Embassy of Argentina, Lima

The embassy of Argentina in Peru represents the permanent diplomatic mission of Argentina in Peru. It is located at the Casa Gabaldoni, a former private residence by Luis Miró Quesada Garland at 326 Las Flores Avenue, in San Isidro District, Lima, having previously operated at its traditional location from 1938 to 2012.
The embassy operates a Consulate-General in Santa Beatriz, a neighbourhood of Lima District.
The current Argentine ambassador is Samuel Ortiz Basualdo.

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History

Former chancery (1938–2012)

Both countries established relations in 1822, with both countries having come into existence as a result of Argentine-born José de San Martín's campaigns in the River Plate and Lower Peru during the Spanish American wars of independence. The first Argentine representative to Peru was Estanislao Lynch. Relations have continued since, having been warm for the most part, with the exception of a scandal during the Cenepa War in 1995.
The embassy's traditional palace was built on land donated in 1921 by the government of Peru on the occasion of the Centennial of the Independence of Peru, located next to the Moorish Arch in the neighbourhood of Santa Beatriz. In response, the Argentine government donated the premises currently occupied by the Embassy of Peru in Buenos Aires, the work of the Argentine architect Alejandro Bustillo.
The Palace was designed in a neo-colonial style by the Argentine architect in 1929 and built by the Construction Engineer Gonzalo Panizo, being inaugurated in 1938 by the then Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru,, and the then Argentine Ambassador, Ricardo Colombres Mármol.
Due to its architectural and historical value, in October 2019 the building at Av. Arequipa 121 was declared an "Integrated Monument of the Cultural Heritage of the Nation" by the Ministry of Culture of Peru.

Current chancery

From its inauguration and until 2012, the traditional palace housed both the embassy and the ambassador's residence until the former moved to San Isidro.
The embassy's current building is the former Casa Gabaldoni, built by architect Luis Miró Quesada Garland as a private residence from 1944 to 1945.

List of representatives

Name	Portrait	Term begin	Term end	Head of state	Notes
			?
			?
			?		After finishing his term, he was appointed as the representative to Brazil.
					c. 1891
			?		Also accredited to Ecuador.

					Died in office.



					Burzio presented his credentials on September 17, 1962.
					Designated in 1963 by Illia, he left in 1966 due to the coup d'état.


					Counter admiral.









		N/A	N/A		Appointed in 2020, he did not take up his post due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

			Incumbent