César Guillermo Atala Nazzal

César Guillermo Atala Nazzal came from Huancavelica and made his career in business and international finance. He worked for financial institutions including the Inter-American Development Bank before becoming Peru’s minister of industry in 1985. American officials considering his appointment as ambassador noted that more than fifteen years at the Bank had given him extensive knowledge of the United States. ^{1, 2}

The Reagan administration approved his nomination in November 1985, when Peru requested a prompt response so its Senate could consider the appointment before recess. Atala presented credentials to Ronald Reagan on 11 March 1986. In 1990 he welcomed American restrictions on imports of looted archaeological objects from Sipán. ^{2, 3, 4}

Atala died in Washington on 12 July 2008. ¹