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List of state visits made by Elizabeth II

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Queen Elizabeth II undertook a number of state and official visits over her 70-year reign (1952 to 2022),[1] as well as trips throughout the Commonwealth, making her the most widely travelled head of state in history. She did not require a British passport for travelling overseas, as all British passports were issued in her name.[2]

Overseas trips made by Elizabeth II
  United Kingdom
  10 visits or more
  9 visits
  8 visits
  7 visits
  6 visits
  5 visits
  4 visits
  3 visits
  2 visits
  1 visit
Presentation of a book of the Six Decades of H.M. The Queen's Commonwealth and State Visits, 18 December 2012

Elizabeth II was the sovereign of more than one independent state and represented both Canada and the United Kingdom on state visits, though the former on just two occasions. The relevant governor-general usually carried out state visits on the Queen's behalf.

As Queen of Canada

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DateCountryCities visitedHost
17–20 October 1957 United States[3][4][5][6][7][a]Jamestown, Washington, D.C., New York CityPresident Eisenhower
27 June and 6 July 1959 United States[5][7]Massena,[9] ChicagoVice President Nixon, Governor Stratton
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As Queen of the United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh hosted by President Sandro Pertini at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy, October 1980
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DateCountryCities visitedHost
29 November 1953 Panama Canal Zone
(part of a wider tour, not a state visit)		ColónGovernor John S. Seybold[10]
29–30 November 1953 PanamaPanama CityPresident Remón[11]
1 May 1954 Kingdom of LibyaTobrukKing Idris[12]
24–26 June 1955 NorwayOsloKing Haakon VII
8–10 June 1956 SwedenStockholmKing Gustaf VI Adolf[13]
18–21 February 1957 PortugalMontijo, Setúbal, Lisbon, Queluz,[14] Caldas da Rainha, Nazaré, Alcobaça, Batalha, Vila Franca de Xira[15]President Lopes
8–11 April 1957 FranceParis, Lille[16]President Coty
21–23 May 1957 DenmarkCopenhagenKing Frederick IX
17–20 October 1957 United States[3][4][17][a]New York City, Washington, D.C., WilliamsburgPresident Eisenhower
25–27 March 1958 NetherlandsAmsterdam, Delft, Rotterdam, The Hague[18][19][20]Queen Juliana
26 February – 2 March 1961 Kingdom of NepalKathmandu, PokharaKing Mahendra
2–6 March 1961 IranTehran, Isfahan, Persepolis[21]Shah Mohammad Reza
2–5 May 1961 ItalyRome, Naples, Venice, Florence, Milan, Cagliari, Turin[22][23]President Gronchi
5 May 1961 Vatican CityPope John XXIII
23 November 1961 LiberiaMonroviaPresident Tubman
1–8 February 1965 Ethiopian EmpireAddis Ababa, Asmara, Gondar[24]Emperor Haile Selassie
8–12 February 1965 SudanKhartoum, Al-Ubayyid[25]President Mahi
18–28 May 1965 West GermanyBonn, Königswinter, Koblenz, Kaub, Wiesbaden, Munich, Stuttgart, Marbach, Schwäbisch Hall, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Soest, Gütersloh, Hanover, Hamburg[26][27][28][29][30][31]President Lübke
27 May 1965 West BerlinWest Berlin[32]Mayor Brandt
9–13 May 1966 BelgiumBrussels, Antwerp[33]King Baudouin
5–11 November 1968 BrazilRecife, Salvador, Brasília, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro[34]President Costa e Silva
11–18 November 1968 ChileSantiago, Valparaíso, Pucón[35]President Frei
5–10 May 1969 AustriaVienna, Salzburg, InnsbruckPresident Jonas
18–25 October 1971 TurkeyAnkara, İzmir, Istanbul, Kuşadası, Ephesus, Gallipoli[36]President Sunay
10–15 February 1972 ThailandBangkokKing Bhumibol Adulyadej
13–14 March 1972 MaldivesMalé, GanPresident Nasir
15–19 May 1972 FranceParisPresident Pompidou
17–21 October 1972 YugoslaviaBelgrade, Dubrovnik, Zagreb[37][38][39]President Tito
15–22 March 1974 IndonesiaBali, Jakarta, Magelang, Yogyakarta[40][41]President Suharto
24 February – 1 March 1975 MexicoMexico City, Cozumel, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Mérida, Tizimín, Veracruz[42]President Echeverría
7–12 May 1975 JapanTokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Ise[43][44][45]Emperor Hirohito
25–28 May 1976 FinlandHelsinki, Turku, JyväskyläPresident Kekkonen
6–11 July 1976 United StatesPhiladelphia, Washington, New York City, New Haven, Charlottesville, Providence, Boston[46][47]President Ford
8–12 November 1976 LuxembourgGrand Duke Jean
9 February 1977 American Samoa
(part of a wider tour; not a state visit)		Pago Pago[48]Governor Frank E. Barnett
22–26 May 1978 West GermanyBonn, Mainz, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Kiel[49][50]President Scheel
26 May 1978 West BerlinWest Berlin[49][50][51]Mayor Stobbe
12–14 February 1979 KuwaitKuwait CityEmir Jaber III
14–17 February 1979 BahrainEmir Isa
17–20 February 1979 Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Dhahran[52]King Khalid
21–24 February 1979 QatarEmir Khalifa
24–27 February 1979 United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai[52]Sheikh Zayed
28 February – 2 March 1979 OmanMuscat,[53] Nizwa[54]Sultan Qaboos
16 May 1979 DenmarkCopenhagen, Aalborg[55]Queen Margrethe II
29 April – 2 May 1980  SwitzerlandBern, Basel, Lausanne, Lucerne, Rütli, Montreux, Veytaux (Chillon Castle), Zurich, Geneva (ICRC)[56][57][58]President Chevallaz
14–17 October 1980 ItalyRome, Genoa, Naples, Pompeii, Palermo[59]President Pertini
17 October 1980 Vatican CityPope John Paul II
21–23 October 1980 TunisiaTunis, Borj El Amri[60]President Bourguiba
25–27 October 1980 AlgeriaAlgiersPresident Bendjedid
27–30 October 1980 MoroccoRabat, Marrakesh, Casablanca[61]King Hassan II
5–8 May 1981 NorwayOsloKing Olav V
17–22 February 1983 Mexico[62]Acapulco, Lázaro Cárdenas, Puerto Vallarta, La Paz[63]President de la Madrid
26 February – 6 March 1983 United States
(not a state visit)		San Diego, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Sierra Madre, Duarte, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Sacramento, Stanford, Palo Alto, Yosemite, Seattle[64]President Reagan
25–28 May 1983 SwedenStockholm, Gothenburg[65]King Carl XVI Gustaf
26–30 March 1984 JordanAmman, Petra, Aqaba[66]King Hussein
25–29 March 1985 PortugalLisbon, Évora, Porto[67]President Eanes
17–21 February 1986   NepalKathmanduKing Birendra
12–18 October 1986 People's Republic of ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Kunming, Guangzhou[68]President Li
26–27 May 1987 West GermanyPresident von Weizsäcker[69]
17–21 October 1988 SpainMadrid, Seville, Barcelona, Mallorca[70]King Juan Carlos I
25–27 June 1990 IcelandReykjavíkPresident Vigdís
23 November 1990 GermanyBonn, WeezePresident von Weizsäcker[71]
14–26 May 1991 United StatesWashington, D.C., Arlington, Baltimore, Tampa, Miami, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston[72]President George H. W. Bush
9–12 June 1992 FranceParis, Blois, Bordeaux[73]President Mitterrand
19–23 October 1992 GermanyBonn, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden[74]President von Weizsäcker
4–7 May 1993 HungaryBudapest, Kecskemét, Bugac[75]President Göncz
7 August 1993 BelgiumBrussels (for King Baudouin's funeral)Albert, the Prince of Liège[76]
6 May 1994 FranceCalaisPresident Mitterrand[77]
17–20 October 1994 RussiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg[78]President Yeltsin
21 October 1994 Finland
(official visit; not state visit)		 Helsinki[79] President Ahtisaari
25–27 March 1996 PolandWarsaw, KrakówPresident Kwaśniewski
27–29 March 1996 Czech RepublicPrague, Brno[80]President Havel
28 October – 1 November 1996 ThailandBangkok, Ayutthaya[81]King Bhumibol Adulyadej
11 November 1998 BelgiumYpres[82]King Albert II[83]
19–22 April 1999 South KoreaSeoul, Andong[84]President Kim Dae-jung
16–19 October 2000 ItalyRome, Milan[85]President Ciampi
17 October 2000 Vatican CityPope John Paul II
30 May – 1 June 2001 NorwayOslo[86]King Harald V
5–7 April 2004 FranceParis, Toulouse[87]President Chirac
2–4 November 2004 GermanyBerlin, Potsdam,[88] Düsseldorf[89]President Köhler
16–17 October 2006 LithuaniaVilnius[90]President Adamkus
18–19 October 2006 LatviaRiga[90]President Vike-Freiberga
19–20 October 2006 EstoniaTallinn[90]President Ilves
5 February 2007 NetherlandsThe Hague, Amsterdam[91]Queen Beatrix
3–8 May 2007 United StatesWashington, Richmond, Jamestown, Williamsburg, Lexington, Louisville, Greenbelt[92]President George W. Bush
11–12 July 2007 BelgiumBrussels, Ypres, Laeken,[93] Wavre[94]King Albert II
13–16 May 2008 TurkeyAnkara, Istanbul, Bursa[36]President Gül
21–22 October 2008 SloveniaLjubljana, Kranj[95]President Türk
23–24 October 2008 SlovakiaBratislava, Starý Smokovec, Hrebienok, Poprad[96]President Gašparovič
6 July 2010 United States
(official visit; not state visit)		New York City[97]Secretary-General Ki-moon
24–25 November 2010 United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiSheikh Khalifa
25–28 November 2010 OmanMuscatSultan Qaboos
17–20 May 2011 IrelandDublin, Kildare, Cashel, Cork[98]President McAleese
3 April 2014 ItalyRomePresident Napolitano
3 April 2014 Vatican CityPope Francis
5–7 June 2014 FrancePresident Hollande[1]
23–26 June 2015 Germany[99]Berlin, Frankfurt, Celle[100]President Gauck
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Among the guests who attended the state dinner hosted by the Eisenhowers in the White House on 17 October were Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife Lady Bird, making this the only occasion on which the Queen and LBJ ever met.[8]

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