# Embassy of Poland, Lima

The Embassy of Poland in Lima is the official diplomatic mission of Poland to the Republic of Peru. It is also accredited to neighbouring Bolivia and Ecuador.
Besides the embassy, Poland has six honorary consulates: in Peru (Arequipa and Callao), in Bolivia (La Paz and Santa Cruz) and in Ecuador (Quito and Guayaquil).

## History

Poland maintained diplomatic relations with Peru before World War II. From 1923, an honorary consulate operated in Trujillo and then in Lima. The first honorary consul was Stanislaw Madejewski. After establishing diplomatic relations in Peru, the Polish envoys in Buenos Aires were accredited. Peru withdrew its recognition of the Polish government in July 1945.
Consular relations were restored on August 22, 1967. The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland was opened in Lima on April 14, 1969, becoming an embassy on August 1 of the same year. Initially, the ambassador in Caracas was accredited to Peru. Polish ambassadors have been residing in Peru since 1973.
In December 1996, Polish chargé d'affaires Wojciech Tomaszewski found himself among the hostages of the radical left-wing terrorist guerrilla Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima.

## List of representatives

| Name | Term begin | Term end | Head of state | Notes |
| Władysław Mazurkiewicz [pl] | 1929 | ? | Ignacy Mościcki | Member of parliament. |
| Kazimierz Kurnikowski [pl] | March 1, 1937 | ? | Ignacy Mościcki | Member of parliament. |
| Oswald Kermenić [pl] | January 1, 1941 | ? | Władysław Raczkiewicz | Member of parliament. |
| Władysław Mazurkiewicz | April 1, 1942 | ? | Władysław Raczkiewicz | Member of parliament. |
| Oswald Kermenić | October 1, 1944 | 1945 | Władysław Raczkiewicz | Member of parliament. |
| Peru severs relations with the Polish government-in-exile in July 1945; relations renewed with the Polish People's Republic in 1969 ||||||
| Witold Jurasz [pl] | July 2, 1969 | ? | Marian Spychalski | Resident in Caracas. |
| Marian Leśniewski | August 1, 1969 | ? | Marian Spychalski | As chargé d’affaires a. i. |
| Jerzy Linka | December 1, 1970 | ? | Marian Spychalski | As chargé d’affaires a. i. |
| Eugeniusz Szleper [pl] | January 24, 1973 | ? | Henryk Jabłoński | First resident ambassador in Lima. |
| Stanisław Jarząbek [pl] | January 29, 1976 | 1980 | Henryk Jabłoński | Also accredited to Bolivia. |
| Edwin Wiśniewski [pl] | October 7, 1980 | ? | Henryk Jabłoński | |
| Bolesław Polak [pl] | December 7, 1982 | 1987 | Henryk Jabłoński | |
| Bernard Bogdański [pl] | May 27, 1987 | ? | Wojciech Jaruzelski | |
| Tadeusz Mulicki [pl] | July 22, 1991 | ? | Lech Wałęsa | |
| Jarosław Spyra [pl] | September 29, 1993 | ? | Lech Wałęsa | As chargé d’affaires a. i. |
| Wojciech Tomaszewski [pl] | March 6, 1995 | ? | Lech Wałęsa | As chargé d’affaires a. i. until April 10, 1997. |
| Zdzisław Sośnicki [pl] | February 27, 2004 | ? | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | |
| Przemysław Marzec [pl] | April 11, 2006 | ? | Lech Kaczyński | Also accredited to Bolivia and Ecuador. |
| Jarosław Spyra | August 2010 | November 27, 2010 | Bronisław Komorowski | |
| Robert Krzyżanowski | November 2010 | ? | Bronisław Komorowski | As chargé d’affaires a.i. |
| Dariusz Latoszek | August 2012 | ? | Bronisław Komorowski | As chargé d’affaires a.i. |
| Izabela Matusz | January 24, 2013 | December 2017 | Bronisław Komorowski | |
| Magdalena Śniadecka-Kotarska | 2018 | May 2024 | Andrzej Duda | |