List of diplomatic visits to Iraq

List of state visits to Iraq until January 1, 2025.

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

Summary of visits

Country Guest Title Date Significance
• Republic of Iraq (2003–present)
Iran Masoud Pezeshkian President September 11–13, 2024 Official visit
Lebanon Najib Mikati[1] July 21, 2024
Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan April 22–23, 2024
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[2] October 25, 2021 Official visit
France Emmanuel Macron President August 28–29, 2021 Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership[3]
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[4]
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[5] 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[6] 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[7] June 28, 2009
United States Barack Obama President April 7–8, 2009
Palestine Mahmoud Abbas April 5, 2009
France Nicolas Sarkozy[8] February 10, 2009
United Nations Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General February 6, 2009
United Kingdom Gordon Brown[9] 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[10] King August 12, 2008
United Kingdom Gordon Brown[11] 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[12] Prime Minister December 21, 2007
Poland Donald Tusk[13] December 19, 2007
United Kingdom Gordon Brown[14][15] 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[16] Prime Minister May 23, 2006
United Kingdom Tony Blair December 22, 2005
United Nations Kofi Annan Secretary-General November 12, 2005
Australia John Howard[17] Prime Minister July 26, 2005 Secret visit
United Kingdom Tony Blair December 21, 2004
Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych[18] September 2–3, 2004
Australia John Howard[19] April 25, 2004
Italy Silvio Berlusconi[20] 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[21] 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[22] President September 7, 1988
Jordan Hussein of Jordan[23] 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
• Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)
Indonesia Sukarno President 2-5 April 1960[24] Official visit
• 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

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
Lebanon Najib Mikati 2 July 21, 2024
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.[25]

Most visit by Country

As of 1 January 2025
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
Lebanon 7 July 21, 2024
United States 6 December 26, 2018
France 6 August 29, 2021
Iran 5 September 13, 2024
Turkey 5 April 23, 2024
Kuwait 5 August 28, 2021
Italy 3 December 23, 2022
Spain 4 December 28, 2023
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.[26]

See also

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