List of ambassadors of Austria to Peru

The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Austria to Peru is the official representative of the Republic of Austria to the Republic of Peru. The ambassador in Lima is also accredited to Bolivia.^[1]

Ambassador of Austria to the Republic of Peru
Coat of arms of Austria
Incumbent Gerhard Zettl since 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Inaugural holder	Wilhelm Brauns as Honorary Consul
Formation	1864

Both countries established relations in the 19th century. In 1851, Austria-Hungary recognized the independence of Peru, and both countries subsequently established relations.^[2] By 1859, ethnic Germans from Austria and Germany established and founded the colony of Pozuzo.^[2][3]

As a result of World War I, Peru severed relations with both Germany and Austria-Hungary, reestablishing them with the First Austrian Republic after the war.^[4] After the incorporation of Austria into the German Reich in 1938, Peru ceased to have relations with Austria, instead continuing its relations with Germany until 1942.^[5] During this period, the Austrian population in Peru saw itself polarized between Austrian loyalists and National Socialists.^[6]

In 1947, Peru recognized the Republic of Austria,^[2][7] and in 1949, bilateral relations were resumed, being elevated to embassy level in 1968.^[2]

List of representatives

Austria-Hungary

Name	Term begin	Term end	Head of state	Notes
Wilhelm Brauns	1864	1872	Ferdinand I of Austria	First honorary consul and representative of Austria-Hungary to Peru. His term began with the opening of the consulate on the same year.[2]
Christian Krüger	1872	1883	Franz Joseph I of Austria
Jean Louis Dubois	1883	1898	Franz Joseph I of Austria
Graham Row	1898	1899	Franz Joseph I of Austria
Samuel Brahms	1899	1908	Franz Joseph I of Austria
Walter Justus	1908	1918	Franz Joseph I of Austria	The honorary consulate in Lima closed in 1919.

Austria

Name	Term begin	Term end	Head of state	Notes
Adolf Kerschbaum	1922	1922	Karl Seitz	Honorary Consul. Died in office. The honorary consul's office remained empty from 1922 to 1926.
Franz Ludwig Ostern	1927	1938	Michael Hainisch	A dedicated National Socialist, he was criticized by opponents of the movement in Peru, who called for his removal. He was also accredited to the legation in Brazil.
Represented by Germany (Austria incorporated into Germany in 1938, diplomatic relations resumed in 1949)
Josef Kripp	1949	1953	Karl Renner	Accredited from the legation in Santiago, Chile since 1948. He delivered his credentials to then president Manuel A. Odría on November 2, 1949. Preparations for the opening of a Peruvian embassy in Vienna and an honorary consulate in Lima took place around the same time.
Karl Hudeczek	1953	1955	Theodor Körner	The legation in Santiago was elevated to an embassy in 1953. During this time, Alfred C. Buchner was named honorary consul in Lima, an office he held until his death in 1992. Buchner was succeeded by his daughter Elfriede Buchner, who ran the consulate until its closure in 2001.
Max Attems	1955	1958	Theodor Körner	Accredited from Santiago. Attems presented his credentials in Lima on September 12, 1955.
Paul Zedtwitz	1958	1962	Adolf Schärf	Accredited from Santiago. Zedtwitz presented his credentials in Lima on October 13, 1958.
Harald Gödel	1963	1968	Adolf Schärf	Accredited from Santiago.
Edmund Krahl	1968	1970	Franz Jonas	First resident ambassador in Lima after the establishment of an embassy.
Erich Maximilian Schmid	1971	1974	Franz Jonas
Paul Zedtwitz	1974	1976	Bruno Kreisky
Carl Rauscher	1977	1981	Rudolf Kirchschläger
Rudolf Stangelberger	1981	1983	Rudolf Kirchschläger
Udo Ehrlich-Adam	1983	1990	Rudolf Kirchschläger
Franz Irbinger	1990	1993	Kurt Waldheim
Arthur Schuschnigg	1994	1997	Thomas Klestil	He was one of the hostages during the Japanese embassy hostage crisis.
Wolfgang Donat	1997	2003	Thomas Klestil
Gerhard Doujak	2003	2006	Thomas Klestil
Georg Woutsas	2007	2009	Heinz Fischer
Andreas Melán	2009	2014	Heinz Fischer
Andreas Rendl[8]	2014	2018	Heinz Fischer	[9]
Gerhard Zettl	2019	Incumbent	Alexander Van der Bellen

See also

• List of ambassadors of Peru to Austria