House of Culture of Peru The
House of Culture of Peru () was created under the government of
Ricardo Pérez Godoy in 1962. The following year, Supreme Decree 48 established its headquarters at the
Casa de Pilatos, in the
historic centre of Lima, which were inaugurated on 24 July after being restored by architect . The same year, president
Nicolás Lindley López created the National Commission of Culture (, CNC), which was overseen and directed by the head of the House of Culture. In 1965, the CNC was dissolved and the National System for the Promotion of Culture () was created to absorb all cultural institutions of the Peruvian State, being composed of the
Consejo Superior de Fomento de la Cultura, the
Casa de la Cultura del Perú, and the houses of culture for each
department. which was renamed the
Grand National Theatre of Peru in 2011. It also published the report
Política cultural del Perú, which was printed by
UNESCO. In 1992, the Fund for Culture and the Arts was created by the institute. In 1998, minister announced that the INC would become the National Institute of Cultural Heritage (), but this never came to pass. In 2001, government of
Alejandro Toledo created the National Commission of Culture (, chaired by artist and social activist
Víctor Delfín and writer and scientist
Jose-Carlos Mariátegui (Executive Director). This commission was tasked with preparing the
Cultural Policy Guidelines, which outlined the need for the creation of a Ministry of Culture. However, despite repeated public promises during his term, Toledo did not legally formalise its creation, and it was deactivated in 2003. In mid-2002, it was integrated into the Executive Branch. In 2004, the INC collaborated with
IBM to improve its asset registration system. In 2006, a weekly publication focusing on the country's relevant contributions was launched, known as the
Gaceta Cultural del Perú. The ministry was officially dissolved on 1 October 2010, by Supreme Decree 001-2010-MC, being incorporated into the newly-formed ministry three months after its establishment. Throughout its history, the INC was headed by the following: • Directors-general: • Miguel Oviedo Chamorro (1971–1972) •
Martha Hildebrandt Pérez-Treviño (1972–1976) • Jorge Cornejo Polar (1976–1978) • Francisco Abril de Vivero (1978–1980) • Ricardo Roca Rey (1980–1981) • Luis Enrique Tord Romero (1982–1983) • José del Busto Duthurburu (1983–1984) • Carlos Ernesto Saavedra Sánchez (1984) • (1984–1985) •
Fernando Silva Santisteban (1985–1987) • Germán Peralta Rivera (1987–1989) • (1989–1990) • Elías Mújica Barreda (1990) • Pedro Gjurinovic Canevaro (1990–1996) • Juan Guillermo Carpio Muñoz (1996) • Luis Arista Montoya (1996–1999) • Luis Repetto Málaga (1999–2000) • Luis Enrique Tord Romero (2000–2001) • Leonor Cisneros Velarde (2001) •
Luis Guillermo Lumbreras Salcedo (2002–2006) • (2006–2010) • Executive directors: • (1973–1974) • Rodolfo Loayza Saavedra • César Urueta Alcántara (1985–1986) •
Laura Bozzo Rotondo (1989–1990) • Ricardo Rivera Martínez • Flor de María Valladolid Illescas • Gustavo Benza Pfucker (1999–2000) • Eduardo Antonio Mazzini Otero (2000–2001) • María Elena Córdova Burga (2001–2002) • Alejandro Falconi (2002–2006)
Ministry of Culture During the
Second presidency of Alan García, several bills were introduced in Congress with the aim of creating a Ministry of Culture, eventually being approved. The ministry was formally created through Law 29565 of 2010. On 12 June 2020,
Popular Action Congressman Jorge Vásquez presented a bill suggesting that the headquarters the ministry be moved to
Cuzco, the historic capital of the
Inca Empire. The following year, during the inauguration of
Pedro Castillo, it was suggested that the name be changed (from "Ministry of Culture" to "Ministry of Cultures") and that its headquarters be moved to
Government Palace, which ultimately did not happen. ==Organisation==