The representative of Peru to Central America was the official representative of the Peruvian Republic to Central America, an umbrella term for the countries located in the region of the same name.
The term "Central America" was an umbrella term used by the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the countries located in the region between Mexico and Colombia.[1] After the Separation of Panama from Colombia in 1903, Peru established relations with said state on December of the same year,[2] and the legations in Central America and Panama were merged in 1905.[1]
The establishment of relations between Peru and the countries in the region first took place in the 1850s, when Peru sent diplomat Pedro Gálvez Egúsquiza on a mission to establish relations with the countries of the region during the Filibuster War, including neighbouring New Granada and Venezuela.[3] The umbrella representation was phased out in the 1930s, as Peruvian diplomats began to be appointed to the countries themselves instead of the entire region, and the legations of Panama and Central America were separated in 1939.[1]
The countries represented under the name "Central America" were as follows:[1]
As of 2023, Peru is diplomatically represented to each country individually at an embassy level, including, since 1991,[4] an accreditation to Belize from its ambassador in El Salvador.[5]
Name | Portrait | Term begin | Term end | President | Notes |
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Pedro Gálvez Egúsquiza | August 5, 1856 | 1859 | Ramón Castilla | Resident minister plenipotentiary of Peru near the States of Central America, New Granada and Venezuela.[6][1] | |
Juan Ezeta | 1860 | 1862 | Ramón Castilla | Chargé d'Affaires and General Consul of Peru near the States of Central America, based in San José. | |
José A. Figueroa | 1862 | 1863 | Ramón Castilla | Secretary in Charge of the Legation of Peru near the States of Central America, with headquarters in San José. | |
Tomás Lama | 1865 | 1866 | Juan Antonio Pezet | Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General of Peru close to the Governments of Central America, based in San José. | |
Tomás Lama | 1879 | 1881 | Mariano Ignacio Prado | Resident Minister of Peru in the Republics of Central America. | |
Ramón Ribeyro | 1901 | 1902 | Eduardo López de Romaña | Extraordinary Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary of Peru in the Republics of Central America, with headquarters in San José (1901) and Guatemala (1902). | |
José Santos Chocano | 1902 | 1904 | Eduardo López de Romaña | Consul general[7] | |
Federico Alfonso Pezet | 1904 | 1905 | Manuel Candamo | Chargé d'Affaires and General Consul of Peru in the Republics of Central America, based in Guatemala (1904) and San José (1905). | |
Federico Alfonso Pezet | 1906 | 1911 | José Pardo y Barreda | Chargé d'Affaires of Peru in Central America and Panama, based in Panama. | |
Carlos Ferreyros | 1911 | 1912 | Augusto B. Leguía | In charge of the Legation of Peru in Central America, based in Panama. | |
Enrique A. Carrillo | 1920 | 1926 | Augusto B. Leguía | Chargé d'Affaires of Peru in Central America, based in San José. | |
Carlos E. Salcedo | 1926 | 1928 | Augusto B. Leguía | Chargé d'Affaires of Peru in Central America, based in Guatemala. | |
Alberto Franco Guerra | 1927 | 1929 | Augusto B. Leguía | Ad-interim Chargé d'Affaires of Peru in Central America, based in San José. | |
Enrique Castro Oyanguren | 1929 | 1930 | Augusto B. Leguía | Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister of Peru in Central America, based in San José. | |
Gonzalo Ulloa Somocurcio | 1931 | 1931 | Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro | Ad-interim Chargé d'Affaires of Peru in Mexico and Central America.[8] | |
Eduardo Herrera | 1932 | 1934 | Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro | Chargé d'Affaires of Peru in Central America, based in San José. | |
Salvador M. Cavero | 1934 | 1937 | Óscar R. Benavides | Chargé d'Affaires of Peru in Central America, based in San José. | |
Evaristo San Cristóval | 1937 | 1937 | Óscar R. Benavides | Chargé d'Affaires of Peru in Central America. | |
Adán Espinosa y Saldaña | 1938 | 1939 | Óscar R. Benavides | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Peru in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, based in San José. | |
Juan Mendoza y Almenara | 1939 | 1943 | Óscar R. Benavides | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Peru in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, based in Guatemala. |