Pedro Álvaro Cateriano Bellido (born 26 June 1958) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru from July to August 2020, under Martín Vizcarra's administration.

Upon the resignation of Ana Jara on 2 April 2015, due to her being censured by the Peruvian Congress regarding illegal government espionage under her management as Prime Minister of Peru, Cateriano was appointed as her successor.

[7] Upon finishing his high school education at the Colegio de la Inmaculada, from which he graduated in 1975, Cateriano entered the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where he studied law.

Upon the inauguration of Valentín Paniagua as President of Peru in November 2000 following the downfall of Alberto Fujimori, Cateriano was appointed to the Advisory Commission of the Ministry of Justice for Constitutional Reform.

[11] After ten years dedicated extensively to the private sector between 2002 and 2012, Cateriano was appointed agent of the Peruvian State before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in February 2012, for the Chavín de Huántar case, defending the government's version that there were no executions during the release of the hostages from the residence of the Japanese ambassador in 1997.

[12] Cateriano was appointed Minister of Defense on 23 July 2012, under cabinet led by Juan Jiménez Mayor,[13][14] succeeding congressman José Antonio Urquizo in the position.

On 14 July 2013, a Peruvian journalistic program revealed a telephone recording in which Cateriano tells an interlocutor that First Lady Nadine Heredia, gave him the "green light" to make some purchases for the Defense sector through the United Nations Development Programme.

The dialogue revealed to the local press an alleged interference of Ollanta Humala's wife in government decisions; however, Cateriano argued that Heredia only "transmits the president's messages".

In this regard, members of the opposition harshly questioned the aforementioned decree for discriminating against the poorest and for making the Military Service "mandatory" for those who cannot pay this amount (approximately US$720).

[17][18] On 2 April 2015, President Ollanta Humala appointed Cateriano as Prime Minister after his predecessor, Ana Jara was censured for spying against lawmakers, reporters, business leaders and other citizens.

[citation needed] On 15 July 2020, President Martín Vizcarra announced the recomposition of his government amidst the criticism of Vicente Zeballos' management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.