List of ambassadors of Romania to Peru

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.

Ambassador of Romania to Peru
Ambasadorul român în Peru
Coat of arms of Romania
Incumbent Camelia Ion-Radu since March 22, 2021
Inaugural holder	Mircea Nicolaescu
Formation	December 28, 1970

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]

List of representatives

Ambassador	Term start	Term end	President	Notes
9 November 1968: Relations reestablished at embassy level after being severed due to World War II
Mircea Nicolaescu	December 28, 1970	December 1974	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	1974[6]	at least 1980[7]	Nicolae Ceaușescu
December 1989: Dissolution of the Socialist Republic of Romania
Ion Vasile			Emil Constantinescu	As chargé d'affaires.[8]
Gheorghe Liciu	December 2001	2003[9]	Ion Iliescu	Started as a chargé d'affaires[10] until his appointment on December 12, 2001.[11]
Stefan Costin	2004[12]	January 2010[13]	Ion Iliescu	Also accredited to Ecuador.[14]
Stefan Nicolae	August 25, 2011	2016	Traian Băsescu	As chargé d'affaires.[15]
Gabriel Gafita	November 25, 2016[16]	2020	Klaus Iohannis	[17]
Camelia Ion-Radu	March 22, 2021[18]	Incumbent	Klaus Iohannis

See also

• List of ambassadors of Peru to Romania

References

1. Novak, Fabián (2004). Las relaciones entre el Perú y Alemania (1828–2003) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Lima: Fondo Editorial PUCP. ISBN 9789972426346.
2. Adins, Sebastien; Rooney, Mildred (2019). Las Relaciones Entre el Perú y Rusia: Revisión e interpretación desde las Relaciones Internacionales (PDF). Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. p. 40. ISBN 978-9972-671-59-3.
3. "Julio Alberto Ortiz López". Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times. Vol. 17. 1971. p. 17.
4. Foreign Assistance and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1972: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First Session. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1971. p. 841.
5. Boletín trimestral (in Spanish). Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. 1974. p. 204.
6. "Colecţia Consiliul de Stat al RSR. Decrete Prezidenţiale: Anul 1974" (PDF). p. 61. Decretul nr.258: privind rechemarea lui Mircea Nicolaescu din calitatea de ambasador extraordinar şi plenipotenţiar al R.S.România în Republica Peru şi acreditarea lui Ion Comănescu în locul său; HCM 1643/1974, adrese, expuneri de motive, curriculum vitae, note. Originale, copii.
7. "The leader of the Popular Action Party of Peru receives Romanian Ambassador". Lumea. No. 24. 1980. p. 31.
8. "REUNIONES DEL PRESIDENTE DE LA COMISIÓN CON DELEGACIONES DE DIVERSOS PAÍSES Y CON DIPLOMÁTICOS PERUANOS EN EL EXTERIOR". Congress of Peru.
9. Legislația României (in Romanian). Vol. 4:2. Regia Autonomă "Monitorul Oficial". 2003. p. 1618.
10. "Relación de Embajadas Acreditadas en el Perú". Congress of Peru.
11. "DECRET nr. 1.053 din 6 decembrie 2001 privind acreditarea unor ambasadori". Monitorul Judicic. 2001-12-06.
12. "DECRET nr. 14 pentru acreditarea unui ambasador". PORTAL LEGISLATIV. 2004-01-10.
13. "DECRET nr. 37 privind rechemarea unui ambasador". PORTAL LEGISLATIV. 2010-01-22.
14. "Perú es un país cada vez más importante para el mundo, afirma embajador rumano (entrevista)". Andina. 2019-10-19.
15. "Lista del Cuerpo Diplomático, Organismos Internacionales y Cuerpo Consular" (PDF). Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. 2015-03-01.
16. "Presidente recibe cartas credenciales". El Peruano. 2016-11-25.
17. Directorio de Cooperación Técnica Internacional 2018-2019 (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. 2018.
18. "Jefe de Estado recibe cartas credenciales de seis embajadores". El Peruano. 2021-03-22.