List of ambassadors of Slovakia to Peru

Ambassador of Slovakia to Peru
Coat of Arms of Slovakia
Incumbent
Rastislav Hindický
since 2021
SeatBuenos Aires
Inaugural holderPavel Šípka
(Chargé d'affaires)
Formation1993

The Slovak ambassador to Peru is the official representative of the Government in Bratislava to the government of Peru. Since 2003, the ambassador to Peru is accredited from Buenos Aires.

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]

List of representatives

Name Term begin Term end President Notes
1922–1993: Represented by Czechoslovakia
(Occupied by Germany in 1938, diplomatic relations resumed in 1945)
Pavel Šípka January 1, 1993 1996[5] Michal Kováč Acting chargé d'affaires. First Slovak representative to Peru.[6]
Július Grančák May 1996 February 2000 Michal Kováč Chargé d'affaires;[7] he was one of the hostages during the 1996 Japanese embassy hostage crisis.[8]
Marián Masarik March 2000[7] 2003 Rudolf Schuster First and last resident ambassador.[9][10]
2003: Closure of the Slovak embassy in Lima;[11] ambassador in Buenos Aires becomes accredited
Pavel Šípka September 18, 2009[12] 2014 Ivan Gašparovič
Branislav Hitka [sk] January 2015 2019 Andrej Kiska
Rastislav Hindický 2021 Incumbent Zuzana Čaputová [13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Celebran 95 años de relaciones diplomáticas entre el Perú y la República Checa". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru. 2017-12-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Historia de las relaciones diplomáticas entre la República Checa y el Perú". Embajada de la República Checa en Lima. 2016-04-28.
  3. ^ "Historia de las relaciones diplomáticas entre Polonia y Peru". Embajada de Polonia en Lima. Archived from the original on 2017-12-28.
  4. ^ Novak, Fabián (2004). Las relaciones entre el Perú y Alemania (1828–2003) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Lima: Fondo Editorial PUCP.
  5. ^ "VICE MINISTRA DE FINANZAS DE ESLOVAQUIA LLEGO AL PERU". Andina. 1996-03-14.
  6. ^ "Sobre la Embajada". Embajada de la República Checa en Lima.
  7. ^ a b Yearbook of Foreign Policy of the Slovak Republic. Slovak Institute for International Studies. 2000. p. 216.
  8. ^ "Japonskou ambasádou v Lime otriasol výbuch, medzi prepustenými rukojemníkmi je aj J. Grančák". SME. 1996-12-27.
  9. ^ "Relación de Embajadas Acreditadas en el Perú". Congress of Peru. 2000.
  10. ^ "VISITAS PROTOCOLARES RECIBIDAS POR EL PRESIDENTE DE LA COMISIÓN DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES". Congress of Peru.
  11. ^ "Two decades of diplomatic representation of the Slovak Republic in the world – political-geographic perspective". Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  12. ^ "President Garcia receives credentials of new ambassadors to Peru". Andina. 2009-09-19.
  13. ^ "Dezignovaný veľvyslanec Slovenskej republiky pre Peruánsku republiku Rastislav Hindický odovzdal kópie poverovacích listín". Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí. 2021-03-26.