El vicepresidente constitucional de la República del Perú es aquel funcionario que asume el cargo de presidente de la República en caso de incapacidad temporal o permanente del presidente. De la misma manera, es el único funcionario que se puede encargar del despacho en caso de viaje al exterior del presidente. Según el orden de sucesión son llamados primer vicepresidente constitucional de la República y segundo vicepresidente constitucional de la República. (es)
The Republic of Peru has two vice presidents who are elected along with the President in democratic elections. Their only constitutional mission is to replace the President in case of death, permanent or temporary incapacity, resignation, being abroad without the permission of Congress, failure to return from abroad at fixed time, and/or dismissal or removal from office as allowed by the Constitution. The Vice Presidents are first in the Presidential line of succession. Historically, the position was one of a sole Vice President, which was in place between 1829–1831 and 1858–1862. The dual positions of First and Second Vice Presidents have been in place since 1862. The most recent holder is Mercedes Aráoz, who was elected as the Second Vice President in 2016 along with the election of Pedro Kuzcynski as President and Martín Vizcarra as First Vice President. When Vizcarra succeeded Kuzcynski, after the latter's being driven from office by scandal in 2018, Aráoz became the sole Peruvian Vice President. On 30 September 2019, the Peruvian Congress, caught up in a constitutional political crisis, named Aráoz acting President after having declared Vizcarra temporarily unfit for office. Given that the Congress had itself been dissolved earlier that day by President Vizcarra, and given that Aráoz supported the latter's call for new congressional elections, she irrevocably resigned as Second Vice President on 1 October 2019, thus leaving vacancies in both vice-presidential offices and, moreover, leaving Vizcarra as the sole claimant for President, supported in that position by the Peruvian Armed Forces and the National Police of Peru. However, her resignation is not official, since in Peru, the resignation of the vice president has to be accepted by the Congress and that institution is not celebrating meetings given its dissolution. Her resignation was finally accepted on 7 May 2020 by the new Peruvian Congress sworn in on 16 March 2020. In contemporary history, only one vice president has assumed the presidency of Peru via constitutional succession. The 66th Vice President Vizcarra assumed the office of the presidency in 2018 after the graft scandal that led to the ousting of President Kuczynski. (en)
De vicepresident van Peru is de plaatsvervanger van de president van Peru. Peru kent twee vicepresidenten die tegelijk met de president worden gekozen tijdens democratische verkiezingen. De vicepresident heeft als enige taak de president te vervangen, zoals tijdens diens reis, overlijden, enzovoorts. (nl)
У Перу є два віцепрезиденти, які обираються разом із президентом на демократичних виборах. Їхня єдина місія — замінити президента у разі смерті, постійної чи тимчасової непрацездатності, відставки, перебування за кордоном без дозволу Конгресу, не повернення із-за кордону у визначений час та/або звільнення з посади, як це дозволено Конституцією. (uk)
El vicepresidente constitucional de la República del Perú es aquel funcionario que asume el cargo de presidente de la República en caso de incapacidad temporal o permanente del presidente. De la misma manera, es el único funcionario que se puede encargar del despacho en caso de viaje al exterior del presidente. Según el orden de sucesión son llamados primer vicepresidente constitucional de la República y segundo vicepresidente constitucional de la República. (es)
De vicepresident van Peru is de plaatsvervanger van de president van Peru. Peru kent twee vicepresidenten die tegelijk met de president worden gekozen tijdens democratische verkiezingen. De vicepresident heeft als enige taak de president te vervangen, zoals tijdens diens reis, overlijden, enzovoorts. (nl)
У Перу є два віцепрезиденти, які обираються разом із президентом на демократичних виборах. Їхня єдина місія — замінити президента у разі смерті, постійної чи тимчасової непрацездатності, відставки, перебування за кордоном без дозволу Конгресу, не повернення із-за кордону у визначений час та/або звільнення з посади, як це дозволено Конституцією. (uk)
The Republic of Peru has two vice presidents who are elected along with the President in democratic elections. Their only constitutional mission is to replace the President in case of death, permanent or temporary incapacity, resignation, being abroad without the permission of Congress, failure to return from abroad at fixed time, and/or dismissal or removal from office as allowed by the Constitution. The Vice Presidents are first in the Presidential line of succession. (en)