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

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
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 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
First Lady Danuta Wałęsa		 Windsor Castle
66 23–26 July 1991  Egypt Republic President Hosni Mubarak[5][6]
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
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[7]
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[8][9]
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[10][11]
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[12][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][13][14]
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[15][16] Windsor Castle
103 30 April – 1 May 2013  United Arab Emirates Monarchy Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Windsor Castle [note 6]
104 5–7 November 2013  South Korea Republic President Park Geun-hye[17][18] Buckingham Palace
105 8–11 April 2014  Ireland Republic President Michael D. Higgins[19][20]
Mrs Sabina Higgins		 Windsor Castle
106 21–24 October 2014  Singapore Republic President Tony Tan[2][21][22]
First Lady Mary Tan		 Buckingham Palace
107 3–5 March 2015  Mexico Republic President Enrique Peña Nieto[23][24]
First Lady Angélica Rivera		 Buckingham Palace
108 20–23 October 2015  China Republic President Xi Jinping[25][26]
Mme Peng Liyuan		 Buckingham Palace
109 1–3 November 2016  Colombia Republic President Juan Manuel Santos[27][28]
First Lady María Clemencia Rodríguez		 Buckingham Palace
110 12–14 July 2017  Spain Monarchy King Felipe VI[29][30]
Queen Letizia		 Buckingham Palace
111 23–24 October 2018  Netherlands Monarchy King Willem-Alexander[31][32]
Queen Máxima		 Buckingham Palace
112 3–5 June 2019  United States Republic President Donald Trump[33]
First Lady Melania Trump		 Buckingham Palace

Countries who have made state visits

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

Notes

  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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