| Ambassador of the United States to Peru | |
|---|---|
Seal of the United States Department of State | |
Flag of a United States ambassador | |
since April 18, 2025 | |
| Nominator | Thepresident of the United States |
| Appointer | Thepresident withSenateadvice and consent |
| Inaugural holder | James Cooley as Chargé d'Affaires |
| Formation | May 21, 1827 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Lima |
The following is a list ofUnited Statesambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, toPeru. The title given by theUnited States State Department to this position is currentlyAmbassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
| Representative | Title | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Cooley | Chargé d'Affaires | May 21, 1827 | February 24, 1828[2] | John Quincy Adams |
| Samuel Larned | Chargé d'Affaires | November 30, 1829 | March 6, 1837 | |
| James B. Thornton | Chargé d'Affaires | March 16, 1837 | December 10, 1837 | Andrew Jackson |
| J. C. Pickett | Chargé d'Affaires | January 30, 1840 | April 28, 1845 | Martin Van Buren |
| John A. Bryan | Chargé d'Affaires | April 28, 1845 | August 4, 1845 | John Tyler |
| Albert G. Jewett | Chargé d'Affaires | August 4, 1845 | July 21, 1847[3] | James K. Polk |
| John Randolph Clay | Chargé d'Affaires | December 15, 1847 | August 22, 1853 | |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 22, 1853 | October 27, 1860 | Franklin Pierce | |
| Christopher Robinson | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | January 11, 1862 | December 21, 1865[4] | Abraham Lincoln |
| Alvin P. Hovey | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 22, 1866 | September 22, 1870 | Andrew Johnson |
| Thomas Settle | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 13, 1871 | November 22, 1871 | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Francis Thomas | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 10, 1872 | July 5, 1875 | |
| Richard Gibbs | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 10, 1875 | April 15, 1879 | |
| Isaac P. Christiancy | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 19, 1879 | August 2, 1881 | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Stephen A. Hurlbut | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 2, 1881 | March 27, 1882[2][5] | James Garfield |
| Seth Ledyard Phelps | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 24, 1884 | June 24, 1885[2] | Chester A. Arthur |
| Charles W. Buck | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 1881 | March 13, 1889 | Grover Cleveland |
| John Hicks | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 31, 1889 | June 24, 1893 | Benjamin Harrison |
| James A. McKenzie | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | June 24, 1893 | April 13, 1897 | Grover Cleveland |
| Irving B. Dudley | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 20, 1897 | February 14, 1907 | William McKinley |
| Leslie Combs | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 10, 1907 | February 23, 1911 | Theodore Roosevelt |
| H. Clay Howard | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 1, 1911 | September 9, 1913 | William H. Taft |
| Benton McMillin | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 9, 1913 | September 5, 1919 | Woodrow Wilson |
| William E. Gonzales | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 24, 1920 | October 11, 1921 | |
| Miles Poindexter | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 20, 1923 | March 21, 1928 | Calvin Coolidge |
| Alexander P. Moore | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 11, 1928 | July 10, 1929 | |
| Fred Morris Dearing | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 23, 1930 | June 3, 1937 | Herbert Hoover |
| Laurence A. Steinhardt | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 13, 1937 | April 10, 1939 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Raymond Henry Norweb | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 10, 1940 | September 30, 1943 | |
| John Campbell White | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 4, 1944 | June 17, 1945 | |
| William D. Pawley | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 20, 1945 | April 27, 1946 | Harry S. Truman |
| Prentice Cooper | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 1, 1946 | June 29, 1948 | |
| Harold H. Tittmann Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 27, 1948 | March 30, 1955 | |
| Ellis O. Briggs | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 27, 1955 | June 5, 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Theodore C. Achilles | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 24, 1956 | January 27, 1960 | |
| Selden Chapin | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 7, 1960 | August 7, 1960 | |
| James Loeb | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 23, 1961 | July 26, 1962[6] | John F. Kennedy |
| J. Wesley Jones | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 6, 1963 | June 2, 1969 | |
| Taylor G. Belcher | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 29, 1969 | April 4, 1974 | Richard Nixon |
| Robert W. Dean | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 2, 1974 | June 17, 1977 | |
| Harry W. Shlaudeman | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 28, 1977 | October 20, 1980 | Jimmy Carter |
| Edwin Gharst Corr | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 6, 1980 | October 11, 1981 | |
| Frank V. Ortiz Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 10, 1981 | October 27, 1983 | Ronald Reagan |
| David C. Jordan | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 20, 1984 | July 17, 1986 | |
| Alexander Fletcher Watson | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 27, 1986 | August 9, 1989 | |
| Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 11, 1989 | September 16, 1992 | George H. W. Bush |
| Charles H. Brayshaw | Chargé d'Affairesad interim | September 16, 1992 | December 15, 1993 | |
| Alvin P. Adams, Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 15, 1993 | August 16, 1996 | Bill Clinton |
| Dennis C. Jett | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 16, 1996 | July 3, 1999 | |
| John Randle Hamilton | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 6, 1999 | July 10, 2002 | |
| John R. Dawson | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 2, 2002 | June 10, 2003[7] | George W. Bush |
| James Curtis Struble | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 4, 2004 | August 13, 2007[8] | |
| P. Michael McKinley | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 27, 2007[9] | July 14, 2010 | |
| Rose M. Likins | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 15, 2010 | June 27, 2014 | Barack Obama |
| Brian A. Nichols | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 3, 2014[10] | October 13, 2017 | |
| Krishna Urs | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 25, 2017 | July 29, 2020 | Donald Trump |
| Denison Offutt | Chargé d'Affaires | July 29, 2020 | March 10, 2021[11] | |
| Lisa D. Kenna | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 22, 2021 | September 8, 2023[12] | Joe Biden |
| John T. McNamara | Chargé d'Affaires | September 8, 2023 | June 20, 2024 | Joe Biden |
| Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 20, 2024 | April 18, 2025 | Joe Biden |
| Joan Perkins | Chargé d'Affaires | April 18, 2025 | Present | Donald Trump |
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