List of ambassadors of Peru to Germany

The extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Peru to the Federal Republic of Germany is the official representative of the Republic of Peru to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Ambassador of Peru to the Federal Republic of Germany
Great Seal of Peru
Incumbent Augusto David Teodoro Arzubiaga Scheuch since December 25, 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohrenstraße 42, Berlin
Appointer	The president of Peru
Inaugural holder	Pedro José Calderón
Formation	January 13, 1871 (as Plenipotentiary Minister)
Website	Embassy of Peru in Germany

Peru officially established bilateral relations with modern Germany's predecessors in 1828,^[1] among them the North German Confederation in 1870 (which was succeeded by the German Empire)^[2] and have since maintained diplomatic relations with two exceptions where Peru has severed its relations: on October 5, 1917, as a result of World War I (later reestablished with the Weimar Republic on May 28, 1920)^[3][4][5] and January 24, 1942, as a result of the German Reich's declaration of war against the United States during World War II.^[1]

After the Second World War, relations were reestablished on January 31, 1951, with the Federal Republic of Germany.^[6][7] After the 1968 Peruvian coup d'état and the establishment of Juan Velasco Alvarado's Revolutionary Government, relations with the German Democratic Republic were also established on December 28, 1972.^[1][7][8]

List of representatives

German Reich (1871–1917; 1920–1942)

Name	Portrait	Term begin	Term end	President	Notes
Pedro José Calderón		January 13, 1871	August 12, 1872	José Balta
José Antonio de Lavalle		October 7, 1873	August 12, 1875	Manuel Pardo	Lavalle's wife, Mariana Pardo y Lavalle, died on March 31, 1875, which led to Lavalle retiring from his duties in the Peruvian Legation of Saint Petersburg (also accredited to Germany) and leaving for Peru the next year.[2]
Luciano Benjamín Cisneros [es]		May 2, 1882	?	Lizardo Montero
Aníbal Villegas		October 14, 1891	December 28, 1899	Remigio Morales Bermúdez
Toribio Sanz		May 10, 1901	October 29, 1903	Eduardo López de Romaña
Andrés Avelino Cáceres		May 8, 1911	August 17, 1914	Augusto B. Leguía	Also accredited to Austria-Hungary.[9][10]
Víctor Andrés Belaúnde		June 9, 1914	August 17, 1914	Óscar R. Benavides	The Legations of Austria-Hungary and Germany were separated on April 15, 1914.[11]
Alejandro von der Heyde		November 17, 1914	October 6, 1917	Óscar R. Benavides	Last representative of Peru to Germany and Austria-Hungary before the rupture of diplomatic relations due to World War I.[10]
Represented by Spain [de] (Diplomatic relations severed on October 5, 1917; resumed on May 28, 1920)
José Varela y Orbegoso		May 28, 1920	?	Augusto B. Leguía
Agustín Ganoza y Cavero [es]		1921	1922	Augusto B. Leguía
Celso Gil Pastor		1929	1931	Augusto B. Leguía
Enrique Gildemeister Möller		August 1931	1937	Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
Enrique Gildemeister Möller		March 4, 1938	1942[1]	Óscar R. Benavides	The Peruvian Legation was closed in February 1942, with its last occupant leaving in June of the same year and its duties being transferred to the Peruvian Embassy in Switzerland.[1]
Represented by Switzerland [de] (Diplomatic relations severed in January 1942; resumed in 1951)

German Democratic Republic (1972–1990)

Name	Portrait	Term begin	Term end	President	Notes
José Alvarado Sánchez		1972	?	Juan Velasco Alvarado	As Ambassador.[12]
Ricardo Walter Stubbs Vega		b. July 2, 1984[13]	May 1988[14]	Alan García	As Ambassador[15][16][17] or Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.[18][19] During his tenure, the Peruvian Embassy (also accredited to Bolivia after 1973) was located on Otto-Grotewohl-Straße 5, 108 Berlin-Mitte (in 1984),[20] later being located on Schadowstrasse 6/IV (in 1988).[21] He was once recalled in 1986 due to an arms smuggling incident.[22]
Jaime Cacho-Sousa C.		May 28, 1988	?	Alan García	As Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[23] In 1984, he was Ambassador to Czechoslovakia.[24]

Federal Republic of Germany (1951–present)

Name	Portrait	Term begin	Term end	President	Notes
Luis Felipe Lanata Coudy		June 14, 1951	1953[25]	Manuel A. Odría
Gonzalo Narciso de Arámburu y Rosas [es]		August 21, 1953	1955	Manuel A. Odría
Luis Felipe Lanata Coudy		1955	1958	Manuel A. Odría
Jorge Fernández Stoll-Nottman		July 1958	1960	Manuel Prado y Ugarteche
Luis Felipe Lanata Coudy		1961	1961	Manuel Prado y Ugarteche
Juan Ignacio Elguera MacParlin		June 1961	1963	Manuel Prado y Ugarteche
Walter Peñaloza		1963	1969	Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Alberto Wagner de Reyna [es]		1969	1972	Juan Velasco Alvarado	[26]
Hubert Wieland Alzamora [es]		March 7, 1972	1976	Juan Velasco Alvarado
Joaquín Heredia Cabieses		1976	1978	Francisco Morales Bermúdez
Augusto Enrique Morelli Pando		1979	1982	Francisco Morales Bermúdez
Enrique Fernández de Paredes Cabello		1982	1988	Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Gabriel Ignacio García Pike		1988	1991	Alan García	Last Peruvian ambassador of a divided Germany.
Luis Silva-Santisteban García-Seminario		1992	2000	Alberto Fujimori
Alfredo Novoa-Pena		2001	2003	Alejandro Toledo
Hubert Wieland Conroy		2002	2003	Alejandro Toledo
Carlos Alberto Higueras Ramos		March 10, 2004	September 28, 2006	Alejandro Toledo
Federico Kauffmann Doig		December 1, 2006	January 21, 2009	Alan García
José Luis Pérez Sánchez-Cerro [es]		March 28, 2009	2011	Alan García
Julio Muñoz Deacon		May 19, 2011	2012	Ollanta Humala
José Antonio Meier Espinosa		March 6, 2012	?	Ollanta Humala
Elmer Schialer Salcedo		February 1, 2017	December 23, 2022	Martín Vizcarra
Augusto David Teodoro Arzubiaga Scheuch		December 25, 2022	Incumbent	Dina Boluarte	[27]

See also

• List of ambassadors of Germany to Peru
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Austria
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Hungary
• List of ambassadors of Peru to the Soviet Union
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Czechoslovakia
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Yugoslavia
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Bulgaria
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Albania
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Romania
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Poland