List of international presidential trips made by Jacob Zuma

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BRICS Heads of State at 2014 G-20 Summit in Brisbane
Zuma speaking at the 2009 WEF in Davos
Zuma attended the US-Africa Summit Dinner with US President Obama
Zuma along with other G-20 Leaders in Los Cabos Mexico, 2012

This is a list of international presidential trips made by Jacob Zuma while president of South Africa. Jacob Zuma began his presidency on 9 May 2009 following the African National Congress win in the 2009 South African general election and ended his tenure on 14 February 2018.[1]

Jacob Zuma has made several foreign trips on all six continents, with several visits around Southern Africa and various multi-lateral visits around the world.

Map showing International trips made by Zuma as President
  1 Visit
  2 Visits
  3 Visits
  4 Visits
  5+ Visits
  South Africa
Number of visits Country
1 visit Burundi, Canada, Chad, Denmark, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Malawi, Malaysia, Norway, Oman, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
2 visits Australia, Cuba, Germany, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Qatar, South Korea, Sudan
3 visits Algeria, Benin, Brazil, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritania
4 visits India, Libya, Republic of Congo, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia
5+ visits Angola (18), Botswana (9), China (7), DR Congo (6), Equatorial Guinea (5), Ethiopia (18), France (6), Lesotho (6), Mozambique (8), Namibia (6), Nigeria (5), Russia (7), Switzerland (6), Tanzania (8), United States (10), Zimbabwe (6),

2009

Country Location(s) Date(s) Notes
 Libya Sirte 29 June – 3 July 21st Summit of New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Heads of State.[2]
 Italy L'Aquila 8–10 July 35th G8 summit.[3]
 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh 14–16 July XV Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit.[4]
 Angola Luanda 19–21 August Inaugural State Visit.[5]
 DR Congo Kinshasa 7–8 September 6th Ordinary SADC Heads of State Summit.[6]
 United States New York City, Pittsburgh 23–25 September Sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly and 2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit.[7]
 Brazil São Paulo 8–10 October State visit.[8]
 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 3–4 November State visit with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.[9]
 Trinidad & Tobago Port of Spain 26–29 November 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.[10]
 Zambia Lusaka 7–9 December State visit with Rupiah Banda.[11]
 Denmark Copenhagen 17–18 December 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[12]

2010

Country Location(s) Date(s) Notes
 Angola Luanda 10 January 2010 Africa Cup of Nations opening ceremony.[13]
  Switzerland Davos 25–29 January World Economic Forum.[14]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 2 February 14th Ordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government Assembly of the African Union.[15]
 United Kingdom London 2–3 March State visit.[16]
 Namibia Windhoek 20–21 March Inauguration of Hifikepunye Pohamba.[17]
 Zimbabwe Harare 17–18 March State visit with Robert Mugabe.[18]
 Uganda Kampala 25–26 March State visit with Yoweri Museveni.[19]
 United States Washington, D.C. 12–14 April 2nd Nuclear Security Summit.[20]
 Brazil Brasília 16 April 2nd BRIC summit[21]
 Namibia Windhoek 22 April Southern African Customs Union (SACU) conference.[22]
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam 5–7 May World Economic Forum.[23]
 Algeria Algiers 25–26 May State visit with Abdelaziz Bouteflika.[24]
 France Nice 27 May – 1 June 25th Africa France Summit and 37th G8 summit.[25]
 India Mumbai 2–4 June State visit.[26]
 Canada Toronto 25–27 June 2010 G20 Toronto summit.[27]
 Uganda Kampala 24–27 July 15th Ordinary session of the assembly of Heads of State and government of the African Union.[28]
 Russia Moscow 5–6 August State visit with Dmitry Medvedev.[29]
 Lesotho Maseru 12–13 August State visit.[30]
 China Beijing 24–26 August State visit.[31][32]
 Egypt Cairo 19–20 October State visit with Hosni Mubarak.[33]
 Namibia Windhoek 4 November State visit with Hifikepunye Pohamba.[34]
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam 6 November Inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete.[35]
 South Korea Seoul 11–12 November 2010 G20 Seoul summit.[36]
 Botswana Gaborone 19–20 November Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government Summit.[37]
 Libya Tripoli 29–30 November 3rd European Union - African Union Summit.[38]
 Cuba Havana 6–7 December State visit.[39]
 Mexico Cancún 8–9 December 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[40]

2011

Country Location(s) Date(s) Notes
  Switzerland Davos 25–27 January World Economic Forum.[41]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 28–31 January 16th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly.[42]
 Mauritania Nouakchott 10 February Côte d'Ivoire peace talks.[43]
 Ivory Coast Abidjan 21 February African Union (AU) High-Level Panel on the Resolution of the Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.[44]
 France Paris 2–3 March State visit with Nicolas Sarkozy.[45]
 Mauritania Nouakchott 4 March Côte d'Ivoire peace talks.[46]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 11 March African Union (AU) High-Level Panel on the Resolution of the Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.[47]
 Zambia Livingstone 31 March SADC Troika Summit.[48]
 Mauritania Nouakchott 10 April Libya peace talks.[49]
 Libya Tripoli, Benghazi 11 April Libya peace talks.[49]
 China Sanya 14 April 3rd BRICS summit.[50]
 Libya Tripoli 30 May Peace talks with Muammar Gaddafi.[51]
 DR Congo Kinshasa 21 June State visit with Joseph Kabila.[52]
 Russia Sochi 3–4 July Talks on Libya with Dmitry Medvedev.[53]
 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 5 July 17th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly.[54]
 Sudan Khartoum 8–9 July State visit with Omar al-Bashir.[55]
 South Sudan Juba 9 July Inauguration of the new State of South Sudan.[56]
 Angola Luanda 17 August 31st Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government.[57]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 27 August 291st Peace and Security Council meeting of the African Union (AU).[58]
 Norway Oslo 1 September State visit.[59]
 United States New York City 18–25 September Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
 Australia Perth 27–30 October 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.[60]
 France Cannes 2–5 November 2011 G20 Cannes summit.[61]
 DR Congo Lubumbashi 12 November Grand Inga Hydro-Electric Power Project MoU signing.[62]
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 13–14 November State visit.[63]
 Oman Muscat 15–16 November State visit with Qaboos bin Said.[64]
 Nigeria Abuja 10 December State visit with Goodluck Jonathan.[65]
 Benin Cotonou 11 December State visit with Thomas Boni Yayi.[65]
 Mozambique Maputo 13 December State visit with Armando Guebuza.[66]

2012

Country Location(s) Date(s) Notes
 United States New York City 10–11 January UN High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability.[67]
 Qatar Doha 23 January State visit with Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.[68]
  Switzerland Davos 25–26 January World Economic Forum.[69]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 27–29 January 18th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly.[70]
 Benin Cotonou 19 February State visit with Thomas Boni Yayi.[71]
 Angola Luanda 19 February Talks with José Eduardo dos Santos.[71]
 Benin Cotonou 18 March African Union Heads of State and Government Ad-Hoc Committee.[72]
 South Korea Seoul 26–27 March Nuclear Security Summit.[73]
 India New Delhi 29 March 4th BRICS summit.[74]
 Angola Luanda 1 June Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit.[75]
 Mexico Cabo San Lucas 17–19 June 2012 G20 Los Cabos summit.[76]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 16–17 July 19th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government.[77]
 China Beijing 19–20 July State visit with President Hu Jintao.[78]
 Seychelles Victoria 25 July SADC Troika summit on Madagascar mediation talks.[79]
 Zimbabwe Harare 15 August SADC Mediation of Zimbabwe.[80]
 Mozambique Maputo 17–18 August SADC Summit.[81]
 Botswana Gaborone 29–30 August State visit with Ian Khama.[82]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 1 September Funeral of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.[83]
 United States New York City 23–27 September Sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly.[84]
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam 7–8 December Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extra-Ordinary Summit. Summit to discuss the security situation in Madagascar and Zimbabwe.[85]

2013

Country Location(s) Date(s) Notes
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam 10 January Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extra-Ordinary Summit. Summit to discuss the progress on the directives after the previous summit.[86]
 Angola Luanda 16 January State Visit. Bilateral consultations with José Eduardo dos Santos.[5]
  Switzerland Davos 21–25 January World Economic Forum.[87]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 26–27 January 20th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State.[88]
 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 22–23 February Third Africa-South America (ASA) Summit.[89]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 24 February Signing ceremony of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[90]
 Angola Luanda 12 March Trilateral meeting with José Eduardo dos Santos and Joseph Kabila.[91]
 Chad N'Djamena 3 April Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) to discuss Developments in the Central African Republic.[92]
 Kenya Nairobi 9 April Inauguration of Uhuru Kenyatta.[93]
 Botswana Gaborone 12 April Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Summit.[94]
 Algeria Algiers 14–15 April State visit with Abdelaziz Bouteflika.[95]
 Nigeria Abuja 16 April State visit with Goodluck Jonathan.[95]
 Republic of Congo Brazzaville 3 May Contact Group Meeting on the Central African Republic.[96]
 Russia Moscow 15–16 May State visit.[97]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 24–27 May 21st Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State.[98][99]
 Japan Yokohama 1–4 June Tokyo International Conference on African Development and working visit.[100]
 Mozambique Maputo 27 June SADC Infrastructure Investment Summit.[101]
 Republic of Congo Brazzaville 23 July Forbes Africa Forum.[102]
 Malawi Lilongwe 17–18 August 33rd Ordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and Government.[103]
 Angola Luanda 23 August Followup, trilateral meeting with José Eduardo dos Santos and Joseph Kabila after March 2013 meeting.[104]
 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 26–27 August [98]
 Russia Saint Petersburg 5–8 September 2013 G20 Saint Petersburg summit.[105]
 United States New York City 23–26 September Sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.[106]
 Senegal Dakar 1–2 October State visit with Macky Sall.[107]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 12 October Extraordinary Summit of the African Union.[108]
 DR Congo Kinshasa 29–30 October State visit with Joseph Kabila.[109]
 Namibia Windhoek 6–7 November State visit with Hifikepunye Pohamba.[110]
 Sri Lanka Colombo 15–17 November 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
 Ghana Accra 26–27 November State visit.[98]

2014

Country Location(s) Date(s) Notes
 Angola Luanda 15 January Fifth Ordinary Summit of International Conference of Great Lakes Region.[111]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 30–31 January 22nd Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly.[112]
 Republic of Congo Brazzaville 11 February State visit, 25th Anniversary of the Signature of the Brazzaville Accord on Peace in Southern Africa.[113]
 Zimbabwe Harare 1 March State visit with Robert Mugabe and wedding of President Mugabe's daughter.[114]
 Angola Luanda 24 March Mini Summit of International Conference of Great Lakes Region.[115]
 Lesotho Maseru 27 March State visit with Tom Thabane.[116]
 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 25–27 June 23th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly (AU Summit)[117]
 Brazil Brasília, Fortaleza,

Rio de Janeiro

 13–16 July 6th BRICS summit, 2014 FIFA World Cup Final game.[118]
 Lesotho Maseru 29 July State visit.[119]
 Zimbabwe Victoria Falls 17–18 August 34th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government.[120]
 Russia Sochi 24–29 August State visit with Vladimir Putin.[121]
 Lesotho Maseru 9 September State visit.[122]
 United States New York City 24–30 September Sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly.[123]
 Australia Brisbane 13–16 November 2014 G20 Brisbane summit.[124]
 Botswana Gaborone 20 November State visit.[125]
 China Beijing 4–5 December State visit with President Xi Jinping.[126]
 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 13–14 December State visit with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.[127]
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam 21 December State visit with Jakaya Kikwete.[128]
 Uganda Kampala 22 December State visit with Yoweri Museveni.[128]

2015

Country Location(s) Date(s) Notes
 Guinea Conakry 13 January State visit with Alpha Condé.[129]
 Angola Luanda 14 January Talks with José Eduardo dos Santos.[130]
 Mozambique Maputo 15 January Inauguration of Filipe Nyusi.[131]
  Switzerland Davos 20–24 January World Economic Forum.[132]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 30–31 January 24th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State.[133]
 Sudan Khartoum 1 February State visit with Omar al-Bashir.[134]
 Lesotho Maseru 17 March Inauguration of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili.[135]
 Algeria Algiers 30 March – 1 April State visit with Abdelaziz Bouteflika.[136]
 Egypt Cairo 1–2 April State visit with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[137]
 Zimbabwe Harare 29 April Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government.[138]
 Russia Moscow 9 May 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.[139]
 Angola Luanda 18 May Extraordinary Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.[140]
 Mozambique Maputo 20–21 May State visit with Filipe Nyusi.[141]
 Nigeria Abuja 29 May Inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari.[142]
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam 1 June Emergency East African Community (EAC) Heads of State and Government Summit on Burundi.[143]
 Russia Ufa 7–9 July 7th BRICS summit.[144]
 Botswana Gaborone 17–18 August 35th Ordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and Government.
 China Beijing 3 September 70th Anniversary of the End of the Occupation of China.[145]
 Mozambique Maputo 11 September Matola Monument and Interpretative Centre in commemoration.[146]
 United States New York City 28 September – 3 October Seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly.[147]
 DR Congo Kinshasa 16 October Ninth Session of the Bi-National Commission (BNC)[148]
 India New Delhi 29–30 October Third India-Africa Forum Summit.[149]
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam 5 November Inauguration of John Magufuli.[150]
 Germany Berlin 10 November State visit with Angela Merkel.[151]
 Angola Luanda 11 November 40th Angolan Independence Anniversary.[152]
 Namibia Windhoek 12 November SACU Headquarters Opening.[153]
 Turkey Antalya 14–16 November 2015 G20 Antalya summit.[154]
 Angola Luanda 24 November State Visit. Bilateral consultations with José Eduardo dos Santos.[155]
 France Paris 30 November Twenty First Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework for Climate Change Convention.[156]

2016

Country Location(s) Date(s) Notes
 Botswana Gaborone 18 January Extra-Ordinary Summit of the SADC Double Troika.[157]
  Switzerland Davos 20–21 January World Economic Forum.[158]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 30–31 January 26th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly (AU Summit).[159]
 Burundi Bujumbura 25–26 February African Union High-Level Delegation of Heads of State visit.[160]
 Nigeria Abuja 8–9 March State visit with Muhammadu Buhari.[161]
 France Lyon 22–23 March United Nations High Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth.[162]
 Botswana Gaborone 18 April SACU consultations[163]
 Namibia Windhoek 19 April SACU consultations[164]
 Swaziland Mbabane 21–22 April SACU consultations[164]
 Iran Tehran 24–25 April State visit.[165]
 Uganda Kampala 12 May Inauguration of Yoweri Museveni.[166]
 Qatar Doha 19 May State visit with Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.[167]
 Lesotho Maseru 9 June Southern African Customs Union consultations.[168]
 Angola Luanda 14 June 6th Ordinary Summit of International Conference of the Great Lakes Region.[169]
 Botswana Gaborone 28 June Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika.[170]
 France Paris 13–14 July State visit with François Hollande.
 Rwanda Kigali 15–18 July 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Summit.[171]
 Kenya Nairobi 25 August Tokyo International Conference on African Development VI Summit.[172]
 Swaziland Mbabane 30–31 August. 36th Ordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State.[173]
 China Hangzhou, Guangdong 3–8 September 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit and 2nd Investing in Africa Forum in Guangdong.[174][175]
 United States New York City 17–23 September Seventy-first session of the United Nations General Assembly.[176]
 Kenya Nairobi 10–12 October State visit with Uhuru Kenyatta.[177]
 India Benaulim 15–16 October 8th BRICS summit.[178]
 Mozambique Maputo 20 October State visit with Filipe Nyusi.[179]
 Angola Luanda 24 October State Visit. Bilateral consultations with José Eduardo dos Santos.[180]
 Zimbabwe Harare 3 November SA-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission.[181]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 8 November African Union High Level Committee on Libya.[182]
 Cuba Havana 29 November State funeral of Fidel Castro.[183]

2017

2018

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