Eduardo Ponce Vivanco

José Eduardo Ponce Vivanco (born Arequipa, March 8, 1943) is a Peruvian diplomat.

Education

He obtained a bachelor of law and political science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He also has a master's degree in international relations from the Diplomatic Academy of Peru, and has studied at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.^[1]

Diplomatic and governmental career

Ponce Vivanco has been Peru's ambassador to Brazil, ambassador to the United Kingdom and ambassador to Ecuador, and to the United Nations Office at Geneva.^[1]

He is best known for negotiating and signing a peace accord between Ecuador and Peru on 17 February 1995 when he was vice minister of foreign relations.^[1][2] The accord known as the Itamaraty Peace Declaration ended the Cenepa War, a brief and localized military conflict between Ecuador and Peru, fought over control of an area in Peruvian territory.^[3][4]

In 2010, he became the rector of the Diplomatic Academy of Peru.^[2][5]

Ponce Vivanco is a regular commentator on Peruvian politics in Peruvian media.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} He writes a regular column for Peruvian daily newspaper El Comercio.^[11]