List of ambassadors of El Salvador to China

See also: China-El Salvador relations and List of ambassadors of China to El Salvador

This is a list of current and historical El Salvador ambassadors to Republic of China (Taiwan) and People's Republic of China (mainland).

Ambassadors to Republic of China (1963-2018)

Diplomatic ties between Republic of China and El Salvador were first established in 1933 ^[1] when the Nationalist government held control of mainland China while Taiwan was part of the Empire of Japan. Diplomatic relationship between two nations was established in 1941. China sent their first ambassador to El Salvador in 1941, and El Salvador sent theirs to China in 1963. The consulate of El Salvador was established in Taipei in October, 1976. ^[2] El Salvador terminated its diplomatic relations with ROC on August 21, 2018, when it established diplomatic relations with People's Republic of China. ^[3]

Name	Name in Chinese	Pronunciation (Pinyin)	Term start	Arrival in China	Diplomatic accreditation	Term end	Diplomatic rank	Note
Walter Beneke Medina	贝奈克	bèi nài kè		May 27, 1963	May 31, 1963	1965	Ambassador	Also El Salvador's Ambassador to Japan [4]
Salvador Jáuregui Brizuela	郝里奇	hǎo lǐ qí		Feb 2, 1966 [5] [6]	Feb 10, 1966	1971
Napoleón Baraóna	巴拉奥那	bā lā ào nà	Sep 20, 1971			1973	Counsellor	Initially the First Secretary
Walter Beneke Medina	贝奈克	-		Feb 14, 1973	Feb 16, 1973 [7]	Nov 1975	Ambassador	Also Ambassador to Japan
Gregorio Contreras	康特雷拉斯	kāng tè léi lā sī			Sep 9, 1976
José Dolores Gerardo Herrera	艾雷拉	ài léi lā		Sep 1977	Sep 16, 1977	Feb 1985
Francisco Ricardo Santana Berríos	尚塔那	shàng tǎ nà		Oct 1985	Oct 24, 1985 [8]	1991
David Eruesto Panamá Sandoval	巴纳马	bā nà mǎ		Oct 5, 1991 [9]	Nov 4, 1991	Aug 1999
Francisco Ricardo Santana Berríos	尚塔那	-			Aug 30, 1999 [10]	Mar 31, 2010 [11]
Marta Chang de Tsien	钱曾爱珠	qián zēng ài zhū			Aug 5, 2010 [12]	Aug 2018		Ethnic Chinese

Ambassadors to People's Republic of China (Since 2018)

El Salvador established diplomatic relations with People's Republic of China on August 21, 2018, establishing its consulate on April 29, 2019. ^{[13] [14]}

Name	Name in Chinese	Pronunciation (Pinyin)	Term start	Arrival in China	Diplomatic accreditation	Term end	Diplomatic rank	Note
Walter Eduardo Durán Martínez	瓦尔特·爱德华多·杜兰·马丁内斯	wǎ ěr tè · ài dé huá duō · dù lán · mǎ dīng nèi sī	Sep 24, 2018 [15]	Oct 31, 2018		N/A (ambassador-designate)	Ambassador	Ambassador-Designate: named as ambassador but not yet taken office - waiting for the construction of embassy
			Dec 31, 2018 [16]	N/A (already arrived)	Feb 20, 2019 [17]	2019
Aldonov Frankeko Álvarez	阿尔多诺夫·弗兰克科·阿尔瓦雷斯	ā ěr duō nuò fū · fú lán kè kē · ā ěr wǎ léi sī		Jul 25, 2021 [18]	Apr 24, 2023 [19]	2024
Luis Oswaldo López Álvarez	路易斯·奥斯瓦尔多·洛佩斯·阿尔瓦雷斯	lù yì sī · ào sī wǎ ěr duō · luò pèi sī · ā ěr wǎ léi sī		Nov 29, 2024 [20]	Dec 12, 2024 [21]	Current

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