List of state visits received by Elizabeth II

After acceding to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II received a total of 112 state visits. 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.
==List of visits==
No. 	Date 	Country	Regime 	Guests 	Venue for State Banquet
1950s	1950s 	1950s 	1950s 	1950s 	1950s
1 	28 June – 1 July 1954 	 	Monarchy	King Gustaf VI AdolfQueen Louise 	Buckingham Palace
2 	14–16 October 1954 	 	Monarchy	Emperor Haile Salassie I 	Buckingham Palace
3 	25–28 October 1955 	 	Republic	President Francisco Craveiro LopesFirst Lady Berta Ribeiro Artur 	Buckingham Palace
4 	16–19 July 1956 	 	Monarchy	King Faisal II 	Buckingham Palace
5 	13–16 May 1958 	 	Republic	President Giovanni GronchiMme Carla Gronchi 	Buckingham Palace
6 	21–23 October 1958 	 	Republic	President Theodor Heuss 	Buckingham Palace
7 	5–8 May 1959 	 	Monarchy	Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 	Buckingham Palace
1960s	1960s 	1960s 	1960s 	1960s 	1960s
8 	5–8 April 1960 	 	Republic	President Charles de GaulleMme Yvonne de Gaulle 	Buckingham Palace
9 	19–21 July 1960 	 	Monarchy	King Bhumibol AdulyadejQueen Sirikit 	Buckingham Palace
10 	17–20 October 1960 	 	Monarchy	King MahendraQueen Ratna 	Buckingham Palace
11 	10–13 July 1962 	 	Republic	President William TubmanFirst Lady Antoinette Tubman 	Buckingham Palace
12 	16–19 October 1962 	 	Monarchy	King Olav V 	Palace of Holyroodhouse
13 	14–17 May 1963 	 	Monarchy	King Baudouin IQueen Fabiola 	Buckingham Palace
14 	12–23 June 1963 	 	Republic	President Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanCommonwealth Visit 	Buckingham Palace
15 	9–12 July 1963 	 	Monarchy	King Paul IQueen Frederika 	Buckingham Palace
16 	26 May – 4 June 1964 	 	Republic	President Ibrahim Abboud 	Buckingham Palace
17 	13–17 July 1965 	 	Republic	President Eduardo Frei MontalvaFirst Lady María Ruiz-Tagle Jiménez 	Buckingham Palace
18 	17–21 May 1966 	 	Republic	President Franz JonasFirst Lady Margarete Jonas 	Buckingham Palace
19 	19–28 July 1966 	 	Monarchy	King Hussein IPrincess Muna al-Hussein 	Buckingham Palace
20 	17–25 November 1966 	 	Republic	President Ayub Khan 	Buckingham Palace
21 	9–17 May 1967 	 	Monarchy	King Faisal 	Buckingham Palace
22 	1–8 November 1967 	 	Republic	President Cevdet SunayFirst Lady Atıfet Sunay 	Buckingham Palace
23 	22–30 April 1969 	 	Republic	President Giuseppe SaragatMme Ernestina Santacatterina 	Windsor Castle
24 	15–20 July 1969 	 	Republic	President Urho KekkonenFirst Lady Sylvi Kekkonen 	Buckingham Palace
1970s	1970s 	1970s 	1970s 	1970s 	1970s
25 	5–8 October 1971 	 	Monarchy	Emperor HirohitoEmpress Nagako 	Buckingham Palace
26 	7–10 December 1971 	 	Monarchy	King Mohammed Zahir Shah 	Buckingham Palace
27 	11–15 April 1972 	 	Monarchy	Queen JulianaPrince Bernhard 	Windsor Castle
28 	13–16 June 1972 	 	Monarchy	Grand Duke JeanGrand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte 	Buckingham Palace
29 	24–27 October 1972 	 	Republic	President Gustav HeinemannMme Hilda Heinemann 	Windsor Castle
30 	3–6 April 1973 	 	Republic	President Luis EcheverríaFirst Lady María Esther Zuno 	Windsor Castle
31 	12–15 June 1973 	 	Republic	General Yakubu GowonFirst Lady Victoria Gowon 	Buckingham Palace
32 	11–14 December 1973 	 	Republic	President Mobutu Sese SekoFirst Lady Marie-Antoinette Mobutu 	Buckingham Palace
33 	30 April – 3 May 1974 	 	Monarchy	Queen Margrethe IIPrince Henrik 	Windsor Castle
34 	9–12 July 1974 	 	Monarchy	Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim of Kedah Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bahiyah	Buckingham Palace
35 	8–11 July 1975 	 	Monarchy	King Carl XVI Gustaf 	Palace of Holyroodhouse
36 	18–21 November 1975 	 	Republic	President Julius Nyerere 	Buckingham Palace
37 	4–7 May 1976 	 	Republic	President Ernesto GeiselFirst Lady Lucy Geisel 	Buckingham Palace
38 	22–25 June 1976 	 	Republic	President Valéry Giscard d'EstaingMme Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing 	Buckingham Palace
39 	13–16 June 1978 	 	Republic	President Nicolae CeaușescuFirst Lady Elena Ceaușescu 	Buckingham Palace
40 	14–17 November 1978 	 	Republic	President António Ramalho EanesFirst Lady Manuela Ramalho Eanes 	Buckingham Palace
41 	12–15 June 1979 	 	Republic	President Daniel arap Moi 	Buckingham Palace
42 	13–16 November 1979 	 	Republic	President SuhartoFirst Lady Siti Hartinah 	Buckingham Palace
1980s	1980s 	1980s 	1980s 	1980s 	1980s
43 	18–21 November 1980 	 	Monarchy	King BirendraQueen Aishwarya 	Buckingham Palace
44 	17–20 March 1981 	 	Republic	President Shehu Shagari 	Buckingham Palace
45 	9–12 June 1981 	 	Monarchy	King Khalid 	Buckingham Palace
46 	16–19 March 1982 	 	Monarchy	Sultan Qaboos bin Said 	Buckingham Palace
47 	16–19 November 1982 	 	Monarchy	Queen BeatrixPrince Claus 	Buckingham Palace
48 	22–25 March 1983 	 	Republic	President Kenneth KaundaFirst Lady Betty Kaunda 	Buckingham Palace
49 	10–13 April 1984 	 	Monarchy	Emir Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa 	Windsor Castle
50 	23–26 October 1984 	 	Republic	President François MitterrandMme Danielle Mitterrand 	Buckingham Palace
51 	16–19 April 1985 	 	Republic	President Hastings Banda 	Windsor Castle
52 	11–14 June 1985 	 	Republic	President Miguel de la MadridFirst Lady Paloma Cordero 	Buckingham Palace
53 	12–15 November 1985 	 	Monarchy	Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani 	Buckingham Palace
54 	22–25 April 1986 	 	Monarchy	King Juan Carlos IQueen Sofía 	Windsor Castle
55 	1–4 July 1986 	 	Republic	President Richard von WeizsäckerMme Marianne von Weizsäcker 	Buckingham Palace
56 	24–27 March 1987 	 	Monarchy	King Fahd 	Buckingham Palace
57 	14–17 July 1987 	 	Monarchy	King Hassan II 	Buckingham Palace
58 	12–15 April 1988 	 	Monarchy	King Olav V 	Windsor Castle
59 	12–15 July 1988 	 	Republic	President Kenan Evren 	Buckingham Palace
60 	8–11 November 1988 	 	Republic	President Abdou DioufFirst Lady Elizabeth Diouf 	Buckingham Palace
61 	9–12 May 1989 	 	Republic	President Ibrahim BabangidaFirst Lady Maryam Babangida 	Buckingham Palace
62 	18–21 July 1989 	 	Monarchy	Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan 	Buckingham Palace
1990s	1990s 	1990s 	1990s 	1990s 	1990s
63 	3–6 April 1990 	 	Republic	President R. VenkataramanFirst Lady Janaki Venkataraman 	Buckingham Palace
64 	23–26 October 1990 	 	Republic	President Francesco Cossiga 	Buckingham Palace
65 	23–26 April 1991 	 	Republic	President Lech WałęsaFirst Lady Danuta Wałęsa 	Windsor Castle
66 	23–26 July 1991 	 	Republic	President Hosni MubarakFirst Lady Suzanne Mubarak 	Buckingham Palace
67 	3–6 November 1992 	 	Monarchy	Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Queen Saleha 	Buckingham Palace
68 	27–30 April 1993 	 	Republic	President Mário SoaresFirst Lady Maria Barroso 	Buckingham Palace
69 	9–12 November 1993 	 	Monarchy	Yang di-Pertuan Agong Azlan Shah of PerakRaja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bainun 	Buckingham Palace
70 	17–20 May 1994 	 	Republic	President Robert Mugabe 	Buckingham Palace
71 	5–8 July 1994 	 	Monarchy	King Harald VQueen Sonja 	Palace of Holyroodhouse
72 	23–26 May 1995 	 	Monarchy	Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah 	Buckingham Palace
73 	17–20 October 1995 	 	Republic	President Martti AhtisaariFirst Lady Eeva Ahtisaari 	Buckingham Palace
74 	14–17 May 1996 	 	Republic	President Jacques ChiracMme Bernadette Chirac 	Buckingham Palace
75 	9–12 July 1996 	 	Republic	President Nelson Mandela 	Buckingham Palace
76 	25–28 February 1997 	 	Republic	President Ezer WeizmanMme Reuma Weizman 	Buckingham Palace
77 	2–5 December 1997 	 	Republic	President Fernando Henrique CardosoFirst Lady Ruth Cardoso 	Buckingham Palace
78 	26–29 May 1998 	 	Monarchy	Emperor AkihitoEmpress Michiko 	Buckingham Palace
79 	1–4 December 1998 	 	Republic	President Roman HerzogMme Christiane Herzog 	Windsor Castle
80 	22–25 June 1999 	 	Republic	President Árpád GönczFirst Lady Zsuzsanna Göncz 	Windsor Castle
81 	19–22 October 1999 	 	Republic	President Jiang ZeminMme Wang Yeping 	Buckingham Palace
2000s	2000s 	2000s 	2000s 	2000s 	2000s
82 	16–18 February 2000 	 	Monarchy	Queen Margrethe IIPrince Henrik 	Windsor Castle
83 	12–15 June 2001 	 	Republic	President Thabo MbekiFirst Lady Zanele Dlamini Mbeki 	Windsor Castle
84 	6–9 November 2001 	 	Monarchy	King Abdullah IIQueen Rania 	Windsor Castle
85 	24–27 June 2003 	 	Republic	President Vladimir PutinFirst Lady Lyudmila Putina 	Buckingham Palace
86 	18–21 November 2003 	 	Republic	President George W. BushFirst Lady Laura Bush 	Buckingham Palace
87 	5–7 May 2004 	 	Republic	President Aleksander KwaśniewskiFirst Lady Jolanta Kwaśniewska 	Buckingham Palace
88 	1–3 December 2004 	 	Republic	President Roh Moo-hyunFirst Lady Kwon Yang-sook 	Buckingham Palace
89 	15–18 March 2005 	 	Republic	President Carlo CiampiMme Franca Ciampi 	Buckingham Palace
90 	8–10 November 2005 	 	Republic	President Hu JintaoMrs. Liu Yongqing 	Buckingham Palace
91 	7–9 March 2006 	 	Republic	President Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaFirst Lady Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva 	Buckingham Palace
92 	13–15 March 2007 	 	Republic	President John KufuorFirst Lady Theresa Kufuor 	Buckingham Palace
93 	30 October – 1 November 2007	 	Monarchy	King Abdullah 	Buckingham Palace
94 	26–27 March 2008 	 	Republic	President Nicolas SarkozyMme Carla Bruni 	Windsor Castle
95 	30 March – 2 April 2009 	 	Republic	President Felipe CalderónFirst Lady Margarita Zavala 	Buckingham Palace
96 	27–29 October 2009 	 	Republic	President Pratibha PatilFirst Gentleman Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat 	Windsor Castle
2010s	2010s 	2010s 	2010s 	2010s 	2010s
97 	3–5 March 2010 	 	Republic	President Jacob ZumaFirst Lady Thobeka Mabhija Zuma 	Buckingham Palace
98 	26–28 October 2010 	 	Monarchy	Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al ThaniSheikha Moza bint Nasser 	Windsor Castle
99 	24–26 May 2011 	 	Republic	President Barack ObamaFirst Lady Michelle Obama 	Buckingham Palace
100 	22–24 November 2011 	 	Republic	President Abdullah GülFirst Lady Hayrünnisa Gül 	Buckingham Palace
101 	31 October – 2 November 2012	 	Republic	President Susilo Bambang YudhoyonoFirst Lady Kristiani Herrawati 	Buckingham Palace
102 	27–29 November 2012 	 	Monarchy	Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 	Windsor Castle
103 	30 April – 1 May 2013 	 	Monarchy	Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan 	Windsor Castle
104 	5–7 November 2013 	 	Republic	President Park Geun-hye 	Buckingham Palace
105 	8–11 April 2014 	 	Republic	President Michael D. HigginsMrs Sabina Higgins 	Windsor Castle
106 	21–24 October 2014 	 	Republic	President Tony TanFirst Lady Mary Tan 	Buckingham Palace
107 	3–5 March 2015 	 	Republic	President Enrique Peña NietoFirst Lady Angélica Rivera 	Buckingham Palace
108 	20–23 October 2015 	 	Republic	President Xi JinpingMme Peng Liyuan 	Buckingham Palace
109 	1–3 November 2016 	 	Republic	President Juan Manuel SantosFirst Lady María Clemencia Rodríguez 	Buckingham Palace
110 	12–14 July 2017 	 	Monarchy	King Felipe VIQueen Letizia 	Buckingham Palace
111 	23–24 October 2018 	 	Monarchy	King Willem-AlexanderQueen Máxima 	Buckingham Palace
112 	3–5 June 2019 	 	Republic	President Donald TrumpFirst Lady Melania Trump 	Buckingham Palace
==Countries who made state visits==
Countries	State Visits	Notes
 	1 	Monarchy abolished in 1973
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 	1 	Monarchy abolished in 1975
 	2 	
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 	4 	
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 	1 	Monarchy abolished in 1973
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 	3 	
 	2 	
 	1 	Monarchy abolished in 1979
 	1 	Monarchy abolished in 1958
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 	1 	
 	4 	
 	2 	
 	2 	
 	1 	
 	2 	
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 	2 	Monarchy abolished in 2008
 	3 	
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 	3 	
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 	2 	
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 	1 	Now called Democratic Republic of the Congo
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== See also ==
*List of state visits made by Elizabeth II
*List of state visits received by George VI
*List of state visits received by Charles III
== Notes ==
== Sources ==
Category:Personal timelines
State visits received
Category:Lists of diplomatic visits by heads of state
Category:Diplomatic visits to the United Kingdom
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