Pedro Gálvez Egúsquiza (Cajamarca, April 28, 1822 – Paris, August 23, 1872) was a Peruvian lawyer, politician, educator and diplomat.

He for a time helped his father in the agricultural work of his farm; then, in 1842, he entered the Convictorio de San Carlos, where he graduated as a doctor of Jurisprudence (1845).

[1] Received as a lawyer, he became part of the faculty of the College of Our Lady of Guadalupe (1846), becoming rector of the same from 1850 to 1852, replacing Sebastián Lorente [es], being succeeded by his brother José Gálvez.

His favorite disciple, the caroline[a] Pedro Gálvez, as a teacher from Guadalupe, emerged in controversy and ideological action to capture youth and guide it along the path of liberalism.

The vote was in favor of Gálvez.He also contributed to the organization of the Progressive Club, a group with a liberal tendency, the first test of a political party, the same one that launched the first civil candidacy for the presidency of the Republic in 1851, embodied in the figure of the caudillo Domingo Elías, the same one that was defeated by General José Rufino Echenique.

[7] Once the revolutionary government was installed in Arequipa, he was appointed General Secretary (sole minister), and as such, he drafted and signed the decree abolishing the Indian tribute on July 5, 1854.

[8] Once the general secretariat was dissolved, two ministries were created to replace it: the Government, Foreign Affairs, War and Navy; and that of Worship, Justice, Finance and Charity.

[14] In 1856, the government of Castilla sent him as plenipotentiary minister to Central America,[c] with the mission of managing the adherence of the countries of that region to the Continental Treaty sponsored by Peru, to unite for a joint defense against possible foreign interventions.