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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
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Country |
Guest |
Title |
Date |
Significance
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• 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.
|
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.
|