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Vice President of Peru

Vice President of
the Republic of Peru
Flag of Peru (state).svg
Mercedes Rosalba Aráoz Fernández.JPG
Incumbent
Martín Vizcarra
Mercedes Aráoz

since July 28, 2016
Residence Government Palace
Appointer Direct popular election
Term length Five years, not renewable immediately
Inaugural holder Juan Antonio Pezet and Pedro Diez Canseco (1862)
Ernesto Montagne Markholz (1936)
Formation October 24, 1862 (1862-1930)
April 13, 1936 (1936-)
Website www.presidencia.gob.pe

The Republic of Peru has two Vice Presidents who are elected along with the President in democratic elections. Their only mission is to replace the President in case of death, travel, judge, and other cases. Vice Presidents are first in the Presidential line of succession.


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