The Ministry of Defence (, MINDEF) is the government ministry responsible for safeguarding

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on land, sea and air. It exercises command over the

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composed of the

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, the

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and the

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. , the current

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is Walter Astudillo.

History

In 1821,

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created three ministries of the

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: those of

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(''Hacienda''), War and Navy (''Guerra y Marina'') and

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(''Relaciones Exteriores''). They were again reestablished in 1844 after a series of changes in government. On March 21, 1824,

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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 However, shortly thereafter, the Governing Junta repealed the decree, reestablishing the three ministries.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 October 13, 1920, during the second government of President

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, the Ministry of War and Navy was separated into two ministries through law N° 4003. The '' Navy Aviator Corps'' () was created the same year as part of the

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, with the Navy ministry being reorganised as the ''Ministry of Navy and Aviation'' (), combining both military entities until 1941, when the ''Ministry of Aviation'' (also known as the "Ministry of Aeronautics" ) was created. The Ministry of Defence was created by Law No. 24654 on 1 April 1987, during the government of

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. It absorbed the aforementioned Ministries of War, Navy and Aeronautics as well as the Joint Command of the Armed Forces and the National Defence Secretariat.

Organisation

The ministry is organised as follows: * ''Secretaría General'' (General Secretariat) * ''Viceministerio de Asuntos Administrativos y Económicos'' (Viceministry of Administrative and Economic Matters) * ''Viceministerio de Asuntos Logísticos y de Personal'' (Viceministry of Logistics and Personnel Matters) * ''Dirección Nacional de Política y Estrategia'' (National Directorate of Politics and Strategy) * ''Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas'' ( Joint Command of the Armed Forces) * ''Ejército del Perú'' (

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) * ''Marina de Guerra del Perú'' (

) * ''Fuerza Aérea del Perú'' (

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) Entities under the ministry include: *'' Benemérita Sociedad Fundadores de la Independencia *''Centro Nacional de Estimación, Prevención y Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres'' (CENEPRED) *'' Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacial'' (CONIDA) *''Escuela Nacional de Marina Mercante'' (ENAMM) *'' Instituto Geográfico Nacional'' (IGN) *''

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'' (SIMA) *''Fábrica de Armas y Municiones del Ejército'' (FAME S.A.C.) *''Servicio de Mantenimiento'' (SEMAN) *''Secretaría de Defensa Nacional'' *'' Centro de Altos Estudios Nacionales'' (CAEN) *'' Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil'' (INDECI)

List of ministers

References

External links

Official Website

List of Military and Police awards at the Ministry of Defence, Peru
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History

Organisation

List of ministers

See also

References

External links