José Simón Pardo y Barreda (February 24, 1864 – August 3, 1947)[1] was a Peruvian politician who served as the 35th (1904–1908) and 39th (1915–1919) President of Peru.

The elementary education in Peru, according to the Law of 1876 proposed by his father, Manuel Pardo, was under the responsibility of the municipalities throughout the country.

Pardo created a General Branch of Instruction to where inspectors in charge of the work of surveillance in the whole Republic depended.

During his second government José Pardo confronted the consequences of the First World War, as well as the labor agitation for the obtainment of the "8 working hours" a day.

The marriage produced seven children: Manuel, José (the Marquis of Fuente Hermosa de Miranda, until his death in 1999), Enrique, Carmen, Juan, Oscar and Felipe.