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.
| Name
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Took office
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Left office
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| Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
 | 
20 September 1822
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20 October 1822
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| José de Larrea y Loredo
 | 
21 October 1822
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20 November 1822
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| Juan Antonio de Andueza
 | 
21 November 1822
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20 December 1822
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| Hipólito Unanue
 | 
20 December 1822
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20 February 1823
 | 
| Nicolás de Araníbar y Fernández Cornejo
 | 
20 February 1823
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20 April 1823
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| Carlos Pedemonte y Talavera
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21 April 1823
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20 June 1823
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| Justo Figuerola de Estrada
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20 June 1823
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6 August 1823
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| Carlos Pedemonte y Talavera
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6 August 1823
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12 August 1823
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| Justo Figuerola de Estrada
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12 August 1823
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20 September 1823
 | 
| Manuel Arias Pérez de los Ríos
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20 September 1823
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20 October 1823
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| Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano
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20 October 1823
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20 November 1823
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| José de la Mar Cortázar
 | 
20 November 1823
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20 December 1823
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| Felipe Antonio Alvarado Toledo y Pimentel
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20 December 1823
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20 January 1824
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| José María Galdeano y Mendoza
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20 January 1824
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20 February 1824
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| José Gregorio Fernández de Paredes Ayala
 | 
20 February 1825
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10 March 1825
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Constituent Congress (1827–1828)
| Name
 | 
Took office
 | 
Left office
 | 
| Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
 | 
4 June 1827
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4 July 1827
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| Manuel Lorenzo de Vidaurre y Encalada
 | 
4 July 1827
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4 August 1827
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| Francisco Valdivieso y Prada
 | 
4 August 1827
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4 October 1827
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| Mariano de la Llosa y Vizcarra
 | 
4 October 1827
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4 November 1827
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| Tomás Diéguez de Florencia
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4 November 1827
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4 December 1827
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| Juan Tomás Moscoso y Pérez
 | 
4 December 1827
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4 January 1828
 | 
| Juan Manuel Nocheto de Castro
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4 January 1828
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4 February 1828
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| Manuel Tellería Vicuña
 | 
4 February 1828
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4 March 1828
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| Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
 | 
4 March 1828
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4 April 1828
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| Mariano Alejo Álvarez Vera
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4 April 1828
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4 June 1828
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| Juan Manuel Nocheto de Castro
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4 June 1828
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16 June 1828
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Congress (1829–1832)
First bicameral congress of Peru.
Presidents of the Senate
| Name
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Took office
 | 
Left office
 |  
| Andrés Reyes y Buitrón
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31 August 1829
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20 December 1829
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| Andrés Reyes y Buitrón
 | 
19 April 1831
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26 September 1831
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| Manuel Tellería Vicuña
 | 
29 July 1832
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22 December 1832
 |   
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Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies
| Name
 | 
Took office
 | 
Left office
 |  
| Juan Antonio Távara Andrade
 | 
31 August 1829
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20 December 1829
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| Juan Bautista Navarrete y Maldonado
 | 
19 April 1831
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26 September 1831
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| José María de Pando y Ramírez de Laredo
 | 
29 July 1832
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22 December 1832
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Constituent Congress (1833–1834)
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
 |   
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President of the Assembly (Republic of North Peru)
| Name
 | 
Took office
 | 
Left office
 |  
| Evaristo Gómez Sánchez
 | 
3 August 1836
 | 
24 August 1836
 |   
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Constituent Congress (1839–1840)
| Name
 | 
Took office
 | 
Left office
 | 
| Manuel Bartolomé Ferreyros
 | 
15 August 1839
 | 
15 September 1839
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| Manuel Villarán Loli
 | 
15 September 1839
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15 October 1839
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| Agustín Guillermo Charún
 | 
15 October 1839
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15 November 1839
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| Lucas Pellicer Camacho
 | 
15 November 1839
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28 November 1839
 | 
| Lucas Pellicer Camacho
 | 
7 July 1840
 | 
12 July 1840
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Bicameral Congress (1845–1853)
Presidents of the Senate (1845–1853)
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
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28 July 1849
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| Bartolomé Herrera Vélez
 | 
28 July 1849
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28 July 1851
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| Joaquín José de Osma y Ramírez de Arellano
 | 
28 July 1851
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28 July 1853
 | 
| Francisco Forcelledo Maldonado
 | 
28 July 1853
 | 
17 November 1853
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National convention (1855–1857)
| Name
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Took office
 | 
Left office
 | 
| Francisco Quirós y Ampudia
 | 
14 July 1855
 | 
5 September 1855
 | 
José Santos Castañeda (First vice president)
 | 
5 September 1855
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30 September 1855
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| Miguel de San Román y Meza
 | 
1 October 1855
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31 October 1855
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| Manuel Ezequiel Rey de Castro Arce
 | 
1 November 1855
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16 November 1855
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Manuel Costas Arce (First vice president)
 | 
16 November 1855
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30 November 1855
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| Miguel de San Román y Meza
 | 
1 December 1855
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31 January 1856
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| José Gálvez Egúsquiza
 | 
1 February 1856
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28 February 1856
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| Miguel de San Román y Meza
 | 
1 March 1856
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31 October 1856
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| Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco
 | 
1 November 1856
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31 December 1856
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| José Gálvez Egúsquiza
 | 
1 January 1857
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31 January 1857
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| Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco
 | 
1 February 1857
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31 March 1857
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| José Gálvez Egúsquiza
 | 
1 April 1857
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31 August 1857
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| Francisco Quirós y Ampudia
 | 
1 September 1857
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31 October 1857
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| Manuel Toribio Ureta Pacheco
 | 
1 November 1857
 | 
2 November 1857
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Congress (1858–1859)
President of the Senate (1858–1859)
| Name
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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
 |   
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Constituent Congress (1860)
| Name
 | 
Took office
 | 
Left office
 | 
| Bartolomé Herrera Vélez
 | 
14 July 1860
 | 
15 November 1860
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Bicameral Congress (1860–1865)
Presidents of the Senate (1860–1865)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1860–1865)
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Constituent Congress (1867)
Bicameral Congress (1868–1879)
[1]
Presidents of the Senate (1868–1879)
| Name
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Took office
 | 
Left office
 |  
| José Rufino Echenique Benavente
 | 
28 July 1868
 | 
28 July 1871
 |  
| No legislature
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28 July 1871
 | 
28 July 1872
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| Manuel Francisco Benavides Canduelas
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28 July 1872
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28 July 1873
 |  
| No legislature
 | 
28 July 1873
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28 July 1874
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| Francisco de Paula Muñoz Sologuren
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28 July 1874
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28 July 1876
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| José Antonio García y García
 | 
28 July 1876
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4 August 1876
 |  
| Francisco Rosas Balcázar
 | 
4 August 1876
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28 July 1878
 |  
| Manuel Pardo y Lavalle
 | 
28 July 1878
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16 November 1878
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José Antonio García y García Vice president
 | 
16 November 1878
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28 July 1879
 |  
| José Antonio García y García
 | 
28 July 1879
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25 October 1879
 |   
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1868–1879)
| Name
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Took office
 | 
Left office
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| Juan Oviedo
 | 
28 July 1868
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28 July 1870
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| Manuel Benjamín Cisneros
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28 July 1870
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15 December 1870
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Eleuterio Macedo (Second vice president)
 | 
15 December 1870
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28 July 1871
 |  
| No legislature
 | 
28 July 1871
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28 July 1872
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| José Simeón Tejeda Mares
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28 July 1872
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28 July 1873
 |  
| No legislature
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28 July 1873
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28 July 1874
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| Mariano Ignacio Prado
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28 July 1874
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28 August 1874
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Ramón Ribeyro (First vice president)
 | 
28 August 1874
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28 July 1875
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| Mariano Ignacio Prado
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28 July 1875
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28 July 1876
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| Ignacio de Osma y Ramírez de Arellano
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28 July 1876
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28 July 1878
 |  
| Camilo N. Carrillo Martínez
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28 July 1878
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29 July 1879
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Ricardo Wenceslao Espinoza (First vice president)
 | 
29 July 1879
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25 October 1879
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Congress (1881)
Installed by the government of Francisco García Calderón in Chorrillos.[1]
President of the Senate (1881)
| Name
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Took office
 | 
Left office
 |  
| Francisco de Paula Muñoz Sologuren
 | 
10 July 1881
 | 
23 August 1881
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President of the Chamber of Deputies (1881)
| Name
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Took office
 | 
Left office
 |  
| César Canevaro
 | 
10 July 1881
 | 
23 August 1881
 |   
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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
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Constituent assembly in the North (1882–1883)
[1]
Installed by the government of Miguel Iglesias in Cajamarca.
| Name
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Took office
 | 
Left office
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| Vidal García y García
 | 
25 December 1882
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1883
 | 
Congress (1883)
[1]
Installed by the government of Lizardo Montero Flores in Arequipa.
President of the Senate (1883)
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1883)
| Name
 | 
Took office
 | 
Left office
 |  
| Alejandro Arenas Villarreal
 | 
22 April 1883
 | 
20 June 1883
 |   
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Constituent Congress (1884–1885)
[1]
Congress (1886)
[1]
President of Senate (1886)
| Name
 | 
Took office
 | 
Left office
 |  
| Francisco Rosas Balcázar
 | 
30 May 1886
 | 
13 July 1886
 |   
President of Chamber of Deputies (1886)
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Bicameral Congress (1886–1919)
Presidents of Senate (1886–1919)
Presidents of Chamber of Deputies (1886–1919)
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National constituent assembly (1919)
President of the national constituent assembly[3]
| Name
 | 
Took office
 | 
Left office
 | 
| Mariano H. Cornejo Zenteno
 | 
24 September 1919
 | 
27 December 1919
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Presidents of the Senate (1919–1930)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1919–1930)
Constituent Congress (1931–1936)
Presidents of the Constituent Congress[3]
| Name
 | 
Took office
 | 
Left office
 | 
Political party
 |  
| Luis Antonio Eguiguren Escudero
 | 
8 December 1931
 | 
21 April 1932
 | 
Party Socialdemócrata
 |  
| Clemente Justiniano Revilla Villanueva
 | 
21 April 1932
 | 
8 December 1936
 | 
Nationalist Party
 |   
Bicameral Congress (1939–1968)
Presidents of the Senate (1939–1968)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (1939–1968)
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies[4]
| Name
 | 
Took office
 | 
Left office
 | 
Political party
 |  
| Carlos Sayán Álvarez
 | 
8 December 1939
 | 
28 July 1941
 | 
Revolutionary Union
 |  
| Gerardo Balbuena Carrillo
 | 
28 July 1941
 | 
28 July 1944
 | 
 |  
| Carlos Sayán Álvarez
 | 
28 July 1944
 | 
28 July 1945
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Revolutionary Union
 |  
| Fernando León de Vivero
 | 
28 July 1945
 | 
28 July 1946
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Peruvian Aprista Party
 |  
| Pedro E. Muñiz Martínez
 | 
28 July 1946
 | 
28 July 1947
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Peruvian Aprista Party
 |  
| Fernando León de Vivero
 | 
28 July 1947
 | 
28 July 1948
 | 
Peruvian Aprista Party
 |  
| No legislature
 | 
28 July 1948
 | 
29 October 1948
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 |  
| Vacant, coup d'état
 | 
29 October 1948
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28 July 1950
 | 
 |  
| Claudio Fernández Concha
 | 
28 July 1950
 | 
28 July 1952
 | 
 |  
| Juan Manuel Peña Prado
 | 
28 July 1952
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28 July 1954
 | 
 |  
| Eduardo Miranda Sousa
 | 
28 July 1954
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28 July 1956
 | 
 |  
| Carlos Ledgard Jiménez
 | 
28 July 1956
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28 July 1958
 | 
 |  
| Javier Ortiz de Zevallos Thorndike
 | 
28 July 1958
 | 
28 July 1960
 | 
Pradist Democratic Movement
 |  
| Armando de la Flor Valle
 | 
28 July 1960
 | 
18 July 1962
 | 
 |  
| Vacant, coup d'état
 | 
18 July 1962
 | 
28 July 1963
 | 
 |  
| Fernando León de Vivero
 | 
28 July 1963
 | 
28 July 1964
 | 
Peruvian Aprista Party
 |  
| Víctor Freundt Rosell
 | 
28 July 1964
 | 
28 July 1965
 | 
 |  
| Enrique Rivero Vélez
 | 
28 July 1965
 | 
28 July 1966
 | 
Unión Nacional Odriísta
 |  
| Antonio Monsalve Morante
 | 
28 July 1966
 | 
28 July 1967
 | 
 |  
| Armando Villanueva del Campo
 | 
28 July 1967
 | 
28 July 1968
 | 
Peruvian Aprista Party
 |  
| Andrés Townsend Ezcurra
 | 
28 July 1968
 | 
3 October 1968
 | 
Peruvian Aprista Party
 |   
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)
- Notes
 
 
- ¹ Luz Salgado temporarily assumed the position of President of Congress after a motion to censure President Hildebrandt.
 
- ² Valentìn Paniagua, was elected President of Congress and as such simultaneously served as President of the Transitional Government.
 
- ³ Carlos Ferrero Costa, was assigned to President of Congress by an agreement between different political parties.
 
- 4 Alejandro Aguinaga temporarily assumed the position of President of Congress after Javier Velásquez's nomination as President of the Council of Ministers.
 
- 5 Luis Iberico temporarily assumed the position of President of Congress after Freddy Otárola's nomination as Minister of Labor.
  
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