Luis La Puerta

{{Short description|President of Peru in 1879}}

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{{Family name hatnote|La Puerta|Mendoza|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Luis La Puerta de Mendoza

| image = Luis La Puerta-modified.png

| office = President of Peru

| order = 22nd

| termend = December 23, 1879

| termstart = December 18, 1879

| predecessor = Mariano Ignacio Prado

| successor = Nicolás de Piérola

| birth_date = August 25, 1811

| birth_place = Cusco, Peru

| death_date = {{death date and age|1896|10|21|1811|08|25|mf=y}}

| death_place = Lima, Peru

}}

Luis La Puerta de Mendoza (August 25, 1811 – October 21, 1896) was a 19th-century Peruvian politician. He was born in Cusco. He was briefly Prime Minister of Peru in January 1868. He served as the first vice president from 1876 to 1879{{cite web |url=http://repositorio.unprg.edu.pe/bitstream/handle/UNPRG/3549/BC-TES-TMP-2356.pdf |title=LA INSTITUCIÓN DE LA VICEPRESIDENCIA DE LA REPÚBLICA EN LA CONSTITUCIÓN PERUANA |author=Abog. Freddy Ronald Centurión González |access-date=2019-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019194834/http://repositorio.unprg.edu.pe/bitstream/handle/UNPRG/3549/BC-TES-TMP-2356.pdf |archive-date=2019-10-19 |url-status=dead }} and was briefly president for five days in 1879 during the War of the Pacific.