The Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Spanish: Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros, PCM) of Peru is the governmental organisation that oversees the Council of Ministers and coordinates and monitors the multisectoral policies and programmes of the Executive Branch, as well as coordinates actions with the Legislative Branch, the Autonomous Constitutional Bodies, and the entities and commissions of the Executive Branch, aligning priorities to ensure compliance with objectives of national interest.
It is headed by the President of the Council of Ministers (Spanish: Presidente del Consejo de Ministros), informally called the Prime Minister or Premier (form of address), who serves as head of the cabinet and as the most senior member of the Council of Ministers, being appointed by the president of Peru (pending ratification by Congress, as with all other cabinet members).
The president of the Council of Ministers is not the head of government, since the president of Peru serves both as head of state and head of government. Peru is one of the few countries in Latin America (others include Cuba, and Haiti) where the position of prime minister currently exists. The current prime minister of Peru is Gustavo Adrianzén.
History
The office was created in 1856, when the Council of Ministers was itself created through that year's constitution. Under the governments of Mariano Ignacio Prado (1865–1867) and Nicolás de Piérola (1879–1881), the ministries took the names of secretariats, and the head of state directly oversaw the functions attributed to the president of the Council of Ministers.
There has been recent debate on whether the prime minister's role should be strengthened, effectively making the prime minister Peru's head of government and transforming the country into a semi-presidential system like in countries such as France and Ukraine. This idea was supported by former Peruvian presidents Alan García, Alejandro Toledo, Ollanta Humala, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Martín Vizcarra and Francisco Sagasti.
Organisation
- Senior Management
- President of the Council of Ministers
- General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
- Institutional Control Body
- Judicial Defense Body
- Advisory Bodies
- General Office of Legal Counsel
- General Office of Planning and Budget
- Support Bodies
- General Office of Administration
- General Office of Social Communication
- Line Bodies
- Coordination Secretariat
- Public Management Secretariat
- Decentralization Secretariat
- Specialized Technical Bodies
- National Technical Directorate of Territorial Demarcation
- National Office of Electronic Government and Information Technology
- Vice Ministry of Territorial Governance
- Decentralisation Secretariat
- Social Management and Secretariat Dialogue
- Secretariat of Demarcation and Territorial Organization
- Permanent Coordination Committees
- Attached Committees and Collegiate Bodies
Entities administered by the ministry include:
- National Civil Service Authority (SERVIR)
- National Infrastructure Authority (ANIN)
- National Centre for Strategic Planning (CEPLAN)
- National Commission for Development and Life without Drugs (DEVIDA)
- National Council for Science, Technology, and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC)
- National Intelligence Directorate (DINI)
- National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI)
- National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI)
- Forest Resources Oversight Agency (OSINFOR)
- Private Investment Supervisory Agency in Telecommunications (OSIPTEL)
- Energy and Mining Investment Supervisory Agency (OSINERGMIN)
- Public Transportation Infrastructure Investment Supervisory Agency (OSITRAN)
- National Superintendency of Services and Sanitation (SUNASS)
- Secretariat FONAVI Technical Support for the Ad Hoc Commission (FONAVI-ST)
- High-Level Anti-Corruption Commission (CAN)
- Commission Responsible for Proposing Administrative and Management Reform Actions and Measures for the Reorganisation of the Presidential Office (CRDP)
- National Coca Company (ENACO S.A)
- Citizen Service Centres (MAC)
List of Prime Ministers
Timeline since 1980
References
External links
- Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros (in Spanish) (government website)
- World Statesmen – Peru
