Embassy of Poland, Lima

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. The current Polish ambassador to Peru is Magdalena Śniadecka-Kotarska.

Embassy of Poland, Lima
LocationJesús María District, Lima, Peru
AddressAv. Salaverry 1978
Opening1969 (1969)[1]
Jurisdiction Peru
 Bolivia
 Ecuador
WebsiteOfficial website

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 1929 ? Ignacy Mościcki Member of parliament.
Kazimierz Kurnikowski March 1, 1937 ? Ignacy Mościcki Member of parliament.
Oswald Kermenić 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 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 January 24, 1973 ? Henryk Jabłoński First resident ambassador in Lima.
Stanisław Jarząbek January 29, 1976 1980 Henryk Jabłoński Also accredited to Bolivia.
Edwin Wiśniewski October 7, 1980 ? Henryk Jabłoński
Bolesław Polak December 7, 1982 1987 Henryk Jabłoński
Bernard Bogdański May 27, 1987 ? Wojciech Jaruzelski
Tadeusz Mulicki July 22, 1991 ? Lech Wałęsa
Jarosław Spyra September 29, 1993 ? Lech Wałęsa As chargé d’affaires a. i.
Wojciech Tomaszewski March 6, 1995 ? Lech Wałęsa As chargé d’affaires a. i. until April 10, 1997.
Zdzisław Sośnicki February 27, 2004 ? Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Przemysław Marzec 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 Incument Andrzej Duda

See also

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.
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