Chief of the Joint Command (Peru)

Chief of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces
Jefe del Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas del Perú
Seal of the CCFFAA
Flag for the Chief of the CCFFAA
Incumbent David Ojeda Parra since 28 December 2023
Ministry of Defence
Type	Chief of Defence
Abbreviation	Jefe del CCFFAA
Member of	Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru
Reports to	Minister of Defence
Residence	Calle Nicolás Corpancho 298 - Santa Beatriz
Nominator	Minister of Defence
Appointer	President
Formation	1 February 1957
First holder	Manuel Cossío Cossío
Website	Official website

The Chief of the Joint Command of the Peruvian Armed Forces (Spanish: Jefe del Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas del Perú) is the professional head of the Peruvian Armed Forces. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Peruvian military.

List of chiefs

President of the Joint Command

Chief of the Joint Command

No.	Picture	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Ref.
1		Reátegui, VíctorGeneral Víctor Bustamante Reátegui	January 2003	December 2003	11 months	Peruvian Army	[1]
2		Yañez, AurelioGeneral Aurelio Crovetto Yañez	January 2004	December 2004	11 months	Peruvian Air Force	[1]
3		Alvarado, FrankAdmiral Frank Boyle Alvarado	January 2005	18 December 2005	11 months	Peruvian Navy	[1]
4		Zapata, JoséGeneral José Williams Zapata	5 December 2005	4 December 2006	11 months	Peruvian Army	.
5		Manrique, JorgeAdmiral Jorge Montoya Manrique [es]	January 2007	December 2008	1 year, 11 months	Peruvian Navy	.
6		Daffos, JoséAdmiral José Aste Daffos	January 2008	December 2008	11 months	Peruvian Navy	.
7		Rivas, FranciscoGeneral Francisco Contreras Rivas	January 2009	December 2010	1 year, 11 months	Peruvian Army	.
8		Ballena, RicardoGeneral Ricardo Howell Ballena	January 2011	December 2011	11 months	Peruvian Army	[2]
9		Aservi, JoséAdmiral José Cueto Aservi [es]	May 2012	December 2013	1 year, 7 months	Peruvian Navy	.
10		Pino, LeonelGeneral Leonel Cabrera [es]	December 2013	December 2014	1 year	Peruvian Army	.
11		Moscoso, JorgeAdmiral Jorge Moscoso [es] (born 1958)	January 2014	December 2016	2 years, 11 months	Peruvian Navy	.
12		Lora, JoséAdmiral José Paredes Lora	January 2016	30 October 2018	2 years, 9 months	Peruvian Navy	[3]
13		Salcedo, CésarGeneral César Astudillo Salcedo (born 1960)	30 October 2018	28 July 2021	2 years, 8 months	Peruvian Army	[4]
14		Torre, ManuelGeneral Manuel Gómez de la Torre [es] (born 1963)	28 July 2021	27 December 2023	2 years, 4 months	Peruvian Army	[5]
15		Parra, DavidGeneral David Ojeda Parra	28 December 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 10 months	Peruvian Army	.

References

1. "Galería de Comando". mindef.gob.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 May 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
2. Redacción (6 December 2010). "General Luis Howell es el nuevo jefe del Comando Conjunto de las FFAA". rpp.pe (in Spanish). RPP Noticias. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
3. Press office (2 November 2018). "ALMIRANTE JOSÉ PAREDES LORA SE DESPIDIÓ COMO JEFE DEL COMANDO CONJUNTO DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS". ccffaa.mil.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2020.
4. Paredes, Bryan Ortiz (31 October 2018). "General César Astudillo es nombrado jefe del Comando Conjunto de las FF.AA". diariocorreo.pe (in Spanish). Correo. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
5. "Manuel Gómez de la Torre es reconocido como jefe del Comando Conjunto de las FF.AA". andina.pe (in Spanish). Difusión. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.