Commercial Office of Peru to Taipei

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Commercial Office of Peru in Taipei

秘魯駐台北商務辦事處
TWTC International Trade Building (right), where the Office of Peru is located (16F)
Agency overview
Formed	March 3, 1994[1]
Jurisdiction	Taiwan
Headquarters	Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan
Agency executive	Fernando Manuel Albareda Del Castillo, Director
Website	Official website

The Commercial Office of Peru in Taipei (Spanish: Oficina Comercial del Perú en Taipei, Chinese: 秘魯駐台北商務辦事處; pinyin: Bìlǔ zhù táiběi shāngwù bànshì chù) represents interests of Peru in Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy. Its counterpart in Peru is the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Peru in Lima.^[2]

The Director of the Commercial Office is Fernando Manuel Albareda Del Castillo.^[3][4]

History

Peru maintained a diplomatic mission in Beijing since the establishment of relations in 1874,^[5][6] while China's legation arrived in Lima only after the War of the Pacific.^[7][8] In 1944, the diplomatic status of the two countries was raised to embassy level, and high-level officials of the two countries exchanged frequent visits in the 1950s and 1960s.^[1] As a result of the Chinese Civil War, Peru closed its embassy in Beijing in 1946 due to its refusal to recognize the newly established People's Republic of China.^[9]

In 1971, the left-wing government of Juan Velasco Alvarado recognized the People's Republic of China and established diplomatic relations, leading the Republic of China to sever its relations with Peru.^[10] As such, the Peruvian embassy in Taipei closed on November 3, 1971,^[1] with Peru having opened a commercial office in Beijing some time prior.^[11]

After a 20-year period without an official representation, Peru opened its representative office in Taipei on March 3, 1994,^[1] located in the 16th floor of the TWTC International Trade Building. As of October 2022, Peru is the 5th largest commercial partner of Taiwan in Latin America.^[12]

List of representatives

"List of ambassadors of Peru to Taiwan" redirects here. For a list of formal representatives from 1875 to 1971, see List of ambassadors of Peru to China.

Commercial Economic Counselor of Peru in Chinese Taipei
Great Seal of Peru
Incumbent Juan Luis Kuyeng Ruiz since February 26, 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Formation	1994

The Commercial Economic Counselor of Peru in Chinese Taipei (Spanish: Consejero Económico Comercial del Perú en China Taipéi) is the de facto diplomatic representative of Peru to the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the absence of formal diplomatic relations since 1971.

Name	Term begin	Term end	Notes
Embassy in Beijing closed in 1946; Embassy in Taipei closed in 1971; Commercial Office opened in 1994
Jaime Cárdenas Pérez	before May 2001	July 2003	[13][14][15]
José Carlos Eyzaguirre Bernales	July 15, 2003	after 2004	[16][17][18]
Gycs Manuel Gordon Calienes	November 10, 2008	January 27, 2014	[19][20][21]
Pedro Agustín Guevara Ballón	October 2015	October 27, 2016	[22]
Luis Fernando Helguero Gonzáles	October 27, 2016	November 9, 2016	[23]
Pedro Agustín Guevara Ballón	November 9, 2016	October 2017	[23]
Juan Luis Kuyeng Ruiz	November 2017	January 2023	[24][25][26][27]
Fernando Manuel Albareda del Castillo	January 30, 2023	February 26, 2023	Accredited from Tokyo.[28]
Juan Luis Kuyeng Ruiz	February 26, 2023	Incumbent	Also accredited to the Commercial Office of Peru in Sydney from 10 to 23 April, 2023.[29]

See also

• Peru–Taiwan relations
• List of diplomatic missions in Taiwan
• List of diplomatic missions of Peru