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After ascending 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
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 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 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 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
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 Nagako
Buckingham Palace
26 7–10 December 1971  Afghanistan Monarchy King Mohammed Zahir Shah Buckingham Palace
27 11–15 April 1972  Netherlands Monarchy Queen Juliana
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
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
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 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 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 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
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 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 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
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
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
First Lady Suzanne Mubarak
Buckingham Palace
67 3–6 November 1992  Brunei Monarchy Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
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
Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bainun
Buckingham Palace
70 17–20 May 1994  Zimbabwe Republic President Robert Mugabe 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 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
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
Prince Henrik
Windsor Castle
83 12–15 June 2001  South Africa Republic President Thabo Mbeki
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
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
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
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
First Gentleman Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat
Windsor Castle
2010s
97 3–5 March 2010  South Africa Republic President Jacob Zuma
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 Windsor Castle
103 30 April – 1 May 2013  United Arab Emirates Monarchy Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Windsor Castle
104 5–7 November 2013  South Korea Republic President Park Geun-hye Buckingham Palace
105 8–11 April 2014  Ireland Republic President Michael D. Higgins
Mrs Sabina Higgins
Windsor Castle
106 21–24 October 2014  Singapore Republic President Tony Tan
First Lady Mary Tan
Buckingham Palace
107 3–5 March 2015  Mexico Republic President Enrique Peña Nieto
First Lady Angélica Rivera
Buckingham Palace
108 20–23 October 2015  China Republic President Xi Jinping
Mme Peng Liyuan
Buckingham Palace
109 1–3 November 2016  Colombia Republic President Juan Manuel Santos
First Lady María Clemencia Rodríguez
Buckingham Palace
110 12–14 July 2017  Spain Monarchy King Felipe VI
Queen Letizia
Buckingham Palace
111 23–24 October 2018  Netherlands Monarchy King Willem-Alexander
Queen Máxima
Buckingham Palace
112 3–5 June 2019  United States Republic President Donald Trump
First Lady Melania Trump
Buckingham Palace

Countries who 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
 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

Sources

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