The Hungarian ambassador in Lima is the official representative of the Government in Budapest to the Government of Peru.

Background

Both countries established relations in the 19th century. In 1851, Austria–Hungary recognized the independence of Peru, and both countries subsequently established relations. As a result of World War I, Peru severed relations with both Germany and Austria–Hungary in 1917, reestablishing them in 1920.

After the 1968 Peruvian coup d'état and the establishment of Juan Velasco Alvarado's Revolutionary Government, relations were renewed in April 1969 with the Hungarian People's Republic as the new Peruvian government pursued closer relations with the Soviet bloc. In 1970, the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic decided to open an embassy in Lima.

The Peruvian embassy in Budapest closed in January 2007 and reopened in 2017. Today, ethnic Hungarians in Latin America reside in Argentina and Peru for the most part.

List of representatives

Name Term begin Term end Head of state NotesRepresentatives of Austria and Hungary (1864–1919) First honorary consul and representative of the Austrian Monarchy (later Austria-Hungary) to Peru. His term began with the opening of the consulate on the same year. The honorary consulate in Lima closed in 1919.Representatives of Hungary (since 1969) Vilmos Meruk György Lázár As ambassador. Adolf Széles As ambassador. He was the adoptive father of József Antall As ambassador. Jozsef Balazs ? Gyula Horn As ambassador, resident in Colombia. He delivered his credentials on . Ferenc Nagy Viktor Orbán As ambassador. He presented his credentials on . Péter Kraft Péter Medgyessy As ambassador (also spelled "Craft"). He was involved in a financial and diplomatic incident with the Hungarian government in 2002.2006–2017: Embassy in Peru closed; ambassador in Buenos Aires accredited instead Gábor Kaleta Viktor Orbán As ambassador. Kaleta presented his credentials on March 6, 2017. He was removed from his post in 2019 after an international investigation uncovered that he had downloaded over 19,000 images of child pornography from a South Korean website, which were stored in his computer. Katalin Tóth As ambassador, she delivered her credentials on March 4, 2021. Katalin Kőrössy As ambassador, she delivered her credentials on October 7, 2021. András Beck Incumbent

See also List of ambassadors of Peru to Hungary

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