The Ministry of Economy and Finance (, MEF) of Peru is the government ministry responsible for the planning and execution of economic policies of the Peruvian government with the goal of optimizing the economic and financial activities of the state, establish macroeconomic activity, and achieve the sustainable growth of the nation's economy.
The current Minister of Economy and Finance is Rodolfo Acuña Namihas, serving since March 17, 2026
History On August 13, 1821, José de San Martín, president of Peru, created the General Secretariat of Finance along with the Chancellery, and the War and Navy Department. The first minister of Finance was Hipólito Unanue. On March 21, 1824, Simón Bolívar issued a decree in Trujillo reducing the three ministries to a single one, which would become the General Secretariat of Affairs of the Peruvian Republic (), under Colonel José Gabriel Pérez. However, shortly thereafter, the Governing Junta repealed the decree, reestablishing the three ministries.
On March 2, 1969 the fundamental law of the Ministry of Finance, Law Decree Nº 17521, which gave the basis for the structure and function of the Ministry of Finance and on June 13, 1969 its name was changed to the current Ministry of Economy and Finance.
By the Law Decree Nº 23123 of July 9, 1980, the name of the ministry was changed again to the Ministry of the Economy Finance and Commerce and it was incorporated into the State Department of Commerce which belonged to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Tourism, and Integration. On January 30, 1985 the name was changed back to what it is today.
Organisation Dependent on the Vice Minister of Finance: Directorate-General of Public Budget: Director of the National Public Budget Administrative System, with technical and regulatory authority at the national level, responsible for programming, directing, coordinating, controlling, and evaluating the management of the public sector budget process. It reports directly to the Deputy Minister of Finance. Directorate-General of Public Accounting: The governing body of the National Administrative Accounting System, with technical and regulatory authority at the national level, responsible for issuing standards and establishing procedures related to its scope and ensuring their proper application, as well as preparing the General Accounting of the Republic and fiscal statistics. It reports directly to the Deputy Minister of Finance. Directorate-General of Public Debt and Treasury: Director of the National Public Debt Administration System and the National Treasury Administration System, with technical and regulatory authority at the national level; responsible for proposing policies and designing standards and procedures for the integrated management of financial assets and liabilities, including the regulation of the handling of public funds and public debt. Directorate-General of Public Resources Management: Responsible for conducting fiscal and financial analyses of proposed measures related to public sector remuneration and social security, and for formulating and proposing public policies on procurement, payroll management, and non-financial asset management, with the aim of promoting improved public management, in coordination with relevant public entities and in accordance with current regulations. Dependent on the Vice Minister of Economy: Directorate-General of Macroeconomic Policy: Responsible for directing and coordinating the process of formulating the Multiannual Macroeconomic Framework. Directorate-General of Public Revenue Policy: Responsible for evaluating, formulating, and proposing tax policy to simplify, restructure, and optimize the tax system and improve revenue collection at different levels of government; and for non-tax public revenue policy from the exploitation of natural resources and taxes allocated to regional and local governments. Directorate-General of Public Investment: Responsible for designing policy guidelines for public investment. It also oversees the National Public Investment System (SNIP). Directorate-General for Fiscal Decentralization and Social Affairs: Responsible for formulating and proposing policy, regulations, and other regulatory instruments, within its jurisdiction, related to fiscal decentralization within the framework of macroeconomic policy. Directorate-General for the Development of Private Financial, Labor, and Social Security Markets: Responsible for proposing, directing, and formulating, within its scope of competence, measures to promote policies for the development of private financial, labor, and social security markets. Directorate-General for International Economic Affairs, Competition and Productivity: Responsible for proposing, directing and formulating policy measures within its sphere of competence in the areas of foreign trade, competition and regulatory quality, as well as ensuring the consistency of economic integration processes with general economic policy.
Entities administered by the ministry include: Agencia de Promoción de la Inversión Privada (PROINVERSIÓN) Organismo Supervisor de las Contrataciones del Estado (OSCE) Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores (SMV) Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (SUNAT) Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento de la Actividad Empresarial del Estado (FONAFE) Banco de la Nación (BN) Oficina de Normalización Previsional (ONP)
List of ministers NamePartyPeriodTerm startTerm endMinisters of Finance and Trade (1821–1969) Hipólito Unanue Hipólito Unanue José de Espinar José Faustino Sánchez Carrión Hipólito Unanue Juan Salazar Manuel Gaspar de Rosas Lorenzo Bazo Manuel Gaspar de Rosas José Villa José Villa José de Mendiburú José Villa José de Mendiburú José de Mendiburú Domingo Espinar Bonifacio de Lazarte José de Mendiburú Mariano de Sierra Juan García del Río Pío de Tristán Juan García del Río Casimiro Olañeta Juan García del Río Manuel Ferreyros José de Mendiburú Lorenzo Bazo Ramón Castilla Manuel Ferreyros José de Mendiburú Pedro Antonio de la Torre Pedro Gamio Domingo Elías Manuel de Mendiburu José Fabio Melgar Valdivieso Juan Crisóstomo Torrico Manuel de Mendiburu Manuel de Mendiburu Pedro Gálvez Egúsquiza Domingo Elías Francisco de Rivero Juan José Salcedo José Fabio Melgar Valdivieso Pedro Gálvez Egúsquiza Ignacio Novoa Felipe Barriga Alvarez Pedro Mariano García José García Urrutia Pedro José Carrillo José Jorge Loayza José Manuel de la Puente Tomás de Vivero Manuel Pardo José Narciso de Campos Juan Manuel Solar Juan Ignacio Elguera Francisco García Calderón Nicolás de Piérola Manuel Angulo Nicolás de Piérola Camilo Carrillo Felipe Masías José de la Riva-Agüero y Looz-Corswarem Civil Party Camilo Carrillo Civil Party Juan Ignacio Elguera José Felix García Manuel Antonio Barinaga José Rafael de Iscue Emilio A. del Solar Aurelio Denegri Civil Party Manuel Antonio Barinaga Aurelio García y García Aurelio Denegri Juan Francisco Oviedo Ladislao de la Jara Elías Malpartida Manuel Yrigoyen Arias Constitutional Party Civil Party Eulogio Delgado Manuel Carbajal Rafael Quiróz José Salvador Cavero Ovalle Constitutional Party Eugenio Marquesado Melitón Carvajal José Agustín de la Puente Horacio Ferreccio Nicanor Carmona Constitutional Party Elías Malpartida Democratic Party Federico Bresani del Villar Democratic Party Ignacio Rey Democratic Party Rafael Quiróz José V. Larrabure Domingo M. Almenara Butler Civil Party Pablo Sarria Augusto B. Leguía Civil Party Augusto B. Leguía Civil Party Germán Schreiber Waddington Civil Party Democratic Party Civil Party Germán Schreiber Waddington Civil Party Enrique Oyanguren Daniel Castillo Flavio A. Castañeda Baldomero F. Maldonado Felipe Derteano Liberal Party Baldomero F. Maldonado Liberal Party Civil Party Francisco Tudela y Varela Civil Party Aurelio Sousa Matute Germán Schreiber Waddington Civil Party Enrigue Oyanguren Aurelio García y Lastres Baldomero F. Maldonado Germán Arenas y Loayza Ismael de Idiáquez M. A. Rodriguez Dulanto Marcial Pastor Ricardo E. Llona Pedro Bustamante y Santisteban Manuel A. Vinelli Emilio L. Gómez de la Torre José G. Cateriano Alfredo Solf y Muro Teófilo Iglesias Rodríguez Teófilo Iglesias Rodríguez Óscar Ramos Cabieses Carlos Montero Bernales Manuel Vásquez Díaz Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat Luis Ramírez Ortíz Emilio Pereyra Marquina Andrés F. Dasso Emilio Guimoye Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat Luis Gallo Porras Peruvian Democratic Movement Pedro Beltrán Espantoso Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe Popular Action Raúl Ferrero Rebagliati Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Manuel Ulloa Elías Popular Action Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Ministers of Economy and Finance Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Javier Silva Ruete Manuel Ulloa Elías Popular Action Carlos Rodríguez-Pastor Mendoza Popular Action Luis Alva Castro APRA Gustavo Saberbein Chevalier APRA Abel Salinas Izaguirre APRA APRA César Vásquez Bazán Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller Popular Action Carlos Boloña Behr Víctor Joy Way Cambio 90 Efraín Goldenberg Cambio 90 Carlos Boloña Behr Javier Silva Ruete Somos Perú Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Javier Silva Ruete Jaime Quijandría Salmón Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Fernando Zavala Lombardi Luis Carranza Ugarte Luis Valdivieso Montano Luis Carranza Ugarte Mercedes Aráoz Fernández APRA Ismael Benavides Ferreyros Luis Miguel Castilla Rubio Peruanos Por El Kambio Fernando Zavala Lombardi Claudia Cooper Fort Carlos Oliva Neyra María Antonieta Alva Luperdi José Arista Arbildo Alianza Regional Juntos por Amazonas Pedro Francke Ballvé Nuevo Perú Óscar Graham Yamaguchi Kurt Burneo Farfán José Arista Arbildo Raúl Pérez-Reyes Denisse Miralles Rodolfo Acuña Namihas All for Peru Incumbent
See also Council of Ministers of Peru Government of Peru
References
External links Official website