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Congress of the Republic

  • Spanish: Congreso de la República

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Peru returned to a two-chamber Congress in 2026: a 60-member Senate and a 130-member Chamber of Deputies, both elected for five years. The Chamber of Deputies initiates legislation and holds the vote of confidence; the Senate reviews laws.

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  • Legislation

    Congress passes, interprets, amends and repeals laws (Constitution art. 102). The bicameral structure was restored by Law 31988 (2024).

  • Oversight and budget

    Congress approves the budget and the public accounts, and oversees the executive through questions, interpellation and censure (Constitution arts. 77, 102, 131-132).

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  • congreso.gob.pe · checked Congreso de la República, Constitución Política del Perú and chamber sites (senado.congreso.gob.pe, diputados.congreso.gob.pe), read 2026-10-12: national bodies and offices; cabinet structure from Wikipedia Cabinet of Peru and gob.pe/El Peruano reports. Fallback: Wikipedia for 2026 cabinet and election facts. For: Congress of the Republic, Senator, President of the Senate, Deputy, President of the Chamber of Deputies
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Senate of Peru, read 2026-10-12. For: What it can't do
  • congreso.gob.pe · checked Spanish names of Peruvian bodies and offices as used in the Constitution and official sites, read 2026-10-12. For: Congress of the Republic in Spanish
  • congreso.gob.pe · checked Constitución Política del Perú (articles cited in each description), read 2026-10-12. For: Legislation, Oversight and budget
  • senado.congreso.gob.pe · checked Congreso de la República, official roll of members 2026-2031, read 2026-10-12: current member, district, party. Start date not on the roll, left blank. For: José Berley Arista Arbildo as Senator, Amazonas, Nilza Merly Chacón Trujillo as Senator, Áncash, Andrés Avelino Ramos Huillcas as Senator, Apurímac, Juver Nilson Flores Suárez as Senator, Arequipa, Edyson Humberto Morales Ramírez as Senator, Ayacucho and 56 more
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Senate of Peru / Chamber of Deputies of Peru, read 2026-10-12: presiding officers. Fallback: Wikipedia, official sites did not state the presidency. For: Miguel Ángel Torres Morales as President of the Senate, Oscar de Jesús Reto Otero as President of the Chamber of Deputies
  • diputados.congreso.gob.pe · checked Congreso de la República, official roll of members 2026-2031, read 2026-10-12: current member, district, party. Start date not on the roll, left blank. For: Mery Eliana Infantes Castañeda as Deputy, Amazonas, Royser Castro Grandez as Deputy, Amazonas, Carlos Alberto Dominguez Herrera as Deputy, Áncash, Daniel Jefferson Varas Seguin as Deputy, Áncash, Edgar Adrián Alvaron de la Cruz as Deputy, Áncash and 126 more
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, 2026 Peruvian general election, read 2026-10-12: 2026 election 12 April, run-off 7 June; next date inferred by rule (second Sunday of April, five-year terms), unconfirmed. Fallback: Wikipedia because jne.gob.pe not read. For: General election, April 13, 2031

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