Rafael Rey

Rafael Rey Rey (; born February 26, 1954) is a Peruvian engineer, political commentator and politician who currently serves as Minister of Transport and Communications under President Keiko Fujimori since July 2026. He previously served as a member of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru Board of Directors from 2016 to 2021. Throughout his political life, he served in the Peruvian Congress from 1990 to 2006 and as a Representative to the Andean Parliament from 2006 to 2016. During the Second presidency of Alan García, he was appointed Minister of Production, Ambassador to Italy and Minister of Defense.

In 2010, Rey was selected by Keiko Fujimori as her first running mate in the 2011 general election with the Force 2011 ticket alongside ex-minister Jaime Yoshiyama, being ultimately defeated by Ollanta Humala's Peru Wins ticket. Simultaneously, he was re-elected to the Andean Parliament as the Force 2011 representative with more than 470,000 votes, the best result for any candidate nationwide. He founded and led the now-defunct National Renewal, a conservative party which formed as part of the National Unity Alliance for the 2001 and 2006 general elections.

Early life and education

Rafael Rey was born to engineering professor Ricardo Rey Polis and Elsa Rey Elmore. He started his education at the Catholic college of San Isidro, owned by Marist Brothers. From 1971 to 1979 Rey studied Industrial Engineering at the University of Piura, where his father was first Rector, and the Catholic University of Peru. From 1982 to 1990 he was CEO of Crowley Peru S.A.

Since 1991 Rey has been Executive President of the NPO Pro-Educación.

Member of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru Board of Directors On October 27, 2016, he was elected by Congress as Director of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). However, later Rey himself clarified that he had taken his statements incompletely, since what he had said was that "in addition to having the knowledge and professional experience, he would proceed with great prudence to study the reports and reports that would reach him as director of the BCR".

Personal life Rey is a numerary member of Opus Dei. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, Rey announced that he contracted the virus on March 20, 2020.