Peru's Revolving Door Presidency
Six presidents in nine years, Congress vs. executive gridlock, and a record 35-candidate election in 2025
PRESIDENTS SINCE 2016
6
Average tenure: 16 months
CANDIDATES IN 2025
35
Record field size
BOLUARTE APPROVAL
4%
March 2025 polling
IMPEACHMENT THRESHOLD
87
Votes needed (2/3 of 130)
Presidential Timeline (2016–2026)
Constitutional Mechanisms
Impeachment Threshold
67%
87 of 130 votes needed to remove president for 'moral incapacity'
Congress Dissolution
2 vetoes
President can dissolve Congress after 2 confidence votes are denied
Party Registration
~4 months
Easy registration fuels fragmentation; 35 parties contested 2025
Reelection Ban
Immediate
Presidents cannot serve consecutive terms