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 January 2025. 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
AlgeriaListJorge Eduardo Wurst CalleAmbassadorAlgiersFebruary 1, 2023
ArgentinaListCarlos Alberto Chocano BurgaAmbassadorBuenos AiresApril 1, 2023
AustraliaListVitaliano Gaspar Gallardo ValenciaAmbassadorCanberraFebruary 1, 2022
AustriaListMaría Eugenia Echeverría Herrera Vda. de De PuryAmbassadorViennaJanuary 15, 2025
BelgiumListLuis Enrique Chávez BasagoitiaAmbassadorBrusselsDecember 1, 2022
BoliviaListCarlos Jaime Montoya MonteroChargé d'affairesLa Paz
BrazilListRómulo Fernando Acurio TraversoAmbassadorBrasíliaJanuary 1, 2022
CanadaListManuel Gerardo Talavera EspinarAmbassadorOttawaJuly 15, 2023
ChileListSilvia Elena Alfaro EspinosaAmbassadorSantiagoSeptember 1, 2023
ChinaListMarco Vinicio Balarezo LizarzaburuAmbassadorBeijingMarch 15, 2023
ColombiaListMariano Ernesto López BlackChargé d'affaires (a.i.)Bogotá
Costa RicaListCarlos Guillermo Hakansson NietoAmbassadorSan JoséMarch 1, 2024
CubaListGonzalo Flavio Guillén BekerAmbassadorHavanaMarch 1, 2022
Czech RepublicListCarlos Mario Del Castillo GiuffraHead of ChanceryPrague
Dominican RepublicListGustavo Felipe José Lembcke HoyleAmbassadorSanto DomingoJuly 15, 2022
EcuadorListJosé Eduardo Zeballos ValleAmbassadorQuitoMarch 1, 2023
EgyptListMartín Eduardo Palacios RangelHead of ChanceryCairo
El SalvadorListJorge Antonio Rosado La TorreAmbassadorSan SalvadorJune 15, 2023
FinlandListErnesto Moisés Pinto Bazurco RittlerAmbassadorHelsinkiMarch 1, 2024
FranceListRolando Javier Ruiz Rosas CaterianoAmbassadorParisMay 1, 2022
GermanyListAugusto David Teodoro Arzubiaga ScheuchAmbassadorBerlinFebruary 1, 2023
GhanaListRosa Liliana Gómez Cárdenas de WestonAmbassadorAccraAugust 1, 2023
GreeceListArturo Javier Arciniega CalderónAmbassadorAthensApril 15, 2024
GuatemalaListGuido Octavio Toro CornejoAmbassadorGuatemalaAugust 15, 2024
Holy SeeListLuis Juan Chuquihuara ChilAmbassadorVatican CityFebruary 1, 2024
HondurasListYvette Noemí Beoutis CandahuanaChargé d'affaires (a.i.)Tegucigalpa
HungaryListEdgard Arturo Pérez AlvánAmbassadorBudapestApril 1, 2023
IndiaListJavier Manuel Paulinich VelardeAmbassadorNew DelhiFebruary 1, 2023
IndonesiaListLuis Raúl Tsuboyama GalvánAmbassadorJakartaFebruary 1, 2022
IrelandListJaime Manuel Cacho-Sousa VelázquezAmbassadorDublinMay 1, 2024
IsraelListJavier Martín Sánchez Checa SalazarAmbassadorTel-AvivMay 1, 2024
ItalyListManuel José Antonio Cacho-Sousa VelázquezAmbassadorRomeMay 1, 2024
JapanListRoberto Hernán Seminario PortocarreroAmbassadorTokyoJanuary 1, 2022
KenyaListRomy Sonia Tincopa GradosAmbassadorNairobiMay 1, 2024
KuwaitListCarlos Enrique Tomás Martín Jiménez Gil FortoulAmbassadorKuwaitOctober 15, 2024
MalaysiaListRicardo Estanislao Morote CanalesAmbassadorKuala LumpurJanuary 1, 2022
MexicoListYesica Noemí Fonseca MartínezChargé d'affaires (a.i.)Mexico
MoroccoListPedro Julio Díaz VargasHead of ChanceryRabat
NetherlandsListFranca Lorella Deza FerreccioAmbassadorAmsterdamNovember 1, 2024
New ZealandListJosé Emilio Bustinza SotoAmbassadorWellingtonMarch 1, 2022
NicaraguaListBruno Castañeda LandiChargé d'affaires (a.i.)Managua
NorwayListGustavo Julio Eduardo Francisco Laurie EscandónAmbassadorOsloAugust 15, 2023
PanamaListMario Juvenal López ChávarriAmbassadorPanamaMarch 1, 2022
ParaguayListMaría Antonia Ida Masana GarcíaAmbassadorAsunciónApril 1, 2024
PolandListGloria Lisette Nalvarte Simoni de IsasiAmbassadorWarsawJuly 12, 2024
PortugalListCarlos Manuel Gil De Montes MolinariAmbassadorLisbonNovember 15, 2021
QatarListGonzalo Voto Bernales GarcíaAmbassadorDohaSeptember 1, 2024
RomaniaListFélix Ricardo Américo Antonio Denegri BozaAmbassadorBucharestJuly 15, 2023
RussiaListJuan Genaro Del Campo RodríguezAmbassadorMoscowAugust 1, 2020
Saudi ArabiaListRicardo Silva Santisteban BenzaAmbassadorRiyadhNovember 1, 2024
SingaporeListFrancisco Tenya HasegawaAmbassadorSingaporeMay 20, 2018
South AfricaListJosé Javier Augusto ShawAmbassadorPretoriaJune 1, 2024
South KoreaListPaul Fernando Duclos ParodiAmbassadorSeoulMarch 1, 2023
SpainListLuis Carlos Antonio Iberico NúñezAmbassadorMadridAugust 1, 2024
SwedenListMiguel Ángel Samanez BendezúAmbassadorStockholmMay 1, 2023
SwitzerlandListLuis Alberto Castro JooAmbassadorBernJanuary 1, 2022
ThailandListCecilia Zunilda Galarreta BazánAmbassadorBangkokJune 1, 2022
Trinidad and TobagoListClaudia Giuliana Betalleluz OtiuraAmbassadorPort of SpainJune 15, 2024
TurkeyListCésar Augusto De las Casas DíazAmbassadorAnkaraFebruary 1, 2023
United KingdomListIgnacio Higueras HareAmbassadorLondonMay 1, 2024
United Arab EmiratesAlberto Alejandro Farje OrnaAmbassadorAbu DhabiAugust 15, 2024
United StatesListAlfredo Santiago Carlos Ferrero Diez CansecoAmbassadorWashington, D.C.February 26, 2024
UruguayListElizabeth Alice González PorturasAmbassadorMontevideoMarch 15, 2023
VenezuelaListVíctor Ricardo López LuqueChargé d'affaires (a.i.)Caracas
VietnamListPatricia Yolanda Ráez PortocarreroAmbassadorHanoiMay 1, 2024

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 countryListHead of missionPositionWebsiteConcurrencyTerm end
TaiwanListJuan Luis Kuyeng RuizCommercial Economic CounselorTaipeiMarch 16, 2023

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

Military government (1962–1963)

1st Belaúnde government (1963–1968)

Military government (1968–1980)

2nd Belaúnde government (1980–1985)

1st García government (1985–1990)

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)

Humala government (2011–2016)

Kuczynski government (2016–2018)

Vizcarra government (2018–2020)

Castillo government (2021–2022)

Boluarte government (2022–now)

  • Luis Chuquihuara Chil (Holy See)
  • Alfredo Santiago Carlos Ferrero Diez-Canseco (United States)
  • Carlos Guillermo Hakansson Nieto (Costa Rica)
  • José Luis Sardón de Taboada (OAS)
  • Luis Iberico Núñez (Spain)
  • Enrique Armando Román Morey (UN)
  • Javier Manuel Paulinich Velarde (India)
  • Ernesto Moisés Pinto Bazurco Rittler (Finland)

Ambassadors killed in office

NameAmbassador toPlaceCountryDate of deathKilled by
Fernando Rodríguez OlivaJamaicaKingston, JamaicaJamaicaJune 14, 1976Murdered outside of his residence in Kingston.[2][3][4]

Former diplomatic posts

Host countryListFinal resident head of missionPositionConcurrencyTerm endEnd cause
Austria–HungaryListAlejandro Von der HeydeAmbassador1917World War I
AzerbaijanListMaría Milagros Castañón SeoaneAmbassadorDecember 26, 2019Unclear, originally described as a temporary measure.[5][6][7][8]
BulgariaListHéctor Matallana MartinezChargé d'affaires (a.i.)2003Embassy closed due to austerity measures.[9]
Central AmericaListJuan Mendoza y AlmenaraAmbassador1943The post, an umbrella term for different countries in the region, gradually lost relevance as ambassadors were appointed to each country.[10]
China (Taiwan)ListJorge Pérez GarreaudChargé d'affairesNovember 3, 1971Relations 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]
CzechoslovakiaListAdolfo Alvarado FournierAmbassadorJanuary 1, 1993Dissolution of Czechoslovakia; relations continued with the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
DenmarkListLiliana Cino de SilvaAmbassador2003Embassy closed due to austerity measures.[9]
East GermanyListJaime Cacho-Sousa C.Ambassador1990German reunification
JamaicaListLuis Wilfredo Sandiga CabreraAmbassadorDecember 31, 2006Embassy closed due to austerity measures.[13]
KenyaListJesús F. Isasi CayoAmbassador1990Embassy closed.[14][15]
PhilippinesListJorge Chávez SotoAmbassador2003Embassy closed due to austerity measures.[9]
Soviet UnionListArmando Lecaros de CossíoAmbassador1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union; relations continued with successor states.
YugoslaviaListJulio Walter Negreiros PortellaAmbassadorDecember 31, 2006Dissolution of Yugoslavia; relations continued with successor states.

See also

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". 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" (in Spanish). La República. 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.