List of ambassadors of Israel to Peru

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| incumbent = Eran Yuvan

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| inaugural = Tuvia Arazi

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The ambassador of Israel to Peru is the official representative of the State of Israel to the Republic of Peru.{{cite web |title=Peru |url=https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/Israeli%20ambassadors/Pages/Peru.aspx |website=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |accessdate=17 May 2020}} Since December 2011, the embassy is located in San Isidro District, Lima.{{Cite web |title=Relaciones Bilaterales |url=https://new.embassies.gov.il/peru/es/the-embassy/bilateral-relations |date=2024-07-11 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}{{Cite news |title=Evacuan edificio donde funciona embajada de Israel por amenaza de presunta bomba |date=2017-04-04 |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-evacuan-embajada-israel-amenaza-presunta-bomba-661507.aspx |work=Andina}}

Israel and Peru officially established bilateral relations on January 1, 1958.{{Cite book |title=Israel Government Year Book |publisher=Central Office of Information, Prime Minister's Office |year=1958 |pages=259}} Prior to the establishment of any formal relations, an honorary consulate was inaugurated at the fourth floor of a building in La Colmena Avenue in late 1953,{{Cite book |title=Vida judía en Lima y en las provincias del Perú: un recuento histórico documentado sobre la presencia judía en el territorio del Perú en el siglo XX |last=Trahtemberg Siederer |first=León |publisher=Unión Israelita del Perú |year=1989 |pages=57 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zFgaAAAAYAAJ |quote=Inauguración del Consulado de Israel. Ubicado en Colmena 323, Dpto. 407. (Lima 25-12-1953).}}{{Cite book |title=Participación del Perú en la partición de Palestina: historía documentada de la actuación peruana en relación a la partición de Palestina y a la creación del Estado de Israel |last=Trahtemberg Siederer |first=León |publisher=Colegio León Pinelo |year=1991 |pages=145 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dWMMAQAAMAAJ |quote=El 25 de Noviembre de 1953, se realizó la ceremonia de apertura de las oficinas del Consulado de Israel en Lima, en la calle Colmena 672, 4to. piso, izándose la bandera de Israel.}} which was replaced by an embassy in Santa Beatriz that operated at the sixth floor of a building there until 2011.

List of ambassadors

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№ ! Name ! Term begin ! Term end ! Head of state ! class="unsortable"\| Notes
align=center\| {{nts\|1}} \| {{ill\|Tuvia Arazi\|he\|טוביה ארזי}} \| {{dts\|1956}} \| {{dts\|1960}} \|rowspan=2 \| {{sortname\|David\|Ben-Gurion}} \| First formal representative to Peru.
align=center\| {{nts\|2}} \| {{sortname\|Michael\|Simon\|dab=diplomat}} \| {{dts\|1960}} \| {{dts\|1963}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|3}} \| {{ill\|Netanel Lorch\|he\|נתנאל לורך}} \| {{dts\|1963}} \| {{dts\|1967}} \|rowspan=2 \| {{sortname\|Levi\|Eshkol}} \| Also served as Ambassador on Special Mission in 1989.{{Cite book \|title=Cronología de las relaciones internacionales del Perú \|publisher=Centro Peruano de Estudios Internacionales \|year=1989 \|pages=25 \|language=es \|volume=3 \|quote=3 de Agosto: El Presidente peruano, Alan García, recibió en su Despacho al Embajador de Israel en Misión Especial, Netanel Lorch. (El Peruano - Andina / El Comercio)}}
align=center\| {{nts\|4}} \| {{ill\|Moshe Yuval\|he\|משה יובל}} \| {{dts\|1967}} \| {{dts\|1971}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|5}} \| {{sortname\|Moshe\|Avidan\|nolink=1}} \| {{dts\|1971}} \| {{dts\|1975}} \| {{sortname\|Golda\|Meir}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|6}} \| {{ill\|Michael Theodore Michael\|he\|מיכאל מיכאל\|lt=Michael Michael}} \| {{dts\|1975}} \| {{dts\|1979}} \| {{sortname\|Yitzhak\|Rabin}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|7}} \| {{sortname\|Gideon\|Tadmor\|nolink=1}} \| {{dts\|1979}} \| {{dts\|1986}} \| {{sortname\|Menachem\|Begin}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|8}} \| {{sortname\|David\|Tourgeman\|nolink=1}} \| {{dts\|1986}} \| {{dts\|1988}} \|rowspan=2\| {{sortname\|Yitzhak\|Shamir}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|9}} \| {{sortname\|Yuval\|Metzer\|nolink=1}} \| {{dts\|1988}}{{Cite book \|title=Cronología de las relaciones internacionales del Perú \|publisher=Centro Peruano de Estudios Internacionales \|year=1988 \|pages=36 \|language=es \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kmy7AAAAIAAJ \|quote=16 de Setiembre: El Presidente peruano, Alan García, recibió las cartas credenciales del Embajador de Israel en el Perú, Yuval Metzer, quien expresó el deseo de incrementar la cooperación bilateral entre dichos países. (El Peruano-ANDINA/El Comercio)}} \| {{dts\|1994}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|10}} \| {{sortname\|Joel\|Salpak\|nolink=1}} \| {{dts\|1994}}{{Cite book \|title=Análisis internacional \|publisher=Centro Peruano de Estudios Internacionales \|year=1994 \|pages=152 \|language=es \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OGglAQAAIAAJ \|quote=12 de Septiembre: El nuevo Embajador de Israel en el Perú, Joel Salpak, presentó sus cartas credenciales al Presidente peruano, Alberto Fujimori [...]}} \| {{dts\|1998}} \| {{sortname\|Yitzhak\|Rabin}} \| Briefly taken hostage in late 1996.
align=center\| {{nts\|11}} \| {{sortname\|Rafael\|Eldad}} \| {{dts\|1998}} \| {{dts\|2002}} \| {{sortname\|Benjamin\|Netanyahu}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|12}} \| {{sortname\|Ori\|Noy\|nolink=1}} \| {{dts\|2002}} \| {{dts\|2005}} \|rowspan=2 \| {{sortname\|Ariel\|Sharon}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|13}} \| {{sortname\|Walid\|Mansour\|nolink=1}} \| {{dts\|2005}} \| {{dts\|2009}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|14}} \| {{sortname\|Yoav\|Bar-On\|nolink=1}} \| {{dts\|2009}} \| {{dts\|2011}} \|rowspan=5 \| {{sortname\|Benjamin\|Netanyahu}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|15}} \| {{ill\|Modi Ephraim\|he\|מודי אפרים}} \| {{dts\|2011}} \| {{dts\|2014}} \| The embassy moved in December 2011.
align=center\| {{nts\|16}} \| {{sortname\|Ehud\|Eitam\|nolink=1}} \| {{dts\|2014}} \| {{dts\|2016}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|17}} \| {{sortname\|Raphael\|Singer\|nolink=1}} \| {{dts\|2016}} \| {{dts\|2018}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|18}} \| {{sortname\|Asaf\|Ichilevich\|nolink=1}} \| {{dts\|2018}} \| {{dts\|2022}} \|
align=center\| {{nts\|19}} \| {{sortname\|Eran\|Yuvan\|nolink=1}} \| {{dts\|2022}} \| {{dts

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№

! Name

! Term begin

! Term end

! Head of state

! class="unsortable"| Notes

align=center| {{nts|1}}

| {{ill|Tuvia Arazi|he|טוביה ארזי}}

| {{dts|1956}}

| {{dts|1960}}

|rowspan=2 | {{sortname|David|Ben-Gurion}}

| First formal representative to Peru.

align=center| {{nts|2}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Simon|dab=diplomat}}

| {{dts|1960}}

| {{dts|1963}}

align=center| {{nts|3}}

| {{ill|Netanel Lorch|he|נתנאל לורך}}

| {{dts|1963}}

| {{dts|1967}}

|rowspan=2 | {{sortname|Levi|Eshkol}}

| Also served as Ambassador on Special Mission in 1989.{{Cite book |title=Cronología de las relaciones internacionales del Perú |publisher=Centro Peruano de Estudios Internacionales |year=1989 |pages=25 |language=es |volume=3 |quote=3 de Agosto: El Presidente peruano, Alan García, recibió en su Despacho al Embajador de Israel en Misión Especial, Netanel Lorch. (El Peruano - Andina / El Comercio)}}

align=center| {{nts|4}}

| {{ill|Moshe Yuval|he|משה יובל}}

| {{dts|1967}}

| {{dts|1971}}

align=center| {{nts|5}}

| {{sortname|Moshe|Avidan|nolink=1}}

| {{dts|1971}}

| {{dts|1975}}

| {{sortname|Golda|Meir}}

align=center| {{nts|6}}

| {{ill|Michael Theodore Michael|he|מיכאל מיכאל|lt=Michael Michael}}

| {{dts|1975}}

| {{dts|1979}}

| {{sortname|Yitzhak|Rabin}}

align=center| {{nts|7}}

| {{sortname|Gideon|Tadmor|nolink=1}}

| {{dts|1979}}

| {{dts|1986}}

| {{sortname|Menachem|Begin}}

align=center| {{nts|8}}

| {{sortname|David|Tourgeman|nolink=1}}

| {{dts|1986}}

| {{dts|1988}}

|rowspan=2| {{sortname|Yitzhak|Shamir}}

align=center| {{nts|9}}

| {{sortname|Yuval|Metzer|nolink=1}}

| {{dts|1988}}{{Cite book |title=Cronología de las relaciones internacionales del Perú |publisher=Centro Peruano de Estudios Internacionales |year=1988 |pages=36 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kmy7AAAAIAAJ |quote=16 de Setiembre: El Presidente peruano, Alan García, recibió las cartas credenciales del Embajador de Israel en el Perú, Yuval Metzer, quien expresó el deseo de incrementar la cooperación bilateral entre dichos países. (El Peruano-ANDINA/El Comercio)}}

| {{dts|1994}}

align=center| {{nts|10}}

| {{sortname|Joel|Salpak|nolink=1}}

| {{dts|1994}}{{Cite book |title=Análisis internacional |publisher=Centro Peruano de Estudios Internacionales |year=1994 |pages=152 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OGglAQAAIAAJ |quote=12 de Septiembre: El nuevo Embajador de Israel en el Perú, Joel Salpak, presentó sus cartas credenciales al Presidente peruano, Alberto Fujimori [...]}}

| {{dts|1998}}

| {{sortname|Yitzhak|Rabin}}

| Briefly taken hostage in late 1996.

align=center| {{nts|11}}

| {{sortname|Rafael|Eldad}}

| {{dts|1998}}

| {{dts|2002}}

| {{sortname|Benjamin|Netanyahu}}

align=center| {{nts|12}}

| {{sortname|Ori|Noy|nolink=1}}

| {{dts|2002}}

| {{dts|2005}}

|rowspan=2 | {{sortname|Ariel|Sharon}}

align=center| {{nts|13}}

| {{sortname|Walid|Mansour|nolink=1}}

| {{dts|2005}}

| {{dts|2009}}

align=center| {{nts|14}}

| {{sortname|Yoav|Bar-On|nolink=1}}

| {{dts|2009}}

| {{dts|2011}}

|rowspan=5 | {{sortname|Benjamin|Netanyahu}}

align=center| {{nts|15}}

| {{ill|Modi Ephraim|he|מודי אפרים}}

| {{dts|2011}}

| {{dts|2014}}

| The embassy moved in December 2011.

align=center| {{nts|16}}

| {{sortname|Ehud|Eitam|nolink=1}}

| {{dts|2014}}

| {{dts|2016}}

align=center| {{nts|17}}

| {{sortname|Raphael|Singer|nolink=1}}

| {{dts|2016}}

| {{dts|2018}}

align=center| {{nts|18}}

| {{sortname|Asaf|Ichilevich|nolink=1}}

| {{dts|2018}}

| {{dts|2022}}

align=center| {{nts|19}}

| {{sortname|Eran|Yuvan|nolink=1}}

| {{dts|2022}}

| {{dts

}Incumbent

| {{sortname|Yair|Lapid}}

References

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List of ambassadors of Israel to Peru

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