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, website = , module = , module2 = , module3 = , module4 = , module5 = , module6 = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Harold Winston Forsyth Mejía (born 27 May 1951) is a Peruvian diplomat and former politician who has served as Peru's ambassador to the

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, the

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and

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. From 1995 until 2000, he sat for one term in the

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Early life and education

Harold Forsyth was born to Willy Forsyth and Lucciola Mejia de Forsyth in 1951. He graduated from the Champagnat School in

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and received a

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at the

. Forsyth later earned a graduate certificate at the Diplomatic Academy of Peru.

Career

In his early career, Forsyth held a variety of diplomatic postings to

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, and

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, and was seconded as an international observer to elections monitoring missions in

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, and

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Political career

Forsyth was compelled to resign from the Peruvian foreign service by

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and, in the 1995 election, he successfully stood for election to

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, holding his seat for a single, five-year term under the

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. During this period he also hosted the program "Convocatoria" on CPN Radio.

Return to Foreign Service

Later returning to the foreign service, Forsyth served as Peruvian ambassador to Colombia from 2001 to 2004, as ambassador to Italy from 2004 to 2006, as ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011, as ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2014, and, from 2017 to 2021, as ambassador to Japan. Between his postings to Italy and China, Forsyth returned to Peru, where he served as deputy foreign minister.

Personal life

Forsyth is married and has three children, including footballer-politician George Forsyth. Forsyth's wife, María Verónica, is a former

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Works

References

External links

Forsyth interviewed in 2012
at

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