| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | Peru to the United States of America |
| Insignia: | Gran Sello de la República del Perú.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Great Seal of Peru |
| Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wilkins House |
| Incumbent: | Gustavo Meza-Cuadra Velásquez |
| Residence: | Tompkins Mansion |
| Nominatorpost: | President of Peru |
| Appointer: | The President of Peru |
| Inaugural: | César Canevaro |
| Website: | Embassy of Peru in the United States |
The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Peru to the United States of America is the official representative of the Republic of Peru to the United States of America. Both countries established relations on May 2, 1826, and have since maintained diplomatic relations.[1] [2]
The Ambassador is Peru's foremost diplomatic representative to the United States, and Chief of Mission in Washington, D.C. The Peruvian Embassy is located at Wilkins House, and the residence at Tompkins Mansion, both in Washington, D.C.
| Name | Portrait | Appointment | Presentation | Termination | Appointer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General, Vice President of Peru under Augusto B. Leguía's second administration.[3] | ||||||
| José María Yrigoyen | Chargé d'affaires.[4] The legation was removed with a treaty on, made effective on . | |||||
| The legation was removed with a treaty on, and replaced on . | ||||||
| Manuel Álvarez-Calderón Roldán | (–, Lima) Formerly Minister at Brussels, at Washington, D.C. and at Santiago; delegate to the Second Pan American Conference at Mexico City.[5] | |||||
| Federico Alfonso Pezet | ||||||
| Chargé d'affaires. Freyre was born in the Peruvian legation in Washington D.C. in 1872. | ||||||
| Chargé d'affaires. | ||||||
| The Peruvian legation was raised to an Embassy on . | ||||||
| As ambassador. Apparently never received by the President. | ||||||
| Chargé d'affaires. Second Vice President of Peru (1939–45). | ||||||
| Federico Alfonso Pezet Eastted | (1859–1929) Descendant of Juan Antonio Pezet. | |||||
| Died in office. | ||||||
| Chargé d'affaires. | ||||||
| Chargé d'affaires. | ||||||
| Alfredo Ferreyros Gafron | ||||||
| Chargé d'affaires. | ||||||
| Celso Pastor de La Torre | Fernando Belaúnde's brother-in-law. | |||||
| Fernando Berckemeyer Pazos | Chargé d'affaires. First diplomat under the Revolutionary Government. | |||||
| Alfredo Ramos | Retired Vice Admiral of the Peruvian Navy. | |||||
| José Arce Larco | ||||||
| Alfonso Arias Schreiber | ||||||
| Last ambassador under the Revolutionary Government. | ||||||
| Alfonso Rivero Monsalve | Chargé d'affaires. | |||||
| Celso Pastor de La Torre | ||||||
| César Guillermo Atala Nazzal | Removed from office by the Peruvian Government in protest of the United States invasion of Panama.[6] [7] | |||||
| Roberto Guillermo MacLean Ugarteche | ||||||
| Ricardo Luna Mendoza | ||||||
| Alfonso Rivero Monsalve | ||||||
| Carlos Alzamora Traverso | ||||||
| Gustavo Meza-Cuadra Velásquez | Incumbent | Incumbent |