| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | the Czech Republic to Peru |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Czechia |
| Incumbent: | Josef Hlobil |
| Inaugural: | František Kadeřábek |
The Czech ambassador in Lima is the official representative of the Government in Prague to the Government of Peru. The ambassador in Lima is also accredited to Bolivia.
Czechoslovakia first established relations with Peru on July 11, 1922.[1] [2] In 1937, the diplomatic representation between both countries was raised to the level of Embassy, with the Czechoslovak government opening an embassy in Lima the same year.[2]
After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia—now the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia—Peru ceased to recognize Czechoslovakia as a sovereign state.[2] However, as World War II progressed, Peru maintained relations with the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, among others, now based in London.[3]
After the war, both countries reestablished relations, which continued into the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic until October 4, 1957, when Peru, under Manuel A. Odría's government, broke relations with the state.[2] After the 1968 Peruvian coup d'état and the establishment of Juan Velasco Alvarado's Revolutionary Government, relations were renewed in 1968 and raised to the level of embassy in 1969.[2] [4]
Relations again continued into the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, and after the country ceased to exist in 1993, the Peruvian government recognized the Czech Republic and Slovakia as its successor states.[2]
| Diplomatic agrément | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Notes | President of Czechoslovakia | President of Peru | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaroslav Netoušek | As chargé d'affaires.[5] | Edvard Beneš | Óscar R. Benavides | |||
| František Kadeřábek | As ambassador. | Edvard Beneš | Óscar R. Benavides | |||
| Augustin Lafar | As chargé d'affaires. | Edvard Beneš | Óscar R. Benavides | |||
Represented by Germany | ||||||
| Vladimír Polodna | As chargé d'affaires. | Edvard Beneš (E) | Manuel Prado | |||
| Vladimír Smetana | As ambassador. | Edvard Beneš (E) | Manuel Prado | |||
| Václav Kresta | As ambassador. | Edvard Beneš | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero | |||
| As chargé d'affaires. | Edvard Beneš | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero | ||||
Relations renewed to embassy level in 1968; embassy opened in Lima | ||||||
| Věroslav Vágner | As chargé d'affaires.[6] [7] | Alexander Dubček | Juan Velasco Alvarado | |||
| Josef Mejstřík[8] | As ambassador. | Gustáv Husák | Juan Velasco Alvarado | |||
| Marian Masarik | Also accredited to Bolivia.[9] | Gustáv Husák | Alan García | |||
| Diplomatic agrément | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Notes | President of the Czech Republic | President of Peru | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Řádek | As (final) Chargé d'affaires (a.i.) of Czechoslovakia, his post continued after the dissolution of the country. He was thus the first representative to Peru.[10] | Václav Havel | Alberto Fujimori | |||
| Ľubomír Hladík | As Chargé d'affaires (a.i).[11] He was one of the hostages during the Japanese embassy hostage crisis. | Václav Havel | Alberto Fujimori | |||
| [12] | Jan Kopecký | During his tenure, a Czech-Peruvian parliamentary league was inaugurated.[13] | Václav Havel | Alberto Fujimori | ||
| Véra Zemanová | Her agrément for Bolivia was granted on May 18, 2006.[14] | Václav Klaus | Alejandro Toledo | |||
| [15] [16] | Vladimir Eisenbruk | Václav Klaus | Alan García | |||
| [17] | Pavel Bechný | [18] | Miloš Zeman | Ollanta Humala | [19] | |
| [20] | Michal Sedláček | Miloš Zeman | Martín Vizcarra | |||
| [21] | Josef Hlobil | Miloš Zeman | Pedro Castillo | Incumbent | ||