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List of ambassadors of Italy to Peru

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{{Infobox official post

| post = Ambassador

| body = Italy to Peru

| native_name = L'ambasciatore italiano a Lima

| insignia = Emblem of Italy.svg

| insigniasize = 120px

| insigniacaption = Emblem of Italy

| department =

| image =

| incumbent = Massimiliano Mazzanti

| incumbentsince = {{dts|2023}}

| style =

| residence =

| inaugural = Luis Baratta
(Representing Sardinia)

| formation = {{dts|1842}}

}}

The Ambassador of Italy in Peru ({{langx|es|Embajador de Italia en Lima}}) is the head of the diplomatic mission of the Italian Republic in the Republic of Peru.

Both countries formally established bilateral relations on 23 December 1874,{{Cite web |url=http://www.rree.gob.pe/portal/Pbilateral.nsf/PaisTipo/0720CD3688E9323F05256BF20061010C?OpenDocument |title=República Italiana: Relaciones Bilaterales |date=2010-01-29 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223235432/http://www.rree.gob.pe/portal/Pbilateral.nsf/PaisTipo/0720CD3688E9323F05256BF20061010C?OpenDocument |archive-date=2012-02-23}} with Peru having previously established relations with the predecessor states, such as the Holy See in 1852 before the unification of Italy.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rree.gob.pe/portal/archivos.nsf/ce380461d66f6d0205256d490080f2ae/436245715759fc5e052575af005b80e7?OpenDocument |title=Exposición: CL Años de Relaciones con la Santa Sede |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores del Perú |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620052444/http://www.rree.gob.pe/portal/archivos.nsf/ce380461d66f6d0205256d490080f2ae/436245715759fc5e052575af005b80e7?OpenDocument |archive-date=2009-06-20}} Today, around 500,000–900,000 Peruvians of Italian descent live in the South American country, most notably in Lima.

List of representatives

=Representatives before 1874=

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!Period

!Title

!Name

!Residence

!Appointed by

!Accredited by

!Note

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Sardinian consulate opened in 1842{{sfn|Bonfiglio|1999|page=92}}
{{dts|1842}}–{{dts|1847}}

|Consul of Sardinia

|Luis Baratta

|Lima

|Kingdom of Sardinia

|Manuel Menéndez

|{{sfn|Bonfiglio|1999|page=92}}

{{dts|1847}}–{{dts|1861}}

|Consul of Sardinia

|{{ill|Giuseppe Canevaro|es}}

|Lima

|Balbo government

|Ramón Castilla

|{{sfn|Bonfiglio|1999|page=91}}

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{{dts|1861}}–{{dts|1863}}

|Consul of Italy

|Giuseppe Canevaro

|Lima

|Cavour IV Cabinet

|Ramón Castilla

|First representative of the Kingdom of Italy.

{{dts|1863}}–{{dts|1866}}

|Consul of Italy

|Juan Antonio Migliorati

|Lima

|Minghetti I Cabinet

|Miguel de San Román

|Also accredited to Chile and Bolivia.{{sfn|Bonfiglio|1999|page=93}}

{{dts|1866}}–{{dts|1866}}

|Consul (a.i.) of Italy

|Carlos Alberto Cavalchini

|Lima

|Ricasoli II Cabinet

|Mariano Ignacio Prado

|

{{dts|1867}}–{{dts|1876}}

|Consul of Italy

|Hipólito Garrou

|Lima

|Rattazzi II Cabinet

|Mariano Ignacio Prado

|

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20 September 1870: Rome falls to the Italians, the unification of Italy is now complete

=Representatives since 1876=

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2023}}

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!Period

!Title

!Name

!Residence

!Appointed by

!Accredited by

!Note

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1854–1880: Vice-consulates (called "consular agencies") are opened in Peruvian cities with a sizeable Italian presence. These include Paita (1854), Arica (1856), Tacna (1870), Ica (1873), Iquique (1874), and Arequipa (1880). By 1900, all departmental capitals have a diplomatic mission.{{sfn|Bonfiglio|1999|page=93}}
{{dts|1876}}–{{dts|1882}}

|Consul

|Giovanni Battista Viviani

|Lima

|Depretis I Cabinet

|Manuel Pardo y Lavalle

|{{sfn|Valdez|2003|page=112}}

|Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary

|Giuseppe Pirrone

|Lima

|?

|?

|{{circa}} 1899.{{sfn|Valdez|2003|page=105–106}}

|-

|

|Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary

|Rufillo Agnoli

|Lima

|?

|?

|{{circa}} 1914.{{sfn|Valdez|2003|page=127}}

|-

|before {{dts|1933}}–{{dts|1936}}

|Minister Plenipotentiary

|Vittorio Bianchi

|Lima

|Mussolini Cabinet

|Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro

|{{sfn|Valdez|2003|page=132–133}}

|-

|{{dts|1936}}–{{dts|1938}}

|Minister Plenipotentiary

|Giuseppe Talamo

|Lima

|Mussolini Cabinet

|Óscar R. Benavides

|{{sfn|Valdez|2003|page=133–134}}

|-

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24 January 1942–November 1944: Diplomatic relations severed due to World War II

|-

|{{dts|1980}}–{{dts|}}?

|Ambassador

|Guglielmo Folchi

|Lima

|Cossiga Cabinet

|Fernando Belaúnde

|Previously the ambassador to Caracas.

|-

|{{dts|}}?–{{dts|2001}}

|Ambassador

|Giuseppe Maria Borga

|Lima

|?

|Alberto Fujimori

|{{circa}} 2000{{Cite web |url=https://www4.congreso.gob.pe/comisiones/2000/exteriores/embajadas.htm |title=Relación de Embajadas Acreditadas en el Perú |website=Congress of Peru}}

|-

|{{circa}} {{dts|2002}}–{{dts|}}?

|Ambassador

|Sergio Bussetto

|Lima

|Berlusconi II Cabinet

|Alejandro Toledo

|{{Cite web |url=https://www4.congreso.gob.pe/comisiones/2002/exteriores/eventos.htm |title=VISITAS PROTOCOLARES RECIBIDAS POR EL PRESIDENTE DE LA COMISIÓN DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES |website=Congress of Peru}}

|-

|{{dts|2008|9|16}}–{{dts|2010}}

|Ambassador

|Francesco Rausi

|Lima

|Berlusconi IV Cabinet

|Alan García

|{{Cite news |title=Jefe del Estado recibió credenciales de embajadores de Italia, Malasia, Egipto y Francia |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-jefe-del-estado-recibio-credenciales-embajadores-italia-malasia-egipto-y-francia-194282.aspx |date=2008-09-16 |work=Andina}}

|-

|{{dts|2010|12|23}}–{{dts|2014}}

|Ambassador

|Guglielmo Ardizzone

|Lima

|Berlusconi IV Cabinet

|Alan García

|{{Cite news |title=President Garcia receives credentials from Guatemala, Italia ambassadors |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia.aspx?id=334376 |date=2010-12-23 |work=Andina}}

|-

|{{dts|2014|8|14}}–{{dts|2018}}

|Ambassador

|Mauro Marsili{{Cite book |title=Directorio de Cooperación Técnica Internacional 2018-2019 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática |year=2018 |language=es |url=https://www.inei.gob.pe/media/MenuRecursivo/publicaciones_digitales/Est/Lib1543/libro.pdf}}

|Lima

|Renzi Cabinet

|Ollanta Humala

|{{Cite news |title=Jefe de Estado recibió credenciales de nuevos embajadores de Alemania e Italia |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-jefe-estado-recibio-credenciales-nuevos-embajadores-alemania-e-italia-518952.aspx |date=2014-08-14 |work=Andina}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.rree.gob.pe/elministerio/documents/guia_diplomatica_web_2014.pdf |title=Lista del Cuerpo Diplomático, Organismos Internacionales y Cuerpo Consular |date=2015-03-01 |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores}}

|-

|{{dts|2018|11|5}}–{{dts|2023}}

|Ambassador

|Giancarlo Maria Curcio

|Lima

|Conte I Cabinet

|Martín Vizcarra

|{{Cite web |url=https://amblima.esteri.it/ambasciata_lima/es/ambasciata/ambasciatore |title=El Embajador: Hoja de vida del Excmo. Señor Embajador Giancarlo Maria CURCIO |website=Ambasciata d'Italia Lima}}

|-

|{{dts|2023}}–{{dts|}}Incumbent

|Ambassador

|Massimiliano Mazzanti

|Lima

|Meloni government

|Dina Boluarte

|

|-

|}

See also

References

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=Bibliography=

  • {{Cite book |ref={{harvid|Bonfiglio|1999}} |title=Gli italiani nella società peruviana: Una visione storica |last=Bonfiglio |first=Giovanni |publisher=Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli |year=1999 |isbn=88-7860-124-1 |location=Turin |language=it |url=https://www.byterfly.eu/islandora/object/librib:90750/datastream/PDF/content/librib_90750.pdf}}
  • {{Cite book |ref={{harvid|Valdez|2003}} |title=Las relaciones entre el Perú e Italia (1821-2002) |last=Valdez Arroyo |first=Flor de María |publisher=Fondo Editorial PUCP |year=2003 |isbn=9972-42-626-2 |edition=1st |location=Lima |language=es |url=https://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/181819}}

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