title: Chief of the Joint Command (Peru)
text: # Chief of the Joint Command (Peru)
  
  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
  
  ### Chief of the Joint Command
  
  | No. | 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 | |
  | 2 | Yañez, AurelioGeneral Aurelio Crovetto Yañez | January 2004 | December 2004 | 11 months | Peruvian Air Force | |
  | 3 | Alvarado, FrankAdmiral Frank Boyle Alvarado | January 2005 | 18 December 2005 | 11 months | Peruvian Navy | |
  | 4 | Zapata, JoséGeneral José Williams Zapata | 18 December 2005 | December 2006 | 11 months | Peruvian Army | . |
  | 5 | Manrique, JorgeAdmiral Jorge Montoya Manrique | January 2007 | December 2007 | 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 | |
  | 9 | Aservi, JoséAdmiral José Cueto Aservi | January 2012 | December 2012 | 11 months | Peruvian Navy | . |
  | 10 | Pino, LeonelGeneral Leonel Benigno Cabrera Pino | January 2013 | December 2013 | 11 months | 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 | |
  | 13 | Salcedo, CésarGeneral César Astudillo Salcedo (born 1960) | 30 October 2018 | 3 August 2021 | 2 years, 9 months | Peruvian Army | |
  | 14 | Torre, ManuelGeneral Manuel Gómez de la Torre [es] (born 1963) | 3 August 2021 | Incumbent | 1 year, 11 months | Peruvian Army | |
  