Ministry of Health (Peru)

{{Short description|Government ministry of Peru}}{{Infobox government agency

| agency_name = Ministry of Health

| nativename_a = {{lang|es|Ministerio de Salud}}

| logo = PCM-Salud.png

| logo_size = 250px

| picture_width = 250px

| picture = Ministerio de salud.jpg

| formed = {{start date and age|df=yes|1935|10|05}}

| headquarters = 801 Salaverry, Jesús María, Lima

| minister1_name = {{ill|César Vásquez Sánchez|es}}

| website = {{url|https://www.gob.pe/minsa}}

}}{{Politics of Peru}}

The Ministry of Health ({{langx|es|Ministerio de Salud}}, MINSA) of Peru is the government ministry in charge of the country's healthcare system.

{{as of|2025}}, the minister of Health is {{Interlanguage link|César Vásquez Sánchez|es|César Vásquez Sánchez}}.

History

The ministry was created on October 5, 1935, through Law Decree 8124, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Peruvian medical researcher Daniel Alcides Carrión.{{Cite web |title=Ministerio de Salud cumple 81 años protegiendo la salud de las personas |url=https://www.gob.pe/institucion/minsa/noticias/14734-ministerio-de-salud-cumple-81-anos-protegiendo-la-salud-de-las-personas |date=2016-10-05 |website=Gob.pe}} Created as the Ministry of Public Health, Works and Social Precaution ({{langx|es|Ministerio de Salud Pública, Trabajo y Previsión Social}}), it incorporated the Directorate of Public Health, and the sectors of Work, Social Precaution, and Indian Affairs, all belonging to the Ministry of Development and Public Works. It additionally assumed the functions of the Department of Philanthropy, which at the time belonged to the Ministry of Justice. The first Minister of Health was {{ill|Armando Montes de Peralta|es}}.

In 1942, the ministry changed its name to the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance ({{langx|es|Ministerio de Salud Pública, Trabajo y Previsión Social}}). This name remained until 1968, when it adopted its current name.

In 2003, it incorporated the Medicinal Botanical Garden of Lima, created in 1991, into its National Institute of Health.

From 2020 onwards, the ministry oversaw a large part of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.

Organisation

Vice Ministry of Public Health
Directorate-General of Public Health Policies and Regulations
Directorate-General of Strategic Interventions in Public Health: Directorate of Mental Health
Directorate-General of Health Promotion and Territorial Management
Directorate-General of Environmental Health and Food Safety
Directorate-General of Disaster Risk Management and National Health Defense
National Centre for Epidemiology, Disease Prevention, and Control (CDC)
National School of Public Health
Metropolitan Lima Health Directorate (DIRIS)
Vice Ministry of Health Benefits and Insurance
Directorate-General of Health Benefits
Directorate-General of Health Insurance
Directorate-General of Infrastructure, Equipment, and Maintenance
Directorate-General of Human Resources Management and Development
Directorate-General of Medicines, Supplies, and Drugs (DIGEMID)
National Centre for the Supply of Strategic Health Resources
General Secretariat
General Administration Office
General Resources Office Human Resources
General Office of Information Technology
General Office of Communications
General Office of Transparency and Document Processing
General Office of Planning, Budget, and Modernisation
General Office of Coordination and Coordination
General Office of Legal Counsel
General Office of Cooperation and International Affairs
Public Organisations and Programmes
Institute for Health Services Management
National Health Investment Programme
National Health Council

Entities administered by the ministry include:

National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases (INEN)
National Institute of Health (INS)
National Institute of Child Health (INSN)
National Superintendency of Health (SUSALUD)
Comprehensive Health Insurance (SIS)
Intangible Solidarity Health Fund (FISSAL)
National Health Investment Programme (PRONIS)
Program for the Creation of Integrated Health Networks (PCRIS)

List of ministers

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !rowspan=2\|Name !rowspan=2\|Party !colspan=2\|Period
Term start\|\|Term end
colspan=4\| Ministers of Public Health, Works and Social Precaution (1935–1942)
{{ill\|Armando Montes de Peralta\|es}} \| rowspan=5; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) \|— \| {{dts\|1935\|10\|09}} \| {{dts\|1936\|04\|12}}
Fortunato Quesada Larrea \| {{dts\|1936\|04\|13}} \| {{dts\|1936\|09\|23}}
Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat \| {{dts\|1936\|09\|24}} \| {{dts\|1937\|11\|02}}
Rafael Escardó \| {{dts\|1937\|11\|03}} \| {{dts\|1938\|04\|19}}
{{ill\|Guillermo Almenara\|es\|lt=Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen}} \| {{dts\|1938\|04\|30}} \| {{dts\|1939\|12\|07}}
colspan=4\| Ministers of Public Health and Social Assistance (1942–1968)
Constantino J. Carvallo \| rowspan=19; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) \|— \| {{dts\|1939\|12\|08}} \| {{dts\|1945\|08\|27}}
Óscar Trelles Montes \| {{dts\|1945\|08\|28}} \| {{dts\|1946\|01\|22}}
{{ill\|Julio Ernesto Portugal\|es}} \| {{dts\|1946\|01\|23}} \| {{dts\|1947\|01\|11}}
{{ill\|Alberto Hurtado Abadía\|es}} \| {{dts\|1947\|01\|12}} \| {{dts\|1947\|10\|30}}
Manuel R. Nieto \| {{dts\|1947\|10\|31}} \| {{dts\|1948\|02\|28}}
Arturo Jiménez Pacheco \| {{dts\|1948\|03\|01}} \| {{dts\|1948\|06\|17}}
{{ill\|Alberto Hurtado Abadía\|es}} \| {{dts\|1948\|06\|18}} \| {{dts\|1948\|10\|27}}
Alberto López Flores \| {{dts\|1948\|10\|31}} \| {{dts\|1950\|06\|27}}
Edgardo Rebagliati Martins \| {{dts\|1950\|06\|28}} \| {{dts\|1952\|08\|04}}
Luis N. Sáenz \| {{dts\|1952\|08\|05}} \| {{dts\|1954\|08\|09}}
{{ill\|Armando Montes de Peralta\|es}} \| {{dts\|1954\|08\|10}} \| {{dts\|1955\|09\|14}}
Jorge de Romaña Plazolles \| {{dts\|1955\|09\|15}} \| {{dts\|1955\|12\|05}}
Alberto López Flores \| {{dts\|1955\|12\|05}} \| {{dts\|1956\|07\|27}}
Jorge Haaker Fort \| {{dts\|1956\|07\|28}} \| {{dts\|1957\|09\|23}}
{{ill\|Francisco Sánchez-Moreno Moscoso\|es}} \| {{dts\|1957\|09\|24}} \| {{dts\|1959\|06\|19}}
{{ill\|Guillermo Garrido-Lecca Frías\|es}} \| {{dts\|1959\|06\|20}} \| {{dts\|1960\|06\|06}}
{{ill\|Rodrigo Franco Guerra\|es}} \| {{dts\|1960\|06\|10}} \| {{dts\|1961\|02\|18}}
Eduardo Watson Cisneros \| {{dts\|1961\|02\|19}} \| {{dts\|1962\|07\|18}}
Víctor Solano Castro \| {{dts\|1962\|07\|18}} \| {{dts\|1963\|07\|28}}
Javier Arias Stella \| rowspan="4" \|Acción Popular \| {{dts\|1963\|07\|28}} \| {{dts\|1965\|09\|15}}
{{ill\|Daniel Becerra de la Flor\|es}} \| {{dts\|1965\|09\|16}} \| {{dts\|1967\|09\|07}}
Javier Arias Stella \| {{dts\|1967\|09\|09}} \| {{dts\|1968\|10\|02}}
{{ill\|Javier Correa Miller\|es}} \| {{dts\|1968\|10\|02}} \| {{dts\|1968\|10\|03}}
colspan=4\| Ministers of Health
Eduardo Montero Rojas \| rowspan=7; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) \|— \| {{dts\|1968\|10\|10}} \| {{dts\|1969\|12\|30}}
Rolando Caro Constantini \| {{dts\|1969\|12\|31}} \| {{dts\|1971\|04\|27}}
{{ill\|Fernando Miró Quesada Bahamonde\|es}} \| {{dts\|1971\|04\|28}} {{dts\|1975\|08\|28}} \| {{dts\|1975\|08\|28}} {{dts\|1975\|10\|18}}
Jorge Tamayo de la Flor \| {{dts\|1975\|10\|18}} \| {{dts\|1976\|12\|31}}
Humberto Campodónico Hoyos \| {{dts\|1977\|01\|01}} \| {{dts\|1977\|12\|31}}
Óscar Dávila Zumaeta \| {{dts\|1978\|01\|01}} \| {{dts\|1978\|09\|15}}
Eduardo Rivasplata Hurtado \| {{dts\|1978\|09\|18}} \| {{dts\|1980\|07\|27}}
{{ill\|Uriel García Cáceres\|es}} \| rowspan="3" \|Acción Popular \| {{dts\|1980\|07\|27}} \| {{dts\|1982\|03\|02}}
{{ill\|Juan Franco Ponce\|es}} \| {{dts\|1982\|03\|03}} \| {{dts\|1985\|02\|28}}
Carlos Bazán Zender \| {{dts\|1985\|03\|01}} \| {{dts\|1985\|07\|28}}
David Tejada de Rivero \| rowspan="2" \|APRA \| {{dts\|1985\|07\|28}} \| {{dts\|1987\|06\|29}}
Ilda Urízar Peroni \| {{dts\|1987\|06\|29}} \| {{dts\|1988\|03\|15}}
{{ill\|Luis Pinillos Ashton\|es}} \| {{N/A}} \| {{dts\|1988\|03\|15}} \| {{dts\|1989\|05\|12}}
David Tejada de Rivero \| rowspan="2" \|APRA \| {{dts\|1989\|05\|12}} \| {{dts\|1989\|10\|03}}
{{ill\|Paul Caro Gamarra\|es}} \| {{dts\|1989\|10\|03}} \| {{dts\|1990\|07\|27}}
Carlos Vidal Layseca \| {{N/A}} \| {{dts\|1990\|07\|28}} \| {{dts\|1991\|02\|18}}
Víctor Yamamoto Miyakawa \| rowspan="3" \|Cambio 90 \| {{dts\|1991\|02\|18}} \| {{dts\|1991\|11\|06}}
Víctor Paredes Guerra \| {{dts\|1991\|11\|06}} \| {{dts\|1993\|08\|28}}
{{ill\|Jaime Freundt-Thurne\|es\|lt=Jaime Freundt-Thurne Oyanguren}} \| {{dts\|1993\|08\|28}} \| {{dts\|1994\|10\|07}}
Eduardo Yong Motta \| rowspan=3; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) \|— \| {{dts\|1994\|10\|10}} \| {{dts\|1996\|04\|03}}
{{ill\|Marino Costa Bauer\|es}} \| {{dts\|1996\|04\|10}} \| {{dts\|1999\|01\|05}}
Carlos de Romaña y García \| {{dts\|1999\|01\|05}} \| {{dts\|1999\|04\|14}}
Alejandro Aguinaga Recuenco \| Nueva Mayoría \| {{dts\|1999\|04\|15}} \| {{dts\|2000\|11\|25}}
{{ill\|Eduardo Pretell Zárate\|es}} \| Acción Popular \| {{dts\|2000\|11\|25}} \| {{dts\|2001\|07\|28}}
Luis Solari de la Fuente \| Perú Posible \| {{dts\|2001\|07\|28}} \| {{dts\|2002\|01\|18}}
Fernando Carbone Campoverde \| rowspan=3; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) \|— \| {{dts\|2002\|01\|21}} \| {{dts\|2003\|06\|28}}
{{ill\|Álvaro Vidal\|es\|lt=Álvaro Vidal Rivadeneyra}} \| {{dts\|2003\|06\|28}} \| {{dts\|2004\|02\|16}}
Pilar Mazzetti Soler \| {{dts\|2004\|02\|16}} \| {{dts\|2006\|07\|28}}
Carlos Vallejos Sologuren \| rowspan="2" \|APRA \| {{dts\|2006\|07\|29}} \| {{dts\|2007\|12\|20}}
Hernán Garrido-Lecca Montañez \| {{dts\|2007\|12\|20}} \| {{dts\|2008\|10\|14}}
Óscar Ugarte Ubilluz \| Partido Humanista Peruano \| {{dts\|2008\|10\|14}} \| {{dts\|2011\|07\|28}}
Alberto Tejada Noriega \| rowspan=5; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) \|— \| {{dts\|2011\|07\|28}} \| {{dts\|2012\|07\|23}}
{{ill\|Midori de Habich\|es\|lt=Midori de Habich Rospigliosi}} \| {{dts\|2012\|07\|23}} \| {{dts\|2014\|11\|05}}
{{ill\|Aníbal Velásquez Valdivia\|es}} \| {{dts\|2014\|11\|05}} \| {{dts\|2016\|07\|28}}
Patricia García Funegra \| {{dts\|2016\|07\|28}} \| {{dts\|2017\|09\|17}}
{{ill\|Fernando d'Alessio\|es\|lt=Fernando d'Alessio Ipinza}} \| {{dts\|2017\|09\|17}} \| {{dts\|2018\|01\|09}}
{{ill\|Abel Salinas Rivas\|es}} \| APRA \| {{dts\|2018\|01\|09}} \| {{dts\|2018\|04\|02}}
Silvia Pessah Eljay \| rowspan=3; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) \|— \| {{dts\|2018\|04\|02}} \| {{dts\|2019\|01\|05}}
Zulema Tomás Gonzales \| {{dts\|2019\|01\|07}} \| {{dts\|2019\|11\|15}}
Elizabeth Hinostroza Pereyra \| {{dts\|2019\|11\|18}} \| {{dts\|2020\|03\|20}}
{{ill\|Víctor Zamora\|es\|lt=Víctor Zamora Mesía}} \| Frente Amplio \| {{dts\|2020\|03\|20}} \| {{dts\|2020\|07\|15}}
Pilar Mazzetti Soler \| {{N/A}} \| {{dts\|2020\|07\|15}} \| {{dts\|2020\|11\|10}}
{{ill\|Abel Salinas Rivas\|es}} \| APRA \| {{dts\|2020\|11\|11}} \| {{dts\|2020\|11\|15}}
Pilar Mazzetti Soler \| {{N/A}} \| {{dts\|2020\|11\|18}} \| {{dts\|2021\|02\|12}}
Óscar Ugarte Ubilluz \| Juntos Por El Perú \| {{dts\|2021\|02\|13}} \| {{dts\|2021\|07\|28}}
Hernando Cevallos Flores \| Frente Amplio \| {{dts\|2021\|07\|29}} \| {{dts\|2022\|02\|08}}
Hernán Condori Machado \| Perú Libre \| {{dts\|2022\|02\|08}} \| {{dts\|2022\|03\|31}}
{{ill\|Jorge López Peña\|es}} \| {{N/A}} \| {{dts\|2022\|04\|07}} \| {{dts\|2022\|10\|23}}
{{ill\|Kelly Portalatino\|es}} \| Perú Libre \| {{dts\|2022\|10\|27}} \| {{dts\|2022\|12\|07}}
{{ill\|Rosa Gutiérrez\|es\|Rosa Gutiérrez Palomino}} \| {{N/A}} \| {{dts\|2022\|12\|10}} \| {{dts\|2023\|06\|15}}
{{ill\|César Vásquez Sánchez\|es}} \| APP \| {{dts\|2023\|06\|19}} \| {{dts

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

!rowspan=2|Name

!rowspan=2|Party

!colspan=2|Period

Term start||Term end

colspan=4|

Ministers of Public Health, Works and Social Precaution (1935–1942)

| rowspan=5; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) |—

| {{dts|1935|10|09}}

| {{dts|1936|04|12}}

Fortunato Quesada Larrea

| {{dts|1936|04|13}}

| {{dts|1936|09|23}}

Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat

| {{dts|1936|09|24}}

| {{dts|1937|11|02}}

Rafael Escardó

| {{dts|1937|11|03}}

| {{dts|1938|04|19}}

| {{dts|1938|04|30}}

| {{dts|1939|12|07}}

colspan=4|

Ministers of Public Health and Social Assistance (1942–1968)

Constantino J. Carvallo

| rowspan=19; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) |—

| {{dts|1939|12|08}}

| {{dts|1945|08|27}}

Óscar Trelles Montes

| {{dts|1945|08|28}}

| {{dts|1946|01|22}}

| {{dts|1946|01|23}}

| {{dts|1947|01|11}}

| {{dts|1947|01|12}}

| {{dts|1947|10|30}}

Manuel R. Nieto

| {{dts|1947|10|31}}

| {{dts|1948|02|28}}

Arturo Jiménez Pacheco

| {{dts|1948|03|01}}

| {{dts|1948|06|17}}

| {{dts|1948|06|18}}

| {{dts|1948|10|27}}

Alberto López Flores

| {{dts|1948|10|31}}

| {{dts|1950|06|27}}

Edgardo Rebagliati Martins

| {{dts|1950|06|28}}

| {{dts|1952|08|04}}

Luis N. Sáenz

| {{dts|1952|08|05}}

| {{dts|1954|08|09}}

| {{dts|1954|08|10}}

| {{dts|1955|09|14}}

Jorge de Romaña Plazolles

| {{dts|1955|09|15}}

| {{dts|1955|12|05}}

Alberto López Flores

| {{dts|1955|12|05}}

| {{dts|1956|07|27}}

Jorge Haaker Fort

| {{dts|1956|07|28}}

| {{dts|1957|09|23}}

| {{dts|1957|09|24}}

| {{dts|1959|06|19}}

| {{dts|1959|06|20}}

| {{dts|1960|06|06}}

| {{dts|1960|06|10}}

| {{dts|1961|02|18}}

Eduardo Watson Cisneros

| {{dts|1961|02|19}}

| {{dts|1962|07|18}}

Víctor Solano Castro

| {{dts|1962|07|18}}

| {{dts|1963|07|28}}

Javier Arias Stella

| rowspan="4" |Acción Popular

| {{dts|1963|07|28}}

| {{dts|1965|09|15}}

| {{dts|1965|09|16}}

| {{dts|1967|09|07}}

Javier Arias Stella

| {{dts|1967|09|09}}

| {{dts|1968|10|02}}

| {{dts|1968|10|03}}

colspan=4|

Ministers of Health

Eduardo Montero Rojas

| rowspan=7; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) |—

| {{dts|1968|10|10}}

| {{dts|1969|12|30}}

Rolando Caro Constantini

| {{dts|1969|12|31}}

| {{dts|1971|04|27}}

| {{dts|1971|04|28}}
{{dts|1975|08|28}}

| {{dts|1975|08|28}}
{{dts|1975|10|18}}

Jorge Tamayo de la Flor

| {{dts|1975|10|18}}

| {{dts|1976|12|31}}

Humberto Campodónico Hoyos

| {{dts|1977|01|01}}

| {{dts|1977|12|31}}

Óscar Dávila Zumaeta

| {{dts|1978|01|01}}

| {{dts|1978|09|15}}

Eduardo Rivasplata Hurtado

| {{dts|1978|09|18}}

| {{dts|1980|07|27}}

| rowspan="3" |Acción Popular

| {{dts|1980|07|27}}

| {{dts|1982|03|02}}

| {{dts|1982|03|03}}

| {{dts|1985|02|28}}

Carlos Bazán Zender

| {{dts|1985|03|01}}

| {{dts|1985|07|28}}

David Tejada de Rivero

| rowspan="2" |APRA

| {{dts|1985|07|28}}

| {{dts|1987|06|29}}

Ilda Urízar Peroni

| {{dts|1987|06|29}}

| {{dts|1988|03|15}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{dts|1988|03|15}}

| {{dts|1989|05|12}}

David Tejada de Rivero

| rowspan="2" |APRA

| {{dts|1989|05|12}}

| {{dts|1989|10|03}}

| {{dts|1990|07|27}}

Carlos Vidal Layseca

| {{N/A}}

| {{dts|1990|07|28}}

| {{dts|1991|02|18}}

Víctor Yamamoto Miyakawa

| rowspan="3" |Cambio 90

| {{dts|1991|02|18}}

| {{dts|1991|11|06}}

Víctor Paredes Guerra

| {{dts|1991|11|06}}

| {{dts|1993|08|28}}

{{ill|Jaime Freundt-Thurne|es|lt=Jaime Freundt-Thurne Oyanguren}}

| {{dts|1993|08|28}}

| {{dts|1994|10|07}}

Eduardo Yong Motta

| rowspan=3; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) |—

| {{dts|1994|10|10}}

| {{dts|1996|04|03}}

| {{dts|1996|04|10}}

| {{dts|1999|01|05}}

Carlos de Romaña y García

| {{dts|1999|01|05}}

| {{dts|1999|04|14}}

Alejandro Aguinaga Recuenco

| Nueva Mayoría

| {{dts|1999|04|15}}

| {{dts|2000|11|25}}

| Acción Popular

| {{dts|2000|11|25}}

| {{dts|2001|07|28}}

Luis Solari de la Fuente

| Perú Posible

| {{dts|2001|07|28}}

| {{dts|2002|01|18}}

Fernando Carbone Campoverde

| rowspan=3; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) |—

| {{dts|2002|01|21}}

| {{dts|2003|06|28}}

| {{dts|2004|02|16}}

Pilar Mazzetti Soler

| {{dts|2004|02|16}}

| {{dts|2006|07|28}}

Carlos Vallejos Sologuren

| rowspan="2" |APRA

| {{dts|2006|07|29}}

| {{dts|2007|12|20}}

Hernán Garrido-Lecca Montañez

| {{dts|2007|12|20}}

| {{dts|2008|10|14}}

Óscar Ugarte Ubilluz

| Partido Humanista Peruano

| {{dts|2008|10|14}}

| {{dts|2011|07|28}}

Alberto Tejada Noriega

| rowspan=5; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) |—

| {{dts|2011|07|28}}

| {{dts|2012|07|23}}

| {{dts|2014|11|05}}

| {{dts|2016|07|28}}

Patricia García Funegra

| {{dts|2016|07|28}}

| {{dts|2017|09|17}}

| {{dts|2018|01|09}}

| APRA

| {{dts|2018|01|09}}

| {{dts|2018|04|02}}

Silvia Pessah Eljay

| rowspan=3; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) |—

| {{dts|2018|04|02}}

| {{dts|2019|01|05}}

Zulema Tomás Gonzales

| {{dts|2019|01|07}}

| {{dts|2019|11|15}}

Elizabeth Hinostroza Pereyra

| {{dts|2019|11|18}}

| {{dts|2020|03|20}}

| Frente Amplio

| {{dts|2020|03|20}}

| {{dts|2020|07|15}}

Pilar Mazzetti Soler

| {{N/A}}

| {{dts|2020|07|15}}

| {{dts|2020|11|10}}

| APRA

| {{dts|2020|11|11}}

| {{dts|2020|11|15}}

Pilar Mazzetti Soler

| {{N/A}}

| {{dts|2020|11|18}}

| {{dts|2021|02|12}}

Óscar Ugarte Ubilluz

| Juntos Por El Perú

| {{dts|2021|02|13}}

| {{dts|2021|07|28}}

Hernando Cevallos Flores

| Frente Amplio

| {{dts|2021|07|29}}

| {{dts|2022|02|08}}

Hernán Condori Machado

| Perú Libre

| {{dts|2022|02|08}}

| {{dts|2022|03|31}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{dts|2022|04|07}}

| {{dts|2022|10|23}}

| Perú Libre

| {{dts|2022|10|27}}

| {{dts|2022|12|07}}

| {{N/A}}

| {{dts|2022|12|10}}

| {{dts|2023|06|15}}

| APP

| {{dts|2023|06|19}}

| {{dts

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References

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History

Organisation

List of ministers

See also

References