Ambassadors of Peru
Ambassadors of Peru are persons nominated by the president to serve as the country's diplomatic representatives to foreign nations and international organizations.
Current representatives
[edit]The following is the list of ambassadors of Peru as of August 2023. Please note that the column dedicated to concurrent accreditations also includes past countries in italics and that it is subject to change.
Host country | List | Head of mission | Position | Website | Concurrency | Appointed |
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Algeria | List | Jorge Eduardo Wurst Calle | Ambassador | Algiers | Countries:
| December 30, 2022 |
Argentina | List | Carlos Alberto Chocano Burga | Ambassador | Buenos Aires | — | February 16, 2023 |
Australia | List | Vitaliano Gaspar Gallardo Valencia | Ambassador | Canberra | Countries:
| February 10, 2022 |
Austria | List | Luis Alberto Campana Boluarte | Ambassador | Vienna | Countries:
| February 1, 2022 |
Belgium | List | Luis Enrique Chavez Basagoitia | Ambassador | Brussels | Countries:
| December 25, 2022 |
Bolivia | List | Jesús Ponce Bravo | Chargé d'affaires | La Paz | — | |
Brazil | List | Rómulo Fernando Acurio Traverso | Ambassador | Brasília | Countries:
| January 1, 2022 |
Canada | List | Manuel Talavera Espinar | Ambassador | Ottawa | — | July 12, 2023 |
Chile | List | Jaime Antonio Pomareda Montenegro | Ambassador | Santiago | — | September 1, 2020 |
China | List | Marco Vinicio Balarezo Lizarzaburu | Ambassador | Beijing | Countries:
| December 25, 2022 |
Colombia | List | Mariano López Black | Chargé d'affaires (a.i.) | Bogotá | — | |
Costa Rica | List | Juan Jiménez Mayor | Ambassador | San José | — | May 11, 2023 |
Cuba | List | Gonzalo Flavio Guillén Beker | Ambassador | Havana | — | March 1, 2022 |
Czech Republic | List | Néstor Francisco Popolizio Bardales | Ambassador | Prague | — | December 15, 2021 |
Dominican Republic | List | María Cecilia Rozas Ponce De León | Ambassador | Santo Domingo | Countries:
| March 1, 2022 |
Ecuador | List | José Eduardo Zeballos Valle | Ambassador | Quito | — | January 25, 2023 |
Egypt | List | José Jesús Guillermo Betancourt Rivera | Ambassador | Cairo | Countries:
| September 14, 2022 |
El Salvador | List | María de Fátima Trigoso Sakuma | Ambassador | San Salvador | Countries:
| February 15, 2022 |
Finland | List | Eric Edgardo Guillermo Anderson Machado | Ambassador | Helsinki | Countries:
| December 18, 2021 |
France | List | Rolando Javier Ruiz Rosas Cateriano | Ambassador | Paris | Countries:
| May 1, 2022 |
Germany | List | Augusto David Teodoro Arzubiaga Scheuch | Ambassador | Berlin | — | December 25, 2022 |
Ghana | List | Rosa Liliana Gómez Cárdenas de Weston | Ambassador | Accra | May 10, 2023 | |
Greece | List | Javier Raul Martin Yepez Verdeguer | Ambassador | Athens | Countries:
| February 15, 2022 |
Guatemala | List | Angel Fernando Yldefonso Narro | Ambassador | Guatemala | — | November 14, 2022 |
![]() | List | Jorge Eduardo Morán Rey | Ambassador | Vatican City | Countries: | September 15, 2021 |
Honduras | List | Jorge Alejandro Raffo Carbajal | Ambassador | Tegucigalpa | November 4, 2021 | |
Hungary | List | Raúl Salazar Cosio | Ambassador | Budapest | Countries:
| February 25, 2021 |
India | List | Javier Manuel Paulinich Velarde | Ambassador | New Delhi | Countries:
| December 25, 2022 |
Indonesia | List | Luis Raúl Tsuboyama Galván | Ambassador | Jakarta | Countries:
| February 1, 2022 |
Ireland | List | Ana María Sánchez de Ríos | Ambassador | Dublin | — | April 1, 2020 |
Israel | List | Carlos Daniel Chavez-Taffur Schmidt | Ambassador | Tel-Aviv | — | May 16, 2019 |
Italy | List | Julio Eduardo Martinetti Macedo | Ambassador | Rome | Countries:
| May 1, 2019 |
Japan | List | Roberto Hernán Seminario Portocarrero | Ambassador | Tokyo | — | January 1, 2022 |
Malaysia | List | Ricardo Morote Canales | Ambassador | Kuala Lumpur | Countries:
| January 1, 2022 |
Mexico | List | Manuel Gerardo Talavera Espinar | Ambassador | Mexico | — | December 1, 2021 |
Morocco | List | Arturo Chipoco Caceda | Ambassador | Rabat | Countries:
| April 1, 2019 |
Netherlands | List | Marisol Flavia Agüero Colunga | Ambassador | Amsterdam | — | April 2, 2020 |
New Zealand | List | José Emilio Bustinza Soto | Ambassador | Wellington | — | April 6, 2022 |
Nicaragua | List | Alberto Esteban Massa Murazzi | Ambassador | Managua | — | December 10, 2020 |
Norway | List | Gustavo Laurie | Ambassador | Oslo | Countries:
| July 12, 2023 |
Panama | List | Mario López Chávarri | Ambassador | Panama | — | March 16, 2022 |
Paraguay | List | María Milagros Castañón Seoane | Ambassador | Asunción | — | March 14, 2020 |
Poland | List | Hubert Wieland Conroy | Ambassador | Warsaw | Countries:
| July 12, 2022 |
Portugal | List | Carlos Manuel Gil De Montes Molinari | Ambassador | Lisbon | — | January 17, 2022 |
Qatar | List | José Benzaquén Perea | Ambassador | Doha | — | February 20, 2019 |
Romania | List | Gustavo Antonio Otero Zapata | Ambassador | Bucharest | Countries:
| September 7, 2022 |
Russia | List | Juan Genaro Del Campo Rodríguez | Ambassador | Moscow | Countries:
| September 1, 2021 |
Saudi Arabia | List | Carlos Rodolfo Zapata López | Ambassador | Riyadh | Countries:
| February 1, 2022 |
Singapore | List | Carlos Raúl Vásquez Corrales | Ambassador | Singapore | — | October 1, 2018 |
South Africa | List | Jorge Félix Rubio Correa | Ambassador | Pretoria | Countries:
| December 1, 2018 |
South Korea | List | Daúl Jesús Enrique Matute Mejía | Ambassador | Seoul | — | February 1, 2018 |
Spain | List | Walter Gutiérrez | Ambassador | Madrid | Countries:
| March 23, 2023 |
Sweden | List | Miguel Ángel Samanez Bendezú | Ambassador | Stockholm | Countries:
| May 1, 2023 |
Switzerland | List | Luis Alberto Castro Joo | Ambassador | Bern | Countries:
| January 1, 2022 |
Thailand | List | Cecilia Galarreta | Ambassador | Bangkok | Countries:
| June 2022 |
Trinidad and Tobago | List | David Francisco Málaga Ego Aguirre | Ambassador | Port of Spain | Countries:
| August 25, 2020 |
Turkey | List | César Augusto De las Casas Díaz | Ambassador | Ankara | Countries:
| June 21, 2023 |
United Kingdom | List | Juan Carlos Gamarra Skeels | Ambassador | London | — | October 1, 2018 |
United States | List | Gustavo Meza-Cuadra Velásquez | Ambassador | Washington, D.C. | — | February 23, 2023 |
Uruguay | List | Marco Vinicio Balarezo Lizarzaburu | Ambassador | Montevideo | — | December 8, 2020 |
Venezuela | List | Librado Augusto Orozco Zapata | Ambassador | Caracas | — | January 15, 2022 |
Vietnam | List | Augusto Morelli Salgado | Ambassador | Hanoi | Countries:
| January 15, 2018 |
Other chiefs of mission
[edit]Some diplomatic posts, such as the consuls-general in Dubai, function as the foremost representatives of Peru to certain countries, or, alternatively, as de facto ambassadors.
Host country | List | Head of mission | Position | Website | Concurrency | Term end |
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Taiwan | List | Juan Luis Kuyeng Ruiz | Commercial Economic Counselor | Taipei | — | March 16, 2023 |
United Arab Emirates | List | Marco Antonio Santivañez Pimentel | Consul General | Dubai | — | August 15, 2019 |
Political ambassadors
[edit]The 2003 Law of the Diplomatic Service of the Republic (№ 28091) establishes that only in exceptional cases and with the approval vote of the Council of Ministers, the President of the Republic can appoint as Ambassador of Peru or representative before international organizations, without belonging to the Diplomatic Service, to those who meet the following requirements:[1]
- Peruvian nationality by birth
- Notable ability and knowledge
- Provide or have provided outstanding services to the Nation
- Observe correct public and private conduct
- Lack of a criminal record
List
[edit]- Óscar R. Benavides (Italy, Spain, Argentina)
- Carlos Ledgard Neuhaus (Argentina)
- Luis A. Flores (Italy, Paraguay)
- Emilio Romero Padilla (Ecuador, Uruguay)
- José Quesada Larrea (Argentina)
- Manuel Seoane Corrales (Netherlands, Chile)
- Héctor Boza (France)
Military government (1962–1963)
- Armando Revoredo Iglesias (Chile)
- Julio Vargas-Prada (Uruguay)
1st Belaúnde government (1963–1968)
- Edgardo Seoane (Mexico)
- Óscar Trelles Montes (France)
- César Miró (UNESCO)
- Francisco Miró Quesada (France)
- Humberto Valdivia Ávalos (FAO)
- Nicolás Lindley López (Spain)
- Julio Vargas-Prada (Dominican Republic)
Military government (1968–1980)
- Mario Alzamora Valdéz (France)
- José Arce y Larco (United States)
- Luis Felipe de Las Casas (Venezuela)
- Óscar Trelles Montes (France)
- Guillermo Arbulú Galliani (Chile)
- Adelmo Rissi Ferreyros (El Salvador)
- Julio Vargas-Prada (Colombia)
2nd Belaúnde government (1980–1985)
- Guillermo Hoyos Osores (Argentina)
- Fernando Schwalb (United States)
- José Luis Bustamante y Rivera (Chile)
- Miguel Dammert Muelle (Austria)
- Miguel Mujica Gallo (Spain)
- Juan Vargas Quintanilla (East Germany)
- Luis Felipe Alarco Larrabure (UNESCO)
- Celso Pastor de la Torre (United States)
- Andrés Aramburú Menchaca (United Kingdom)
- José María de la Jara y Ureta (Italy)
- Augusto Dammert León (Nicaragua)
- Javier Arias Stella (United Nations)
- Federico Ruiz de Castilla (El Salvador)
1st García government (1985–1990)
- Jorge Raygada Cauvi (OAS, Venezuela)
- Alfonso Grados Bertorini (Argentina)
- Javier Pulgar Vidal (Colombia)
- Enrique Rivero Vélez (Costa Rica)
- César Atala Nazzal (United States)
- Hugo Otero Lanzarotti (France)
- Carlos Raffo Dasso (United Kingdom)
- Percy Murillo Garaycochea (Guatemala)
- Javier Ortiz de Zevallos (Panama)
- Luis Gonzales Posada (OAS)
- Julio Ramón Ribeyro (UNESCO)
- Nicanor Mujica Álvarez-Calderón (France)
- Ricardo Temoche Benítes (Guatemala)
- Wilfredo Huayta Núñez (Mexico)
- Manuel Checa Solari (Portugal)
- Mario Castro Arenas (Panama)
- Rogelio León Seminario (Switzerland)
- Edmundo Haya de la Torre (OAS)
- Alejandro Saco Miro Quesada (Colombia)
Fujimori government (1990–2000)
- Víctor Aritomi Shinto (Japan)
- Roberto MacLean Ugarteche (United States)
- Alberto Cazorla Talleri (Mexico)
- Máximo Manuel Vara Ochoa (Cuba)
- Luis Silva Santisteban García Seminario (Germany)
- Alberto Ulloa Elías (Argentina)
- Guillermo del Solar Rojas (Belgium)
- Alberto Varillas Montenegro (Costa Rica)
- Adolfo Alvarado Fournier (Uruguay)
- Arturo García y García (Ecuador)
- Jorge Torres Aciego (Israel)
- Alberto Cazorlla Talleri (Mexico)
- Alfredo Ross Antezana (Panama)
- Eduardo Raygada Morzán (Venezuela)
- Enrique Rossl Link (Italy)
- Ana María Deustua Caravedo (Italy)
- Beatriz Ramacciotti de Cubas (OAS)
- Augusto Antonioli Vásquez (Holy See)
- Gonzalo Bedoya Delboy (Uruguay)
- Juan Castilla Meza (Cuba, Venezuela)
- Guillermo Fernández-Cornejo Cortéz (Panama)
- Fernando Vega Santa Gadea (Spain)
- Víctor Malca Villanueva (Mexico)
- Alfredo Arnaiz Ambrosiani (Nicaragua)
- Jaime Sobero Taira (Cuba)
- María Luisa Federici Soto (France)
- Carlos Hermoza Moya (Honduras)
- Tomás Castillo Meza (Morocco)
- Víctor Yamamoto Miyakawa (Honduras)
- Francisco Tudela (United Nations)
- Luis Solari Tudela (Holy See)
- Alfredo Ramos Suero (Colombia)
- Julio Salazar Monroe (Venezuela)
Toledo government (2001–2006)
- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (France)
- Eduardo Ferrero Costa (United States)
- Alfredo Novoa Peña (Germany)
- Luis Marchand Stens (Ecuador)
- Alfredo Arosemena Ferreyros (Mexico)
- Carlos Urrutia Boloña (Venezuela)
- Mario Pareja Lecaros (Honduras)
- Luis Chang Reyes (China)
- Fernando Olivera Vega (Spain)
- Roberto Dañino Zapata (United States)
- José Pablo Morán Val (Holy See)
- Martín Belaunde Moreyra (Argentina)
- Alberto Borea Odría (OAS)
- Francisco Miró-Quesada Rada (France)
- Luis Solari Tudela (United Kingdom)
- Juan Velit Granda (Poland)
- Fernando de la Flor Arbulú (OAS)
- Oswaldo de Rivero Barreto (United Nations)
2nd García government (2006–2011)
- Felipe Ortiz de Zevallos (United States)
- José Barba Caballero (Panama)
- Hugo Otero Lanzarotti (Chile)
- Jesús Jay Wu Luy (China)
- Carlos Roca Cáceres (Italy)
- Federico Kauffmann Doig (Germany)
- Luis Valdivieso Montano (United States)
- Luis Alvarado Contreras (Mexico)
- María Zavala Valladares (OAS, Jamaica)
- Cecilia Bákula Budge (UNESCO)
- Jaime Cáceres Sayán (Spain)
- Rafael Rey Rey (Italy)
- Ricardo Jorge Ghibellini Harten (Brazil)
- Judith De La Mata Fernández (Argentina)
- Moisés Tambini del Valle (Costa Rica)
Humala government (2011–2016)
- Nicolás Lynch Gamero (Argentina)
- Cristina Velita Arroyo de Laboureix (France)
- Víctor Mayorga Miranda (Cuba)
- Allan Wagner Tizón (Netherlands)
- Alfredo Arosemena Ferreyros (Italy)
- Walter Jorge Albán Peralta (OAS)
- Aída García-Naranjo (Uruguay)
- Rudecindo Vega Carreazo (Nicaragua)
- Francisco Eguiguren Praeli (Spain)
- Guillermo Gonzáles Arica (Honduras)
- Rafael Roncagliolo Orbegoso (Spain)
- Luis Miguel Castilla Rubio (United States)
Kuczynski government (2016–2018)
- Hugo Otero Lanzarotti (Ecuador)
- José Antonio García Belaúnde (Spain)
- Susana de la Puente Wiese (United Kingdom)
- Carmen McEvoy (Ireland)
- Luis Iberico Núñez (Italy)
- Álvaro de Soto y Polar (France)
- Martín Vizcarra Cornejo (Canada)
Vizcarra government (2018–2020)
- Ricardo Luna Mendoza (UNESCO)
- José Antonio Raymundo Bellina Acevedo (Sweden, Denmark)
- Vicente Zeballos Salinas (OAS)
Castillo government (2021–2022)
- Harold Forsyth (OAS)
- Oswaldo de Rivero (United States)
- Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros (United Nations)
- Carina Palacios (Bolivia)
Ambassadors killed in office
[edit]Name | Ambassador to | Place | Country | Date of death | Killed by |
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Fernando Rodríguez Oliva | Jamaica | Kingston, Jamaica | Jamaica | June 14, 1976 | Murdered outside of his residence in Kingston.[2][3][4] |
Former diplomatic posts
[edit]Host country | List | Final resident head of mission | Position | Concurrency | Term end | End cause |
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![]() | List | Alejandro Von der Heyde | Ambassador | — | 1917 | World War I |
Azerbaijan | List | María Milagros Castañón Seoane | Ambassador | Countries:
| December 26, 2019 | Unclear, originally described as a temporary measure.[5][6][7][8] |
Bulgaria | List | Héctor Matallana Martinez | Chargé d'affaires (a.i.) | — | 2003 | Embassy closed due to austerity measures.[9] |
Central America | List | Juan Mendoza y Almenara | Ambassador | — | 1943 | The post, an umbrella term for different countries in the region, gradually lost relevance as ambassadors were appointed to each country.[10] |
China (Taiwan) | List | Jorge Pérez Garreaud | Chargé d'affaires | Countries: | November 3, 1971 | Relations severed by Taiwan: the Peruvian diplomat was personally requested to leave the country after Peru established relations with the People's Republic of China.[11][12] |
Czechoslovakia | List | Adolfo Alvarado Fournier | Ambassador | — | January 1, 1993 | Dissolution of Czechoslovakia; relations continued with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. |
Denmark | List | Liliana Cino de Silva | Ambassador | — | 2003 | Embassy closed due to austerity measures.[9] |
East Germany | List | Jaime Cacho-Sousa C. | Ambassador | — | 1990 | German reunification |
Jamaica | List | Luis Wilfredo Sandiga Cabrera | Ambassador | — | December 31, 2006 | Embassy closed due to austerity measures.[13] |
Kenya | List | Jesús F. Isasi Cayo | Ambassador | — | 1990 | Embassy closed.[14][15] |
Philippines | List | Jorge Chávez Soto | Ambassador | Countries:
| 2003 | Embassy closed due to austerity measures.[9] |
Soviet Union | List | Armando Lecaros de Cossío | Ambassador | — | 1991 | Dissolution of the Soviet Union; relations continued with successor states. |
Yugoslavia | List | Julio Walter Negreiros Portella | Ambassador | Countries: | December 31, 2006 | Dissolution of Yugoslavia; relations continued with successor states. |
See also
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Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Ley N.° 28091". Gob.pe. 2018-02-10.
- ^ "Slang gang bang: diplomáticos peruanos, traductores y la literatura". RPP Noticias. 2019-07-09.
- ^ "El embajador del Perú". El País. 1976-06-15.
- ^ "JAMAICA: Jah Kingdom Goes to Waste'". TIME. 1976-06-28.
- ^ "Fijan fecha de cierre temporal de la Embajada del Perú en la República de Azerbaiyán". El Peruano. 2019-11-27.
- ^ "Necesaria explicación para el cierre de la Embajada del Perú en Azerbaiyán". Federación de Periodistas del Perú. 2020-01-20.
- ^ Sánchez Serra, Ricardo (2021-09-06). "Piden se reabra Embajada del Perú en Azerbaiyán". Expreso.
- ^ "En un conocido periódico peruano se pide al gobierno de ese país que restablezca la Embajada en Azerbaiyán". AZERTAC. 2022-06-07.
- ^ a b c "Perú cierra embajadas de Dinamarca, Bulgaria y Filipinas por austeridad" (in Spanish). El Universo. 28 July 2003. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Relación de Jefes de Misión del Perú en El Salvador" (PDF). Gob.pe.
- ^ "Nuestra China Será la Roja". 7 días del Perú y del mundo. 1971-11-03.
Simultáneamente, el Encargado de Negocios peruano en Taipei (capital de Formosa), Jorge Pérez Garreaud, fue citado por el Canciller interino de China Nacionalista, Tchen Hiong-Fei, quien le solicitó "que abandonara la República lo más pronto posible".
- ^ "Correspondencia del Cónsul español Julio Larracoechea en Taiwán con: – Chang Kai-shek. Presidente de la República china. – Embajadas: Luis García de LLera (Tokio); William P. Yarborough (Lieutenant General, USA); Paulino D.A: Musacchio (Embajador en Taiwán de Argentina); Shoji Okamuru (Embajador del Japón en Taiwán); Fernando Larrañaga (Consul en Hong Kong)Jorge Pérez-Garreaud (Embajador de Perú en Taiwán). – Cargos españoles: Sabino Alonso Fueyo (Organo de FET y de las JONS); José Mª Moro (Dir. Gen. del Servico Exterior); Emilo Martín Martín (Consejero de embajada de la Subdirección General de Filipinas y Extremo Oriente)". Portal de Archivos Españoles.
- ^ "RREE oficializa cierre de seis embajadas". La República (in Spanish). 9 September 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "La Llegada a Kenia: El Primer Paso al Este del África Subsahariana". Cumanana (XIV): 1. 2022-05-21.
- ^ Mariátegui, Juan (1997). El diferendo fronterizo Perú-Ecuador (1994–1997): reflexiones en voz alta (in Spanish). J. Mariátegui. p. 280.
Cuando él [Alberto Fujimori] fue presidente, en julio de 1990, existían seis embajadas en Africa. Luego, unos meses después suprimió cuatro (Kenia, Zimbabwe, Zambia y Argelia), quedando hasta el presente, Marruecos y Egipto.