After acceding to the thrones of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms in February 1952, Queen Elizabeth II received a total of 113 state visits. She usually hosted one or two visiting heads of state each year. A state visit normally lasted for four days, including a state banquet given by the Queen at one of the royal residences as well as a formal reception of the City of London at Guildhall.

List of visits No. DateCountryRegime GuestsVenue for state banquet1950s 1 28 June – 1 July 1954 Monarchy King Gustaf VI AdolfQueen Louise Buckingham Palace 2 14–16 October 1954 Emperor Haile Salassie I 3 25–28 October 1955 Republic President Francisco Craveiro LopesFirst Lady Berta Craveiro Lopes 4 16–19 July 1956 Monarchy King Faisal II 5 13–16 May 1958 Italy Republic President Giovanni GronchiMme Carla Gronchi 6 21–23 October 1958 Republic President Theodor Heuss 7 5–8 May 1959 Monarchy Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi1960s 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 10 17–20 October 1960 Nepal King MahendraQueen Ratna 11 10–13 July 1962 Republic President William TubmanFirst Lady Antoinette Tubman 12 16–19 October 1962 Monarchy King Olav V Holyrood Palace 13 14–17 May 1963 King Baudouin IQueen Fabiola Buckingham Palace 14 12–23 June 1963 Republic President Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanCommonwealth Visit 15 9–12 July 1963 Greece Monarchy King Paul IQueen Frederika 16 26 May – 4 June 1964 Republic President Ibrahim Abboud 17 13–17 July 1965 President Eduardo Frei MontalvaFirst Lady María Ruiz-Tagle Jiménez 18 17–21 May 1966 President Franz JonasFirst Lady Margarete Jonas 19 19–28 July 1966 Monarchy King Hussein IPrincess Muna al-Hussein 20 17–25 November 1966 Republic President Ayub Khan 21 9–17 May 1967 Monarchy King Faisal 22 1–8 November 1967 Republic President Cevdet SunayFirst Lady Atıfet Sunay 23 22–30 April 1969 President Giuseppe SaragatMme Ernestina Santacatterina Windsor Castle 24 15–20 July 1969 President Urho KekkonenFirst Lady Sylvi Kekkonen Buckingham Palace1970s 25 5–8 October 1971 Monarchy Emperor HirohitoEmpress Nagako Buckingham Palace 26 7–10 December 1971 King Mohammed Zahir Shah 27 11–15 April 1972 Queen JulianaPrince Bernhard Windsor Castle 28 13–16 June 1972 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 President Luis EcheverríaFirst Lady María Esther Zuno 31 12–15 June 1973 General Yakubu GowonFirst Lady Victoria Gowon Buckingham Palace 32 11–14 December 1973 President Mobutu Sese SekoFirst Lady Marie-Antoinette Mobutu 33 30 April – 3 May 1974 Monarchy Queen Margrethe IIPrince Henrik Windsor Castle 34 9–12 July 1974 Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim of Kedah Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bahiyah Buckingham Palace 35 8–11 July 1975 King Carl XVI Gustaf Holyrood Palace 36 18–21 November 1975 Republic President Julius Nyerere Buckingham Palace 37 4–7 May 1976 President Ernesto GeiselFirst Lady Lucy Geisel 38 22–25 June 1976 President Valéry Giscard d'EstaingMme Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing 39 13–16 June 1978 President Nicolae CeaușescuFirst Lady Elena Ceaușescu 40 14–17 November 1978 President António Ramalho EanesFirst Lady Manuela Ramalho Eanes 41 12–15 June 1979 President Daniel arap Moi 42 13–16 November 1979 President SuhartoFirst Lady Siti Hartinah1980s 43 18–21 November 1980 Monarchy King BirendraQueen Aishwarya Buckingham Palace 44 17–20 March 1981 Republic President Shehu Shagari 45 9–12 June 1981 Monarchy King Khalid 46 16–19 March 1982 Sultan Qaboos bin Said 47 16–19 November 1982 Queen BeatrixPrince Claus 48 22–25 March 1983 Republic President Kenneth KaundaFirst Lady Betty Kaunda 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 President Hastings Banda Windsor Castle 52 11–14 June 1985 President Miguel de la MadridFirst Lady Paloma Cordero Buckingham Palace 53 12–15 November 1985 Monarchy Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani 54 22–25 April 1986 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 57 14–17 July 1987 King Hassan II 58 12–15 April 1988 King Olav V Windsor Castle 59 12–15 July 1988 Republic President Kenan Evren Buckingham Palace 60 8–11 November 1988 President Abdou DioufFirst Lady Elizabeth Diouf 61 9–12 May 1989 President Ibrahim BabangidaFirst Lady Maryam Babangida 62 18–21 July 1989 Monarchy Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan1990s 63 3–6 April 1990 Republic President R. VenkataramanFirst Lady Janaki Venkataraman Buckingham Palace 64 23–26 October 1990 President Francesco Cossiga 65 23–26 April 1991 President Lech WałęsaFirst Lady Danuta Wałęsa Windsor Castle 66 23–26 July 1991 President Hosni MubarakFirst Lady Suzanne Mubarak Buckingham Palace 67 3–6 November 1992 Monarchy Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Queen Saleha 68 27–30 April 1993 Republic President Mário SoaresFirst Lady Maria Barroso 69 9–12 November 1993 Monarchy Yang di-Pertuan Agong Azlan Shah of PerakRaja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Bainun 70 17–20 May 1994 Republic President Robert Mugabe 71 5–8 July 1994 Monarchy King Harald VQueen Sonja Holyrood Palace 72 23–26 May 1995 Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Buckingham Palace 73 17–20 October 1995 Republic President Martti AhtisaariFirst Lady Eeva Ahtisaari 74 14–17 May 1996 President Jacques ChiracMme Bernadette Chirac 75 9–12 July 1996 President Nelson Mandela 76 25–28 February 1997 President Ezer WeizmanMme Reuma Weizman 77 2–5 December 1997 President Fernando Henrique CardosoFirst Lady Ruth Cardoso 78 26–29 May 1998 Monarchy Emperor AkihitoEmpress Michiko 79 1–4 December 1998 Republic President Roman HerzogMme Christiane Herzog Windsor Castle 80 22–25 June 1999 President Árpád GönczFirst Lady Zsuzsanna Göncz 81 19–22 October 1999 President and CCP General Secretary Jiang ZeminMme Wang Yeping Buckingham Palace2000s 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 84 6–9 November 2001 Monarchy King Abdullah IIQueen Rania 85 24–27 June 2003 Republic President Vladimir PutinFirst Lady Lyudmila Putina Buckingham Palace 86 18–21 November 2003 President George W. BushFirst Lady Laura Bush 87 5–7 May 2004 President Aleksander KwaśniewskiFirst Lady Jolanta Kwaśniewska 88 1–3 December 2004 President Roh Moo-hyunFirst Lady Kwon Yang-sook 89 15–18 March 2005 President Carlo CiampiMme Franca Ciampi 90 8–10 November 2005 President and CCP General Secretary Hu JintaoMme Liu Yongqing 91 7–9 March 2006 President Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaFirst Lady Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva 92 13–15 March 2007 President John KufuorFirst Lady Theresa Kufuor 93 30 October – 1 November 2007 Monarchy King Abdullah 94 26–27 March 2008 Republic President Nicolas SarkozyMme Carla Bruni Windsor Castle 95 30 March – 2 April 2009 President Felipe CalderónFirst Lady Margarita Zavala Buckingham Palace 96 27–29 October 2009 President Pratibha PatilFirst Gentleman Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat Windsor Castle2010s 97 3–5 March 2010 Republic President Jacob ZumaFirst Lady Thobeka Mabhija Zuma Buckingham Palace 98 16–19 September 2010 Monarchy Pope Benedict XVI — 99 26–28 October 2010 Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al ThaniSheikha Moza bint Nasser Windsor Castle 100 24–26 May 2011 Republic President Barack ObamaFirst Lady Michelle Obama Buckingham Palace 101 22–24 November 2011 President Abdullah GülFirst Lady Hayrünnisa Gül 102 31 October – 2 November 2012 President Susilo Bambang YudhoyonoFirst Lady Kristiani Herrawati 103 27–29 November 2012 Monarchy Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Windsor Castle 104 30 April – 1 May 2013 Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Windsor Castle 105 5–7 November 2013 Republic President Park Geun-hye Buckingham Palace 106 8–11 April 2014 President Michael D. HigginsMrs Sabina Higgins Windsor Castle 107 21–24 October 2014 President Tony TanFirst Lady Mary Tan Buckingham Palace 108 3–5 March 2015 President Enrique Peña NietoFirst Lady Angélica Rivera 109 20–23 October 2015 President and CCP General Secretary Xi JinpingMme Peng Liyuan 110 1–3 November 2016 Republic President Juan Manuel SantosFirst Lady María Clemencia Rodríguez 111 12–14 July 2017 Monarchy King Felipe VIQueen Letizia 112 23–24 October 2018 King Willem-AlexanderQueen Máxima 113 3–5 June 2019 Republic President Donald TrumpFirst Lady Melania Trump

Countries that made state visits Countries State visits Notes 1 Monarchy abolished in 1973. 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 Monarchy abolished in 1975. 2 5 4 3 visits for West Germany and 1 for the reunited Germany. 1 1 Monarchy abolished in 1973. 1 1 3 2 1 Monarchy abolished in 1979. 1 Monarchy abolished in 1958. 1 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 2 Monarchy abolished in 2008. 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 4 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 1 Now called Democratic Republic of the Congo. 1 1

See also List of state visits made by Elizabeth II List of Commonwealth official trips made by Elizabeth II List of state visits received by George VI List of state visits received by Charles III

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