The Ministry of Environment (, MINAM) of Peru is the government ministry responsible for the national policy regarding environmental matters. It was created on May 13, 2008. Its function is to oversee the environmental sector of Peru, with the authority to design, establish, and execute government policies concerning the environment. , the minister is Miguel Ángel Espichán.
History It was created on May 13, 2008, months after its creation was proposed, by Legislative Decree No. 1013, and its inaugural holder was Antonio Brack Egg.
Its stated mission is to ensure the sustainable use and conservation of natural resources, as well as the preservation of environmental quality for the benefit of people and the environment, in a normative, effective, decentralized manner, coordinated with public and private organizations and civil society, within the framework of green growth and environmental governance.
Organisation It has two subdivisions: the Strategic Development of Natural Resources and Environmental Management. It also has an Advisory Commission. Vice Ministry of Strategic Development of Natural Resources Vice Ministry of Environmental Management General Secretariat
Entities administered by the ministry include: Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP) National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (SENAMHI) Peruvian Geophysical Institute (IGP) Environmental Assessment and Oversight Agency (OEFA) National Service of Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP) National Environmental Certification Service (SENACE) National Institute for Research on Glaciers and Mountain Ecosystems (INAIGEM)
List of ministers +No.PictureMinister of the EnvironmentTook officeLeft officePresident1.Antonio Brack Egg16 May 200828 July 2011Alan García2.Ricardo Giesecke28 July 201110 December 2011Ollanta Humala3.Manuel Pulgar-Vidal10 December 201128 July 2016Ollanta Humala4.Elsa Galarza28 July 20162 April 2018Pedro Pablo Kuczynski5.Fabioloa Muñoz2 April 201811 March 2019Martin Vizcarra Cornejo6.Lucía Ruiz11 March 201930 September 2019Martin Vizcarra Cornejo7.Fabioloa Muñoz3 October 201915 July 2020Martin Vizcarra Cornejo8.Kirla Echegaray15 July 202012 November 2020Martin Vizcarra Cornejo9.Lizzet Rojas12 November 202018 November 2020Manuel Merino10.Gabriel Quijandría18 November 202028 July 2021Francisco Sagasti11.Rubén Ramírez Mateo29 July 20211 February 2022Pedro Castillo12.Wilber Supo1 February 20228 February 2022Pedro Castillo13.Modesto Montoya8 February 202224 August 2022Pedro Castillo14.Wilbert Rozas24 August 20227 December 2022Pedro Castillo15.Albina Ruiz10 December 202213 February 2024Dina Boluarte16.Juan Carlos Castro Vargas13 February 2024
References
See also Climate of Peru Council of Ministers of Peru