Jaime Fernando Thorne León (11 September 1943[citation needed] – 5 April[citation needed] 2018)[1] was a Peruvian politician who served as the Minister of Defense under the administration of President Alan García Pérez, from September 2010 to July 2011.

[2][3][4][5] He was the son of the Peruvian banker and merchant Rollin Thorne Sologuren, former director of the Italian Bank of Lima, and of María Josefina Teresa León y Bueno.

His maternal grandfather was José Matías León y Carrera, former Minister of Justice, Education, Worship and Charity.

A lawyer, Thorne León was the President of the Peruvian National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property, a.k.a.

INDECOPI, until he was appointed Minister of Defense by President Alan García in September 2010.