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.

Congress (1829–1832)

First bicameral congress of Peru.

National convention (1855–1857)

NameTook officeLeft office
Francisco Quirós y Ampudia14 July 18555 September 1855
José Santos Castañeda
5 September 185530 September 1855
Miguel de San Román y Meza1 October 185531 October 1855
Manuel Ezequiel Rey de Castro Arce1 November 185516 November 1855
Manuel Costas Arce
16 November 185530 November 1855
Miguel de San Román y Meza1 December 185531 January 1856
José Gálvez Egúsquiza1 February 185628 February 1856
Miguel de San Román y Meza1 March 185631 October 1856
Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco1 November 185631 December 1856
José Gálvez Egúsquiza1 January 185731 January 1857
Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco1 February 185731 March 1857
José Gálvez Egúsquiza1 April 185731 August 1857
Francisco Quirós y Ampudia1 September 185731 October 1857
Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco1 November 18572 November 1857

Constituent Congress (1860)

NameTook officeLeft office
Bartolomé Herrera Vélez14 July 186015 November 1860

Congress (1881)

Installed by the government of Francisco García Calderón in Chorrillos.

National constituent assembly (1881)

Installed by Nicolás de Piérola in Ayacucho.
NameTook officeLeft office
Pío Benigno Meza28 July 188112 September 1881

Constituent assembly in the North (1882–1883)

Installed by the government of Miguel Iglesias in Cajamarca.
NameTook officeLeft office
Vidal García y García25 December 18821883

Congress (1883)

Installed by the government of Lizardo Montero Flores in Arequipa.

Constituent Congress (1884–1885)

NameTook officeLeft office
Antonio Arenas Merino1 March 188431 March 1884
Antonio Arenas Merino28 February 188524 March 1885
Manuel Tovar y Chamorro
24 March 18852 May 1885

National constituent assembly (1919)

NameTook officeLeft office
Mariano H. Cornejo Zenteno24 September 191927 December 1919

Bicameral Congress (1980–1992)

Presidents of the Senate (1980–1992)

  • ¹ Ramiro Prialé died on February 25 of 1988.
  • ² Jorge Lozada assumed the Presidency of the Senate after the death of Ramiro Prialé, because he was the Vice-President of the Chamber.
  • ³ ''Felipe Osterling's presidency was interrupted when President Fujimori dissolved Congress in 1992.''

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1980–1992)

  • ¹ Fernando León de Vivero died on January 26 of 1990.
  • ² Luis Alvarado assumed the Presidency of the Chamber after the death of Fernando León De Vivero, because he was the 1st Vice-President of the Chamber.
  • ³ ''Roberto Ramírez del Villar presidency was interrupted when President Fujimori dissolved Congress in 1992.''

Congress of the Republic (1995–present)

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