Ministry of Culture (Peru)

The Ministry of Culture (Spanish: Ministerio de Cultura) is the ministry of the Government of Peru in charge of the promotion of Peruvian culture and identity. It was created on 20 July 2010, during the government of Alan García.^[1]

Ministry of Culture

Ministerio de Cultura
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Headquarters in Lima, Peru
Agency overview
Formed	20 July 2010
Preceding agency	National Institute of Culture
Jurisdiction	Government of Peru
Headquarters	San Borja, Lima, Peru
Minister responsible	Fabricio Valencia
Website	www.cultura.gob.pe

The inaugural minister was Juan Ossio Acuña after his appointment on 4 September 2010. As of 3 September 2024^[update], the culture minister is Fabricio Valencia [es]

List of Culture Ministers

	Name	Took office	Left office	Party
1.	Juan Ossio Acuña	4 September 2010	28 July 2011	Independent
2.	Susana Baca de la Colina	28 July 2011	10 December 2011	Independent
3.	Luis Peirano Falconí	11 December 2011	24 July 2013	Independent
4.	Diana Álvarez-Calderón Gallo	24 July 2013	28 July 2016	Independent
5.	Jorge Nieto Montesinos	28 July 2016	5 December 2016	Independent
6.	Salvador del Solar Labarthe	5 December 2016	27 December 2017	Independent
7.	Alejandro Neyra Sánchez	9 January 2018	2 April 2018	Independent
8.	Patricia Balbuena Palacios	2 April 2018	30 November 2018	Independent
9.	Rogers Valencia Espinoza	18 December 2018	11 March 2019	Independent
10.	Ulla Holmquist Pachas	11 March 2019	8 July 2019	Independent
11.	Luis Castillo Butters	8 July 2019	30 September 2019	Independent
12.	Francisco Petrozzi Franco	3 October 2019	4 December 2019	Independent
13.	Sonia Guillén Oneeglio	7 December 2019	29 May 2020	Independent
14.	Alejandro Neyra Sánchez	30 May 2020	10 December 2020	Independent
15.	María del Carmen de Reparaz Zamora	12 November 2020	17 November 2020	Independent
16.	Alejandro Neyra Sánchez	18 November 2020	28 July 2021	Independent
17.	Ciro Gálvez Herrera	29 July 2021	6 October 2021	National United Renaissance
18.	Gisela Ortiz Perea	6 October 2021	1 February 2022	Independent
19.	Alejandro Salas Zegarra	1 February 2022	5 August 2022	We Are Peru
20.	Betssy Chavez Chino	5 August 2022	25 November 2022	Democratic Peru
21.	Silvana Robles Araujo	25 November 2022	7 December 2022	Free Peru
22.	Jair Pérez Brañez	10 December 2022	16 December 2022	Independent
23.	Leslie Urteaga Peña	21 December 2022	3 September 2024	Independent
24.	Fabricio Valencia Gibaja	3 September 2024	Incumbent	Independent

External links

• Official website

References

1. Losson, Pierre (2013). "The creation of a Ministry of Culture: towards the definition andimplementation of a comprehensive cultural policy in Peru". International Journal of Cultural Policy. 19 (1): 20–39. doi:10.1080/10286632.2011.625417.