State or region
Regional Governor
- Spanish: Gobernador Regional
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Elected by direct vote together with the Regional Vice Governor on one joint ticket (formula) for a four-year term, with no immediate re-election. A formula needs at least 30% of valid votes to win in the first round; otherwise the two leading formulas go to a second regional election (Ley 27867 Organic Law of Regional Governments, arts. 11-12, 15-16; Ley 27683). Governors serve 1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2026; those elected on 4 Oct 2026 take office 1 Jan 2027.
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Luis Neyra León since January 2023 Report Source: gob.pe, checked (+1 more)
Most recent election, October 4, 2026.
Next vote
Sources
- congreso.gob.pe · checked Constitución Política del Perú arts. 189-191 and Ley 27867 Ley Orgánica de Gobiernos Regionales (structure, selection, councillor limits 7-25), read 2026-10-12. For: Regional Governor, Regional Governor in Spanish
- gob.pe · checked Official gob.pe Funcionarios directory, read 2026-10-12: confirms this person is the current Gobernador(a) Regional. For: Luis Neyra León, current term
- andina.pe · checked Andina / gob.pe news on the 2026 Asamblea Nacional de Gobiernos Regionales board (15 Jan 2026), read 2026-10-12: Neyra (Piura), Pérez Flores (Lambayeque) and Gutiérrez Ayala (Moquegua) sitting governors; term start 2023-01-01 is the legal start of the 2023-2026 period (ERM 2022). Fallback: news reports and Wikipedia (Elecciones regionales de Perú 2022), because JNE Infogob is not scrapable; current status to be confirmed against JNE. For: Luis Neyra León, current term
- elperuano.pe · checked El Peruano and JNE/ONPE press reports on ERM 2026 (4 Oct 2026), Panamericana report of JNE second-election date 29 Nov 2026, read 2026-10-12: election dates. 2030 date derived from the first-Sunday-of-October rule. For: General election, October 6, 2030