| Date |
Country |
Cities visited |
Host
|
| 29 November 1953 |
Panama Canal Zone (part of a wider tour, not a state visit) |
Colón |
Governor John S. Seybold[9]
|
| 29–30 November 1953 |
Panama |
Panama City |
President Remón[10]
|
| 1 May 1954 |
Kingdom of Libya |
Tobruk |
King Idris[11]
|
| 24–26 June 1955 |
Norway |
Oslo |
King Haakon VII
|
| 8–10 June 1956 |
Sweden |
Stockholm |
King Gustaf VI Adolf[12]
|
| 18–21 February 1957 |
Portugal |
Montijo, Setúbal, Lisbon, Queluz,[13] Caldas da Rainha, Nazaré, Alcobaça, Batalha, Vila Franca de Xira[14] |
President Lopes
|
| 8–11 April 1957 |
France |
Paris, Lille[15] |
President Coty
|
| 21–23 May 1957 |
Denmark |
Copenhagen |
King Frederick IX
|
| 17–20 October 1957 |
United States[16][17][18] |
New York City, Washington, D.C., Williamsburg, Virginia |
President Eisenhower
|
| 25–27 March 1958 |
Netherlands |
Amsterdam, Delft, Rotterdam, The Hague[19][20][21] |
Queen Juliana
|
| 26 February – 2 March 1961 |
Kingdom of Nepal |
Kathmandu, Pokhara |
King Mahendra
|
| 2–6 March 1961 |
Iran |
Tehran, Isfahan, Persepolis[22] |
Shah Mohammad Reza
|
| 2–5 May 1961 |
Italy |
Rome, Naples, Venice, Florence, Milan, Cagliari, Turin[23][24] |
President Gronchi
|
| 5 May 1961 |
Vatican City |
Pope John XXIII
|
| 23 November 1961 |
Liberia |
Monrovia |
President Tubman
|
| 1–8 February 1965 |
Ethiopian Empire |
Addis Ababa, Asmara, Gondar[25] |
Emperor Haile Selassie
|
| 8–12 February 1965 |
Sudan |
Khartoum, Al-Ubayyid[26] |
President Mahi
|
| 18–28 May 1965 |
West Germany |
Bonn, Königswinter, Koblenz, Kaub, Wiesbaden, Munich, Stuttgart, Marbach, Schwäbisch Hall, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Soest, Gütersloh, Hanover, Hamburg[27][28][29][30][31][32] |
President Lübke
|
| 27 May 1965 |
West Berlin |
West Berlin[33] |
Mayor Brandt
|
| 9–13 May 1966 |
Belgium |
Brussels, Antwerp[34] |
King Baudouin
|
| 5–11 November 1968 |
Brazil |
Recife, Salvador, Brasília, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro[35] |
President Costa e Silva
|
| 11–18 November 1968 |
Chile |
Santiago, Valparaíso, Pucón[36] |
President Frei
|
| 5–10 May 1969 |
Austria |
Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck |
President Jonas
|
| 18–25 October 1971 |
Turkey |
Ankara, İzmir, Istanbul, Kuşadası, Ephesus, Gallipoli[37] |
President Sunay
|
| 10–15 February 1972 |
Thailand |
Bangkok |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej
|
| 13–14 March 1972 |
Maldives |
Malé, Gan |
President Nasir
|
| 15–19 May 1972 |
France |
Paris |
President Pompidou
|
| 17–21 October 1972 |
Yugoslavia |
Belgrade, Dubrovnik, Zagreb[38][39][40] |
President Tito
|
| 15–22 March 1974 |
Indonesia |
Bali, Jakarta, Magelang, Yogyakarta[41][42] |
President Suharto
|
| 24 February – 1 March 1975 |
Mexico |
Mexico City, Cozumel, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Mérida, Tizimín, Veracruz[43] |
President Echeverría
|
| 7–12 May 1975 |
Japan |
Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Ise[44][45][46] |
Emperor Hirohito
|
| 25–28 May 1976 |
Finland |
Helsinki, Turku, Jyväskylä |
President Kekkonen
|
| 6–11 July 1976 |
United States |
Philadelphia, Washington, New York City, New Haven, Charlottesville, Providence, Boston[47][48] |
President Ford
|
| 8–12 November 1976 |
Luxembourg |
|
Grand Duke Jean
|
| 9 February 1977 |
American Samoa (part of a wider tour; not a state visit) |
Pago Pago[49] |
Governor Frank E. Barnett
|
| 22–26 May 1978 |
West Germany |
Bonn, Mainz, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Kiel[50][51] |
President Scheel
|
| 26 May 1978 |
West Berlin |
West Berlin[50][51][52] |
Mayor Stobbe
|
| 12–14 February 1979 |
Kuwait |
Kuwait City |
Emir Jaber III
|
| 14–17 February 1979 |
Bahrain |
|
Emir Isa
|
| 17–20 February 1979 |
Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh, Dhahran[53] |
King Khalid
|
| 21–24 February 1979 |
Qatar |
|
Emir Khalifa
|
| 24–27 February 1979 |
United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi, Dubai[53] |
Sheikh Zayed
|
| 28 February – 2 March 1979 |
Oman |
Muscat,[54] Nizwa[55] |
Sultan Qaboos
|
| 16 May 1979 |
Denmark |
Copenhagen, Aalborg[56] |
Queen Margrethe II
|
| 29 April – 2 May 1980 |
Switzerland |
Bern, Basel, Lausanne, Lucerne, Rütli, Montreux, Veytaux (Chillon Castle), Zürich, Geneva (ICRC)[57][58][59] |
President Chevallaz
|
| 14–17 October 1980 |
Italy |
Rome, Genoa, Naples, Pompeii, Palermo[60] |
President Pertini
|
| 17 October 1980 |
Vatican City |
Pope John Paul II
|
| 21–23 October 1980 |
Tunisia |
Tunis, Borj El Amri[61] |
President Bourguiba
|
| 25–27 October 1980 |
Algeria |
Algiers |
President Bendjedid
|
| 27–30 October 1980 |
Morocco |
Rabat, Marrakech, Casablanca[62] |
King Hassan II
|
| 5–8 May 1981 |
Norway |
Oslo |
King Olav V
|
| 17–22 February 1983 |
Mexico[63] |
Acapulco, Lázaro Cárdenas, Puerto Vallarta, La Paz[64] |
President de la Madrid
|
| 26 February – 6 March 1983 |
United States |
San Diego, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Sierra Madre, Duarte, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Sacramento, Stanford, Palo Alto, Yosemite, Seattle[65] |
President Reagan
|
| 25–28 May 1983 |
Sweden |
Stockholm, Gothenburg[66] |
King Carl XVI Gustaf
|
| 26–30 March 1984 |
Jordan |
Amman, Petra, Aqaba[67] |
King Hussein
|
| 25–29 March 1985 |
Portugal |
Lisbon, Évora, Porto[68] |
President Eanes
|
| 17–21 February 1986 |
Nepal |
Kathmandu |
King Birendra
|
| 12–18 October 1986 |
People's Republic of China |
Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Kunming, Guangzhou[69] |
President Li
|
| 26–27 May 1987 |
West Germany |
|
President von Weizsäcker[70]
|
| 17–21 October 1988 |
Spain |
Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, Majorca[71] |
King Juan Carlos I
|
| 25–27 June 1990 |
Iceland |
Reykjavík |
President Vigdís
|
| 23 November 1990 |
Germany |
Bonn, Weeze |
President von Weizsäcker[72]
|
| 14–26 May 1991 |
United States |
Washington, Arlington, Baltimore, Tampa, Miami, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston[73] |
President George H. W. Bush
|
| 9–12 June 1992 |
France |
Paris, Blois, Bordeaux[74] |
President Mitterrand
|
| 19–23 October 1992 |
Germany |
Bonn, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden[75] |
President von Weizsäcker
|
| 4–7 May 1993 |
Hungary |
Budapest, Kecskemét, Bugac[76] |
President Göncz
|
| 7 August 1993 |
Belgium |
Brussels (for King Baudouin's funeral) |
Albert, the Prince of Liège[77]
|
| 6 May 1994 |
France |
Calais |
President Mitterrand[78]
|
| 17–20 October 1994 |
Russia |
Moscow, St. Petersburg[79] |
President Yeltsin
|
| 21 October 1994
|
Finland (official visit; not state visit)
|
Helsinki[80]
|
President Ahtisaari
|
| 25–27 March 1996 |
Poland |
Warsaw, Kraków |
President Kwaśniewski
|
| 27–29 March 1996 |
Czech Republic |
Prague, Brno[81] |
President Havel
|
| 28 October – 1 November 1996 |
Thailand |
Bangkok, Ayutthaya[82] |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej
|
| 11 November 1998 |
Belgium |
Ypres[83] |
King Albert II[84]
|
| 19–22 April 1999 |
South Korea |
Seoul, Andong[85] |
President Kim Dae-jung
|
| 16–19 October 2000 |
Italy |
Rome, Milan[86] |
President Ciampi
|
| 17 October 2000 |
Vatican City |
Pope John Paul II
|
| 30 May – 1 June 2001 |
Norway |
Oslo[87] |
King Harald V
|
| 5–7 April 2004 |
France |
Paris, Toulouse[88] |
President Chirac
|
| 2–4 November 2004 |
Germany |
Berlin, Potsdam,[89] Düsseldorf[90] |
President Köhler
|
| 16–17 October 2006 |
Lithuania |
Vilnius[91] |
President Adamkus
|
| 18–19 October 2006 |
Latvia |
Riga[91] |
President Vike-Freiberga
|
| 19–20 October 2006 |
Estonia |
Tallinn[91] |
President Ilves
|
| 5 February 2007 |
Netherlands |
The Hague, Amsterdam[92] |
Queen Beatrix
|
| 3–8 May 2007 |
United States |
Washington, Richmond, Jamestown, Williamsburg, Lexington, Louisville, Greenbelt[93] |
President George W. Bush
|
| 11–12 July 2007 |
Belgium |
Brussels, Ypres, Laeken,[94] Wavre[95] |
King Albert II
|
| 13–16 May 2008 |
Turkey |
Ankara, Istanbul, Bursa[37] |
President Gül
|
| 21–22 October 2008 |
Slovenia |
Ljubljana, Kranj[96] |
President Türk
|
| 23–24 October 2008 |
Slovakia |
Bratislava, Starý Smokovec, Hrebienok, Poprad[97] |
President Gašparovič
|
| 24–25 November 2010 |
United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
Sheikh Khalifa
|
| 25–28 November 2010 |
Oman |
Muscat |
Sultan Qaboos
|
| 17–20 May 2011 |
Ireland |
Dublin, Kildare, Cashel, Cork[98] |
President McAleese
|
| 3 April 2014 |
Italy |
Rome |
President Napolitano
|
| 3 April 2014 |
Vatican City |
Pope Francis
|
| 5–7 June 2014 |
France |
|
President Hollande[1]
|
| 23–26 June 2015 |
Germany[99] |
Berlin, Frankfurt, Celle[100] |
President Gauck
|