| First Vice President and Second Vice President of the Republic of Peru | |
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| Primer Vicepresidente Constitucional de la República Segundo Vicepresidente Constitucional de la República | |
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Incumbent since 7 December 2022 (First)First Vice President: Vacant (latest incumbent Dina Boluarte) Second Vice President: Vacant (latest incumbent Mercedes Aráoz) and 7 May 2020 (Second) | |
| Residence | Government Palace |
| Appointer | Only direct popular election |
| Term length | Five years, renewable indefinitely |
| Inaugural holder | Diego de Aliaga (1823) Juan Antonio Pezet and Pedro Diez Canseco (1862) |
| Formation | 1823 (Vice President) 1862 (First Vice President and Second Vice President) |
| Succession | First and Second |
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The Republic of Peru has two vice presidents, the First Vice President and the Second Vice President, who are elected along with the President in democratic elections.[1] Their only constitutional mission is to replace the President in case of death, permanent or temporary incapacity, resignation, being abroad without the permission of Congress, failure to return from abroad at fixed time, and/or dismissal or removal from office as allowed by the Constitution.Note 1[2] They cannot be appointed outside of general elections.
The First and Second Vice Presidents are first and second in the presidential line of succession.[3] The leader of Congress, the President of the Congress, follows the First Vice President and the Second Vice President in the line of succession.
In modern Peruvian history, two Vice Presidents have acceded to the presidency after the President could no longer serve, Martín Vizcarra and Dina Boluarte. The 32nd First Vice President Martín Vizcarra assumed the office of the presidency in 2018 after the graft scandal that led to the resignation of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.[4] The 33rd First Vice President Dina Boluarte assumed the office of the presidency in 2022 after President Pedro Castillo attempted to dissolve Congress and was impeached and removed from the presidency.
Historically, the position was one of a sole Vice President, which was in place in the years 1829–1831 and 1858–1862. The dual positions of First and Second Vice Presidents have been in place since 1862.
The office of the First Vice President is currently vacant, the most recent First Vice President having been Dina Boluarte. The office of the Second Vice President is also currently vacant, the most recent Second Vice President having been Mercedes Aráoz.
- ^ Artículo 111°, Constitución Política Del Perú. (Retrieved 6 October 2019.)
- ^ Artículos 113°, 114°, y 115°, Constitución Política Del Perú. (Retrieved 6 October 2019.)
- ^ Artículo 115°, Constitución Política Del Perú. (Retrieved 6 October 2019.)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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