Serpost

{{Short description|Peruvian government post-service company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Servicios Postales del Perú, S.A.

| logo =

| logo_size = 100px

| logo_caption = Current logo

| type = Sociedad anónima

| industry = Postal service

| predecessor = Dirección General de Correos y Telégrafos

| founded = {{Start date and age|1991|11|05}}

| hq_location_city = Lima

| hq_location_country = Peru

| owner = Ministry of Transport and Communications

| website = {{URL|1=https://www.serpost.com.pe/Cliente/Home/Paginacomercial|2=https://www.serpost.com.pe/}}

| image = Fachada SERPOST Cusco 01.jpg

| image_caption = Post office in Cusco

}}

Servicios Postales del Perú, S.A., trading under the name Serpost, is a state-owned postal service and courier of Peru. As the country's national post office, it employs 563 postal workers, 1,744 other workers and has 158 offices in Peru.{{cite web |url=http://larepublica.pe/sociedad/699642-serpost-recibe-mas-de-260-000-transacciones-al-mes-por-compras-electronicas |title=Serpost recibe más de 260 000 transacciones al mes por compras electrónicas |work=La República |accessdate=29 August 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830111413/http://larepublica.pe/sociedad/699642-serpost-recibe-mas-de-260-000-transacciones-al-mes-por-compras-electronicas |archivedate=30 August 2015 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.datosperu.org/empresa-servicios-postales-del-peru-sociedad-anonima-serpost-sa-20256136865.php|title=Nómina Activa de SERVICIOS POSTALES DEL PERU SOCIEDAD ANONIMA SERPOST S.A.|accessdate=5 November 2019|work=DatosPerú.org}}

The state-owned company is dedicated to the service of correspondence, money orders, and the national and international parcel and delivery market, and fulfills the functions of the Universal Postal Service.{{cite web |url=http://elcomercio.pe/economia/peru/otrora-poderoso-servicio-postal-noticia-1784517 |title=El otrora poderoso servicio postal |work=El Comercio |accessdate=1 March 2015}}

History

The company was created on November 5, 1991 through Supreme Decree #685, succeeding the Dirección General de Correos y Telégrafos, which had a monopoly on the postal service of Peru since 1916.{{Cite web |title=Decreto Legislativo 685, Declaran al Servicio Postal, de Necesidad y Utilidad Pública y de Preferente Interés Social |url=http://transparencia.mtc.gob.pe/idm_docs/normas_legales/1_0_3530.pdf |date=1991-11-05 |website=Portal de Transparencia Estándar}} It formally started functioning on November 22, 1994.{{Cite web |title=Quiénes somos |url=https://www.serpost.com.pe/Cliente/Institucional |website=Serpost}}

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