Post: | Ambassador |
Body: | Romania to Peru |
Native Name: | Ambasadorul român în Peru |
Insignia: | Coat of arms of Romania.svg |
Insigniasize: | 50px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Romania |
Incumbent: | Camelia Ion-Radu |
Inaugural: | Mircea Nicolaescu |
The Romanian Ambassador in Lima is the official representative of the Government in Bucharest to the Government of Peru. The ambassador in Lima is also accredited to the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the Republic of Ecuador.
Both countries established relations on October 10, 1939. Peru severed its relations as a result of World War II, but reestablished them at en embassy level with the Socialist Republic of Romania on November 9, 1968, after the 1968 Peruvian coup d'état and the establishment of Juan Velasco Alvarado's Revolutionary Government.[1] Under Velasco Alvarado's tenure, Peru pursued closer relations with Romania and the rest of the Soviet bloc.[2]
Ambassador | Term start | Term end | President | Notes | |
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9 November 1968: Relations reestablished at embassy level after being severed due to World War II | |||||
Mircea Nicolaescu | Nicolae Ceaușescu | First ambassador to Peru.[3] [4] He was awarded the Order of the Sun on December 3 for his services.[5] | |||
Ion Comănescu | [6] | at least [7] | Nicolae Ceaușescu | ||
December 1989: Dissolution of the Socialist Republic of Romania | |||||
Ion Vasile | Emil Constantinescu | As chargé d'affaires.[8] | |||
Gheorghe Liciu | [9] | Ion Iliescu | Started as a chargé d'affaires[10] until his appointment on December 12, 2001.[11] | ||
Stefan Costin | [12] | [13] | Ion Iliescu | Also accredited to Ecuador.[14] | |
Stefan Nicolae | Traian Băsescu | As chargé d'affaires.[15] | |||
Gabriel Gafita | [16] | Klaus Iohannis | [17] | ||
Camelia Ion-Radu | [18] | Incumbent | Klaus Iohannis | ||