{{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 Avenue|Salaverry]], [[Jesús María District, Lima|Jesús María]], Lima | minister1_name = [[César Vásquez Sánchez]] | website = {{url|https://www.gob.pe/minsa}} }}{{Politics of Peru}} The '''Ministry of Health''' ({{langx|es|Ministerio de Salud}}, '''MINSA''') of [[Peru]] is the [[List of ministries of Peru|government ministry]] in charge of the country's [[Healthcare in Peru|healthcare system]].
{{as of|2025}}, the minister of Health is [[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]].<ref>{{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]]}}</ref> 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 (Peru)|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 (Peru)|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 (Peru)|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|<div style="text-align: center;">'''Ministers of Public Health, Works and Social Precaution''' (1935–1942)</div> |- | {{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|<div style="text-align: center;">'''Ministers of Public Health and Social Assistance''' (1942–1968)</div> |- | 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|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" |[[Popular Action (Peru)|Popular Action]] | {{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|<div style="text-align: center;">'''Ministers of Health'''</div> |- | 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}}<br>{{dts|1975|08|28}} | {{dts|1975|08|28}}<br>{{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" |[[Popular Action (Peru)|Popular Action]] | {{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|David Tejada de Rivero]] | rowspan="2" |[[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|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|David Tejada de Rivero]] | rowspan="2" |[[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|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|Alejandro Aguinaga Recuenco]] | [[New Majority (Peru)|New Majority]] | {{dts|1999|04|15}} | {{dts|2000|11|25}} |- | {{ill|Eduardo Pretell Zárate|es}} | [[Popular Action (Peru)|Popular Action]] | {{dts|2000|11|25}} | {{dts|2001|07|28}} |- | [[Luis Solari|Luis Solari de la Fuente]] | [[Possible Peru]] | {{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}} |- | [[Álvaro Vidal Rivadeneyra]] | {{dts|2003|06|28}} | {{dts|2004|02|16}} |- | [[Pilar Mazzetti|Pilar Mazzetti Soler]] | {{dts|2004|02|16}} | {{dts|2006|07|28}} |- | [[Carlos Vallejos Sologuren]] | rowspan="2" |[[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|APRA]] | {{dts|2006|07|29}} | {{dts|2007|12|20}} |- | [[Hernán Garrido Lecca|Hernán Garrido-Lecca Montañez]] | {{dts|2007|12|20}} | {{dts|2008|10|14}} |- | [[Óscar Ugarte|Óscar Ugarte Ubilluz]] | [[Peruvian Humanist Party]] | {{dts|2008|10|14}} | {{dts|2011|07|28}} |- | [[Alberto Tejada|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 J. García|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}} | [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|APRA]] | {{dts|2018|01|09}} | {{dts|2018|04|02}} |- | [[Silvia Pessah|Silvia Pessah Eljay]] | rowspan=3; style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec) |— | {{dts|2018|04|02}} | {{dts|2019|01|05}} |- | [[Zulema Tomás|Zulema Tomás Gonzales]] | {{dts|2019|01|07}} | {{dts|2019|11|15}} |- | [[Elizabeth Hinostroza|Elizabeth Hinostroza Pereyra]] | {{dts|2019|11|18}} | {{dts|2020|03|20}} |- | {{ill|Víctor Zamora|es|lt=Víctor Zamora Mesía}} | [[Broad Front (Peru)|Broad Front]] | {{dts|2020|03|20}} | {{dts|2020|07|15}} |- | [[Pilar Mazzetti|Pilar Mazzetti Soler]] | {{N/A}} | {{dts|2020|07|15}} | {{dts|2020|11|10}} |- | {{ill|Abel Salinas Rivas|es}} | [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|APRA]] | {{dts|2020|11|11}} | {{dts|2020|11|15}} |- | [[Pilar Mazzetti|Pilar Mazzetti Soler]] | {{N/A}} | {{dts|2020|11|18}} | {{dts|2021|02|12}} |- | [[Óscar Ugarte|Óscar Ugarte Ubilluz]] | [[Together for Peru]] | {{dts|2021|02|13}} | {{dts|2021|07|28}} |- | [[Hernando Cevallos|Hernando Cevallos Flores]] | [[Broad Front (Peru)|Broad Front]] | {{dts|2021|07|29}} | {{dts|2022|02|08}} |- | [[Hernán Condori|Hernán Condori Machado]] | [[Free Peru]] | {{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}} | [[Free Peru]] | {{dts|2022|10|27}} | {{dts|2022|12|07}} |- | {{ill|Rosa Gutiérrez Palomino|es|Rosa Gutiérrez}} | {{N/A}} | {{dts|2022|12|10}} | {{dts|2023|06|15}} |- | [[César Vásquez Sánchez]] | [[Alliance for Progress (Peru)|Alliance for Progress]] | {{dts|2023|06|19}} | October 10, 2025 |- |{{ill|Luis Quiroz Avilés|es|Luis Quiroz Avilés}} |{{N/A}} |October 14, 2025 |{{dts|}}Incumbent |}
==See also== *[[Healthcare in Peru]] *[[List of hospitals in Peru]]
==References== {{reflist}}
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