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The Consulate General of Peru in Paris (, ) is one of two diplomatic representations of Peru in Paris, the other being the Peruvian embassy. The current
Consul General A consul is an official representative of a government who resides in a foreign country to assist and protect citizens of the consul's country, and to promote and facilitate commercial and diplomatic relations between the two countries. A consu ...
is Carlos Herrera Rodríguez.


History

France and Peru first established
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in 1826. Peru has maintained a consular presence in France since 1841, opening consulates in Paris, as well as in
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and formerly
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, in
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since at least 1874. During the
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, the
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notified the Peruvian legation on 12 June 1941, requesting that the embassy be closed and the personnel removed before 10 June. The Peruvian government agreed to this request and moved to the Hôtel des Ambassadeurs in
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, with only the consulate remaining. The German government again notified Peru afterwards, requesting that the consulate be closed before 1 September. This request was rejected by the Peruvian government, with Germany ultimately accepting that the consulate remain open. In November 1942, Peruvian and other Latin American diplomats were moved to
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by German forces, being exchanged in a
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with the United States and moved to
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or
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, leading to the consulate in Paris closing, with Switzerland acting as Peru's
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instead. In 1944, after Peru severed relations with the
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of
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and established relations with
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, the Peruvian legation in France—now based in Algiers—became known as the ''Representation of Peru before the
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'' (). The Parisian consulate only reopened after the liberation of the city, with the Peruvian envoy arriving to the
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on 5 October 1944. Three days later, the Swiss consul, Rodolphe Iselin, gifted the new property of the Parisian consulate to his Peruvian counterpart, located at Av. Pierre Premier De Serbie Nº 37. On 21 November, Peru recognised the new
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.


List of Consuls general

*Jorge Méndez Torres-Llosa (2013–2018) *Vilma Liliam Ballón Sánchez (2018–2022) *Carlos Herrera Rodríguez (2022–present)


See also

*
France–Peru relations France–Peru relations ''(French: Relations France-Pérou; Spanish: Relaciones Francia y Perú)'' are foreign relations and diplomatic ties between the French Republic and the Republic of Peru. Both nations are members of the United Nations, the L ...


References


Bibliography

* {{Diplomatic missions in France
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
France–Peru relations