Public Ministry of Peru
- Attorney General of Peru, Juan Carlos Villena Campana
The Public Ministry of Peru, also known as the Prosecutor's Office of Peru, is an autonomous entity of the Government of Peru that is responsible for enforcing law in Peru. Headed by the Prosecutor of the Nation, the Public Ministry oversees investigations surrounding private citizens, public interest and legislative interrogatives.[1]
History
Following the creation of the Supreme Court of Peru in 1825, an entity similar to the Public Ministry served under the chief national court. The 1828 Constitution of Peru established a Supreme Court with seven justices and a prosecutor.
Jorge Basadre notes that in the National Convention of 1855, functions for a national prosecutor were more defined.[2] By 1930, it was indicated in Article 2 of the Code of Procedure in Criminal Matters that public criminal prosecution was performed by a proseuctor's office that was overseen by the Ministry of Justice.[3] In the 1979 Constitution of Peru, the Public Ministry of Peru was officially established as an independent body from the Ministry of Justice.
Organization
Attorney General of Peru
Districts
The Public Ministry has 34 districts:
- Amazonas
- Áncash
- Apurímac
- Arequipa
- Ayacucho
- Cajamarca
- Callao
- Cañete
- Cuzco
- Huancavelica
- Huánuco
- Huaura
- Ica
- Junin
- La Libertad
- Lambayeque
- Lima
- Lima Este
- Lima Norte
- Lima Noroeste
- Lima-Sur
- Loreto
- Madre de Dios
- Moquegua
- Pasco
- Piura
- Puno
- San Martín
- Santa
- Sullana
- Tacna
- Tumbes
- Ucayali
- Selva Central
References
- ^ "Ministerio Público: qué funciones cumple, cómo se estructura, quién lo preside y más". La República (in Spanish). 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ Basadre (1968, p. 15)
- ^ Ramos Núñez, Carlos Augusto (2015). Historia del derecho civil peruano : siglos XIX y XX. Tomo VI, El Código de 1936. Vol. 3, El bosque institucional. Fondo Editorial de la PUCP. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-612-317-101-8. OCLC 1343907908. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
