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List of state visits received by Elizabeth II

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After acceding to the thrones of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms in February 1952, Queen Elizabeth II received a total of 113 state visits.[1] She usually hosted one or two visiting heads of state each year. A state visit normally lasted for four days, including a state banquet given by the Queen at one of the royal residences as well as a formal reception of the City of London at Guildhall.[a]

List of visits

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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 Emperor Haile Salassie I
3 25–28 October 1955 Portugal Republic President Francisco Craveiro Lopes
First Lady Berta Craveiro Lopes
4 16–19 July 1956 Iraq Monarchy King Faisal II
5 13–16 May 1958 Italy Republic President Giovanni Gronchi
Mme Carla Gronchi
6 21–23 October 1958 West Germany Republic President Theodor Heuss
7 5–8 May 1959 Iran Monarchy Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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
10 17–20 October 1960 Nepal King Mahendra
Queen Ratna
11 10–13 July 1962 Liberia Republic President William Tubman
First Lady Antoinette Tubman
12 16–19 October 1962 Norway Monarchy King Olav V Holyrood Palace[b]
13 14–17 May 1963 Belgium King Baudouin I
Queen Fabiola		 Buckingham Palace
14 12–23 June 1963 India Republic President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan[3]
15 9–12 July 1963 Greece Monarchy King Paul I
Queen Frederika
16 26 May – 4 June 1964 Sudan Republic President Ibrahim Abboud[4][5]
17 13–17 July 1965 Chile President Eduardo Frei Montalva
First Lady María Ruiz-Tagle Jiménez
18 17–21 May 1966 Austria President Franz Jonas
First Lady Margarete Jonas
19 19–28 July 1966 Jordan Monarchy King Hussein I
Princess Muna al-Hussein
20 17–25 November 1966 Pakistan Republic President Ayub Khan[3]
21 9–17 May 1967 Saudi Arabia Monarchy King Faisal
22 1–8 November 1967 Turkey Republic President Cevdet Sunay
First Lady Atıfet Sunay
23 22–30 April 1969 Italy President Giuseppe Saragat
Mme Ernestina Santacatterina		 Windsor Castle[c]
24 15–20 July 1969 Finland President Urho Kekkonen
First Lady Sylvi Kekkonen		 Buckingham Palace
1970s
25 5–8 October 1971 Japan Monarchy Emperor Hirohito[d][6][7]
Empress Nagako		 Buckingham Palace
26 7–10 December 1971 Afghanistan King Mohammed Zahir Shah
27 11–15 April 1972 Netherlands Queen Juliana[e]
Prince Bernhard		 Windsor Castle
28 13–16 June 1972 Luxembourg 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 President Luis Echeverría
First Lady María Esther Zuno
31 12–15 June 1973 Nigeria General Yakubu Gowon[3]
First Lady Victoria Gowon		 Buckingham Palace
32 11–14 December 1973 Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko
First Lady Marie-Antoinette Mobutu
33 30 April – 3 May 1974 Denmark Monarchy Queen Margrethe II
Prince Henrik		 Windsor Castle
34 9–12 July 1974 Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim of Kedah[3]
Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bahiyah		 Buckingham Palace
35 8–11 July 1975 Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf[8] Holyrood Palace
36 18–21 November 1975 Tanzania Republic President Julius Nyerere[3] Buckingham Palace
37 4–7 May 1976 Brazil President Ernesto Geisel
First Lady Lucy Geisel
38 22–25 June 1976 France President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Mme Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing
39 13–16 June 1978 Romania President Nicolae Ceaușescu
First Lady Elena Ceaușescu
40 14–17 November 1978 Portugal President António Ramalho Eanes
First Lady Manuela Ramalho Eanes
41 12–15 June 1979 Kenya President Daniel arap Moi[3]
42 13–16 November 1979 Indonesia President Suharto
First Lady Siti Hartinah
1980s
43 18–21 November 1980 Nepal Monarchy King Birendra
Queen Aishwarya		 Buckingham Palace
44 17–20 March 1981 Nigeria Republic President Shehu Shagari[3]
45 9–12 June 1981 Saudi Arabia Monarchy King Khalid
46 16–19 March 1982 Oman Sultan Qaboos bin Said
47 16–19 November 1982 Netherlands Queen Beatrix
Prince Claus
48 22–25 March 1983 Zambia Republic President Kenneth Kaunda[3]
First Lady Betty Kaunda
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[9][10]
Mme Danielle Mitterrand		 Buckingham Palace
51 16–19 April 1985 Malawi President Hastings Banda[3] Windsor Castle
52 11–14 June 1985 Mexico 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
54 22–25 April 1986 Spain King Juan Carlos I[11]
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
57 14–17 July 1987 Morocco King Hassan II[12][13]
58 12–15 April 1988 Norway King Olav V[f] Windsor Castle
59 12–15 July 1988 Turkey Republic President Kenan Evren Buckingham Palace
60 8–11 November 1988 Senegal President Abdou Diouf
First Lady Elizabeth Diouf
61 9–12 May 1989 Nigeria President Ibrahim Babangida[3][14]
First Lady Maryam Babangida
62 18–21 July 1989 United Arab Emirates Monarchy Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
1990s
63 3–6 April 1990 India Republic President R. Venkataraman[3]
First Lady Janaki Venkataraman		 Buckingham Palace
64 23–26 October 1990 Italy President Francesco Cossiga
65 23–26 April 1991 Poland President Lech Wałęsa[15][16]
First Lady Danuta Wałęsa		 Windsor Castle
66 23–26 July 1991 Egypt President Hosni Mubarak[17][18]
First Lady Suzanne Mubarak		 Buckingham Palace
67 3–6 November 1992 Brunei Monarchy Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah[3]
Queen Saleha
68 27–30 April 1993 Portugal Republic President Mário Soares[19][20]
First Lady Maria Barroso
69 9–12 November 1993 Malaysia Monarchy Yang di-Pertuan Agong Azlan Shah of Perak[3]
Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bainun
70 17–20 May 1994 Zimbabwe Republic President Robert Mugabe[3]
71 5–8 July 1994 Norway Monarchy King Harald V
Queen Sonja		 Holyrood Palace
72 23–26 May 1995 Kuwait Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Buckingham Palace
73 17–20 October 1995 Finland Republic President Martti Ahtisaari
First Lady Eeva Ahtisaari
74 14–17 May 1996 France President Jacques Chirac
Mme Bernadette Chirac
75 9–12 July 1996 South Africa President Nelson Mandela[3]
76 25–28 February 1997 Israel President Ezer Weizman
Mme Reuma Weizman
77 2–5 December 1997 Brazil President Fernando Henrique Cardoso
First Lady Ruth Cardoso
78 26–29 May 1998 Japan Monarchy Emperor Akihito[21][22]
Empress Michiko
79 1–4 December 1998 Germany Republic President Roman Herzog
Mme Christiane Herzog		 Windsor Castle
80 22–25 June 1999 Hungary President Árpád Göncz[23]
First Lady Zsuzsanna Göncz
81 19–22 October 1999 China President and CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin[24][25]
Mme Wang Yeping		 Buckingham Palace
2000s
82 16–18 February 2000 Denmark Monarchy Queen Margrethe II[g]
Prince Henrik		 Windsor Castle
83 12–15 June 2001 South Africa Republic President Thabo Mbeki[3]
First Lady Zanele Dlamini Mbeki
84 6–9 November 2001 Jordan Monarchy King Abdullah II
Queen Rania
85 24–27 June 2003 Russia Republic President Vladimir Putin[26][27]
First Lady Lyudmila Putina		 Buckingham Palace
86 18–21 November 2003 United States President George W. Bush
First Lady Laura Bush
87 5–7 May 2004 Poland President Aleksander Kwaśniewski
First Lady Jolanta Kwaśniewska
88 1–3 December 2004 South Korea President Roh Moo-hyun[28][29]
First Lady Kwon Yang-sook
89 15–18 March 2005 Italy President Carlo Ciampi[30][31]
Mme Franca Ciampi
90 8–10 November 2005 China President and CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao
Mme Liu Yongqing
91 7–9 March 2006 Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
First Lady Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
92 13–15 March 2007 Ghana President John Kufuor[32][3]
First Lady Theresa Kufuor
93 30 October – 1 November 2007 Saudi Arabia Monarchy King Abdullah
94 26–27 March 2008 France Republic President Nicolas Sarkozy[33][34]
Mme Carla Bruni		 Windsor Castle
95 30 March – 2 April 2009 Mexico President Felipe Calderón
First Lady Margarita Zavala		 Buckingham Palace
96 27–29 October 2009 India President Pratibha Patil[3]
First Gentleman Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat		 Windsor Castle
2010s
97 3–5 March 2010 South Africa Republic President Jacob Zuma[3][35][36]
First Lady Thobeka Mabhija Zuma		 Buckingham Palace
98 16–19 September 2010 Holy See Monarchy Pope Benedict XVI[37][2][h] — [i]
99 26–28 October 2010 Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Sheikha Moza bint Nasser		 Windsor Castle
100 24–26 May 2011 United States Republic President Barack Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama		 Buckingham Palace
101 22–24 November 2011 Turkey President Abdullah Gül
First Lady Hayrünnisa Gül
102 31 October – 2 November 2012 Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
First Lady Kristiani Herrawati
103 27–29 November 2012 Kuwait Monarchy Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah[38][39] Windsor Castle
104 30 April – 1 May 2013 United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan[40][41] Windsor Castle[j]
105 5–7 November 2013 South Korea Republic President Park Geun-hye[42][43] Buckingham Palace
106 8–11 April 2014 Ireland President Michael D. Higgins[44][45]
Mrs Sabina Higgins		 Windsor Castle
107 21–24 October 2014 Singapore President Tony Tan[3][46][47]
First Lady Mary Tan		 Buckingham Palace
108 3–5 March 2015 Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto[48][49]
First Lady Angélica Rivera
109 20–23 October 2015 China President and CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping[50][51]
Mme Peng Liyuan
110 1–3 November 2016 Colombia Republic President Juan Manuel Santos[52][53]
First Lady María Clemencia Rodríguez
111 12–14 July 2017 Spain Monarchy King Felipe VI[54][55]
Queen Letizia
112 23–24 October 2018 Netherlands King Willem-Alexander[56][57]
Queen Máxima
113 3–5 June 2019 United States Republic President Donald Trump[58]
First Lady Melania Trump
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Countries that made state visits

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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 3 visits for West Germany and 1 for the reunited Germany.
Ghana 1
Greece 1 Monarchy abolished in 1973.
Holy See 1
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
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Notes

  1. [a]
    According to the palace, any visit that did not include a state banquet given by the Queen was not considered a state visit (e.g. the visits to the United Kingdom of John F. Kennedy in June 1961, Carlos Andrés Pérez in November 1976, Carlos Menem in October 1998, Hugo Chávez in October 2001 and Abdelaziz Bouteflika in July 2006), except for the Papal visit in September 2010 which was specifically designated a state visit by the British government despite the missing of a state banquet.[2] On his short visit in June 1982, Ronald Reagan was given a state banquet by the Queen at Windsor Castle, but this was still not considered a state visit due to the missing of other protocol such as the formal welcome in the City.
  2. [b]
    This was the first use of Holyrood Palace by the British monarch for state visits in modern times.
  3. [c]
    This was the first use of Windsor Castle for state visits since 1909.
  4. [d]
    He made an official visit to Britain as Crown Prince in May 1921 which was received by King George V.
  5. [e]
    Her second state visit to the United Kingdom. The first was received by King George VI in November 1950.
  6. [f]
    His second state visit to the United Kingdom during the Queen's reign.
  7. [g]
    Her second state visit to the United Kingdom during the Queen's reign.
  8. [h]
    The first state visit of a pope to the United Kingdom. The Pope performs diplomatic functions not in the name of Vatican City, but that of the Holy see.
  9. [i]
    Although no state banquet was held, this visit was specifically designated a state visit by the British government. The Queen hosted the Pope at Holyrood Palace.
  10. [j]
    A state luncheon was held instead of a state dinner.

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