)            MIFCAR
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022 
Baltazar Lantarón Núñez            (b. 1963)            MRLK
 1 Jan 2023 -              Percy Godoy Medina                 (b. 1980)            FE21



Arequipa

[Arequipa region flag (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Daniel Ernesto Vera Ballón         (b. 1952)            APRA
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2014  Juan Manuel Guillén Benavides      (b. 1941)            MRATYF
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Yamila Johanny Osorio Delgado (f)  (b. 1986)            MRATYF
 1 Jan 2019
- 25 Oct 2021  Élmer Cáceres Llica                (b. 1973)       UGC;12-18-2019 Ind
26 Oct 2021 - 22 Nov 2021  Walter Gutiérrez Cueva (acting)    (b. 1959 - d. 2021)  UGC
 3 Dec 2021 - 31 Dec 2022  Kimmerlee Keily Gutiérrez          (b. 1980)            UGC
                             Canahuire (f)(acting)
 1 Jan 2023 -              Rohel Sánchez Sánchez              (b. 1965)            MRYA



Ayacucho

  [Ayacucho Region
                flag (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Werner Omar Quezada Martínez       (b. 1965)            APRA
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  Isaac Ernesto Molina Chávez        (b. 1948)            MIRE
 1 Jan 2011 - 21 Dec 2015  Wilfredo Oscorima Núñez (1st time) (b. 1961)            PP;2013 ARA
22 Dec 2015 -  5 Jun 2017  Jorge Julio Sevilla Sifuentes      (b. 1965)            APP
 
5 Jun 2017 - 31 Dec 2018  Wilfredo Oscorima Núñez (2nd time) (s.a.)               ARA
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022  Carlos Alberto Rúa Carbajal        (b. 1969)            MRMN 

 1 Jan 2023 -              Wilfredo Oscorima Núñez (3rd time) (s.a.)               MRWL



Cajamarca

[Cajamarca Region (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Luis Felipe Pita Gastelumendi      (b. 1949)            APRA
 1 Jan 2007 - 12 Oct 2010  Jesús Coronel Salirrosas           (b. 1951)            PDFS
12 Oct 2010 - 31 Dec 2010  Wilson Nicolás Flores Castillo     (b. 1953)            PDFS
                             (acting)
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Gregorio Santos Guerrero           (b. 1966)            MAS
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Hilario Porfirio Medina Vásquez    (b. 1971)            MAS
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022 
Mesías Antonio Guevara Amasifuén   (b. 1963)            AP
 1 Jan 2023 -              Roger Guevara Rodríguez            (b. 1988)            PDSP



Callao

[Callo Region flag (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Rogelio Antenor Canches Guzmán     (b. 1953 - d. 2023)  PP
 1 Jan 2007 -  1 Apr 2010  Álex Martín Kouri Bumachar         (b. 1964)            MICC
 1 Apr 2010 - 31 Dec 2010  Víctor Augusto Albrecht Rodríguez  (b. 1970)            MICC
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2018  Félix Manuel Moreno Caballero      (b. 1964)            MICC
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022 
Dante José "Kiko" Mandriotti Castro(b. 1946)            MIRPC
 1 Jan 2023 -              Ciro Ronald Catillo-Rojo Salas     (b. 1950)            MAS



Cusco (Cuzco)

[Cusco Region (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Carlos Ricardo Cuaresma Sánchez    (b. 1951)            FIM
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  Hugo Eulogio Gonzáles Sayán        (b. 1953)            UPP
 1 Jan 2011 -  3 Jan 2014  Jorge Isaacs Acurio "Coco" Tito    (b. 1963)            GANA
 
3 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2014  René Concha Lezama                 (b. 1950)            GANA
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Edwin Licona Licona                (b. 1970)            MPRKC
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022 
Jean Paul Benavente García         (b. 1969)            AP
 1 Jan 2023 -              Werner Máximo Salcedo Álvarez      (b. 1977)            PDSP



Huancavelica

[former Huancavelica Region flag (Peru)] Former Flag
[Huancavelica Region
                      (Peru)]
Current Flag

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Salvador Crisanto Espinoza Huarocc (b. 1941)            MINCAP
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  Luis Federico Salas Guevara        (b. 1950 - d. 2021)  PICO
                             Schultz

 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2015  Maciste Alejandro Díaz Abad        (b. 1967)            MIRT
                             (1st time)
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Glodoaldo Álvarez Oré              (b. 1959)            MIRA
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022 
Maciste Alejandro Díaz Abad        (s.a.)               MIRT
                             (2nd time)
 1 Jan 2023 -              Leoncio Huayllani Taype            (b. 1962)            MRA



Huánuco

[former Huánuco Region flag (Peru)] Former Flag
[Huánuco Region (Peru)]
Current Flag

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Luzmila Templo Condeso (f)         (b. 1929 - d. 2021)  MILH
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  Jorge Espinoza Egoávil             (b. 1935)            FAR;2007 PHP
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Luis Raúl Picón Quedo              (b. 1957)            PDSP
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Rubén Alva Ochoa                   (b. 1958)            MIDE
 1 Jan 2019 -
30 Mar 2022  Juan Manuel Alvarado Cornelio      (b. 1959)            AP
30 Mar 2022 - 31 Dec 2022  Erasmo Fernández Sixto                                  AP
 1 Jan 2023 -              Antonio Leónidas Pulgar Lucas      (b. 1962)            MIRMBV



Ica

[Ica Region former flag 2003-2014 (Peru)] 2003 - 19 Dec 2014
[Ica Region flag (Peru)] Adopted 19 Dec 2014

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2003  Manuel Vicente Tello Céspedes      (b. 1941)            APRA
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  Rómulo Triveño Pinto               (b. 1947 - d. 2022)  PRI
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Alonso Alberto Navarro Cabanillas
  (b. 1980)            FREPROI
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Fernando José Cillóniz Benavides   (b. 1950)            FP
 1 Jan 2019 -
31 Dec 2022  Javier Gallegos Barrientos         (b. 1965)            MROM    
 1 Jan 2023 -              Jorge Carlos Hurtado Herrera       (b. 1960)            UPI



Junín

[Junin Region (Peru)
                        former flag]
to c.2016

[Junin Region (Peru)
                      flag] Adopted c.2016

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Manuel Edwin Duarte Velarde        (b. 1929 - d. 2023)  UJ
 1 Jan 2007 -
11 Oct 2010  Vladimiro Huaroc Portocarrero      (b. 1948)         CRD-C;2007 PDFS
12 Oct 2010 - 31 Dec 2010  Raúl Robles Echegaray                                   CRD
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Vladimir Roy Cerrón Rojas          (b. 1970)            PL
                             (1st time)
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Ángel Dante Unchupaico Canchumani  (b. 1972)            JSG
 1 Jan 2019 - 20 Aug 2019 
Vladimir Roy Cerrón Rojas          (s.a.)               PNPL
                             (2nd time)
20 Aug 2019 - 31 Dec 2022  Fernando Orihuela Rojas            (b. 1982)            PNPL

 1 Jan 2023 -              Zósimo Cárdenas Muje               (b. 1973)            MRSSCJ



La Libertad

[La Libertad Region
                        flag (Peru)]
Adopted 2005

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 7 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Homero Benjamín Burgos Oliveros    (b. 1958)             APRA
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2014  José Humberto Murguía Zannier      (b. 1937)             APRA
 1 Jan 2015 - 12 Oct 2015  César Acuña Peralta (1st time)     (b. 1952)             APP
12 Oct 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Luis Alberto Valdez Far
ías         (b. 1979)             APP
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022  Manuel Felipe Llempén Coronel      (b. 1950)             APP
 1 Jan 2023 -              César Acuña Peralta (2nd time)     (s.a.)                APP



Lambayeque

[Lambayeque Region flag (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 14 Oct 2008  Yehude Simon Munaro                (b. 1947)           UPP;2006 MHP
14 Oct 2008 - 
31 Dec 2010  Nery Enni Saldarriaga de Kroll (f) (b. 1943)             MHP
                             (acting to 27 Apr 2009)
13 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2018 
Humberto Acuña Peralta             (b. 1966)             APP
 1 Jan 2019 - 27 Jan 2021  Anselmo Lozano Centurión           (b. 1951)             PPP
 3 Feb 2021 - 22 May 2021  Oscar Cárpena Recoba (interim)     (b. 1981)
22 May 2021 - 31 Dec 2022  Luis Alberto Díaz Bravo (interim)  (b. 1979)
 1 Jan 2023 -              Jorge Luis Pérez Flores            (b. 1979)             PDSP



Lima

[Lima Region flag (Peru)]
Adopted 15 Dec 2017

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Miguel Ángel Mufarech Nemy         (b. 1946)            APRA
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 201Nelson Oswaldo Chui Mejía          (b. 1947)            MCDRL
                             (1st time)
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Javier Jesús Alvarado Gonzales del (b. 1968)            MPJ
                             Valle
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Nelson Oswaldo Chui Mejía          (s.a.)               MCDRL
                             (2nd time)
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022  Ricardo Chavarría Oria             (b. 1948)            FR
 1 Jan 2023 -              Rosa Gloria Vásquez Cuadrado (f)   (b. 1961)            MRUCL



Lima, Municipalidad Metropolitana de

[Flag of city and department
                of Lima (Peru)]

Mayors of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima
 1 Jan 2003 - 11 Oct 2010  Óscar Luis Castañeda Lossio        (b. 1945 - d. 2022)  PSN+UN
                             (1st time)
11 Oct 2010 - 31 Dec 2010  Marco Antonio Parra Sánchez        (b. 1969)            PSN+UN
                             (acting)
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Susana María del Carmen Villarán   (b. 1949)            PDFS

                             de la Puente (f)
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018 
Óscar Luis Castañeda Lossio        (s.a.)               PSN
                             (2nd time)
 1 Jan 2019 -  8 May 2022  Jorge Vicente Martín Muñoz Wells   (b. 1962)            AP
 9 May 2022 - 31 Dec 2022  Miguel Eugenio Romero Sotelo       (b. 1947)            AP
                             (interim)
 1 Jan 2023 -              Rafael Bernardo López-Aliaga       (b. 1961)            RP
                             Cazorla



Loreto

[Loreto Region flag (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Robinson Rivadeneyra Reátegui      (b. 1960)            UNIPOL
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2014  Yván Enrique Vásquez Valera        (b. 1960)            FL
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Fernando Meléndez Celis            (b. 1972)            MIL
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022  Elisbán Ochoa Sosa                 (b. 1957)            RN
 1 Jan 2023 -              Jorge René Chávez Silvano          (b. 1981)            PDSP



Madre de Dios

[Madre de Dios Region
                      former flag 2003-2005 (Peru)] 2003 - 2005 [Madre de Dios Region flag
                      (Peru) Adopted 2005

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 13 Apr 2005  Rafael Edwin Ríos López            (b. 1960)            MNI
                             (suspended from 4 Feb 2005)
 4 Feb 2005 - 31 Dec 2006  José de la Rosa del Maestro Ríos   (b. 1949)            MNI
                             (acting for suspend López to 13 Apr 2005) 
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  Santos Kawai Komori                (b. 1940)            MIOSO
 1 Jan 2011 - 15 Aug 2013  José Luis Aguirre Pastor           (b. 1966 - d. 2021)  BPMD
                            
(suspended from 11 Oct 2012)
11 Oct 2012 - 31 Dec 2014  Jorge Alberto Aldazabal Soto       (b. 1955)            BPMD
                             (acting to 19 Nov 2013)
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018 
Luis Otsuka Salazar (1st time)     (b. 1951)            DD
 1 Jan 2019 - 20 Feb 2022  Luis Guillermo Hidalgo Okimura     (b. 1953)            APP
                             (suspended from 12 Oct 2021)
21 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2022  Herlens Jefferson Gonzales Enoki  
                             (acting)
 1 Jan 2023 -              Luis Otsuka Salazar (2nd time)     (s.a.)               AvP



Moquegua

[Moquegua Region flag (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  María Cristala Constantinides      (b. 1944)            PDSP
                             Rosado (f)                
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  Jaime Alberto Rodríguez Villanueva (b. 1951)            MINM
                             (1st time)
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo    (b. 1963)            MPIRT
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Jaime Alberto Rodríguez Villanueva (s.a.)               MRKM
                             (2nd time)
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022  Zenón Gregorio Cuevas Pare         (b. 1951)            FIRME
 1 Jan 2023 -              Gilia Ninfa Gutierrez Ayala (f)    (b. 1990)            PDSP



Pasco

[Pasco Region flag (Peru)]
Adopted 12 Feb 2010

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Víctor Raúl Espinoza Soto          (b. 1944)            CRD
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  Félix Rivera Serrano               (b. 1945 - d. 2020)  MNIz
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Kléver Uribe Meléndez Gamarra      (b. 1961)           ART;2014 MRPV
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Teódulo Valeriano Quispe Huertas   (b. 1952 - d. 2020)  FP
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022  Pedro Ubaldo Polinar               (b. 1972)            APP
 1 Jan 2023 -              Juan Luis Chombo Heredia           (b. 1979)            PDSP



Piura

[Piura Region flag (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2010  César Trelles Lara                 (b. 1936)             APRA
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Javier Fernando Miguel Atkins      (b. 1956)             AUC
                             Lerggios
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Reynaldo Adolfo Hilbck Guzmán      (b. 1962)             UDN
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022 
Servando García Correa             (b. 1980)             MIFR
 1 Jan 2023 -              Luis Ernesto Neyra León            (b. 1980)             CR



Puno

[Puno Region former flag 2003-2012 (Peru)] 2003 - 2 Feb 2012
[Puno Region flag (Peru)] Adopted 2 Feb 2012


Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region

 1 Jan 2003 - 
31 Dec 2006  David Aníbal Jiménez Sardón        (b. 1952)            MARQA
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  Pablo Hernán Fuentes Guzmán        (b. 1960)            AvP
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Mauricio Rodríguez Rodríguez       (b. 1958)
           PP-A
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Juan Luque Mamani                  (b. 1959)            PIPC
 1 Jan 2019 - 10 Mar 2020  Walter Aduviri Calisaya            (b. 1980)            MIDR
10 Mar 2020 -  2 Nov 2021  Agustín Luque Chayña               (b. 1969)            MIDR
 3 Nov 2021 - 31 Dec 2022  Germán Alejo Apaza                 (b. 1984)            MIDR
 1 Jan 2023 -              Richard Hancco Soncco              (b. 1978)            RHMO



San Martín

[San Martin Region fomer flag 2003-2017
                      (Peru)] 2003 - 2 Aug 2017
[San Martin Region flag (Peru)] Adopted 2 Aug 2017

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 -  8 Mar 2005  Max Henry Ramírez García           (b. 1959)            APRA
 
8 Mar 2005 - 31 Dec 2006  Julio Cárdenas Sánchez             (b. 1958)            APRA
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Oct 2013
  César Villanueva Arévalo           (b. 1946)            MRNA
31 Oct 2013 - 31 Dec 2014  Javier Ocampo Ruíz                 (b. 1944)            MRNA
                             (acting to 24 Jan 2014)
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Víctor Manuel Noriega Reátegui     (b. 1962)            FP
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2023  Pedro Bogarín Vargas               (b. 1954)            MRAR
 1 Jan 2023 -              Walter Grundel Jiménez             (b. 1947)            PDSP



Tacna

[Tacna Region (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Julio Antonio Alva Centurión       (b. 1936)            APRA
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  Hugo Froilán Ordóñez Salazar       (b. 1945)            AT
 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014  Tito Guillermo Chocano Olivera     (b. 1944 - d. 2022)  AP
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2019  Omar Gustavo Jiménez Flores        (b. 1960)            MCP

 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022  Juan Tonconi Quispe                (b. 1979)            AUT
 1 Jan 2023 -              Luis Ramón Torres Robledo          (b. 1955)            MIRFT
                             (suspended 14 Jun - 24 Aug 2023)
14 Jun 2023 - 24 Aug 2023  Liliana del Carmen Velazco         (b. 1968)            MIRFT
                             Cornejo (f)(acting for Torres)



Tumbes

[Tumbes Region (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Rosa Yris Medina Feijoo (f)        (b. 1958)            APRA
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2010  Wilmer Florentino Dios Benites     (b. 1962)            FAENA
                             (1st time)
 1 Jan 2011 - 10 Jun 2014  Gerardo Fidel Viñas Dioses         (b. 1963)            LT
11 Jun 2014 - 31 Dec 2014  Orlando La Chira Pasache           (b. 1954)            LT
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Ricardo Isidro Flores Dioses       (b. 1950)            ROMOT
 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022 
Wilmer Florentino Dios Benites     (s.a.)               FAENA
                             (2nd time)
 1 Jan 2023 -              Segismundo Cruces Ordinola         (b. 1965)            APP


 
Ucayali

[Ucayali Region (Peru)]

Presidents (from 10 Mar 2015, Governors) of the Region
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Edwin Vásquez López                (b. 1952)            MINA
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2014  Jorge Velásquez Portocarrero       (b. 1966)            IU
 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018  Manuel Gambini Rupay (1st time)    (b. 1971)            MIRCU
 1 Jan 2019 - 24 Dec 2021  Francisco "Panchito" Antonio Pezo  (b. 1957)            APP
                             Torres (suspended from Dec 2021)
24 Dec 2021 - 31 Dec 2022  Ángel Luis Gutiérrez Rodríguez                          APP
                             (acting to 11 Feb 2022)
 1 Jan 2023 -              Manuel Gambini Rupay (2nd time)    (s.a.)               MIRCU



Former Regions 1989-1992

Former Regions: Amazonas - Andrés Avelino Cáceres - Arequipa - Chavín - Grau - Inka (Inca) - José Carlos Mariátegui - Los Libertadores-Wari - Nor Oriental del Marañón - San Martín-La Libertad - Ucayali -

Note: Constitution of 1979 contained provisions for the creation of autonomous regions, but these were not implemented. The elections for the first regional assemblies took place on 12 Nov 1989 (in Grau, Amazonas, Ucayali, Arequipa and José Carlos Mariátegui) and on 8 Apr 1990 (in Nor Oriental del Marañón, San Martín-La Libertad, Chavín, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Los Libertadores-Wari and Inca). On 5 Apr 1992, President Alberto Fujimori brought an abrupt end to the first elected regional governments and replaced them with Transitory Regional Administration Councils on 29 Dec 1992.

Party abbreviations: AP = Acción Popular (People's Action, center-right, nationalist, est.1956); APRA = Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana "Partido Aprista" (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, "Aprista Party", social democratic, center-left, banned 1931-45 & 1948-56, est.1924); FREDEMO = Frente Democrático (Democratic Front, center-right, formed by AP, Movimiento Libertad and Partido Popular Cristiano, 1988-1990); IU = Izquierda Unida (United Left, former alliance of socialist and communist parties by Popular Democratic Unity, UNIR, PCP, Revolutionary Socialist Party, Revolutionary Communist Party and Worker Peasant Student and Popular Front [FOCEP], 11 Sep 1980-1995); PCP = Partido Comunista Peruano (Peruvian Communist Party, communist, part if IU, est.1930); PUM = Partido Unificado Mariateguista (Mariateguist Unified Party, est.1984, part of IU); UNIR = Unión Nacional de Izquierda Revolucionaria (National Union of the Revolutionary Left, front of Maoist communist parties, est.1980, part of IU)


Amazonas

 4 Mar 1988                Amazonas Region
14 Jun 1991                Renamed Loreto Region.

President of the Region
1990 -  5 Apr 1992         Felipe Gilberto Alván Acosta                             AP/FREDEMO



Andrés Avelino Cáceres

President of the Region

1990 -  5 Apr 1992         Julio Wilmer Tarazona Padilla       (b. 1951)             PUM



Arequipa

Presidents of the Region

1990 - 1991                Víctor Manzur Suárez                                     UNIR
1991 -  5 Apr 1992         José Eduardo Adolfo del Carpio     (b. 1944)             FREDEMO
                             Begazo


Chavín

Presidents of the Region
Jun 1990 - Jun 1991        Jaime Roosewelt Minaya Castromonte (b. 1943)             UNIR
Jun 1991 -  5 Apr 1992     Alberto Alfaro Beltrán             (b. 19.. - d. 2016)



Grau

President of the Region

1990 -  5 Apr 1992         Luis Antonio Paredes Maceda        (b. 1945 - d. 1992)   APRA


                                     
Inka (Inca)

President of the Region

1990 -  5 Apr 1992         Adolfo Antonio Saloma González     (b. 1947)             UNIR



José Carlos Mariátegui

15 Apr 1989                Moquegua-Tacna-Puno Region. 
12 Mar 1990                Renamed José Carlos Mariátegui Region.

President of the Region
1990 -  5 Apr 1992         Romeo Paca Pantigoso                                     PUM



Los Libertadores-Wari

President of the Region

1990 -  5 Apr 1992         Oswaldo Aspilcueta Franco                                PCP



Nor Oriental del Marañón

President of the Region
1990 -  5 Apr 1992         Juan José Salazar García           (b. 1947)             APRA


  
San Martín-La Libertad

 
4 Mar 1988                Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre Region.
17 Aug 1991                Renamed San Martín-La Libertad Region.                

President of the Region

Jul 1990 -  5 Apr 1992     Juan de Dios Cubas Cava            (b. 19.. - d. 2024)   APRA


                    
Ucayali

President of the Region

1990 -  5 Apr 1992         Luis Espíritu Huerto Milla                               APRA






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