The Ministry of Agricultural Development and Irrigation (, MIDAGRI) is the government ministry in charge of the overseeing and regulation of the agrarian sector of Peru.Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego. (n.d.). Página principal. Retrieved from https://www.gob.pe/minagri , the minister is .
History The Ministry of Agriculture () was created by Law 9711 on January 2, 1943 by the government of president Manuel Prado Ugarteche, with serving as its first officeholder. His successor, , renamed the ministry to "Ministry of Agriculture and Feeding" (), a name that remained until the presidency of José Luis Bustamante y Rivero. It was again renamed in 2013 to Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (), under the Presidency of Ollanta Humala.
In 2020, the Congress of Peru renamed the ministry to its current name, although under the MINDAR accronym.
Organization Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation Vice Minister of Family Farming Development, Agrarian Infrastructure, and Irrigation General Directorate of Agrarian Policies General Directorate of Policy Monitoring and Evaluation General Directorate of Intergovernmental Coordination Vice Minister of Agrarian Development Policies and Oversight General Directorate of Agriculture General Directorate of Livestock General Directorate of Agrarian Environmental Affairs General Directorate of Agrarian Infrastructure and Irrigation General Secretariat General Office of Agrarian Planning and Budget General Office of Legal Counsel General Office of Administration General Office of Human Resources Management Agrarian Advisory Council Internal Audit Office Public Prosecutor's Office General Directorate of Agrarian Business Regional Directorates Agrarian Agrarian Agencies
List of ministers No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident1Benjamín Roca García2 January 194315 April 1943Manuel Prado Ugarteche2Godofredo Labarthe Durand27 April 194326 July 19453Enrique Basombrio Echenique1 August 194526 September 1945José Bustamante y Rivero4Oswaldo Gonzáles Tafur3 October 194522 January 19465Luis Rose Ugarte26 January 19469 January 19476Pedro Venturo Zapata15 January 194727 February 19487Armando Zamudio Colmenares1 March 194815 June 19488Rómulo Ferrero Rebagliati21 June 194831 August 19489Carlos Alzamora Elster3 September 194824 October 194810Carlos Miñano Mendocilla2 November 194831 May 1949Manuel A. Odría11Alberto Leon Diaz2 June 194926 July 195012Luis Dibos Dammert3 August 19502 August 195213José Alberto León Fontenoy4 August 195210 August 195414Jaime Miranda Sosa11 August 19543 December 195515Emilio Foley Gatjens6 December 195525 December 195516Carlos Enrique Siles Beroni26 December 195527 July 195617Ignacio Masias Garcia1 August 195620 September 1957Manuel Prado Ugarteche18Enrique Labarthe Correa26 September 195718 March 195919Emilio Foley Gatjens19 March 195920 July 195920Alex Zarak Risi21 July 195922 November 196121Carlos Moreyra y Paz Soldán23 November 196116 July 196222Jesús Melgar Escuti19 July 196216 November 1962Ricardo Pérez Godoy23José Gagliardi Schiaffino20 November 19624 December 196224Alfonso Teran Brambilla5 December 196227 July 196325Enrique Torres Llosa31 July 196331 July 1964Fernando Belaúnde Terry26Victor Ganoza Plaza1 August 196431 January 196527Javier Silva Ruete21 February 196514 September 196528Carlos Fernández Sesarego5 July 196514 September 196529Rafael Cubas Vinatea15 September 196524 November 196530Javier Silva Ruete25 November 19656 September 196731Fernando Villa Salcedo7 September 196712 November 196732Orlando Olcese Pachas17 November 19671 October 196833Fernando Uranga Bustios2 October 19682 October 196834Jose Benavides Benavides3 October 196812 June 1969Juan Velasco Alvarado35Jose Barandearan Pagador12 June 196931 March 197136Enrique Valdez Angulo1 April 19715 November 197437Enrique Gallegos Venero6 November 197415 July 197638Rafael Hoyos RubioJanuary 1975December 1976Francisco Morales Bermúdez39Luis Arbulu Ibañez16 July 197622 July 197940Carlos Gamarra Perez Egaña23 July 197927 July 198041Nils Ericcson Correa28 July 19802 January 1983Fernando Belaúnde Terry42Mirko Cuculiza Torre3 January 19832 August 198343Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller3 August 198327 July 198544Mario Barturen Dueñas28 July 19858 January 1986Alan García45Remigio Morales Bermúdez Pedraglio9 January 198610 October 198846Juan Manuel Coronado Balmaceda10 October 198830 October 198947Isaac Roberto Angeles Lazo31 October 198928 July 199048Carlos Amat y León Chávez28 July 199023 October 1990Alberto Fujimori49Enrique Rossl Link23 October 199018 December 199150Gustavo González Prieto18 December 19916 April 199251Absalón Vásquez Villanueva6 April 19923 April 199652Rodolfo Muñante Sanguinetti3 April 19966 January 199953Belisario De las Casas Piedra6 January 199928 July 200054José Chlimper Ackerman29 July 200025 November 200055Carlos Amat y León Chávez25 November 200028 July 2001Valentín Paniagua56Álvaro Quijandría Salmón28 July 200128 June 2003Alejandro Toledo57Francisco Gonzalés García28 June 2003December 200358Jose Leon RiveraDecember 200312 June 200459Álvaro Quijandría Salmón12 June 200425 January 200560Manuel Manrique Ugarte25 January 200528 July 200661Juan José Salazar García28 July 200620 May 2007Alan García62Ismael Benavides Ferreyros20 May 200714 October 200863Carlos Leyton Muñoz14 October 200810 July 201064Adolfo de Córdova Vélez10 July 201014 September 201065Rafael Quevedo Flores14 September 201013 May 201166Jorge Villasante Araníbar13 May 201128 July 201167Miguel Caillaux Zazzali28 July 201110 December 2011Ollanta Humala68Luis Romano Ginocchio Balcázar10 December 201123 July 201269Milton von Hesse23 July 201224 February 201470Juan Manuel Benites Ramos24 February 201428 July 201671José Manuel Hernández Calderón28 July 20169 January 2018Pedro Pablo Kuczynski72José Arista Arbildo9 January 20182 April 201873Gustavo Mostajo Ocola2 April 201811 March 2019Martín Vizcarra74Fabiola Muñoz Dodero11 March 201930 September 201975Jorge Montenegro Chavesta3 October 201912 November 20207612 November 202017 November 2020Manuel Merino77Federico Tenorio Calderón18 November 202028 July 2021Francisco Sagasti78Víctor Maita Frisancho29 July 20211 February 2022Pedro Castillo79Alberto Ramos Quilca1 February 20228 February 202280Óscar Zea Choquechambi8 February 202222 May 202281Javier Arce Alvarado22 May 20226 June 202282Andrés Alencastre6 June 20227 December 2022
See also Council of Ministers of Peru External Website Government of Peru
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