The prime minister of Peru (Spanish: primer ministro del Perú), officially the president of the Council of Ministers (Spanish: Presidente del Consejo de Ministros), serves as head of the cabinet and as the most senior member of the Council of Ministers, being appointed by the president of Peru (pending ratification by Congress, as with all other cabinet members). The person heads the presidency of the Council of Ministers (Spanish: Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros, PCM) of Peru, the governmental organisation that oversees the Council of Ministers and coordinates and monitors the multisectoral policies and programmes of the executive branch, as well as coordinates actions with the legislative branch, the autonomous constitutional bodies, and the entities and commissions of the executive branch, aligning priorities to ensure compliance with objectives of national interest.
The prime minister is not the executive head of government, since the president of Peru serves both as head of state and head of government, similar to the prime minister of South Korea. Peru is one of the few countries in Latin America (others include Cuba, and Haiti) where the position of prime minister currently exists. For alternative reasons, Peru is sometimes nonetheless considered a semi-presidential republic where the head of government (the President) is accountable to the Congress.
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History
The office was created in 1856, when the Council of Ministers was itself created through that year's constitution. Under the governments of Mariano Ignacio Prado (1865–1867) and Nicolás de Piérola (1879–1881), the ministries took the names of secretariats, and the head of state directly oversaw the functions attributed to the president of the Council of Ministers.
Luis Galarreta serves as the incumbent prime minister since 28 July 2026.
Organisation
Senior Management
President of the Council of Ministers
General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Institutional Control Body
Judicial Defense Body
Advisory Bodies
General Office of Legal Counsel
General Office of Planning and Budget
Support Bodies
General Office of Administration
General Office of Social Communication
Line Bodies
Coordination Secretariat
Public Management Secretariat
Decentralization Secretariat
Specialized Technical Bodies
National Technical Directorate of Territorial Demarcation
National Office of Electronic Government and Information Technology
Vice Ministry of Territorial Governance
Decentralisation Secretariat
Social Management and Secretariat Dialogue
Secretariat of Demarcation and Territorial Organization