List of ambassadors of Guatemala to Taiwan explained

Post:	Ambassador
Body:	Guatemala to Taiwan
Incumbent:	Willy Alberto Gómez Tirado
Inaugural:	Rodolfo Espinosa Sanchez
Website:	Embajada de Guatemala en Taiwán

The Guatemalan ambassador in Taipei is the official representative of the Government in Guatemala City to the Government of Taiwan.

History

• In 1935 diplomatic relations between the governments of Guatemala and the Republic of China were established, when the Consulate General of the Republic of China was installed in Guatemala City.
• In 1954 the rank of the representation rose from Consulate General to Legation.
• In 1960 the rank of the representation rose from Legation to Embassy.^[1]

List of representatives

Diplomatic accreditation	ambassador	Observations	President of Guatemala	Premier of the Republic of China	Term end
	Rodolfo Espinosa Sanchez	^[2]	Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes	Chen Cheng
	Humberto Vizcaino	^[3]	Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes	Chen Cheng
	Ramiro Gereda Asturias	Coronel, Since dean of the diplomatic corps^[4]	Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia	Yen Chia-kan
	Agustín Donis-Kestler	^[5]	Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García	Chiang Ching-kuo
	Luis A. Henry Sánchez	Encargado de negocios^[6]	Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García	Chiang Ching-kuo
	Edgar Arturo López Calvo	(* 1938) He was employed in Spain, Japan and Mexico. In 1977 he was Consul General in Hamburg.^[7]	Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García	Chiang Ching-kuo
	Rolando Chinchilla Aguilar	^[8]	Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores	Yu Kuo-hwa
		^[9]	Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo	Hau Pei-tsun
			Ramiro de León Carpio	Lien Chan
	Luis Alberto Noriega Morales	^[10]	Álvaro Arzú Irigoyen	Vincent Siew
	Julio Roberto Palomo Silva	^[11]	Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera	Tang Fei
	Manuel Ernesto Gálvez Coronado	^[12]	Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera	Yu Shyi-kun
	Jorge Ricardo Putzeys Urigüen	^[13]	Óscar Berger Perdomo	Hsieh Chang-ting
	Héctor Iván Espinoza Farfán	^[14]	Álvaro Colom Caballeros	Wu Den-yih
	Arturo Romeo Duarte Ortíz	6 October 2008 ambassador in Moscow Rusia^[15]	Otto Pérez Molina	Sean Chen
	Olga María Aguja Zúñiga		Otto Pérez Molina	Mao Chi-kuo
	Willy Alberto Gómez Tirado		Jimmy Morales	Su Tseng-chang	present

25.1172°N 121.5241°W^[16]

Notes and References

1. Taiwan HoyLAZOS ESTRECHOS Y SOLIDOS CON GUATEMALA, http://noticias.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=147853&ctNode=2294
2. http://www.taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=172699&CtNode=2179
3. http://www.taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=166329&CtNode=2174 Humberto Vizcaino
4. http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=136269&ctNode=2198&mp=9
5. http://www.taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=126230&CtNode=2174 Agustín Donis-Kestler
6. http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=154738&ctNode=145 Luis A. Henry Sánchez
7. http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=154738&ctNode=145
8. http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=83221&ctNode=1675 Rolando Chinchilla Aguilar
9. Web site: de:Carlos Humberto Jiménez Licona . 2016-11-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161113140539/http://www.taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=8347&CtNode=122 . 2016-11-13 . dead .
10. http://noticias.nat.gov.tw/fp.asp?xItem=28765&CtNode=1718 Luis Alberto Noriega Morales
11. http://noticias.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=28639&ctNode=1718 Julio Roberto Palomo Silva
12. https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&dq=John+Lai+R.O.C.+ambassador+to+Guatemala&pg=PA1179 Manuel Ernesto Gálvez Coronado
13. http://noticias.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=27161&ctNode=1695 Jorge Ricardo Putzeys Urigüen
14. http://noticias.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=44497&ctNode=1718
15. http://noticias.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=193515&ctNode=1718
16. Web site: EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA. February 4, 2015. November 13, 2016. internet.