Ministry of Development (Peru)

Ministry of Development and Public Works
Ministerio de Fomento y Obras Públicas
Former headquarters
Ministry overview
FormedJanuary 22, 1896
Dissolved1969
Superseding agencies
JurisdictionGovernment of Peru
Headquarters

The Ministry of Development and Public Works (Spanish: Ministerio de Fomento y Obras Públicas, MFOP) was a government ministry of Peru. Created in 1896, it oversaw the development of public works, infrastructure and charity. Its former headquarters, located at the Park of the Exhibition,[1] now house the Metropolitan Museum of Lima since 2010.[2][3]

History

The ministry was created on January 22, 1896, under the presidency of Nicolás de Piérola, with Eduardo López de Romaña chosen to serve as its first minister.[4] The ministry initially brought together the following offices:[5]

By the decree of February 25, 1896, two Directorates were created in the Ministry: Development (in charge of mining, industry, charity and hygiene matters) and Public Works and Irrigation.[5] By law of October 3, 1896, the School of Engineers became dependent on this Ministry (previously dependent on the Ministry of Justice and Instruction).[6]

The Minister's office was in the Government Palace, later being transferred to the premises where the Municipal Palace stands today. In 1910, its permanent transfer to the Palace of the Exhibition was arranged, where he shared the facilities with the Municipal Council of Lima. Over time, this location became insufficient and the ministry was housed in a building located on 28 de Julio Avenue.[1]

The founding of this ministry constituted a milestone in the restructuring of the Peruvian state in the aftermath of the War of the Pacific. From the founding of Peru until then, there had only been five ministries: Government and Police; Foreign Relations; Justice and Instruction; Finance and Commerce; and War and Navy. The creation of a Ministry of Development implied that the State was convinced that it should promote the economic and material development of the country. The new ministry attracted a new bureaucracy, made up of engineers, sociologists, economists, doctors, and geographers. Throughout the 20th century, this ministry was disintegrated into several others.[7]

List of ministers

ImageMinisterPartyTerm startPresident
Eduardo López de Romaña25 January 1896Nicolás de Piérola
Manuel J. Cuadros8 August 1896
Ricardo L. FloresLiberal25 November 1897
Francisco Almenara Butler17 May 1898
Carlos Basadre Forero8 September 1899Eduardo López de Romaña
Enrique Coronel Zegarra14 December 1899
José Granda Esquivel7 August 1900
Miguel A. Rojas30 August 1900
N/aAgustín Tovar Aguilar2 October 1900
N/aAgustín de la Torre González19 March 1901
Eugenio Larrabure y Unanue11 September 1901
Teodoro Elmore9 August 1902
N/aDavid Matto4 November 1902
Manuel C. Barrios8 September 1903Manuel Candamo
N/aJosé Balta Paz14 May 1904Serapio Calderón
N/a24 September 1904José Pardo y Barreda
Pedro PortilloMilitary9 March 1906
N/aDelfín Vidalón31 July 1906
Francisco Alayza y Paz Soldán24 September 1908Augusto B. Leguía
N/aDavid Matto Usandivaras8 June 1909
N/aJulio Ego-Aguirre Dongo17 December 1909
Agustín de la Torre González31 August 1911
José Manuel García CórdovaCivil30 November 1911
N/aFermín Málaga24 September 1912Guillermo Billinghurst
Víctor Castro Iglesias17 June 1913
Pedro PortilloMilitary4 August 1913
Francisco Alayza y Paz Soldán26 September 1913
Pedro PortilloMilitary31 December 1913
Benjamín BozaDemocratic3 February 1914Óscar R. Benavides
(Government Junta)
Joaquín Capelo15 May 1914Óscar R. Benavides
(Provisional)
Francisco Alayza y Paz Soldán22 August 1914
Belisario Sosa18 August 1915José Pardo y Barreda
Héctor Escardó Salazar27 July 1917
Clemente J. Revilla27 April 1918
N/aManuel Vinelli2 September 1918
N/aAugusto Arrese Vegas2 March 1919
N/aSalvador Gutiérrez Pestana5 July 1919Augusto B. Leguía
(Oncenio)[8]
N/aMatías LeónAugust 1919
N/aSalvador OlivaresDecember 1919
N/aJulio Ego-Aguirre Dongo27 April 1920
Pedro José Rada y GamioPDR8 March 1921
Lauro Curletti15 August 1921
Pío Max Medina1 March 1923
N/aManuel G. Masías12 October 1924
Pedro José Rada y GamioPDR20 July 1925
Celestino Manchego MuñozPDRSeptember 1926
Ernesto Sousa MatuteDecember 1926
Celestino Manchego MuñozPDR25 November 1927
N/aAlfredo Mendiola12 October 1929
N/aEduardo Castro RíosMilitary24 August 1930Manuel María Ponce
(Military Junta)
N/aEulogio CastilloMilitary27 August 1930Luis Sánchez Cerro
(Military Junta)
Manuel E. RodríguezMilitary24 November 1930
N/aUlises Reátegui Morey11 March 1931David Samanez Ocampo
(National Junta)
Germán Arenas y Loayza8 December 1931Luis Sánchez Cerro
Elías Lozada Benavente29 January 1932
N/aRicardo Caso
Manuel E. RodríguezMilitary
30 April 1933Óscar R. Benavides
(Provisional)
N/aPablo Ernesto Sánchez CerroUR3 May 1933
N/aCarlos Alayza y Roel29 June 1933
Héctor Boza26 November 1933
Manuel E. RodríguezMilitary21 May 1935
Héctor Boza13 April 1936
N/aFederico Recavarren23 October 1936
Héctor Boza29 October 1937
N/aCarlos Moreyra y Paz Soldán8 December 1939Manuel Prado Ugarteche
Enrique Góngora Pareja28 July 1945José Luis Bustamante y Rivero
N/aCésar Elías Gonzales
N/aAlfredo Fort Magot
N/aJorge Sarmiento Calmet
N/aBernardino Vallenas
N/aAlfonso Llosa González-PavónMilitary3 November 1948Manuel A. Odría
(Military Junta)
José del Carmen Cabrejo MejíaMilitary28 July 1950Manuel A. Odría
N/aCarlos Salazar Southwell1951
N/aEduardo Miranda Sousa4 August 1952
N/aFernando Noriega Calmet26 July 1954
N/aRoberto DianderasMilitary24 December 1955
N/aCarlos Alzamora ElsterMDP28 July 1956Manuel Prado Ugarteche
N/aFederico Hilbck Seminario1957
Eduardo Dibós Dammert1958
N/aAlfonso Rizo Patrón1959
N/aJorge Grieve Madge1960
N/aMáximo Verástegui IzurietaMilitary26 July 1962Military Government Junta
N/aCarlos Pestana Zevallos28 July 1963Fernando Belaúnde Terry
N/aCarlos Morales Macchiavello14 September 1964
N/aGastón Acurio Velarde15 September 1965
N/aEnrique Tola Mendoza8 September 1967
N/aSixto Gutiérrez Chamorro29 January 1968
N/aPablo Carriquiry Maurer20 March 1968
N/aCarlos Morales Macchiavello1 June 1968

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Museo Metropolitano De Lima". Recursos Turísticos.
  2. ↑ "Luis Castañeda inauguró el Museo Metropolitano y negó campaña del municipio contra Susana Villarán". El Comercio. 2010-10-10.
  3. ↑ "AGP inaugura el Museo Metropolitano de Lima". La República. 2010-10-10.
  4. ↑ Basadre 2005, p. 56.
  5. 1 2 Basadre 2005, p. 135.
  6. ↑ Basadre 2005, p. 137.
  7. ↑ Basadre 2005, p. 138.
  8. ↑ "1919: Leguía presidente". El Comercio. 2019-07-05.

Bibliography

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