This is the list of international trips made by Olaf Scholz, who served as Chancellor of Germany from 8 December 2021 until 6 May 2025.
Summary
The number of visits per country where chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled are: One visit to Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Nigeria, Niger, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam Two visits to the Albania, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates Three visits to India, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine, and Vatican City Four visits to Italy and Switzerland Five visits to the United Kingdom Six visits to Spain Seven visits to the United States Twenty visits to France Twenty-three visits to Belgium
2021 + Country Location(s) Date Details ImageParis10 DecemberScholz met with President Emmanuel Macron.Note: First trip abroad as Chancellor of Germany.BrusselsScholz met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.Warsaw12 DecemberScholz met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.Brussels15–16 DecemberScholz attended the Eastern Partnership summit and the European Council summit.Rome20 DecemberScholz met with Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
2022 Country Location(s) Date Details ImageMadrid17 JanuaryScholz met with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.Washington, D.C.7 FebruaryScholz met with President Joe Biden. Scholz had a dinner with various senators.Kyiv14 FebruaryScholz met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Ukraine-Krise: Scholz reist am 15. Februar zu Putin – zuvor Gespräche mit Biden und Selenskyj rnd.de, 4 February 2022, retrieved 6 February 2022.Moscow15 FebruaryScholz met with President Vladimir Putin.Brussels17–18 FebruaryScholz attended the summit of the heads of state and government of the European Union and the African Union. 24 FebruaryScholz attended an extraordinary European Council summit on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Paris28 FebruaryScholz met with President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and representatives of the European Round Table for Industry.Jerusalem1–2 MarchScholz visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. Scholz met with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.Versailles10–11 MarchScholz attended the informal meeting of EU heads of state and government.Ankara14 MarchScholz met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Brussels24–25 MarchScholz attended an extraordinary 2022 NATO summit. Scholz attended the European Council summit.London8 AprilScholz met with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.Tokyo27–29 AprilScholz met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Scholz delivered the speech on German-Japanese relations at an economic event commemorating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Japan.Esbjerg18 MayScholz attended the first North Sea Summit.The Hague19 MayScholz met with King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte.Dakar22 MayScholz met with President Macky Sall. Scholz discussed with business representatives. Inauguration of the Diass solar park.Niamey22–23 MayScholz visited the base of the EUTM's Gazelle Special Forces Mission and the soldiers stationed there. Scholz met with President Mohamed Bazoum.Johannesburg24 MayScholz met with President Cyril Ramaphosa. Scholz visited the Sasol company. Scholz participated in the anniversary celebration of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Southern Africa.Davos26 MayScholz delivered the speeech at the World Economic Forum.Brussels30–31 MayScholz attended an extraordinary European Council summit.Vilnius7 JuneScholz met with President Gitanas Nausėda, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, and Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš. Scholz visited the EFP Battlegroup Lithuania.Pristina10 JuneScholz met with Prime Minister Albin Kurti. Scholz visited the German KFOR troops.BelgradeScholz met with Prime Minister Ana Brnabić and President Aleksandar Vučić.ThessalonikiScholz attended the meeting of the countries of the Regional Cooperation Council initiative.Skopje11 JuneScholz met with Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski.SofiaScholz met with Prime Minister Kiril Petkov.Kyiv16 JuneScholz met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis. Scholz visited the Kyiv suburb of Irpin to assess the war damage.Brussels23–24 JuneScholz attended the European Council summit.Madrid28–30 JuneScholz attended the 2022 NATO summit. Paris4 JulyScholz met with President Emmanuel Macron.London31 JulyScholz attended the final match of the 2022 Women's European Football Championship.Oslo15 AugustScholz participated in the Nordic-German Meeting. Scholz met with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.Stockholm and Södertälje16 AugustScholz met with Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. Scholz visited to the truck manufacturer Scania.Montreal, Toronto, and Stephenville21–24 AugustScholz met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Prague29 AugustScholz met with Prime Minister Petr Fiala. Scholz delivered the speech at Charles University.Évian-les-Bains2 SeptemberScholz participated in a panel discussion and a banquet on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Franco-German business meeting.New York City19–21 SeptemberScholz attended the United Nations General Assembly.Jeddah24–25 SeptemberScholz met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.Abu DhabiScholz met with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.DohaScholz met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.A Coruña5–6 OctoberSxholz participated in the German-Spanish government consultations. Scholz met with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.Prague6–7 OctoberScholz attended the 1st European Political Community Summit. Brussels20–21 OctoberScholz attended the European Council summit.Paris26 OctoberScholz met with President Emmanuel Macron.Athens27 OctoberScholz met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.Beijing4 NovemberScholz met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. Sharm El Sheikh7–8 NovemberScholz attended the COP27 summit.Hanoi13 NovemberScholz met with Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and Communist Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.Singapore14 NovemberScholz met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Halimah Yacob. Scholz participated in the 17th Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business.Bali15–16 NovemberScholz attended the G20 summit.Tirana6 DecemberScholz attended the EU-Western Balkans summit.Brussels14–15 DecemberOn 14 December, Scholz attended the EU-ASEAN summit. On the next day, Scholz attended the European Council summit.
2023 Country Location(s) Date Details ImageRome5 JanuaryVatican CityScholz attended the funeral service of former Pope Benedict XVI. Davos18 JanuaryScholz attended the World Economic Forum.Paris22 JanuaryScholzed attended the 24th Franco-German Ministerial Council. Scholz attended and delivered speech at the ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty. Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron.Buenos Aires28 JanuaryScholz met with President Alberto Fernández.Santiago29 JanuaryScholz met with President Gabriel Boric.Brasília30 JanuaryScholz met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Paris8 FebruaryScholz met with President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Brussels9–10 FebruaryScholz attended the European Council summit.Zeebrugge14 FebruaryScholz met with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo as part of a Belgian-German energy meeting.New Delhi and Bengaluru24–26 FebruaryScholz met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Washington, D.C.2–4 MarchScholz met with President Joe Biden.Tokyo17–18 MarchScholz met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Scholz participated in and chaired of the first German-Japanese government consultations.Brussels23–24 MarchScholz attended the European Council summit.Rotterdam27 MarchScholz met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Scholz participated and led the 4th German-Dutch government consultations.Bucharest3 AprilScholz met with President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă, President of the Chamber of Deputies Marcel Ciolacu, and Moldovan President Maia Sandu.Lisbon19–20 AprilScholz met with Prime Minister António Costa.Ostend24 AprilScholz attended the second North Sea Summit.Addis Ababa4–5 MayScholz met with African Union President Moussa Faki, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Head of the Interim Administration of Tigray Province Gatchew Reda, and President Sahle-Work Zewde.Nairobi and Lake Naivasha5–6 MayScholz met with President William Ruto. Scholz also met with representatives from politics, business, civil society and culture.Strasbourg9 MayScholz delivered the speech to the European Parliament.Reykjavík16–17 MayScholz attended the 4th Council of Europe summit.Hiroshima19–21 MayScholz attended 49th G7 summit.Seoul and Demilitarized zone21 MayScholz met with President Yoon Suk Yeol. Scholz visited the Demilitarized Zone.Tallinn26 MayScholz met with Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, and Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš.Bulboaca1 JuneScholz attended the 2nd European Political Community Summit.Rome8 JuneScholz met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella.Paris12 JuneScholz met with President Emmanuel Macron and Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Weimar Triangle format.22–23 JuneScholz participated in the "Summit for a New Global Financing Pact". Scholz met with President Emmanuel Macron.Brussels29–30 JuneScholz attended the European Council summit.Vilnius11–12 JulyScholz attended the 2023 NATO summit.Brussels17–18 JulyScholz attended the 3rd EU–CELAC summit.New Delhi9–10 SeptemberScholz attended the G20 summit. New York City17–20 SeptemberScholz attended the United Nations General Assembly.Granada5–6 OctoberAttended the 3rd European Political Community Summit. Scholz attended the informal meeting of EU heads of state or government.Tirana16 OctoberScholz attended the Western Balkans summit. Tel Aviv-Jaffa17 OctoberScholz met with Secretary of State Eli Cohen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and President Isaac Herzog.Cairo18 OctoberScholz met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Scholz also met with UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths.Brussels26–27 OctoberScholz attended the European Council summit.Abuja and Lagos29–31 OctoberScholz met with President Bola Tinubu. Scholz also met with ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray.AccraScholz met with President Nana Akufo-Addo.Málaga10 NovemberScholz met with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.Dubai1 DecemberScholz attended the COP28 summit.Brussels13–15 DecemberOn 13 December, Scholz attended the Western Balkans conference. On the next days, Scholz attended the European Council summit.
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