Embassy of Poland, Lima

Embassy of Poland, Lima
Location	Jesús María District, Lima, Peru
Address	Av. Salaverry 1978
Opening	1969 (1969) [1]
Jurisdiction	Peru   Bolivia   Ecuador
Website	Official website

The Embassy of Poland in Lima is the official diplomatic mission of Poland to the Republic of Peru. It is also accredited to neighbouring Bolivia and Ecuador.

Besides the embassy, Poland has six honorary consulates: in Peru (Arequipa and Callao), in Bolivia (La Paz and Santa Cruz) and in Ecuador (Quito and Guayaquil). ^[2]

History

Poland maintained diplomatic relations with Peru before World War II. From 1923, an honorary consulate operated in Trujillo and then in Lima. The first honorary consul was Stanislaw Madejewski. After establishing diplomatic relations in Peru, the Polish envoys in Buenos Aires were accredited. Peru withdrew its recognition of the Polish government in July 1945. ^[1]

Consular relations were restored on August 22, 1967. The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland was opened in Lima on April 14, 1969, becoming an embassy on August 1 of the same year. Initially, the ambassador in Caracas was accredited to Peru. Polish ambassadors have been residing in Peru since 1973. ^[1]

In December 1996, Polish chargé d'affaires Wojciech Tomaszewski found himself among the hostages of the radical left-wing terrorist guerrilla Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima. ^[1]

List of representatives

Name	Portrait	Term begin	Term end	Head of state	Notes
Władysław Mazurkiewicz  [ pl ]		1929	?	Ignacy Mościcki	Member of parliament.
Kazimierz Kurnikowski  [ pl ]		March 1, 1937	?	Ignacy Mościcki	Member of parliament.
Oswald Kermenić  [ pl ]		January 1, 1941	?	Władysław Raczkiewicz	Member of parliament.
Władysław Mazurkiewicz		April 1, 1942	?	Władysław Raczkiewicz	Member of parliament.
Oswald Kermenić		October 1, 1944	1945	Władysław Raczkiewicz	Member of parliament.
Peru severs relations with the Polish government-in-exile in July 1945; relations renewed with the Polish People's Republic in 1969
Witold Jurasz  [ pl ]		July 2, 1969	?	Marian Spychalski	Resident in Caracas.
Marian Leśniewski		August 1, 1969	?	Marian Spychalski	As chargé d’affaires a. i.
Jerzy Linka		December 1, 1970	?	Marian Spychalski	As chargé d’affaires a. i.
Eugeniusz Szleper  [ pl ]		January 24, 1973	?	Henryk Jabłoński	First resident ambassador in Lima.
Stanisław Jarząbek  [ pl ]		January 29, 1976	1980	Henryk Jabłoński	Also accredited to Bolivia.
Edwin Wiśniewski  [ pl ]		October 7, 1980	?	Henryk Jabłoński
Bolesław Polak  [ pl ]		December 7, 1982	1987	Henryk Jabłoński
Bernard Bogdański  [ pl ]		May 27, 1987	?	Wojciech Jaruzelski
Tadeusz Mulicki  [ pl ]		July 22, 1991	?	Lech Wałęsa
Jarosław Spyra  [ pl ]		September 29, 1993	?	Lech Wałęsa	As chargé d’affaires a. i.
Wojciech Tomaszewski  [ pl ]		March 6, 1995	?	Lech Wałęsa	As chargé d’affaires a. i. until April 10, 1997.
Zdzisław Sośnicki  [ pl ]		February 27, 2004	?	Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Przemysław Marzec  [ pl ]		April 11, 2006	?	Lech Kaczyński	Also accredited to Bolivia and Ecuador.
Jarosław Spyra		August 2010	November 27, 2010	Bronisław Komorowski
Robert Krzyżanowski		November 2010	?	Bronisław Komorowski	As chargé d’affaires a.i.
Dariusz Latoszek		August 2012	?	Bronisław Komorowski	As chargé d’affaires a.i.
Izabela Matusz		January 24, 2013	December 2017	Bronisław Komorowski	[3]
Magdalena Śniadecka-Kotarska		2018	May 2024	Andrzej Duda
Anna Pieńkosz		2025		Andrzej Duda

See also

• Peru–Poland relations
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Poland
• Embassy of Peru, Warsaw

References

1. "Peru". Polonia en Perú.
2. "Polskie placówki za granicą". www.msz.gov.pl .
3. "Lista del Cuerpo Diplomático, Organismos Internacionales y Cuerpo Consular" (PDF). Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores . 2015-03-01.