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

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 countryListHead of missionPositionWebsiteConcurrencyAppointed
Algeria List Jorge Eduardo Wurst Calle Ambassador Algiers
Countries:
  • Tunisia
  • Libya
    (1974–2010)
December 30, 2022
Argentina List Carlos Alberto Chocano Burga Ambassador Buenos Aires — February 16, 2023
Australia List Vitaliano Gaspar Gallardo Valencia Ambassador Canberra
Countries:
  • Cook Islands
  • Fiji
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Tonga
  • Vanuatu
  • New Zealand
    (1972–?; 2010–2019)
February 10, 2022
Austria List Luis Alberto Campana Boluarte Ambassador Vienna
Countries:
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
February 1, 2022
Belgium List Luis Enrique Chavez Basagoitia Ambassador Brussels
Countries:
  • European Union
  • Luxembourg
December 25, 2022
Bolivia List Jesús Ponce Bravo Chargé d'affaires La Paz —
Brazil List Rómulo Fernando Acurio Traverso Ambassador Brasília
Countries:
  • Suriname
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:
  • Mongolia
  • Pakistan
  • North Korea
    (1988–2017)
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:
  • Haiti
March 1, 2022
Ecuador List José Eduardo Zeballos Valle Ambassador Quito — January 25, 2023
Egypt List José Jesús Guillermo Betancourt Rivera Ambassador Cairo
Countries:
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Iraq
  • Iran
  • Sudan
  • Syria
September 14, 2022
El Salvador List María de Fátima Trigoso Sakuma Ambassador San Salvador
Countries:
  • Belize
February 15, 2022
Finland List Eric Edgardo Guillermo Anderson Machado Ambassador Helsinki
Countries:
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
December 18, 2021
France List Rolando Javier Ruiz Rosas Cateriano Ambassador Paris
Countries:
  • Monaco
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:
  • Albania
  • Bulgaria
February 15, 2022
Guatemala List Angel Fernando Yldefonso Narro Ambassador Guatemala — November 14, 2022
 Holy See 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:
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Serbia
February 25, 2021
India List Javier Manuel Paulinich Velarde Ambassador New Delhi
Countries:
  • Bangladesh
  • Maldives
  • Nepal
  • Sri Lanka
  • Afghanistan
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:
  • San Marino
  • Cyprus
May 1, 2019
Japan List Roberto Hernán Seminario Portocarrero Ambassador Tokyo — January 1, 2022
Malaysia List Ricardo Morote Canales Ambassador Kuala Lumpur
Countries:
  • Brunei
  • Cambodia
January 1, 2022
Mexico List Manuel Gerardo Talavera Espinar Ambassador Mexico — December 1, 2021
Morocco List Arturo Chipoco Caceda Ambassador Rabat
Countries:
  • Mauritania
  • Senegal
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:
  • Iceland
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:
  • Ukraine
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:
  • Croatia
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Montenegro
  •  North Macedonia
  • Serbia
    (2006–2018)
September 7, 2022
Russia List Juan Genaro Del Campo Rodríguez Ambassador Moscow
Countries:
  • Armenia
  • Belarus
  • Kazakhstan
September 1, 2021
Saudi Arabia List Carlos Rodolfo Zapata López Ambassador Riyadh
Countries:
  • Bahrain
  • Oman
February 1, 2022
Singapore List Carlos Raúl Vásquez Corrales Ambassador Singapore — October 1, 2018
South Africa List Jorge Félix Rubio Correa Ambassador Pretoria
Countries:
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
December 1, 2018
South Korea List Daúl Jesús Enrique Matute Mejía Ambassador Seoul — February 1, 2018
Spain List Walter Gutiérrez Ambassador Madrid
Countries:
  • Andorra
March 23, 2023
Sweden List Miguel Ángel Samanez Bendezú Ambassador Stockholm
Countries:
  • Denmark
May 1, 2023
Switzerland List Luis Alberto Castro Joo Ambassador Bern
Countries:
  • Liechtenstein
January 1, 2022
Thailand List Cecilia Galarreta Ambassador Bangkok
Countries:
  • Myanmar
  • Philippines
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:
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Iran
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:
  • Laos
January 15, 2018

Other chiefs of mission

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 countryListFinal resident head of missionPositionWebsiteConcurrencyTerm end
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

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
  • 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)

Miliary government (1962–1963)

  • Armando Revoredo Iglesias (Chile)
  • Julio Vargas Prada Peirano (Uruguay)

1st Belaúnde government (1963–1968)

Miliary government (1968–1980)

  • Mario Alzamora Valdéz (France)
  • José Arce y Larco (United States)
  • Luis Felipe de Las Casas (Venezuela)
  • Julio Óscar Trelles Montes (France)
  • Guillermo Arbulú Galliani (Chile)
  • Adelmo Rissi Ferreyros (El Salvador)
  • Julio Vargas-Prada Peirano (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 Thorndike (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)

2nd García government (2006–2011)

  • Felipe Ortiz de Zevallos (Estados Unidos)
  • 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)

Kuczynski government (2016–2018)

Vizcarra government (2018–2020)

Castillo government (2021–2022)

Ambassadors killed in office
Name Ambassador to Place Country Date of death Killed by
Fernando Rodríguez Oliva Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica June 14, 1976 Murdered outside of his residence in Kingston.[2][3][4]

Former diplomatic posts
Host countryListFinal resident head of missionPositionConcurrencyTerm endEnd cause
 Austria–Hungary List Alejandro Von der Heyde Ambassador — 1917 World War I
Azerbaijan List María Milagros Castañón Seoane Ambassador
Countries:
  • Georgia
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:
  • Indonesia
  • Malaysia
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
  1. "Ley N.° 28091". Gob.pe. 2018-02-10.
  2. "Slang gang bang: diplomáticos peruanos, traductores y la literatura". RPP Noticias. 2019-07-09.
  3. "El embajador del Perú". El País. 1976-06-15.
  4. "JAMAICA: Jah Kingdom Goes to Waste'". TIME. 1976-06-28.
  5. "Fijan fecha de cierre temporal de la Embajada del Perú en la República de Azerbaiyán". El Peruano. 2019-11-27.
  6. "Necesaria explicación para el cierre de la Embajada del Perú en Azerbaiyán". Federación de Periodistas del Perú. 2020-01-20.
  7. Sánchez Serra, Ricardo (2021-09-06). "Piden se reabra Embajada del Perú en Azerbaiyán". Expreso.
  8. "En un conocido periódico peruano se pide al gobierno de ese país que restablezca la Embajada en Azerbaiyán". AZERTAC. 2022-06-07.
  9. "Perú cierra embajadas de Dinamarca, Bulgaria y Filipinas por austeridad" (in Spanish). El Universo. 28 July 2003. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  10. "Relación de Jefes de Misión del Perú en El Salvador" (PDF). Gob.pe.
  11. "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".
  12. "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.
  13. "RREE oficializa cierre de seis embajadas". La República (in Spanish). 9 September 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  14. "La Llegada a Kenia: El Primer Paso al Este del África Subsahariana". Cumanana (XIV): 1. 2022-05-21.
  15. 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.
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