Eduardo Ponce Vivanco

José Eduardo Ponce Vivanco (born Arequipa, March 8, 1943) is a Peruvian diplomat.

Education

He obtained a bachelor of law and political science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He also has a master's degree in international relations from the Diplomatic Academy of Peru, and has studied at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.^[1]

Diplomatic and governmental career

Ponce Vivanco has been Peru's ambassador to Brazil, ambassador to the United Kingdom and ambassador to Ecuador, and to the United Nations Office at Geneva.^[1]

He is best known for negotiating and signing a peace accord between Ecuador and Peru on 17 February 1995 when he was vice minister of foreign relations.^[1][2] The accord known as the Itamaraty Peace Declaration ended the Cenepa War, a brief and localized military conflict between Ecuador and Peru, fought over control of an area in Peruvian territory.^[3][4]

In 2010, he became the rector of the Diplomatic Academy of Peru.^[2][5]

Ponce Vivanco is a regular commentator on Peruvian politics in Peruvian media.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} He writes a regular column for Peruvian daily newspaper El Comercio.^[11]

References

1. "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PERU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG". The United Nations Office at Geneva. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021.
2. PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "Embajador Eduardo Ponce es nuevo rector de la academia diplomática del Perú". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
3. de León, Antonio González (1981-01-01), "Factores de tensión internacional en la frontera", La frontera norte, El Colegio de México, pp. 7–25, doi:10.2307/j.ctv26d8jg.4, retrieved 2023-05-01
4. St John, Ronald Bruce (1999). The Ecuador-Peru Boundary Dispute: The Road to Settlement. Durham: University of Durham. p. 35. ISBN 1-897643-36-5.
5. "Academia Diplomática del Perú Javier Pérez de Cuéllar". www.adp.edu.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
6. "Ex vicecanciller peruano: Creación de CELAC es "éxito malévolo" de diplomacia castrista". Radio y Televisión Martí | RadioTelevisionMarti.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
7. "Embajador Eduardo Ponce: CIDH "le falta el respeto al Congreso"". www.americatv.com.pe. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
8. GrupoRPP. "Eduardo Ponce Vivanco: Referéndum para ceder mar a Bolivia es "constitucionalmente imposible" | RPP Noticias". rpp.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
9. Vigilante, Redacción (2022-04-20). "Embajador Ponce: "El caso de Isabel Soria demostraría que Perú Libre sigue copando cargos diplomáticos"". Vigilante (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
10. "Invitados: Alfredo Azurin y Eduardo Ponce Vivanco. | Canal B". canalb.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
11. Perú, El Comercio. "J. Eduardo Ponce Vivanco". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-01.