List of state visits made by Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II has undertaken a number of state and official visits since ascending the throne in 1952,[1] as well as trips throughout the Commonwealth, making her the most widely travelled head of state in history. She does not require a British passport for travelling overseas, as all British passports are issued in her name.[2]

Overseas trips made by Elizabeth II. A darker colour corresponds to a greater number of visits

Elizabeth II is the sovereign of more than one independent state and has represented both Canada and the United Kingdom on state visits, though the former on just two occasions. The relevant governor-general will usually carry out state visits on the Queen's behalf.

As Queen of Canada
DateCountryCities visitedHost
17-20 October 1957 United States[3][4][5][6][7]Jamestown, Washington, D.C., New York CityPresident Eisenhower
27 June and 6 July 1959 United States[5][7]Massena,[8] ChicagoVice President Nixon, Governor Stratton

As Queen of the United Kingdom
DateCountryCities visitedHost
29–30 November 1953 PanamaPanama CityPresident Remón[9]
1 May 1954 LibyaTobrukKing Idris[10]
24–26 June 1955 NorwayOsloKing Haakon VII
8–10 June 1956 SwedenStockholmKing Gustaf VI Adolf[11]
18–21 February 1957 PortugalMontijo, Setúbal, Lisbon, Queluz,[12] Caldas da Rainha, Nazaré, Alcobaça, Batalha, Vila Franca de Xira[13]President Lopes
8–11 April 1957 FranceParis, Lille[14]President Coty
21–23 May 1957 DenmarkCopenhagenKing Frederick IX
17–20 October 1957 United States[15][16][17]New York City, Washington, D.C., Williamsburg, VirginiaPresident Eisenhower
25–27 March 1958 NetherlandsAmsterdam, Delft, Rotterdam, The Hague[18][19][20]Queen Juliana
26 February – 1 March 1961   NepalKathmanduKing Mahendra
2–6 March 1961 IranTehran, Isfahan, Persepolis[21]Shah Mohammad Reza
2–5 May 1961 ItalyRome, Naples, Venice, Florence, Turin[22][23]President Gronchi
5 May 1961  Vatican CityPope John XXIII
23 November 1961 LiberiaMonroviaPresident Tubman
1–8 February 1965 EthiopiaAddis Ababa, Asmara, Gondar[24]Emperor Haile Selassie
8–12 February 1965 SudanKhartoum, Al-Ubayyid[25]President al-Mahi
18–28 May 1965 West GermanyBonn, Königswinter, Koblenz, Kaub, Wiesbaden, Munich, Stuttgart, Marbach, Schwäbisch Hall, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Soest, Gütersloh, Hannover, Hamburg[26][27][28][29][30][31]President Lübke
27 May 1965 West BerlinWest Berlin[32]Mayor Brandt
9–13 May 1966 BelgiumBrussels, Antwerp[33]King Baudouin
5–11 November 1968 BrazilRecife, Salvador, Brasília, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro[34]President Costa e Silva
11–18 November 1968 ChileSantiago, Valparaíso, Pucón[35]President Frei
5–10 May 1969 AustriaVienna, Salzburg, InnsbruckPresident Jonas
18–25 October 1971 TurkeyAnkara, Izmir, Istanbul, Kusadasi, Ephesus, Gallipoli[36]President Sunay
10–15 February 1972 ThailandBangkokKing Bhumibol Adulyadej
13–14 March 1972 MaldivesMalé, GanPresident Nasir
15–19 May 1972 FranceParisPresident Pompidou
17–21 October 1972 YugoslaviaBelgrade, Dubrovnik, Zagreb[37][38][39]President Tito
15–22 March 1974 IndonesiaBali, JakartaPresident Suharto
24 February – 1 March 1975 MexicoMexico City, Cozumel, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Mérida, Tizimín, Veracruz[40]President Echeverría
7–12 May 1975 JapanTokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Ise[41][42][43]Emperor Hirohito
25–28 May 1976 FinlandHelsinkiPresident Kekkonen
6–11 July 1976 United StatesPhiladelphia, Washington, New York City, New Haven, Charlottesville, Providence, Boston[44][45]President Ford
8–12 November 1976 LuxembourgGrand Duke Jean
22–26 May 1978 West GermanyBonn, Mainz, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Kiel[46][47]President Scheel
26 May 1978 West BerlinWest Berlin[46][47][48]Mayor Stobbe
12–14 February 1979 KuwaitKuwait CityEmir Jaber III
14–17 February 1979 BahrainEmir Isa
17–20 February 1979 Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Dhahran[49]King Khalid
21–24 February 1979 QatarEmir Khalifa
24–27 February 1979 United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai[49]Sheikh Zayed
28 February – 2 March 1979 OmanMuscat,[50] Nizwa[51]Sultan Qaboos
16 May 1979 DenmarkCopenhagen, Aalborg[52]Queen Margrethe II
29 April – 2 May 1980  SwitzerlandZürich, Basel[53]President Chevallaz
14–17 October 1980 ItalyRome, Genoa, Naples, Pompeii, Palermo[54]President Pertini
17 October 1980  Vatican CityPope John Paul II
21–23 October 1980 TunisiaTunis, Borj El Amri[55]President Bourguiba
25–27 October 1980 AlgeriaAlgiersPresident Chadli
27–30 October 1980 MoroccoRabat, Marrakech, Casablanca[56]King Hassan II
5–8 May 1981 NorwayOsloKing Olav V
17–22 February 1983 Mexico[57]Acapulco, Lázaro Cárdenas, Puerto Vallarta, La Paz[58]President de la Madrid
26 February – 6 March 1983 United StatesSan Diego, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Sierra Madre, Duarte, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Sacramento, Stanford, Palo Alto, Yosemite, Portland, Seattle[59]President Reagan
25–28 May 1983 SwedenStockholm, Gothenburg[60]King Carl XVI Gustaf
26–30 March 1984 JordanAmman, Petra, Aqaba[61]King Hussein
25–29 March 1985 PortugalLisbon, Évora, Oporto[62]President Eanes
17–21 February 1986   NepalKathmanduKing Birendra
12–18 October 1986 People's Republic of ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Kunming, Guangzhou[63]President Li
26–27 May 1987 West GermanyPresident von Weizsäcker[64]
4–5 July 1988 NetherlandsThe Hague, AmsterdamQueen Beatrix[65]
17–21 October 1988 SpainMadrid, Seville, Barcelona, Majorca[66]King Juan Carlos
25–27 June 1990 IcelandReykjavíkPresident Finnbogadóttir
23 November 1990 GermanyBonn, WeezePresident von Weizsäcker[67]
14–26 May 1991 United StatesWashington, Arlington, Baltimore, Miami, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston[68]President George H. W. Bush
9–12 June 1992 FranceParis, Blois, Bordeaux[69]President Mitterrand
19–23 October 1992 GermanyBonn, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden[70]President von Weizsäcker
4–7 May 1993 HungaryBudapest, Kecskemét, Bugac[71]President Göncz
7 August 1993 BelgiumBrussels (for King Baudouin's funeral)Albert, the Prince of Liège[72]
6 May 1994 FranceCalaisPresident Mitterrand[73]
17–20 October 1994 RussiaMoscow, St. Petersburg[74]President Yeltsin
25–27 March 1996 PolandWarsaw, KrakówPresident Kwaśniewski
27–29 March 1996 Czech RepublicPrague, Brno[75]President Havel
28 October – 1 November 1996 ThailandBangkok, Ayutthaya[76]King Bhumibol Adulyadej
11 November 1998 BelgiumYpres[77]King Albert II[78]
19–22 April 1999 South KoreaSeoul, Andong[79]President Kim Dae-jung
16–19 October 2000 ItalyRome, Milan[80]President Ciampi
17 October 2000  Vatican CityPope John Paul II
30 May – 1 June 2001 NorwayOsloKing Harald V
5–7 April 2004 FranceParis, Toulouse[81]President Chirac
2 November 2004 GermanyBerlin, Potsdam,[82] Düsseldorf[83]President Köhler
16–17 October 2006 LithuaniaVilnius[84]President Adamkus
18–19 October 2006 LatviaRiga[84]President Vike-Freiberga
19–20 October 2006 EstoniaTallinn[84]President Ilves
5 February 2007 NetherlandsThe Hague, Amsterdam[85]Queen Beatrix
3–8 May 2007 United StatesWashington, Richmond, Jamestown, Williamsburg, Lexington, Louisville, Greenbelt[86]President George W. Bush
11–12 July 2007 BelgiumBrussels, Ypres, Laeken,[87] Wavre[88]King Albert II
13–16 May 2008 TurkeyAnkara, Istanbul, Bursa[36]President Gül
21–22 October 2008 SloveniaLjubljana, Kranj[89]President Türk
23–24 October 2008 SlovakiaBratislava, Starý Smokovec, Hrebienok, Poprad[90]President Gašparovič
24–25 November 2010 United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiEmir Khalifa
25–28 November 2010 OmanMuscatSultan Qaboos
17–20 May 2011 IrelandDublin, Kildare, Cashel, Cork[91]President McAleese
3 April 2014 ItalyRomePresident Napolitano
3 April 2014  Vatican CityPope Francis
5–7 June 2014 FrancePresident Hollande[1]
23–26 June 2015 Germany[92]Berlin, Frankfurt, Celle[93]President Gauck

See also

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