List of diplomatic visits to Iraq

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This is a list of foreign heads of state, heads of government who have visited the Iraq, which is classified by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs as either a state visit, official visit, or working visit.

List of state visits to Iraq until January 1, 2025.

Scheduled future visits

Summary of visits

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CountryGuestTitleDateSignificance
• Republic of Iraq (2003–present)
United Nations António Guterres Secretary-General May 17, 2025 34th Arab League summit
Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit
Spain Pedro Sanchez Prime Minister
Lebanon Nawaf Salam
Jordan Jafar Hassan
Yemen Rashad al-Alimi Chairman
Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Emir
Palestine Mahmoud Abbas President
Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Qatar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani[1] Prime Minister March 24, 2025
Iran Masoud Pezeshkian President September 11–13, 2024 Official visit
Lebanon Najib Mikati[2] July 21, 2024
Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan April 22–23, 2024
Spain Pedro Sánchez Prime Minister December 28, 2023
Jordan Bisher al-Khasawneh July 24, 2023
United Nations António Guterres Secretary-General February 28, 2023
Italy Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister December 23, 2022
Lebanon Najib Mikati[3] October 25, 2021 Official visit
FranceEmmanuel MacronPresidentAugust 28–29, 2021Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership[4]
EgyptAbdel Fattah el-SisiAugust 28, 2021
JordanAbdullah II of JordanKing
QatarTamim bin Hamad Al ThaniEmir
United Arab EmiratesMohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumPrime Minister
KuwaitSabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
EgyptAbdel Fattah el-SisiPresidentJune 28, 2021Egypt-Jordan-Iraq summit[5]
JordanAbdullah II of JordanKing
Vatican CityPope FrancisPopeMarch 5–8, 2021
FranceEmmanuel MacronPresidentSeptember 2, 2020Official visit
Australia David HurleyGovernor-General December 20, 2019
NorwayErna SolbergPrime MinisterOctober 21, 2019
KuwaitSabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahEmirJune 19, 2019
IranHassan Rouhani[6]PresidentMarch 11–14, 2019
Palestine Mahmoud Abbas March 3–4, 2019
Spain Felipe VI of Spain King January 30, 2019 Official visit
Canada Julie Payette Governor-General January 20–21, 2019
JordanAbdullah II of JordanKingJanuary 13, 2019
United StatesDonald TrumpPresidentDecember 26, 2018
Australia Scott Morrison Prime Minister December 20, 2018Secret visit
Peter Cosgrove Governor-General November 7, 2018
February 26, 2018
LebanonMichel Aoun PresidentFebruary 20–21, 2018Official visit
United KingdomTheresa MayPrime MinisterNovember 29, 2017
Czech RepublicBohuslav SobotkaAugust 26–27, 2017Official visit
Australia Malcolm Turnbull April 24, 2017
United Nations António Guterres Secretary-General March 30–31, 2017
Turkey Binali Yıldırım Prime Minister January 7–8, 2017 Official visit
France François Hollande President January 2, 2017
Sweden Stefan Löfven Prime Minister October 24–25, 2016
NetherlandsMark RutteAugust 9, 2016Secret visit
United Nations Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General March 26, 2016
New Zealand John Key Prime Minister October 6–8, 2015 Secret visit
Australia Peter Cosgrove Governor-General August 9, 2015
Canada Stephen Harper Prime Minister May 2, 2015
United Nations Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General March 30, 2015
Australia Tony Abbott[7] Prime Minister January 4, 2015
Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu Prime Minister November 20–21, 2014
France François Hollande President September 12, 2014
Italy Matteo RenziPrime Minister August 20, 2014
IranMahmoud AhmadinejadPresidentJuly 18–19, 2013Official visit
United Nations Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General December 6, 2012
Ban Ki-moonMarch 27–29, 201223rd Arab League summit
Arab LeagueNabil Elaraby
KuwaitSabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahEmir
LebanonMichel SuleimanPresident
PalestineMahmoud Abbas
TunisiaMoncef Marzouki
MauritaniaMohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
SudanOmar al-Bashir
DjiboutiIsmaïl Omar Guelleh
SomaliaSharif Sheikh Ahmed
ComorosIkililou Dhoinine
LibyaMustafa Abdul JalilChairman
Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister March 28–29, 2011
Australia Julia Gillard[8] June 28, 2009
United StatesBarack ObamaPresidentApril 7–8, 2009
Palestine Mahmoud Abbas April 5, 2009
FranceNicolas Sarkozy[9]February 10, 2009
United Nations Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General February 6, 2009
United Kingdom Gordon Brown[10] Prime Minister December 17, 2008
United States George W. Bush PresidentDecember 14, 2008
Lebanon Fouad Siniora Prime Minister August 20, 2008
JordanAbdullah II of Jordan[11] KingAugust 12, 2008
United Kingdom Gordon Brown[12] Prime Minister July 19, 2008
TurkeyRecep Tayyip ErdoğanJuly 10, 2008
IranMahmoud AhmadinejadPresidentMarch 1–2, 2008Official visit
Australia Kevin Rudd[13] Prime Minister December 21, 2007
PolandDonald Tusk[14]December 19, 2007
United KingdomGordon Brown[15][16]December 9, 2007
October 3, 2007
United StatesGeorge W. BushPresidentSeptember 3, 2007
United KingdomTony BlairPrime MinisterMay 19, 2007
PolandJarosław KaczyńskiMay 16, 2007
United Nations Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General March 22, 2007 Secret visit
Poland Jarosław Kaczyński Prime Minister December 20, 2006
Romania Traian Băsescu PresidentAugust 9, 2006
United StatesGeorge W. BushJune 13, 2006
Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen[17] Prime Minister May 23, 2006
United KingdomTony BlairDecember 22, 2005
United Nations Kofi Annan Secretary-General November 12, 2005
Australia John Howard[18] Prime Minister July 26, 2005Secret visit
United Kingdom Tony Blair December 21, 2004
Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych[19] September 2–3, 2004
Australia John Howard[20] April 25, 2004
Italy Silvio Berlusconi[21] April 20, 2004
NetherlandsJan Peter BalkenendeJanuary 7, 2004Secret visit
United Kingdom Tony Blair January 4, 2004
SpainJosé María AznarDecember 20, 2003Secret visit
United StatesGeorge W. BushPresidentNovember 27, 2003
United KingdomTony BlairPrime MinisterMay 29, 2003
• Ba'athist Iraq (1968-2003)
VenezuelaHugo Chavez[22]PresidentAugust 10, 2000 Official visit
United Nations Kofi Annan Secretary-General February 20–22, 1998
PalestineYasser ArafatChairmanFebruary 3–4, 1993
January 1992
Algeria Chadli Bendjedid President December 1990
Palestine Yasser Arafat Chairman October 13–14, 1990
August, 1990
Austria Kurt Waldheim President August 25, 1990
Jordan Hussein of Jordan King August 14, 1990
August 3, 1990
Egypt Hosni Mubarak President July 24, 1990 Diplomatic visit
Jordan Hussein of Jordan King July 17, 1990
Arab LeagueChedli KlibiSecretary-GeneralMay 28–30, 19901990 Arab League summit
Kuwait Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah Emir
Jordan Hussein of Jordan King
Saudi Arabia Fahd of Saudi Arabia King & Prime Minister
EgyptHosni MubarakPresident
LibyaMuammar Gaddafi
YemenAli Abdullah Saleh
Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Somalia Siad Barre
PalestineYasser ArafatChairman
Saudi ArabiaFahd of Saudi ArabiaKing & Prime MinisterLate May–June 1, 1989 Official visit
Bahrain Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Prime Minister 1989
EgyptHosni MubarakPresidentOctober 24, 1988Arafat-Hussein-Mubarak summit
PalestineYasser ArafatChairman
Egypt Hosni Mubarak[23] President September 7, 1988
JordanHussein of Jordan[24]KingSeptember 6, 1987
Palestine Yasser Arafat Chairman 1987
Egypt Hosni Mubarak President March 18, 1985
Jordan Hussein of Jordan King
Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu PresidentJune 13, 1982
Palestine Yasser Arafat Chairman September 25, 1980
Mali Moussa Traoré President February 11, 1980 Official visit
Palestine Yasser Arafat Chairman March 29, 1979
SyriaHafez al-AssadPresidentNovember 2–5, 19789th Arab League summit
Lebanon Élias Sarkis
Selim HossPrime Minister
South Yemen Ali Nasir Muhammad
Kuwait Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah Emir
Jordan Hussein of Jordan King
Libya Muammar Gaddafi Chairman
Palestine Yasser Arafat
SyriaHafez al-AssadPresidentOctober 24, 1978 Official visit
Spain Juan Carlos I King 1978
Jordan Hussein of Jordan
Austria Bruno Kreisky Chancellor March 16, 1976 Official visit
France Jacques Chirac Prime Minister February 17–18, 1975
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing President
United Nations Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General February 20, 1975
IndiaIndira GandhiPrime MinisterJanuary 18–21, 1975 Official visit
CubaFidel CastroPresidentSeptember 10, 1973
Syria Hafez al-Assad 1973
• Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)
Indonesia Sukarno President 2-5 April 1960[25] Official visit
• Kingdom of Iraq (1924–1958)
Jordan Hussein of Jordan King 1958
Iran Mohammad Reza Shah Shah March 11–12, 1955 Official visit
Transjordan Abdullah I of Jordan King November 27, 1941
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Most visited Official

As of 3 September 2025
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Country Official Visit Last Visit
Palestine Yasser Arafat 10 February 4, 1993
Jordan Hussein of Jordan 9* August 14, 1990
Egypt Hosni Mubarak 5 24 July 1990
United Kingdom Tony Blair 5 May 19, 2007
Jordan Abdullah II of Jordan 4 August 28, 2021
United Kingdom Gordon Brown 4 December 17, 2008
United States George W. Bush 4 December 14, 2008
Palestine Mahmoud Abbas 4 May 17, 2025
Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi 3 May 17, 2025
Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 3 April 23, 2024
Australia Peter Cosgrove 3 November 7, 2018
Syria Hafez al-Assad 3 November 5, 1978
Spain Pedro Sánchez 2 May 17, 2025
Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani 2 May 17, 2025
Lebanon Najib Mikati 2 July 21, 2024
France Emmanuel Macron 2 August 29, 2021
Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 2 June 19, 2019
Kuwait Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah 2 May 30, 1990
Saudi Arabia Fahd of Saudi Arabia 2 May 30, 1990
Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 2 July 19, 2013
Libya Muammar Gaddafi 2 May 30, 1990
France François Hollande 2 January 2, 2017
Poland Jarosław Kaczyński 2 May 16, 2007
Australia John Howard 2 July 26, 2005
*Hussein of Jordan visited Baghdad 61 times between 1980 and 1990.[26]
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Most visit by Country

As of 3 September 2025
More information Country, Visit ...
Country Visit Last Visit
Jordan 16* May 17, 2025
Palestine 14 May 17, 2025
Australia 11 December 20, 2019
United Kingdom 10 November 29, 2017
Egypt 8 May 17, 2025
Lebanon 8 May 17, 2025
United States 6 December 26, 2018
France 6 August 29, 2021
Spain 5 May 17, 2025
Iran 5 September 13, 2024
Turkey 5 April 23, 2024
Kuwait 5 August 28, 2021
Italy 3 December 23, 2022
Libya 3 March 29, 2012
Poland 3 December 19, 2007
Syria 3 November 5, 1978
Somalia 3 May 17, 2025
Qatar 3 May 17, 2025
*Hussein of Jordan visited Baghdad 61 times between 1980 and 1990.[27]
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