Regions of Peru
Note: According to the Regionalization Law which was passed 18 Nov 2002, Peru is divided into 25 regions (regiones; singular: región) and Lima Province, located in the central coast of the country, which does not belong to any region. The mayor of Lima is the president of Metropolitan Lima (Lima Metropolitana) Region. Party abbreviations: AP = Acción Popular (People's Action, conservative liberal, est.1956); APP = Alianza Para el Progreso (Alliance for Progress); ARJA = Alianza Regional Juntos por Amazonas (Together for the Amazon Regional Alliance); ART = Alianza Regional Todos por Pasco (Regional Alliance for Pasco); AT = Alianza por Tacna (Alliance for Tacna); ATF = Arequipa, Tradición y Futuro (Arequipa, Tradition and Future); AUC = Alianza Unidos Construyendo (United Alliance Building); AvP = Avanza País (Go on Country); BPMD = Bloque Popular Madre de Dios (Madre de Dios Popular Bloc); CRD-C = Convergencia Regional Descentralista "Conredes"; CRD = Concertación en la Región por la Descentralización; FAR = Frente Amplio Regional; FD = Fuerza Democrática (Democratic Force); FIM = Frente Independiente Moralizador; FL = Fuerza Loretana (Loreto Force); FPL = Frente Popular "Llapanchik"; FS = Fuerza Social; GANA = Gran Alianza Nacionalista (Grand National Alliance); IU = Integrando Ucayali; LT = Luchemos por Tumbes (Fight for Tumbes); MARQA = Movimiento por la Autonomía Regional Quechua y Aymara (Quechua and Aymara Movement for Regional Autonomy); MAS = Movimiento de Afirmación Social (Social Movement Statement); MCDRL = Movimiento Concertación para el Desarrollo Regional de Lima (Agreement for the Regional Development of Lima Movement); MHP = Partido Movimiento Humanista Peruano (Peruvian Humanist Movement Party); MICC = Movimiento Independiente "Chim Pum Callao"; MILH = Movimiento Independiente "Luchemos por Huánuco"; MINA = Movimiento Independiente "Nueva Amazonía"; MINCAP = Movimiento Independiente de Campesinos y Profesionales (Independent Movement of Farmers and Professionals); MINM = Movimiento Independiente Nuestro Ilo Moquegua (Independent Movement Our Ilo Moquegua); MIOSO = Movimiento Independiente Obras siempre Obras; MIRE = Movimiento de Innovación Regional (Movement of Regional Innovation); MIRT = Movimiento Independiente Regional Trabajando para Todos (Regional Independent Movement Working for All); MNIz = Movimiento Nacional de Izquierda (National Left Movement); MNI = Movimiento Nueva Izquierda (New Left Movement); MPIRT = Movimiento Político Integración Regional por Ti (Regional Integration Political Movement for You); MRF = Movimiento Regional FAENA; MRICC = Movimiento Regional Independiente Cuenta Conmigo; NA = Nueva Amazonía (New Amazonia); PAP = Partido Aprista Peruano; PDFS = Partido Descentralista Fuerza Social (Social Force Descentralist Party, est. 2007); PDSP = Partido Democrático Somos Perú (Democratic Party "We Are Peru", est.1991; PICO = Proyecto Integracionista de Comunidades Organizadas; PJ = Patia Joven; PL = Movimiento Político Regional "Perú Libre"; PP = Perú Posible (Possible Peru, A. Toldedo personalist); PP-A = Proyecto Político Aquí (Political Project "Here"); PPA = Poder Popular Andino (Andean People Power); PRI = Partido Regional de Integración (Regional Integration Party); UJ = Unidos por Junín – Sierra y Selva; UN = Unidad Nacional (National Unity); UNIPOL = Unidos por Loreto (United for Loreto); UPP = Unión por el Perú (Union for Peru) Regions from 2003
Presidents of the Region
Ancash
Presidents of the Region
Apurímac
Presidents of the Region
Arequipa
Presidents of the Region
Ayacucho
Presidents of the Region
Cajamarca
Presidents of the Region
Callao
Presidents of the Region
Cusco
Presidents of the Region
Huancavelica
Presidents of the Region
Huánuco
Presidents of the Region
Ica
Presidents of the Region
Junín
Presidents of the Region
Presidents of the Region
Lambayeque
Presidents of the Region
Lima
Presidents of the Region
Lima Metropolitana
Mayors of Metropolitan Lima
Loreto
Presidents of the Region
Madre de Dios
Presidents of the Region
Moquegua
Presidents of the Region
Pasco
Presidents of the Region
Piura
Presidents of the Region
Puno
San Martín
Presidents of the Region
Tacna
Presidents of the Region
Tumbes
Presidents of the Region
Ucayali
Presidents of the Region
Former Regions 1989-1992 Note: The elections for the first regional assemblies took place on 12 Nov 1989 (in Grau, Amazonas, Ucayali, Arequipa and José Carlos Mariátegui) and on 8 Apr 1990 (in Nor-Oriental del Marañón, San Martín-La Libertad, Chavín, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Los Libertadores-Wari and Inca). On 5 Apr 1992, President Alberto Fujimori brought an abrupt end to the first elected regional governments. Party abbreviations: AP = Acción Popular (People's Action, conservative liberal, est.1956); APRA = Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana "Aprista" (American Revolutionary People's Alliance, left-wing populist, est.1924); FREDEMO = Frente Democrático (Democratic Front, center-right, est.1938 by AP, Movimiento Libertad and Partido Popular Cristiano); IU = Izquierda Unida (United Left, former alliance of leftist parties est.1980 by Popular Democratic Unity, UNIR, PCP, Revolutionary Socialist Party, Revolutionary Communist Party and Worker Peasant Student and Popular Front [FOCEP]); PCP = Partido Comunista Peruano (Peruvian Communist Party, est.1930); PUM = Partido Unificado Mariateguista (Mariateguist Unified Party, est.1984, part of IU); UNIR = Unión Nacional de Izquierda Revolucionaria (National Union of the Revolutionary Left) Amazonas 4 Mar 1988 Amazonas Region 14 Jun 1991 Renamed Loreto Region. President of the Region 1990 - 1992 Felipe Gilberto Alván Acosta AP/FREDEMO Andrés Avelino Cáceres President of the Region 1990 - 1992 Julio Tarazona Padilla PUM Arequipa Presidents of the Region 1990 - 1991 Víctor Manzur Suárez UNIR 1991 - 1992 José Eduardo Adolfo del Carpio (b. 1944) FREDEMO Begazo Chavín Presidents of the Region Jun 1990 - Jun 1991 Jaime Roosewelt Minaya Castromonte (b. 1943) UNIR Jun 1991 - 1992 Alberto Alfaro Beltrán Grau President of the Region 1990 - 1992 Luis Antonio Paredes Maceda (b. 1945 - d. 1992) APRA Inca (Inka) President of the Region 1990 - 1992 Adolfo Antonio Saloma González (b. 1947) UNIR José Carlos Mariátegui 15 Apr 1989 Moquegua-Tacna-Puno Region. 12 Mar 1990 Renamed José Carlos Mariátegui Region. President of the Region 1990 - 1992 Romeo Paca Pantigoso PUM Los Libertadores-Wari President of the Region 1990 - 1992 Oswaldo Aspilcueta Franco PCP Nor Oriental del Marañón President of the Region 1990 - 1992 Juan José Salazar García (b. 1947) APRA San Martín-La Libertad President of the Region Jul 1990 - 1992 Juan de Dios Cubas Cava APRA Ucayali President of the Region 1990 - 1992 Luis Espíritu Huerto Milla APRA © Ben Cahoon |