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List of state visits received by Elizabeth II

Summary

After ascending to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II received a total of 112 state visits.[1] She usually hosted one or two visiting heads of state each year. According to the palace, any visit that does not include a state banquet held by the Queen is not considered a state visit.[note 1]

List of visits edit

No. Date Country Regime Guests Venue for State Banquet
1950s
1 28 June – 1 July 1954   Sweden Monarchy King Gustaf VI Adolf
Queen Louise 		Buckingham Palace
2 14–16 October 1954   Ethiopia Monarchy Emperor Haile Salassie I Buckingham Palace
3 25–28 October 1955   Portugal Republic President Francisco Craveiro Lopes
First Lady Berta Ribeiro Artur 		Buckingham Palace
4 16–19 July 1956   Iraq Monarchy King Faisal II Buckingham Palace
5 13–16 May 1958   Italy Republic President Giovanni Gronchi
Mme Carla Gronchi 		Buckingham Palace
6 21–23 October 1958   West Germany Republic President Theodor Heuss Buckingham Palace
7 5–8 May 1959   Iran Monarchy Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Buckingham Palace
1960s
8 5–8 April 1960   France Republic President Charles de Gaulle
Mme Yvonne de Gaulle 		Buckingham Palace
9 19–21 July 1960   Thailand Monarchy King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Queen Sirikit 		Buckingham Palace
10 17–20 October 1960     Nepal Monarchy King Mahendra
Queen Ratna 		Buckingham Palace
11 10–13 July 1962   Liberia Republic President William Tubman
First Lady Antoinette Tubman 		Buckingham Palace
12 16–19 October 1962   Norway Monarchy King Olav V Palace of Holyroodhouse
13 14–17 May 1963   Belgium Monarchy King Baudouin I
Queen Fabiola 		Buckingham Palace
14 12–23 June 1963   India Republic President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan[2] Buckingham Palace
15 9–12 July 1963   Greece Monarchy King Paul I
Queen Frederika 		Buckingham Palace
16 26 May – 4 June 1964   Sudan Republic President Ibrahim Abboud[3][4] Buckingham Palace
17 13–17 July 1965   Chile Republic President Eduardo Frei Montalva
First Lady María Ruiz-Tagle Jiménez 		Buckingham Palace
18 17–21 May 1966   Austria Republic President Franz Jonas
First Lady Margarete Jonas 		Buckingham Palace
19 19–28 July 1966   Jordan Monarchy King Hussein I
Princess Muna al-Hussein 		Buckingham Palace
20 17–25 November 1966   Pakistan Republic President Ayub Khan[2] Buckingham Palace
21 9–17 May 1967   Saudi Arabia Monarchy King Faisal Buckingham Palace
22 1–8 November 1967   Turkey Republic President Cevdet Sunay
First Lady Atıfet Sunay 		Buckingham Palace
23 22–30 April 1969   Italy Republic President Giuseppe Saragat
Mme Ernestina Santacatterina 		Windsor Castle[note 2]
24 15–20 July 1969   Finland Republic President Urho Kekkonen
First Lady Sylvi Kekkonen 		Buckingham Palace
1970s
25 5–8 October 1971   Japan Monarchy Emperor Hirohito[5][6]
Empress Kōjun 		Buckingham Palace
26 7–10 December 1971   Afghanistan Monarchy King Mohammed Zahir Shah Buckingham Palace
27 11–15 April 1972   Netherlands Monarchy Queen Juliana[note 3]
Prince Bernhard 		Windsor Castle
28 13–16 June 1972   Luxembourg Monarchy Grand Duke Jean
Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte 		Buckingham Palace
29 24–27 October 1972   West Germany Republic President Gustav Heinemann
Mme Hilda Heinemann 		Windsor Castle
30 3–6 April 1973   Mexico Republic President Luis Echeverría
First Lady María Esther Zuno 		Windsor Castle
31 12–15 June 1973   Nigeria Republic General Yakubu Gowon[2]
First Lady Victoria Gowon 		Buckingham Palace
32 11–14 December 1973   Zaire Republic President Mobutu Sese Seko
First Lady Marie-Antoinette Mobutu 		Buckingham Palace
33 30 April – 3 May 1974   Denmark Monarchy Queen Margrethe II
Prince Henrik 		Windsor Castle
34 9–12 July 1974   Malaysia Monarchy Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim of Kedah[2]
Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bahiyah 		Buckingham Palace
35 8–11 July 1975   Sweden Monarchy King Carl XVI Gustaf Palace of Holyroodhouse
36 18–21 November 1975   Tanzania Republic President Julius Nyerere[2] Buckingham Palace
37 4–7 May 1976   Brazil Republic President Ernesto Geisel
First Lady Lucy Geisel 		Buckingham Palace
38 22–25 June 1976   France Republic President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Mme Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing 		Buckingham Palace
39 13–16 June 1978   Romania Republic President Nicolae Ceaușescu
First Lady Elena Ceaușescu 		Buckingham Palace
40 14–17 November 1978   Portugal Republic President António Ramalho Eanes
First Lady Manuela Ramalho Eanes 		Buckingham Palace
41 12–15 June 1979   Kenya Republic President Daniel arap Moi[2] Buckingham Palace
42 13–16 November 1979   Indonesia Republic President Suharto
First Lady Siti Hartinah 		Buckingham Palace
1980s
43 18–21 November 1980     Nepal Monarchy King Birendra
Queen Aishwarya 		Buckingham Palace
44 17–20 March 1981   Nigeria Republic President Shehu Shagari[2] Buckingham Palace
45 9–12 June 1981   Saudi Arabia Monarchy King Khalid Buckingham Palace
46 16–19 March 1982   Oman Monarchy Sultan Qaboos bin Said Buckingham Palace
47 16–19 November 1982   Netherlands Monarchy Queen Beatrix
Prince Claus 		Buckingham Palace
48 22–25 March 1983   Zambia Republic President Kenneth Kaunda[2]
First Lady Betty Kaunda 		Buckingham Palace
49 10–13 April 1984   Bahrain Monarchy Emir Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Windsor Castle
50 23–26 October 1984   France Republic President François Mitterrand
Mme Danielle Mitterrand 		Buckingham Palace
51 16–19 April 1985   Malawi Republic President Hastings Banda[2] Windsor Castle
52 11–14 June 1985   Mexico Republic President Miguel de la Madrid
First Lady Paloma Cordero 		Buckingham Palace
53 12–15 November 1985   Qatar Monarchy Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani Buckingham Palace
54 22–25 April 1986   Spain Monarchy King Juan Carlos I
Queen Sofía 		Windsor Castle
55 1–4 July 1986   West Germany Republic President Richard von Weizsäcker
Mme Marianne von Weizsäcker 		Buckingham Palace
56 24–27 March 1987   Saudi Arabia Monarchy King Fahd Buckingham Palace
57 14–17 July 1987   Morocco Monarchy King Hassan II[7][8] Buckingham Palace
58 12–15 April 1988   Norway Monarchy King Olav V[note 4] Windsor Castle
59 12–15 July 1988   Turkey Republic President Kenan Evren Buckingham Palace
60 8–11 November 1988   Senegal Republic President Abdou Diouf
First Lady Elizabeth Diouf 		Buckingham Palace
61 9–12 May 1989   Nigeria Republic President Ibrahim Babangida[2]
First Lady Maryam Babangida 		Buckingham Palace
62 18–21 July 1989   United Arab Emirates Monarchy Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Buckingham Palace
1990s
63 3–6 April 1990   India Republic President R. Venkataraman[2]
First Lady Janaki Venkataraman 		Buckingham Palace
64 23–26 October 1990   Italy Republic President Francesco Cossiga Buckingham Palace
65 23–26 April 1991   Poland Republic President Lech Wałęsa[9][10]
First Lady Danuta Wałęsa 		Windsor Castle
66 23–26 July 1991   Egypt Republic President Hosni Mubarak[11][12]
First Lady Suzanne Mubarak 		Buckingham Palace
67 3–6 November 1992   Brunei Monarchy Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah[2]
Queen Saleha 		Buckingham Palace
68 27–30 April 1993   Portugal Republic President Mário Soares[13][14]
First Lady Maria Barroso 		Buckingham Palace
69 9–12 November 1993   Malaysia Monarchy Yang di-Pertuan Agong Azlan Shah of Perak[2]
Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bainun 		Buckingham Palace
70 17–20 May 1994   Zimbabwe Republic President Robert Mugabe[2] Buckingham Palace
71 5–8 July 1994   Norway Monarchy King Harald V
Queen Sonja 		Palace of Holyroodhouse
72 23–26 May 1995   Kuwait Monarchy Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Buckingham Palace
73 17–20 October 1995   Finland Republic President Martti Ahtisaari
First Lady Eeva Ahtisaari 		Buckingham Palace
74 14–17 May 1996   France Republic President Jacques Chirac
Mme Bernadette Chirac 		Buckingham Palace
75 9–12 July 1996   South Africa Republic President Nelson Mandela[2] Buckingham Palace
76 25–28 February 1997   Israel Republic President Ezer Weizman
Mme Reuma Weizman 		Buckingham Palace
77 2–5 December 1997   Brazil Republic President Fernando Henrique Cardoso
First Lady Ruth Cardoso 		Buckingham Palace
78 26–29 May 1998   Japan Monarchy Emperor Akihito
Empress Michiko 		Buckingham Palace
79 1–4 December 1998   Germany Republic President Roman Herzog
Mme Christiane Herzog 		Windsor Castle
80 22–25 June 1999   Hungary Republic President Árpád Göncz[15]
First Lady Zsuzsanna Göncz 		Windsor Castle
81 19–22 October 1999   China Republic President Jiang Zemin
Mme Wang Yeping 		Buckingham Palace
2000s
82 16–18 February 2000   Denmark Monarchy Queen Margrethe II[note 5]
Prince Henrik 		Windsor Castle
83 12–15 June 2001   South Africa Republic President Thabo Mbeki[2]
First Lady Zanele Dlamini Mbeki 		Windsor Castle
84 6–9 November 2001   Jordan Monarchy King Abdullah II
Queen Rania 		Windsor Castle
85 24–27 June 2003   Russia Republic President Vladimir Putin[16][17]
First Lady Lyudmila Putina 		Buckingham Palace
86 18–21 November 2003   United States Republic President George W. Bush
First Lady Laura Bush 		Buckingham Palace
87 5–7 May 2004   Poland Republic President Aleksander Kwaśniewski
First Lady Jolanta Kwaśniewska 		Buckingham Palace
88 1–3 December 2004   South Korea Republic President Roh Moo-hyun
First Lady Kwon Yang-sook 		Buckingham Palace
89 15–18 March 2005   Italy Republic President Carlo Ciampi[18][19]
Mme Franca Ciampi 		Buckingham Palace
90 8–10 November 2005   China Republic President Hu Jintao
Mrs. Liu Yongqing 		Buckingham Palace
91 7–9 March 2006   Brazil Republic President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
First Lady Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva 		Buckingham Palace
92 13–15 March 2007   Ghana Republic President John Kufuor[20][2]
First Lady Theresa Kufuor 		Buckingham Palace
93 30 October – 1 November 2007   Saudi Arabia Monarchy King Abdullah Buckingham Palace
94 26–27 March 2008   France Republic President Nicolas Sarkozy
Mme Carla Bruni 		Windsor Castle
95 30 March – 2 April 2009   Mexico Republic President Felipe Calderón
First Lady Margarita Zavala 		Buckingham Palace
96 27–29 October 2009   India Republic President Pratibha Patil[2]
First Gentleman Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat 		Windsor Castle
2010s
97 3–5 March 2010   South Africa Republic President Jacob Zuma[2][21][22]
First Lady Thobeka Mabhija Zuma 		Buckingham Palace
98 26–28 October 2010   Qatar Monarchy Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Sheikha Moza bint Nasser 		Windsor Castle
99 24–26 May 2011   United States Republic President Barack Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama 		Buckingham Palace
100 22–24 November 2011   Turkey Republic President Abdullah Gül
First Lady Hayrünnisa Gül 		Buckingham Palace
101 31 October – 2 November 2012   Indonesia Republic President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
First Lady Kristiani Herrawati 		Buckingham Palace
102 27–29 November 2012   Kuwait Monarchy Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah[23][24] Windsor Castle
103 30 April – 1 May 2013   United Arab Emirates Monarchy Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan[25][26] Windsor Castle [note 6]
104 5–7 November 2013   South Korea Republic President Park Geun-hye[27][28] Buckingham Palace
105 8–11 April 2014   Ireland Republic President Michael D. Higgins[29][30]
Mrs Sabina Higgins 		Windsor Castle
106 21–24 October 2014   Singapore Republic President Tony Tan[2][31][32]
First Lady Mary Tan 		Buckingham Palace
107 3–5 March 2015   Mexico Republic President Enrique Peña Nieto[33][34]
First Lady Angélica Rivera 		Buckingham Palace
108 20–23 October 2015   China Republic President Xi Jinping[35][36]
Mme Peng Liyuan 		Buckingham Palace
109 1–3 November 2016   Colombia Republic President Juan Manuel Santos[37][38]
First Lady María Clemencia Rodríguez 		Buckingham Palace
110 12–14 July 2017   Spain Monarchy King Felipe VI[39][40]
Queen Letizia 		Buckingham Palace
111 23–24 October 2018   Netherlands Monarchy King Willem-Alexander[41][42]
Queen Máxima 		Buckingham Palace
112 3–5 June 2019   United States Republic President Donald Trump[43]
First Lady Melania Trump 		Buckingham Palace

Countries who made state visits edit

Countries State Visits Notes
  Afghanistan 1 Monarchy abolished in 1973
  Austria 1
  Bahrain 1
  Belgium 1
  Brazil 3
  Brunei 1
  Chile 1
  China 3
  Colombia 1
  Denmark 2
  Egypt 1
  Ethiopia 1 Monarchy abolished in 1975
  Finland 2
  France 5
  Germany 4[note 7]
  Ghana 1
  Greece 1 Monarchy abolished in 1973
  Hungary 1
  India 3
  Indonesia 2
  Iran 1 Monarchy abolished in 1979
  Iraq 1 Monarchy abolished in 1958
  Ireland 1
  Israel 1
  Italy 4
  Japan 2
  Jordan 2
  Kenya 1
  Kuwait 2
  Liberia 1
  Luxembourg 1
  Malawi 1
  Malaysia 2
  Mexico 4
  Morocco 1
    Nepal 2 Monarchy abolished in 2008
  Netherlands 3
  Nigeria 3
  Norway 3
  Oman 1
  Pakistan 1
  Poland 2
  Portugal 3
  Qatar 2
  Romania 1
  Russia 1
  Saudi Arabia 4
  Senegal 1
  Singapore 1
  South Africa 3
  South Korea 2
  Spain 2
  Sudan 1
  Sweden 2
  Tanzania 1
  Thailand 1
  Turkey 3
  United Arab Emirates 2
  United States 3
  Zaire 1 Now called Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Zambia 1
  Zimbabwe 1

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Such as the visits to the United Kingdom of John F. Kennedy in June, 1961, Carlos Andrés Pérez in November, 1976, Ronald Reagan in June, 1982, Carlos Menem in October, 1998, Hugo Chávez in October, 2001 and Abdelaziz Bouteflika in July, 2006.
  2. ^ This was the first use of Windsor Castle for a State Visit since 1909.
  3. ^ Her second state visit to the United Kingdom. The first was received by King Geroge VI in November, 1950.
  4. ^ His second state visit to the United Kingdom during the Queen's reign.
  5. ^ Her second state visit to the United Kingdom during the Queen's reign.
  6. ^ A state luncheon was held instead of a state dinner.
  7. ^ Including 3 State Visits for West Germany.

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