List of ambassadors of Germany to Peru

Ambassador of Germany to Peru
Deutschen Botschafter in Peru
Incumbent Sabine Bloch  [ de ] since 2022
Style	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Peru is the official representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Peru.

Peru officially established bilateral relations with modern Germany's predecessors in 1828, ^[1] among them the North German Confederation in 1870 (which was succeeded by the German Empire) ^[2] and have since maintained diplomatic relations with two exceptions where Peru has severed its relations: in October 1917, as a result of World War I (later reestablished in 1921) ^{[3] [4] [5]} and January 26, 1942, as a result of the German Reich's declaration of war against the United States during World War II. ^[1]

After the Second World War, relations were reestablished in 1951, with the Federal Republic of Germany. ^{[6] [7]} After the 1968 Peruvian coup d'état and the establishment of Juan Velasco Alvarado's Revolutionary Government, relations with the German Democratic Republic were also established on December 28, 1972. ^{[1] [7] [8]}

List of representatives

German Reich (1871–1942)

Name	Portrait	Term begin	Term end	Head of state	Notes
Theodor von Bunsen  [ de ]		1871	1872	Wilhelm I	As General consul.
Johannes Lührsen  [ de ]		1873	1879	Wilhelm I
Anton von Gramatzki		1879	1882	Wilhelm I	Consul during the War of the Pacific.
Hermann Albert Schumacher  [ de ]		1882	1886	Wilhelm I
Otto Zembsch  [ de ]		1886	1901	Wilhelm I	As resident minister.
Gustav Michahelles  [ de ]		1901	1910	Wilhelm II
Wilhelm von Hacke		1910	1914	Wilhelm II
Wilfried von Vietinghoff		1914	1916	Wilhelm II
Federico Perl		1916	1917	Wilhelm II	Last representative before World War I.
Represented by Spain (Diplomatic relations severed on October 8, 1917; resumed on January 7, 1921)
Hans Paul von Humboldt-Dachroeden  [ de ]		1921	1924	Friedrich Ebert
Heinrich Rohland  [ de ]		1924	1934	Friedrich Ebert	As minister resident.
Ernst Schmitt  [ de ]		1934	1938	Adolf Hitler
Willy Noebel  [ de ]		1938	1942	Adolf Hitler	Last representative before World War II.
Represented by Spain (Diplomatic relations severed on January 26, 1942; resumed in 1951)

German Democratic Republic (1972–1990)

Ambassador of the GDR to Peru
Botschafter der DDR in Peru
Style	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Inaugural holder	Edgar Fries
Formation	1973
Final holder	Klaus Hartmann  [ de ]
Abolished	1990

Name	Term begin	Term end	Head of state	Notes
Edgar Fries	1973	1975	Erich Honecker	As ambassador.
Dieter Kulitzka	1975	1975	Erich Honecker	As ambassador.
Gerhard Witten  [ de ]	1975	1980	Erich Honecker	As ambassador.
Arthur Höltge  [ de ]	1980	1985	Erich Honecker	As ambassador.
Klaus Hartmann  [ de ]	1985	1990	Erich Honecker	As ambassador.

Federal Republic of Germany (1952–present)

Name	Portrait	Term begin	Term end	Head of state	Notes
Wilhelm Mackeben  [ de ]		1952	1955	Theodor Heuss	Minister, from 1953 ambassador.
Josef Fischer		1955	1958	Theodor Heuss	As ambassador.
Walter Zimmermann  [ de ]		1959	1961	Heinrich Lübke	As ambassador.
Heinrich Northe  [ de ]		1961	1967	Heinrich Lübke	As ambassador.
Robert von Förster  [ de ]		1967	1973	Heinrich Lübke	As ambassador.
Norbert Berger  [ de ]		1973	1978	Gustav Heinemann	As ambassador.
Hans-Werner Loeck  [ de ]		1978	1982	Walter Scheel	As ambassador.
Hans-Joachim Hille  [ de ]		1982	1986	Karl Carstens	As ambassador.
Johannes von Vacano  [ de ]		1986	1991	Richard von Weizsäcker	As ambassador.
Franz von Mentzingen  [ de ]		1991	1994	Richard von Weizsäcker	As ambassador.
Heribert Wöckel  [ de ]		1994	1997	Richard von Weizsäcker	As ambassador. He was one of the hostages during the Japanese embassy hostage crisis.
Herbert Beyer		1997	2002	Roman Herzog	As ambassador.
Roland Kliesow  [ de ]		2002	2006	Johannes Rau	As ambassador.
Christoph Müller		2006	2011	Horst Köhler	As ambassador.
Joachim Schmillen		2011	2014	Christian Wulff	As ambassador.
Jörg Ranau  [ de ] [9]		2014	2018	Joachim Gauck	As ambassador. [10]
Stefan Herzberg  [ de ]		2018	2022	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	As ambassador.
Sabine Bloch  [ de ]		2022	Incumbent	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	As ambassador.

See also

• List of ambassadors of Peru to Germany
• Embassy of Germany, Lima

References

1. Novak, Fabián (2004). Las relaciones entre el Perú y Alemania (1828–2003) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Lima: Fondo Editorial PUCP.
2. Adins, Sebastien (2019). Las relaciones entre el Perú y Rusia (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, PUCP. ISBN   978-9972-671-59-3.
3. Ruptura de relaciones diplomáticas con el gobierno imperial de Alemania (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Lima: Imp. Americana, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. 1918.
4. "La Primera Guerra Mundial y el Perú". Blog PUCP . July 4, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-16.
5. Silva, José Miguel (March 16, 2015). "La Primera Guerra Mundial y sus huellas en el Perú". El Comercio .
6. "Recuerdos de guerra en el Perú: "Recibíamos las noticias en el cinema"". El Comercio . May 10, 2010.
7. "Peru: Steckbrief". Auswärtiges Amt .
8. de la Flor Valle, Miguel A.; Korth, Gerhard (1972). Acta Declarativa Sobre el Establecimiento de Relaciones Diplomáticas Entre el Perú y la República Democrática Alemana (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
9. Directorio de Cooperación Técnica Internacional 2018-2019 (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. 2018.
10. "Lista del Cuerpo Diplomático, Organismos Internacionales y Cuerpo Consular" (PDF). Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores . 2015-03-01.