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Draft:List of state visits to Iraq

List of state visits to Iraq until December 31, 2022.

This is a list of foreign heads of state, heads of government who have visited the Iraq, which is classified by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs as either a state visit, official visit, or working visit.

Scheduled future visits edit

Summary of visits edit

Country Guest Title Date Significance
  • Republic of Iraq (2003–present)
  Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President April 22–23, 2024 Official visit
  Spain Pedro Sanchez Prime Minister December 28, 2023
  Jordan Bisher al-Khasawneh July 24, 2023
  United Nations António Guterres Secretary-General February 28, 2023
  Italy Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister December 23, 2022
  Lebanon Najib Mikati[1] October 25, 2021 Official visit
  France Emmanuel Macron President August 28–29, 2021 Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership[2]
  Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi August 28, 2021
  Jordan Abdullah II of Jordan King
  Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Emir
  United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prime Minister
  Kuwait Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
  Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi President June 28, 2021 Egypt-Jordan-Iraq summit[3]
  Jordan Abdullah II of Jordan King
  Vatican City Pope Francis Pope March 5–8, 2021
  France Emmanuel Macron President September 2, 2020 Official visit
  Australia David Hurley Governor-General December 20, 2019
  Norway Erna Solberg Prime Minister October 21, 2019
  Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Emir June 19, 2019
  Iran Hassan Rouhani[4] President March 11–14, 2019
  Palestine Mahmoud Abbas March 3–4, 2019
  Spain Felipe VI of Spain King January 30, 2019 Official visit
  Canada Julie Payette Governor-General January 20-21, 2019
  Jordan Abdullah II of Jordan King January 13, 2019
  United States Donald Trump President December 26, 2018
  Australia Scott Morrison Prime Minister December 20, 2018 Secret visit
Peter Cosgrove Governor-General November 7, 2018
February 26, 2018
  Lebanon Michel Aoun President February 20–21, 2018 Official visit
  United Kingdom Theresa May Prime Minister November 29, 2017
  Czech Republic Bohuslav Sobotka August 26–27, 2017 Official visit
  Australia Malcolm Turnbull April 24, 2017
  United Nations António Guterres Secretary-General March 30–31, 2017
  Turkey Binali Yıldırım Prime Minister January 7–8, 2017 Official visit
  France François Hollande President January 2, 2017
  Sweden Stefan Löfven Prime Minister October 24–25, 2016
  Netherlands Mark Rutte August 9, 2016 Secret visit
  United Nations Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General March 26, 2016
  New Zealand John Key Prime Minister October 6–8, 2015 Secret visit
  Australia Peter Cosgrove Governor-General August 9, 2015
  Canada Stephen Harper Prime Minister May 2, 2015
  United Nations Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General March 30, 2015
  Australia Tony Abbott[5] Prime Minister January 4, 2015
  Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu Prime Minister November 20–21, 2014
  France François Hollande President September 12, 2014
  Italy Matteo Renzi Prime Minister August 20, 2014
  Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad President July 18–19, 2013 Official visit
  United Nations Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General December 6, 2012
Ban Ki-moon March 27–29, 2012 23rd Arab League summit
  Arab League Nabil Elaraby
  Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Emir
  Lebanon Michel Suleiman President
  Palestine Mahmoud Abbas
  Tunisia Moncef Marzouki
  Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
  Sudan Omar al-Bashir
  Djibouti Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
  Somalia Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
  Comoros Ikililou Dhoinine
  Libya Mustafa Abdul Jalil Chairman
  Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister March 28–29, 2011
  Australia Julia Gillard[6] June 28, 2009
  United States Barack Obama President April 7–8, 2009
  Palestine Mahmoud Abbas April 5, 2009
  France Nicolas Sarkozy[7] February 10, 2009
  United Nations Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General February 6, 2009
  United Kingdom Gordon Brown[8] Prime Minister December 17, 2008
  United States George W. Bush President December 14, 2008
  Lebanon Fouad Siniora Prime Minister August 20, 2008
  Jordan Abdullah II of Jordan[9] King August 12, 2008
  United Kingdom Gordon Brown[10] Prime Minister July 19, 2008
  Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan July 10, 2008
  Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad President March 1–2, 2008 Official visit
  Australia Kevin Rudd[11] Prime Minister December 21, 2007
  Poland Donald Tusk[12] December 19, 2007
  United Kingdom Gordon Brown[13][14] December 9, 2007
October 3, 2007
  United States George W. Bush President September 3, 2007
  United Kingdom Tony Blair Prime Minister May 19, 2007
  Poland Jarosław Kaczyński May 16, 2007
  United Nations Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General March 22, 2007 Secret visit
  Poland Jarosław Kaczyński Prime Minister December 20, 2006
  Romania Traian Băsescu President August 9, 2006
  United States George W. Bush June 13, 2006
  Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen[15] Prime Minister May 23, 2006
  United Kingdom Tony Blair December 22, 2005
  United Nations Kofi Annan Secretary-General November 12, 2005
  Australia John Howard[16] Prime Minister July 26, 2005 Secret visit
  United Kingdom Tony Blair December 21, 2004
  Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych[17] September 2–3, 2004
  Australia John Howard[18] April 25, 2004
  Italy Silvio Berlusconi[19] April 20, 2004
  Netherlands Jan Peter Balkenende January 7, 2004 Secret visit
  United Kingdom Tony Blair January 4, 2004
  Spain José María Aznar December 20, 2003 Secret visit
  United States George W. Bush President November 27, 2003
  United Kingdom Tony Blair Prime Minister May 29, 2003
  • Ba'athist Iraq (1968-2003)
  Venezuela Hugo Chavez[20] President August 10, 2000 Official visit
  United Nations Kofi Annan Secretary-General February 20–22, 1998
  Palestine Yasser Arafat Chairman February 3–4, 1993
January 1992
  Algeria Chadli Bendjedid President December 1990
  Palestine Yasser Arafat Chairman October 13–14, 1990
August, 1990
  Austria Kurt Waldheim President August 25, 1990
  Jordan Hussein of Jordan King August 14, 1990
August 3, 1990
  Egypt Hosni Mubarak President July 24, 1990 Diplomatic visit
  Jordan Hussein of Jordan King July 17, 1990
  Arab League Chedli Klibi Secretary-General May 28–30, 1990 1990 Arab League summit
  Kuwait Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah Emir
  Jordan Hussein of Jordan King
  Saudi Arabia Fahd of Saudi Arabia King & Prime Minister
  Egypt Hosni Mubarak President
  Libya Muammar Gaddafi
  Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh
  Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
  Somalia Siad Barre
  Palestine Yasser Arafat Chairman
  Saudi Arabia Fahd of Saudi Arabia King & Prime Minister Late May–June 1, 1989 Official visit
  Bahrain Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Prime Minister 1989
  Egypt Hosni Mubarak President October 24, 1988 Arafat-Hussein-Mubarak summit
  Palestine Yasser Arafat Chairman
  Egypt Hosni Mubarak[21] President September 7, 1988
  Jordan Hussein of Jordan[22] King September 6, 1987
  Palestine Yasser Arafat Chairman 1987
  Egypt Hosni Mubarak President March 18, 1985
  Jordan Hussein of Jordan King
  Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu President June 13, 1982
  Palestine Yasser Arafat Chairman September 25, 1980
  Mali Moussa Traoré President February 11, 1980 Official visit
  Palestine Yasser Arafat Chairman March 29, 1979
  Syria Hafez al-Assad President November 2–5, 1978 9th Arab League summit
  Lebanon Élias Sarkis
Selim Hoss Prime Minister
  South Yemen Ali Nasir Muhammad
  Kuwait Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah Emir
  Jordan Hussein of Jordan King
  Libya Muammar Gaddafi Chairman
  Palestine Yasser Arafat
  Syria Hafez al-Assad President October 24, 1978 Official visit
  Spain Juan Carlos I King 1978
  Jordan Hussein of Jordan
  Austria Bruno Kreisky Chancellor March 16, 1976 Official visit
  France Jacques Chirac Prime Minister February 17-18, 1975
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing President
  United Nations Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General February 20, 1975
  India Indira Gandhi Prime Minister January 18–21, 1975 Official visit
  Cuba Fidel Castro President September 10, 1973
  Syria Hafez al-Assad 1973
  • Kingdom of Iraq (1924–1958)
  Jordan Hussein of Jordan King 1958
  Iran Mohammad Reza Shah Shah March 11–12, 1955 Official visit
  Transjordan Abdullah I of Jordan King November 27, 1941

Most visited Official edit

As of 23 April 2024
Country Official Visit Last Visit
  Palestine Yasser Arafat 10 February 4, 1993
  Jordan Hussein of Jordan 9* August 14, 1990
  Egypt Hosni Mubarak 5 24 July, 1990
  United Kingdom Tony Blair 5 May 19, 2007
  United Kingdom Gordon Brown 4 December 17, 2008
  United States George W. Bush 4 December 14, 2008
  Jordan Abdullah II of Jordan 4 August 28, 2021
  Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 3 April 23, 2024
  Palestine Mahmoud Abbas 3 March 4, 2019
  Australia Peter Cosgrove 3 November 7, 2018
  Syria Hafez al-Assad 3 November 5, 1978
  France Emmanuel Macron 2 August 29, 2021
  Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi 2 August 28, 2021
  Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 2 June 19, 2019
  Kuwait Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah 2 May 30, 1990
  Saudi Arabia Fahd of Saudi Arabia 2 May 30, 1990
  Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 2 July 19, 2013
  Libya Muammar Gaddafi 2 May 30, 1990
  France François Hollande 2 January 2, 2017
  Poland Jarosław Kaczyński 2 May 16, 2007
  Australia John Howard 2 July 26, 2005
*Hussein of Jordan visited Baghdad 61 times between 1980 and 1990.[23]

Most visit by Country edit

As of 23 April 2024
Country Visit Last Visit
  Jordan 15* July 24, 2023
  Palestine 13 March 4, 2019
  Australia 11 December 20, 2019
  United Kingdom 10 November 29, 2017
  Egypt 7 August 28, 2021
  United States 6 December 26, 2018
  Lebanon 6 October 25, 2021
  France 6 August 29, 2021
  Turkey 5 April 23, 2024
  Kuwait 5 August 28, 2021
  Iran 4 March 14, 2019
  Italy 3 December 23, 2022
  Spain 3 January 30, 2019
  Libya 3 March 29, 2012
  Poland 3 December 19, 2007
  Syria 3 November 5, 1978
*Hussein of Jordan visited Baghdad 61 times between 1980 and 1990.[23]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Najib Mikati - Latest News - Mikati holds talks with Iraqi counterpart, stresses need to bolster relations". najib-mikati.net. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  2. ^ "Baghdad conference to establish cooperation, partnership in region - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  3. ^ Ismail, Amina (2021-06-27). "'Arab Alliance' meets in Iraq in first visit in decades for an Egyptian leader". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  4. ^ "Iraqi TV: Iran's president arrives in Baghdad on 3-day visit". Insider. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  5. ^ Press, Associated (2015-01-04). "Tony Abbott makes surprise visit to Iraq to discuss fight against Isis". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  6. ^ "Gillard visits diggers in Iraq". ABC News. 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  7. ^ "Sarkozy visits Iraq to raise France's profile in region". the Guardian. 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  8. ^ "British PM Brown in Iraq on surprise visit: TV". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  9. ^ "Jordan's Abdullah first Arab leader to visit Iraq". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  10. ^ "Brown arrives in Baghdad". The New York Times. 2008-07-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  11. ^ "Australia's Rudd makes unannounced visit to Baghdad". Reuters. 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  12. ^ "Polish PM visits troops in Iraq for Christmas". Reuters. 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  13. ^ "Tories attack Brown over Iraq 'photo opportunity'". the Guardian. 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  14. ^ "Brown on unannounced visit to troops in Iraq". Reuters. 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  15. ^ Team, Editorial (2006-05-23). "Danish prime minister visits Danish troops in Iraq". PravdaReport. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  16. ^ "Howard makes surprise visit to Iraq". The Age. 2005-07-26. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  17. ^ Interns (2004-09-08). "High hopes for Iraq - Sep. 09, 2004". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  18. ^ "Howard makes flying visit to Baghdad". The Age. 2004-04-25. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  19. ^ "Italian PM Berlusconi visits troops in Iraq". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  20. ^ "Venezuela's Chavez Visits Iraq". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  21. ^ Archives, L. A. Times (1988-09-08). "Mubarak on Iraq Visit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  22. ^ Archives, L. A. Times (1987-09-07). "Jordan King Visits Iraq". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  23. ^ a b Shlaim 2009, p. 425–438.
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