# List of state visits made and received by Albert II of Belgium

The list of King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium's state visits is:

## State visits abroad by King Albert II and Queen Paola in Belgium
### 1990s

| Date(s) | Country | Details |
| 17–20 March 1994 | Luxembourg | hosted by Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte, his sister |
| 03–5 May 1994 | Sweden | by King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia |
| 19–22 September 1994 | Spain | hosted by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain |
| 16–18 May 1995 | Denmark | hosted by Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark |
| 10–12 July 1995 | Germany | hosted by President Roman Herzog and Christiane Herzog |
| 05–7 June 1996 | Finland | hosted by President Martti Ahtisaari and Eeva Ahtisaari |
| 21–25 October 1996 | Japan | (with Prince Philippe), hosted by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko |
| 28–30 April 1997 | Norway | hosted by King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway |
| 06–8 October 1997 | Austria | visiting President Thomas Klestil |
| 19–21 February 1998 | Russia | Prince Philippe arrived on 18/02 for own program. |
| 12–15 May 1998 | Italy | visiting President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro |
| 10–12 May 1999 | Poland | visiting President Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Jolanta Kwaśniewska |
| 23–25 November 1999 | Portugal | visiting President Jorge Sampaio and Maria José Ritta |

### 2000s

| Date(s) | Country | Details |
| 04–6 April 2000 | Netherlands | visiting Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Netherlands |
| 24–26 October 2000 | Czech Republic | visiting President Václav Havel and Dagmar Havlová |
| 21–22 November 2000 | Switzerland | visiting President Adolf Ogi |
| 19–21 June 2001 | Greece | visiting President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos |
| 24–26 June 2002 | Hungary | visiting President Ferenc Mádl and Dalma Mádl |
| 14–16 October 2003 | Bulgaria | visiting President Georgi Parvanov and Zorka Parvanova |
| 27–29 October 2003 | France | visiting President Jacques Chirac and Bernadette Chirac |
| 05–7 October 2004 | Morocco | visiting King Muhammad VI and Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco |
| 04–11 June 2005 | China | visiting President Hu Jintao and Liu Yongqing |
| 20–22 March 2006 | Lithuania | visiting President Valdas Adamkus and Alma Adamkienė |
| 23–25 April 2007 | Latvia | visiting Madame President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and Imants Freibergs |
| 08–10 October 2007 | Ireland | visiting President Mary McAleese and Martin McAleese |
| 10–12 June 2008 | Estonia | visiting President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Evelin Ilves |
| 02–12 November 2008 | India | visiting Madame President Pratibha Devisingh Patil |
| 07–9 July 2009 | Romania | visiting President Traian Băsescu and Maria Băsescu |

### 2010s

| Date(s) | Country | Details |
| 29–30 March 2011 | Germany | hosted by President Horst Köhler and Eva Bohnet |

## State visits received by King Albert II and Queen Paola in Belgium
### 1990s

| Date(s) | Country | Details |
| 09–12 September 1993 | Japan | visited by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko |
| 13–15 July 1998 | Germany | visited by President Roman Herzog and Christiane Herzog |
| 16–18 March 1999 | Luxembourg | visited by Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte, his sister |

### 2000s

| Date(s) | Guest | Title | Country | Details |
| 08-11/4/2001 | Sweden | King and Queen | Carl XVI Gustaf Silvia of Sweden and Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden |
| 16–18/5/2000 | Spain | King and Queen | Juan Carlos and Sofía of Spain | first state visit with new Princess Mathilde of Belgium attending |
| 01/10/2001 | Poland | President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| 02/10/2001 | Russia | President | Vladimir Putin | audience followed by a lunch |
| 10/10/2001 | Africa | African Heads of State | gathered in Brussels in the frame of the "New African Initiative" |
| 15/10/2001 | Venezuela | President | Hugo Chávez |
| 29/11/2001 | Republic of Macedonia | President | Boris Trajkovski |
| 04/12/2001 | Burundi | President | Pierre Buyoya |
| 19/12/2001 | Algeria | President | Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
| 05/02/2002 | Bulgaria | President | Georgi Parvanov | |
| 19/03/2002 | Georgia | President | Eduard Shevardnadze | |
| 28–30 /5/2002 | Denmark | Queen | Margrethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark | |
| 11/06/2002 | Jordan | King and Queen | King Abdullah II and Queen Rania | |
| 03/10/2002 | Bulgaria | President | Georgi Parvanov | Audience by the King and Queen, followed by a lunch attended by King and Queen, Queen Fabiola, Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz, and Prince Laurent. |
| 15–17/10/2002 | Italy | President | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Franca Ciampi (& Audience 10/2003) |
| 19/11/2002 | Senegal | President | Abdoulaye Wade | |
| 04/12/2002 | Macedonia | President | Boris Trajkovski | |
| 05/12/2002 | Peru | President | Alejandro Toledo | |
| 10/12/2002 | Algeria | President | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | audience followed by a lunch |
| 11/02/2003 | Croatia | President | Stjepan Mesić | |
| 22/02/2003 | Burundi | President | Pierre Buyoya | |
| 25/03/2003 | Tajikistan | President | Emomalii Rahmon | |
| 19/05/2003 | World Bank | President | James Wolfensohn | lunch with Prince Philippe. |
| 20–22/2003 | Norway | King and Queen | Harald V and Sonja of Norway | first state visit with new Princess Claire of Belgium attending |
| 24/06/2003 | Moldova | President | Vladimir Voronin | |
| 08/07/2003 | Burundi | President | Domitien Ndayizeye | |
| 08/09/2003 | Benin | President | Mathieu Kérékou | |
| 01/10/2003 | Italy | President | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | Audience and lunch |
| 20/11/2003 | Ireland | President | Mary McAleese | |
| 04/12/2003 | Armenia | President | Robert Kocharyan | |
| 15/01/2004 | Burundi | President | Domitien Ndayizeye | |
| 09/02/2004 | Colombia | President | Álvaro Uribe | |
| 10/02/2004 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | President | Joseph Kabila | |
| 12/02/2004 | Bulgaria | President | Georgi Parvanov | |
| 11/03/2004 | Rwanda | President | Paul Kagame | |
| 30/3/-1/4/2004 | Finland | President | Tarja Halonen and Pentti Arajärvi | |
| 12/10/2004 | Tajikistan | President | Emomalii Rahmon | |
| 26–28/10/2004 | Poland | President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Jolanta Kwasniewska |
| 16/11/2004 | South Africa | President | Thabo Mbeki |
| 25/11/2004 | Jordan | King | Abdullah II | lunch |
| 16/12/2004 | Lithuania | President | Valdas Adamkus |
| 18/01/2005 | Germany | President | Horst Köhler |
| 1–3/2/2005 | Greece | President | Constantinos Stephanopoulos |
| 21/02/2005 | United States of America | President | George W. Bush |
| 22/02/2005 | Burkina Faso | President | Blaise Compaoré |
| 02/03/2005 | Palestinian National Authority | President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| 08/03/2005 | Malawi | President | Bingu wa Mutharika |
| 16/06/2005 | Romania | President | Traian Băsescu |
| 20/06/2005 | Gabon | President | Omar Bongo |
| 12/10/2005 | Peru | President | Alejandro Toledo |
| 18–20/10/2005 | Portugal | President | Jorge Sampaio and Maria José Ritta |
| 16/11/2005 | Mali | President | Amadou Toumani Touré | presence of Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde |
| 07/12/2005 | Burundi | President | Pierre Nkurunziza |
| 06/03/2006 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | President | Sulejman Tihić |
| 09/03/2006 | Serbia and Montenegro | President | Svetozar Marović |
| 15/05/2006 | Paraguay | President | Nicanor Duarte |
| 16/05/2006 | Bolivia | President | Evo Morales |
| 20–22/6/2006 | Netherlands | Queen | Beatrix of the Netherlands |
| 19/07/2006 | Mozambique | President | Armando Guebuza |
| 02/10/2006 | Latvia | President | Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga |
| 17/10/2006 | Benin | President | Yayi Boni |
| 16/11/2006 | Qatar | Emir | Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | Lunch in presence of the Queen, Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde. |
| 05/12/2006 | Kazakhstan | President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| 20/12/2006 | Estonia | President | Toomas Hendrik Ilves |
| 15/03/2007 | Liberia | President | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |
| 19/03/2007 | Ireland | President | Mary McAleese |
| 20–22 /3/2007 | Luxembourg | Grand Duke and Duchess | Henri, Grand Duke and Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg |
| 05/06/2007 | Mexico | President | Felipe Calderón |
| 24/09/2007 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | President | Joseph Kabila |
| 03/10/2007 | Bulgaria | President | Georgi Parvanov |
| 03/10/2007 | Romania | President | Traian Băsescu |
| 15–17 /4/2008 | Hungary | President | László Sólyom |
| 26/03/2009 | Turkey | President | Abdullah Gül |
| 14/05/2009 | Macedonia | President | Gjorge Ivanov |
| 17/06/2009 | Pakistan | President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| 18/06/2009 | Jordan | King | Abdullah II |
| 04/10/2009 | Brazil | President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| 14/10/2009 | Ukraine | President | Victor Yushchenko |
| 21/10/2009 | Burundi | President | Pierre Nkurunziza |
| 29/10/2009 | Lithuania | President | Dalia Grybauskaite |
| 26/11/2009 | Ecuador | President | Rafael Correa |
| 01/09/2010 | Poland | President | Bronisław Komorowski |
| 29/09/2010 | South Africa | President | Jacob Zuma |
| 05/10/2010 | South Korea | President | Lee Myung-bak |
| 05/10/2010 | Brunei | Sultan | Hassanal Bolkiah |
| 06/10/2010 | China | Prime Minister | Wen Jiabao |
| 08/12/2010 | Russia | President | Dmitry Medvedev |
| 15/12/2010 | Jordan | King | Abdullah II |
| 25/01/2011 | Hungary | President | Pál Schmitt |
| 25/05/2011 | Czech Republic | President | Vaclav Klaus |
| 19/10/2011 | Uruguay | President | José Mujica |
| 13/11/2012 | Poland | President | Bronisław Komorowski |
| 14/11/2012 | Chile | President | Sebastián Piñera |