List of Peruvian coups d'état

The following is a list of the coups d'état (including plots, failed and successful attempts and armed conflicts) that have taken place in Peru during its independent history.

No. Name Date Result Consequences
1 Balconcillo mutiny February 27, 1823 Success Carried out by a group of soldiers who demanded the appointment of José de la Riva Agüero as president. It dissolved the Supreme Governing Junta.
2 1829 Peruvian coup d'état June 7, 1839 Success Carried out in Piura by general Agustín Gamarra and a group of officers against José de La Mar.
3 1835 Peruvian coup d'état February 23, 1835 Success Carried out by Felipe Santiago Salaverry against President of the Council of Ministers, Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano, while President Luis José de Orbegoso was in the south of the country.
4 1842 Peruvian coup d'état August 16, 1842 Success Carried out by colonel Juan Crisóstomo Torrico against President of the Council of Ministers Manuel Menéndez.
5 1865 Peruvian coup d'état November 25, 1865 Success Carried out by the heads of the Peruvian Army against President Pedro Diez Canseco for not taking quick and drastic measures regarding the problem with Spain. The next day, the people of Lima met in an open cabildo at the Plaza Mayor, proclaiming Mariano Ignacio Prado as president.
6 1872 Peruvian coup d'état July 22, 1872 Failure Brothers Tomás, Silvestre, Marceliano and Marcelino Gutiérrez carried out a coup against José Balta due to the incumbent presidency of civilian Manuel Pardo y Lavalle.
7 1879 Peruvian coup d'état December 23, 1879 Success Carried out by Nicolás de Piérola against first Vice President Luis La Puerta while President Mariano Ignacio Prado was outside the country, purchasing arms to use in the war against Chile.
8 1909 Peruvian coup d'état May 29, 1909 Failure Carried out by Carlos de Piérola against President Augusto B. Leguía.
9 1914 Peruvian coup d'état February 4, 1914 Success Carried out by colonel Oscar R. Benavides against President Guillermo Billinghurst.
10 1919 Peruvian coup d'état July 4, 1919 Success Carried out by president-elect Augusto B. Leguía against President José Pardo y Barreda.
11 1930 Peruvian coup d'état August 22, 1930 Success Carried out by commander Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro against President Augusto B. Leguía.
12 1948 Peruvian coup d'état October 29, 1948 Success Carried out by commander Manuel A. Odría and right-wing associates against President José Luis Bustamante y Rivero.
13 1962 Peruvian coup d'état July 18, 1962 Success Carried out by the Armed Forces under Ricardo Pérez Godoy against President Manuel Prado Ugarteche.
14 1968 Peruvian coup d'état October 3, 1968 Success Carried out by general Juan Velasco Alvarado against President Fernando Belaúnde.
15 1975 Peruvian coup d'état August 29, 1975 Success Carried out by General Francisco Morales Bermúdez, then President of the Council of Ministers, against Juan Velasco Alvarado.
16 1992 Peruvian self-coup April 5, 1992 Success Carried out by President Alberto Fujimori with the support of the Armed Forces, dissolving Congress and closing other State-owned institutions.
17 1992 Peruvian counter-coup November 13, 1992 Foiled Plotted by retired general Jaime Salinas Sedó alongside a group of army soldiers against President Alberto Fujimori in an attempt to restore the constitutional order.
18 Locumbazo October 29, 2000 Failure Carried out in Locumba by commander Ollanta Humala and retired major Antauro Humala, who demanded the resignation of President Alberto Fujimori.
19 Andahuaylazo January 1, 2005 Failure Carried out by retired major Antauro Humala in Andahuaylas with 150 armed reservists, who demanded the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo.
20 2022 Peruvian self-coup December 7, 2022 Failure Carried out by President Pedro Castillo, who tried to dissolve Congress and other State institutions without the support of the Armed Forces or the Police. The national parliament subsequently voted to dismiss him constitutionally, which was approved by a large majority with 102 votes out of 130. Castillo was subsequently arrested for attempting to break the constitutional order.
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