After acceding to the thrones of theUnited Kingdom and otherCommonwealth realms in February 1952,Queen Elizabeth II received a total of 113state visits.[1] She usually hosted one or two visiting heads of state each year. A state visit normally lasted for four days, including astate banquet given by the Queen at one of theroyal residences as well as a formal reception of theCity of London atGuildhall.[a]
| No. | Date | Country | Regime | Guests | Venue for state banquet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | |||||
| 1 | 28 June – 1 July 1954 | Monarchy | KingGustaf VI Adolf QueenLouise | Buckingham Palace | |
| 2 | 14–16 October 1954 | EmperorHaile Salassie I | |||
| 3 | 25–28 October 1955 | Republic | PresidentFrancisco Craveiro Lopes First LadyBerta Craveiro Lopes | ||
| 4 | 16–19 July 1956 | Monarchy | KingFaisal II | ||
| 5 | 13–16 May 1958 | Republic | PresidentGiovanni Gronchi Mme Carla Gronchi | ||
| 6 | 21–23 October 1958 | Republic | PresidentTheodor Heuss | ||
| 7 | 5–8 May 1959 | Monarchy | ShahMohammad Reza Pahlavi | ||
| 1960s | |||||
| 8 | 5–8 April 1960 | Republic | PresidentCharles de Gaulle MmeYvonne de Gaulle | Buckingham Palace | |
| 9 | 19–21 July 1960 | Monarchy | KingBhumibol Adulyadej QueenSirikit | ||
| 10 | 17–20 October 1960 | KingMahendra QueenRatna | |||
| 11 | 10–13 July 1962 | Republic | PresidentWilliam Tubman First LadyAntoinette Tubman | ||
| 12 | 16–19 October 1962 | Monarchy | KingOlav V | Holyrood Palace[b] | |
| 13 | 14–17 May 1963 | KingBaudouin I QueenFabiola | Buckingham Palace | ||
| 14 | 12–23 June 1963 | Republic | PresidentSarvepalli Radhakrishnan[3] | ||
| 15 | 9–12 July 1963 | Monarchy | KingPaul I QueenFrederika | ||
| 16 | 26 May – 4 June 1964 | Republic | PresidentIbrahim Abboud[4][5] | ||
| 17 | 13–17 July 1965 | PresidentEduardo Frei Montalva First Lady María Ruiz-Tagle Jiménez | |||
| 18 | 17–21 May 1966 | PresidentFranz Jonas First LadyMargarete Jonas | |||
| 19 | 19–28 July 1966 | Monarchy | KingHussein I Princess Muna al-Hussein | ||
| 20 | 17–25 November 1966 | Republic | PresidentAyub Khan[3] | ||
| 21 | 9–17 May 1967 | Monarchy | KingFaisal | ||
| 22 | 1–8 November 1967 | Republic | PresidentCevdet Sunay First LadyAtıfet Sunay | ||
| 23 | 22–30 April 1969 | PresidentGiuseppe Saragat Mme Ernestina Santacatterina | Windsor Castle[c] | ||
| 24 | 15–20 July 1969 | PresidentUrho Kekkonen First Lady Sylvi Kekkonen | Buckingham Palace | ||
| 1970s | |||||
| 25 | 5–8 October 1971 | Monarchy | EmperorHirohito[d][6][7] EmpressNagako | Buckingham Palace | |
| 26 | 7–10 December 1971 | KingMohammed Zahir Shah | |||
| 27 | 11–15 April 1972 | QueenJuliana[e] Prince Bernhard | Windsor Castle | ||
| 28 | 13–16 June 1972 | Grand DukeJean Grand DuchessJoséphine Charlotte | Buckingham Palace | ||
| 29 | 24–27 October 1972 | Republic | PresidentGustav Heinemann Mme Hilda Heinemann | Windsor Castle | |
| 30 | 3–6 April 1973 | PresidentLuis Echeverría First LadyMaría Esther Zuno | |||
| 31 | 12–15 June 1973 | GeneralYakubu Gowon[3] First Lady Victoria Gowon | Buckingham Palace | ||
| 32 | 11–14 December 1973 | PresidentMobutu Sese Seko First Lady Marie-Antoinette Mobutu | |||
| 33 | 30 April – 3 May 1974 | Monarchy | QueenMargrethe II Prince Henrik | Windsor Castle | |
| 34 | 9–12 July 1974 | Yang di-Pertuan AgongAbdul Halim of Kedah[3] Raja Permaisuri AgongTuanku Bahiyah | Buckingham Palace | ||
| 35 | 8–11 July 1975 | KingCarl XVI Gustaf[8] | Holyrood Palace | ||
| 36 | 18–21 November 1975 | Republic | PresidentJulius Nyerere[3] | Buckingham Palace | |
| 37 | 4–7 May 1976 | PresidentErnesto Geisel First Lady Lucy Geisel | |||
| 38 | 22–25 June 1976 | PresidentValéry Giscard d'Estaing MmeAnne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing | |||
| 39 | 13–16 June 1978 | PresidentNicolae Ceaușescu First LadyElena Ceaușescu | |||
| 40 | 14–17 November 1978 | PresidentAntónio Ramalho Eanes First Lady Manuela Ramalho Eanes | |||
| 41 | 12–15 June 1979 | PresidentDaniel arap Moi[3] | |||
| 42 | 13–16 November 1979 | PresidentSuharto First LadySiti Hartinah | |||
| 1980s | |||||
| 43 | 18–21 November 1980 | Monarchy | KingBirendra QueenAishwarya | Buckingham Palace | |
| 44 | 17–20 March 1981 | Republic | PresidentShehu Shagari[3] | ||
| 45 | 9–12 June 1981 | Monarchy | KingKhalid | ||
| 46 | 16–19 March 1982 | SultanQaboos bin Said | |||
| 47 | 16–19 November 1982 | QueenBeatrix Prince Claus | |||
| 48 | 22–25 March 1983 | Republic | PresidentKenneth Kaunda[3] First LadyBetty Kaunda | ||
| 49 | 10–13 April 1984 | Monarchy | Emir SheikhIsa bin Salman Al Khalifa | Windsor Castle | |
| 50 | 23–26 October 1984 | Republic | PresidentFrançois Mitterrand[9][10] MmeDanielle Mitterrand | Buckingham Palace | |
| 51 | 16–19 April 1985 | PresidentHastings Banda[3] | Windsor Castle | ||
| 52 | 11–14 June 1985 | PresidentMiguel de la Madrid First LadyPaloma Cordero | Buckingham Palace | ||
| 53 | 12–15 November 1985 | Monarchy | Emir SheikhKhalifa bin Hamad Al Thani | ||
| 54 | 22–25 April 1986 | KingJuan Carlos I[11] QueenSofía | Windsor Castle | ||
| 55 | 1–4 July 1986 | Republic | PresidentRichard von Weizsäcker MmeMarianne von Weizsäcker | Buckingham Palace | |
| 56 | 24–27 March 1987 | Monarchy | KingFahd | ||
| 57 | 14–17 July 1987 | KingHassan II[12][13] | |||
| 58 | 12–15 April 1988 | KingOlav V[f] | Windsor Castle | ||
| 59 | 12–15 July 1988 | Republic | PresidentKenan Evren | Buckingham Palace | |
| 60 | 8–11 November 1988 | PresidentAbdou Diouf First Lady Elizabeth Diouf | |||
| 61 | 9–12 May 1989 | PresidentIbrahim Babangida[3][14] First LadyMaryam Babangida | |||
| 62 | 18–21 July 1989 | Monarchy | SheikhZayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | ||
| 1990s | |||||
| 63 | 3–6 April 1990 | Republic | PresidentR. Venkataraman[3] First LadyJanaki Venkataraman | Buckingham Palace | |
| 64 | 23–26 October 1990 | PresidentFrancesco Cossiga | |||
| 65 | 23–26 April 1991 | PresidentLech Wałęsa[15][16] First LadyDanuta Wałęsa | Windsor Castle | ||
| 66 | 23–26 July 1991 | PresidentHosni Mubarak[17][18] First LadySuzanne Mubarak | Buckingham Palace | ||
| 67 | 3–6 November 1992 | Monarchy | SultanHassanal Bolkiah[3] QueenSaleha | ||
| 68 | 27–30 April 1993 | Republic | PresidentMário Soares[19][20] First LadyMaria Barroso | ||
| 69 | 9–12 November 1993 | Monarchy | Yang di-Pertuan AgongAzlan Shah of Perak[3] Raja Permaisuri AgongTuanku Bainun | ||
| 70 | 17–20 May 1994 | Republic | PresidentRobert Mugabe[3] | ||
| 71 | 5–8 July 1994 | Monarchy | KingHarald V QueenSonja | Holyrood Palace | |
| 72 | 23–26 May 1995 | Emir SheikhJaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | Buckingham Palace | ||
| 73 | 17–20 October 1995 | Republic | PresidentMartti Ahtisaari First Lady Eeva Ahtisaari | ||
| 74 | 14–17 May 1996 | PresidentJacques Chirac MmeBernadette Chirac | |||
| 75 | 9–12 July 1996 | PresidentNelson Mandela[3] | |||
| 76 | 25–28 February 1997 | PresidentEzer Weizman Mme Reuma Weizman | |||
| 77 | 2–5 December 1997 | PresidentFernando Henrique Cardoso First LadyRuth Cardoso | |||
| 78 | 26–29 May 1998 | Monarchy | EmperorAkihito[21][22] EmpressMichiko | ||
| 79 | 1–4 December 1998 | Republic | PresidentRoman Herzog MmeChristiane Herzog | Windsor Castle | |
| 80 | 22–25 June 1999 | PresidentÁrpád Göncz[23] First Lady Zsuzsanna Göncz | |||
| 81 | 19–22 October 1999 | President and CCP General SecretaryJiang Zemin[24][25] MmeWang Yeping | Buckingham Palace | ||
| 2000s | |||||
| 82 | 16–18 February 2000 | Monarchy | QueenMargrethe II[g] Prince Henrik | Windsor Castle | |
| 83 | 12–15 June 2001 | Republic | PresidentThabo Mbeki[3] First LadyZanele Dlamini Mbeki | ||
| 84 | 6–9 November 2001 | Monarchy | KingAbdullah II QueenRania | ||
| 85 | 24–27 June 2003 | Republic | PresidentVladimir Putin[26][27] First LadyLyudmila Putina | Buckingham Palace | |
| 86 | 18–21 November 2003 | PresidentGeorge W. Bush First LadyLaura Bush | |||
| 87 | 5–7 May 2004 | PresidentAleksander Kwaśniewski First LadyJolanta Kwaśniewska | |||
| 88 | 1–3 December 2004 | PresidentRoh Moo-hyun[28][29] First LadyKwon Yang-sook | |||
| 89 | 15–18 March 2005 | PresidentCarlo Ciampi[30][31] Mme Franca Ciampi | |||
| 90 | 8–10 November 2005 | President and CCP General SecretaryHu Jintao MmeLiu Yongqing | |||
| 91 | 7–9 March 2006 | PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva First LadyMarisa Letícia Lula da Silva | |||
| 92 | 13–15 March 2007 | PresidentJohn Kufuor[32][3] First LadyTheresa Kufuor | |||
| 93 | 30 October – 1 November 2007 | Monarchy | KingAbdullah | ||
| 94 | 26–27 March 2008 | Republic | PresidentNicolas Sarkozy[33][34] MmeCarla Bruni | Windsor Castle | |
| 95 | 30 March – 2 April 2009 | PresidentFelipe Calderón First LadyMargarita Zavala | Buckingham Palace | ||
| 96 | 27–29 October 2009 | PresidentPratibha Patil[3] First GentlemanDevisingh Ransingh Shekhawat | Windsor Castle | ||
| 2010s | |||||
| 97 | 3–5 March 2010 | Republic | PresidentJacob Zuma[3][35][36] First Lady Thobeka Mabhija Zuma | Buckingham Palace | |
| 98 | 16–19 September 2010 | Monarchy | Pope Benedict XVI[37][2][h] | —[i] | |
| 99 | 26–28 October 2010 | Emir SheikhHamad bin Khalifa Al Thani SheikhaMoza bint Nasser | Windsor Castle | ||
| 100 | 24–26 May 2011 | Republic | PresidentBarack Obama First LadyMichelle Obama | Buckingham Palace | |
| 101 | 22–24 November 2011 | PresidentAbdullah Gül First LadyHayrünnisa Gül | |||
| 102 | 31 October – 2 November 2012 | PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono First LadyKristiani Herrawati | |||
| 103 | 27–29 November 2012 | Monarchy | Emir SheikhSabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah[38][39] | Windsor Castle | |
| 104 | 30 April – 1 May 2013 | SheikhKhalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan[40][41] | Windsor Castle[j] | ||
| 105 | 5–7 November 2013 | Republic | PresidentPark Geun-hye[42][43] | Buckingham Palace | |
| 106 | 8–11 April 2014 | PresidentMichael D. Higgins[44][45] MrsSabina Higgins | Windsor Castle | ||
| 107 | 21–24 October 2014 | PresidentTony Tan[3][46][47] First Lady Mary Tan | Buckingham Palace | ||
| 108 | 3–5 March 2015 | PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto[48][49] First LadyAngélica Rivera | |||
| 109 | 20–23 October 2015 | President and CCP General SecretaryXi Jinping[50][51] MmePeng Liyuan | |||
| 110 | 1–3 November 2016 | Republic | PresidentJuan Manuel Santos[52][53] First LadyMaría Clemencia Rodríguez | ||
| 111 | 12–14 July 2017 | Monarchy | KingFelipe VI[54][55] QueenLetizia | ||
| 112 | 23–24 October 2018 | KingWillem-Alexander[56][57] QueenMáxima | |||
| 113 | 3–5 June 2019 | Republic | PresidentDonald Trump[58] First LadyMelania Trump | ||
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| 4 | 3 visits forWest Germany and 1 for thereunited Germany. | |
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| 2 | Monarchy abolished in 2008. | |
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