# List of ambassadors of Portugal to Peru

The Portuguese Ambassador to Peru is the official representative of the Portuguese Republic to the Government of Peru.
The Portuguese Embassy is located at 640 Pardo y Aliaga Avenue, Lima.
The current ambassador is Joaquim Alberto de Sousa Moreira de Lemos, who succeeded Afonso Henriques Abreu de Azeredo Malheiro in 2021.
Relations between Peru and what was then the Kingdom of Portugal were established on March 26, 1853 and elevated to embassy level in 1938 with the Portuguese Republic, having been maintained since. In contrast, Spain did not recognize Peru until after the Chincha Islands War, when relations were officially established in 1879.
The first representative of Portugal, António José Alves Júnior, arrived in Lima and presented his credentials on November 15, 1945.

## List of representatives

| Name | Title | Appointment | Presentation | Termination | Notes |
| António José Alves Júnior | Minister Plenipotentiary | November 10, 1945 | November 15, 1945 | April 10, 1949 | |
| João Sainte Marie de Morais | Chargé d'affaires | April 11, 1949 | | April 21, 1953 | |
| Amaro do Sacramento Monteiro | Legation Officer | April 22, 1953 | | May 25, 1956 | |
| Frederico José de Sousa Teixeira de Sampaio | Chargé d'affaires | June 14, 1956 | | March 8, 1959 | |
| Carlos Saporiti Machado Barros | Chargé d'affaires | March 9, 1959 | | November 1, 1959 | |
| Humberto Alves Morgado | Chargé d'affaires | November 2, 1959 | | 1961 | |
| José dos Santos Silva Taveira | Chargé d'affaires | October 11, 1961 | October 13, 1961 | September 22, 1964 | Legation elevated to embassy in 1964. |
| José dos Santos Silva Taveira | Ambassador | September 22, 1964 | September 22, 1964 | June 25, 1966 | Continued post as first ambassador. |
| Salvador Augusto de Sousa Sampayo Garrido | Ambassador | July 16, 1966 | July 27, 1966 | September 1, 1970 | |
| Adriano António de Carvalho | Ambassador | September 6, 1970 | October 14, 1970 | November 17, 1974 | |
| José Manuel de Noronha Gamito | Ambassador | November 28, 1974 | | February 18, 1979 | |
| António Augusto Coelho Bártolo | Ambassador | February 19, 1070 | | May 1986 | |
| Luiz Martinez Pazos Alonso | Ambassador | May 12, 1986 | May 22, 1986 | May 7, 1988 | |
| José Fernando Moreira da Cunha | Interim chargé d'affaires | May 7, 1988 | | May 7, 1989 | |
| Augusto José Pestana Saraiva Peixoto | Interim chargé d'affaires | May 7, 1989 | | | |
| Inácio José D'Araújo Rebello de Andrade | Ambassador | October 1, 1990 | October 19, 1990 | January 7, 1993 | |
| José Lourenço Pereira de Sousa Sarmento | Ambassador | June 11, 1993 | June 16, 1993 | May 12, 1997 | |
| Alexandre Manuel Galvão Mexia de Almeida Fernandes | Ambassador | February 19, 1998 | March 6, 1998 | March 19, 2003 | |
| Mário Alberto Lino da Silva | Ambassador | | December 3, 2003 | October 13, 2008 | |
| Nuno António Ribeiro de Bessa Lopes | Ambassador | | January 7, 2009 | December 17, 2012 | |
| Helena Margarida Rezende de Almeida Coutinho | Ambassador | | March 19, 2013 | October 20, 2017 | |
| Afonso Henriques Abreu de Azeredo Malheiro | Ambassador | January 15, 2018 | January 31, 2018 | October 6, 2021 | |
| Joaquim Alberto de Sousa Moreira de Lemos | Ambassador | December 24, 2021 | | Incumbent | |