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Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath

Ambassador

Joan Perkins

Deputy Chief of Mission

Ambassador

Ambassador Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with over 30 years of U.S. government experience. She previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.

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Deputy Chief of Mission

Joan Perkins arrived in August 2024 to assume her duties as Deputy Chief of Mission in Lima, Peru.

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Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath

Ambassador

Joan Perkins

Deputy Chief of Mission

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History

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Office of the Historian: A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, since 1776: Peru