List of diplomatic visits to the Philippines

This is a list of visits made to the Philippines by heads of state and/or heads of government for diplomatic reasons, which is classified by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs as either a state visit, official visit, or working visit.^[1]

The scope of the list includes visits by:

• heads of state and heads of government
• The top leaders of international organizations whose membership compose of sovereign nations (e.g. United Nations, European Union)

Excluded are visits by (but not limited to):

• Government ministers/secretaries, unless if the person makes the visit under the capacity stated above (e.g. Prime Ministers)
• Government agency heads
• Heads of sub-national jurisdictions (e.g. states, provinces, cities)
• Members of royal families aside from the reigning monarch
• Spouses of the head of states and governments

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei has the most visits (nine), followed by former President Sukarno of Indonesia with six. Representatives from Thailand have the most visits, with 26. Representatives from the United States, of which the Philippines is a major non-NATO ally, have the most visits outside of Asian countries. Ban Ki-moon has the most visits from a Secretary General of the United Nations, with two visits. Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo's 1943 visit was the first state visit to the Philippines, while Sukarno's in 1951 was the first visit since the Philippines was granted independence.

List of official dignitary visits

By leaders of sovereign nations

Presidency of Bongbong Marcos

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Singapore	Lawrence Wong	Prime Minister	June 4–5, 2025	Official visit	[2]
Japan	Shigeru Ishiba	Prime Minister	April 29–30, 2025	Official visit	[3]
Palau	Surangel Whipps Jr.	President	February 23–24, 2025	Official visit	[4]
Cambodia	Hun Manet	Prime Minister	February 10–11, 2025	Official visit	[5]
South Korea	Yoon Suk Yeol	President	October 6–7, 2024	State visit	[6]
Singapore	Tharman Shanmugaratnam	President	August 15–17, 2024	State visit	[7]
Ukraine	Volodymyr Zelenskyy	President	June 2–3, 2024	Working visit	[8][9]
Qatar	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	Emir	April 21–22, 2024	State visit	[10]
New Zealand	Christopher Luxon	Prime Minister	April 18–20, 2024	Official visit	[11]
Marshall Islands	Hilda C. Heine	President	March 7, 2024	Working visit	[12]
Indonesia	Joko Widodo	President	January 9–11, 2024	Official visit	[13]
East Timor	José Ramos-Horta	President	November 8–11, 2023	State visit	[14][15]
Japan	Fumio Kishida	Prime Minister	November 3–4, 2023	Official visit; addressed a joint session of Congress	[16]
Micronesia	Wesley Simina	President	October 13, 2023	Met with President Bongbong Marcos at Malacañang	[17]
Australia	Anthony Albanese	Prime Minister	September 7–8, 2023	Official visit	[18]
Montenegro	Dritan Abazović	Prime Minister	September 1, 2023	Attended the FIBA Basketball World Cup game between Montenegro and the United States; met with President Marcos at Malacañang; appeared on CNN Philippines' The Final Word with Rico Hizon	[19][20][21]
Czech Republic	Petr Fiala	Prime Minister	April 16–18, 2023	Official visit	[22]
Malaysia	Anwar Ibrahim	Prime Minister	March 1–2, 2023	Official visit	[23]
Australia	David Hurley	Governor-General	June 30, 2022	Attended the inauguration of President Marcos	[24]

Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Brunei	Hassanal Bolkiah	Sultan	November 30 – December 1, 2019	Official visit; attended the opening ceremony of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games	[25]
India	Ram Nath Kovind	President	October 17–21, 2019	State visit to mark 70th anniversary of Philippines–India diplomatic relations	[26][27]
Singapore	Halimah Yacob	President	September 8–12, 2019	State visit to mark 50th anniversary of Philippines–Singapore diplomatic relations; visited Davao City	[28][29][30]
Malaysia	Mahathir Mohamad	Prime Minister	March 6–7, 2019	Official visit	[31][32]
Sri Lanka	Maithripala Sirisena	President	January 15–19, 2019	State visit	[33]
China	Xi Jinping	President	November 20–21, 2018	State visit	[34]
Papua New Guinea	Peter O'Neill	Prime Minister	May 15–17, 2018	Official visit	[35]
Australia	Malcolm Turnbull	Prime Minister	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Brunei	Hassanal Bolkiah	Sultan	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Cambodia	Hun Sen	Prime Minister	November 11–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Canada	Justin Trudeau	Prime Minister	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
China	Li Keqiang	Premier	November 12–16, 2017	Official visit after attending the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36][37]
India	Narendra Modi	Prime Minister	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Indonesia	Joko Widodo	President	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Japan	Shinzō Abe	Prime Minister	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Laos	Thongloun Sisoulith	Prime Minister	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Malaysia	Najib Razak	Prime Minister	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Myanmar	Aung San Suu Kyi	State Counsellor	November 11–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
New Zealand	Jacinda Ardern	Prime Minister	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Russia	Dmitry Medvedev	Prime Minister	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Singapore	Lee Hsien Loong	Prime Minister	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
South Korea	Moon Jae-in	President	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Thailand	Prayut Chan-o-cha	Prime Minister	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Vietnam	Nguyễn Xuân Phúc	Prime Minister	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
United States	Donald Trump	President	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Cambodia	Hun Sen	Prime Minister	April 28–30, 2017	Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit	[38]
Indonesia	Joko Widodo	President	April 28–30, 2017	State visit on April 28 prior to attending the 30th ASEAN Summit; traveled to Davao City with President Rodrigo Duterte to inaugurate the Davao City–General Santos–Bitung sea trade route	[38][39]
Laos	Thongloun Sisoulith	Prime Minister	April 28–29, 2017	Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit	[38]
Myanmar	Aung San Suu Kyi	State Counsellor	April 28–29, 2017	Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit	[38]
Singapore	Lee Hsien Loong	Prime Minister	April 28–29, 2017	Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit	[38]
Thailand	Prayut Chan-o-cha	Prime Minister	April 28–29, 2017	Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit	[38]
Vietnam	Nguyễn Xuân Phúc	Prime Minister	April 28–29, 2017	Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit	[38]
Malaysia	Najib Razak	Prime Minister	April 27–30, 2017	Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit	[38]
Brunei	Hassanal Bolkiah	Sultan	April 26–29, 2017	State visit on April 27 prior to attending the 30th ASEAN Summit	[38]
Japan	Shinzō Abe	Prime Minister	January 12–13, 2017	Official visit; visited Davao City	[40]

Presidency of Benigno Aquino III

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Monaco	Albert II	Prince	April 6–7, 2016	Official visit	[41]
Japan	Akihito	Emperor	January 26–30, 2016	State visit to mark 60th anniversary of Japan–Philippines diplomatic relations; accompanied by Empress Michiko	[42][43][44]
	Shinzō Abe	Prime Minister	November 18–20, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[45][46]
Russia	Dmitry Medvedev	Prime Minister	November 18–20, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, representing President Vladimir Putin	[47][48]
Peru	Ollanta Humala	President	November 18–19, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[49][50]
Singapore	Lee Hsien Loong	Prime Minister	November 18–19, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[49][51]
Thailand	Prayuth Chan-ocha	Prime Minister	November 18–19, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[49][52]
Canada	Justin Trudeau	Prime Minister	November 17–20, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[53][54]
New Zealand	John Key	Prime Minister	November 17–20, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[55][56]
South Korea	Park Geun-hye	President	November 17–20, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[49][57]
United States	Barack Obama	President	November 17–20, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[58][59]
Australia	Malcolm Turnbull	Prime Minister	November 17–19, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[60][49]
Brunei	Hassanal Bolkiah	Sultan	November 17–19, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[49][61]
China	Xi Jinping	President	November 17–19, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[49][62]
Malaysia	Najib Razak	Prime Minister	November 17–19, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[49][63]
Vietnam	Trương Tấn Sang	President	November 17–19, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[64][65]
Papua New Guinea	Peter O'Neill	Prime Minister	November 16–20, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[49][66]
Colombia	Juan Manuel Santos	President	November 16–19, 2015	Attended the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in an observer status	[67][68]
Mexico	Enrique Peña Nieto	President	November 16–19, 2015	State visit prior to attending the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[69][49]
Chile	Michelle Bachelet	President	November 15–19, 2015	State visit prior to attending the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting	[69][49]
Thailand	Prayut Chan-o-cha	Prime Minister	August 27–28, 2015	State visit	[70][71]
France	François Hollande	President	February 26–27, 2015	State visit; visited Guiuan	[72][73]
Indonesia	Joko Widodo	President	February 8–10, 2015	State visit	[74]
Vatican City	Francis	Pope	January 15–19, 2015	Main article: Pope Francis's visit to the Philippines Papal Apostolic and State Visit; visited Palo and Tacloban to meet with victims of Typhoon Haiyan	[75]
Turkey	Ahmet Davutoğlu	Prime Minister	November 17–18, 2014	Official visit	[76]
Bhutan	Tshering Tobgay	Prime Minister	September 5, 2014	Visited the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank in Manila	[77]
Indonesia	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	President	May 22–23, 2014	State visit; attended the World Economic Forum on East Asia	[78]
Vietnam	Nguyễn Tấn Dũng	Prime Minister	May 21–23, 2014	Official visit; attended the World Economic Forum on East Asia	[79]
United States	Barack Obama	President	April 28–29, 2014	State visit; met with U.S. and Filipino troops at Fort Bonifacio	[80][81]
Singapore	Tony Tan	President	April 2–5, 2014	State visit	[82]
Malaysia	Najib Razak	Prime Minister	March 27, 2014	Working visit; witnessed the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro	[83]
Sweden	Carl XVI Gustaf	King	January 24–26, 2014	Visited the projects of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines in Tacloban, a city devastated by Typhoon Haiyan	[84]
Myanmar	Thein Sein	President	December 4–6, 2013	State visit	[85][86]
Japan	Shinzō Abe	Prime Minister	July 26–27, 2013	State visit	[87][88]
East Timor	Xanana Gusmão	Prime Minister	June 5–9, 2013	Official visit	[89]
Brunei	Hassanal Bolkiah	Sultan	April 15–16, 2013	State visit	[90]
Canada	Stephen Harper	Prime Minister	November 9–12, 2012	Official visit	[91]
France	Jean-Marc Ayrault	Prime Minister	October 19–21, 2012	State visit	[92]
Malaysia	Najib Razak	Prime Minister	October 14–15, 2012	Official visit	[93][94]
Laos	Thongsing Thammavong	Prime Minister	May 10–12, 2012	State visit	[95]
Australia	Quentin Bryce	Governor-General	April 12–13, 2012	State visit	[96]
Qatar	Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani	Emir	April 9, 2012	State visit	[97]
Thailand	Yingluck Shinawatra	Prime Minister	January 19, 2012	Official visit	[98]
South Korea	Lee Myung-bak	President	November 20–22, 2011	State visit	[89][99]
Vietnam	Trương Tấn Sang	President	October 26–28, 2011	State visit	[100]
East Timor	José Ramos-Horta	President	June 28–July 2010	Attended the inauguration of President Benigno Aquino III	[101][102]

Presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Czech Republic	Jan Fischer	Prime Minister	September 6–7, 2009	Official visit	[103]
Thailand	Abhisit Vejjajiva	Prime Minister	August 14, 2009		[104]
East Timor	José Ramos-Horta	President	August 5, 2009	Attended the funeral of former President Corazon Aquino	[105]
Papua New Guinea	Michael Somare	Prime Minister	March 29 – April 1, 2009	Official visit; visited Boracay, Aklan	[106]
East Timor	José Ramos-Horta	President	January 14–15, 2009	Lecture visit at the Ateneo de Davao University in Davao City	[107]
Kuwait	Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah	Prime Minister	August 14–16, 2008	Official visit	[108]
East Timor	José Ramos-Horta	President	January 14–15, 2009	State visit	[109]
Vietnam	Nguyễn Tấn Dũng	Prime Minister	August 9–10, 2007	Official visit	[110]
Swaziland	Mswati III	King	May 26, 2008	State visit; private visit to Bohol and Cebu	[111]
Thailand	Samak Sundaravej	Prime Minister	May 22–23, 2008	Official visit; met with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to enhance tourism growth within ASEAN	[112][113]
China	Wen Jiabao	Premier	January 15–16, 2007	Official visit; attended the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[114][115][116]
India	Manmohan Singh	Prime Minister	January 14, 2007	Attended the Second East Asia Summit and the 5th ASEAN-India Summit in Mandaue	[116]
Vietnam	Nguyễn Tấn Dũng	Prime Minister	January 11–14, 2007	Official visit; attended the 12th ASEAN Summit and the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116][110]
Australia	John Howard	Prime Minister	January 2007	Attended the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116][117]
Brunei	Hassanal Bolkiah	Sultan	January 2007	Attended the 12th ASEAN Summit and the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116]
Cambodia	Hun Sen	Prime Minister	January 2007	Attended the 12th ASEAN Summit and the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116]
Indonesia	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	President	January 2007	Attended the 12th ASEAN Summit and the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116]
Japan	Shinzō Abe	Prime Minister	January 2007	Attended the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116]
Laos	Bouasone Bouphavanh	Prime Minister	January 2007	Attended the 12th ASEAN Summit and the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116]
Malaysia	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	Prime Minister	January 2007	Attended the 12th ASEAN Summit and the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116]
Myanmar	Soe Win	Prime Minister	January 2007	Attended the 12th ASEAN Summit and the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116]
New Zealand	Helen Clark	Prime Minister	January 2007	Attended the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116]
Singapore	Lee Hsien Loong	Prime Minister	January 2007	Attended the 12th ASEAN Summit and the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116]
South Korea	Roh Moo-hyun	President	January 2007	Attended the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116]
Thailand	Surayud Chulanont	Prime Minister	January 2007	Attended the Second East Asia Summit in Mandaue	[116]
	Surayud Chulanont	Prime Minister	October 23, 2006	Official visit; part of "familiarization tour"	[112][118]
India	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	President	October 3–6, 2006	State visit; addressed the joint session of Philippine Congress	[119]
Equatorial Guinea	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo	President	May 2006	State visit	[120]
South Korea	Roh Moo-hyun	President	December 15–16, 2005	State visit	[121][122]
Poland	Marek Belka	Prime Minister	July 6–8, 2005	Official visit	[123]
The Gambia	Yahya Jammeh	President	June 20–25, 2005	State visit	[124]
Indonesia	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	President	June 20–21, 2005	State visit; discussed counter-terrorism cooperation with President Arroyo	[125]
China	Hu Jintao	President	April 27–28, 2005	State visit	[114][126]
Pakistan	Pervez Musharraf	President	April 18–20, 2005	State visit; addressed Philippine Congress	[127]
Malaysia	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	Prime Minister	January 23, 2004	Met with President Arroyo to discuss regional security and the Moro conflict	[128]
Kazakhstan	Nursultan Nazarbayev	President	November 10–14, 2003	State visit	[129]
United States	George W. Bush	President	October 18–19, 2003	State visit; addressed a joint session of the Philippine Congress	[130][131]
Thailand	Thaksin Shinawatra	Prime Minister	September 7–8, 2003	Regional visit	[112][132]
Australia	John Howard	Prime Minister	July 14–15, 2003	Official visit	[133]
Romania	Ion Iliescu	President	February 20–22, 2002	State visit	[134]
Vietnam	Trần Đức Lương	President	November 14–16, 2001	Official visit	[110]
Indonesia	Megawati Sukarnoputri	President	August 21, 2001	State visit	[135][136]
	Abdurrahman Wahid	President	June 29, 2001	Working visit	[136]

Presidency of Joseph Estrada

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Mongolia	Natsagiin Bagabandi	President	September 1–4, 2000	State visit	[137]
Cambodia	Hun Sen	Prime Minister	August 16–19, 2000	State visit	[138]
Spain	José María Aznar	Prime Minister	June 29 – July 1, 2000	Official visit	[137]
China	Jiang Zemin	President	May 16–19, 2000	State visit	[139]
Brunei	Hassanal Bolkiah	Sultan	November 28–30, 1999	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Informal Summit in Manila	[140]
Cambodia	Hun Sen	Prime Minister	November 28–30, 1999	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Informal Summit in Manila	[140]
Indonesia	Abdurrahman Wahid	President	November 28–30, 1999	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Informal Summit in Manila	[140]
Japan	Keizo Obuchi	Prime Minister	November 27–30, 1999	State visit; attended the ASEAN Plus Three summit	[141]
Laos	Sisavath Keobounphanh	Prime Minister	November 28–30, 1999	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Informal Summit in Manila	[140]
Myanmar	Than Shwe	Prime Minister	November 28–30, 1999	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Informal Summit in Manila	[140]
Singapore	Goh Chok Tong	Prime Minister	November 28–30, 1999	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Informal Summit in Manila	[140]
South Korea	Kim Dae-jung	President	November 27–30, 1999	State visit; attended the ASEAN Plus Three summit	[142]
Thailand	Chuan Leekpai	Prime Minister	November 28–30, 1999	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Informal Summit in Manila	[140]
Vietnam	Phan Văn Khải	Prime Minister	November 28–30, 1999	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Informal Summit in Manila	[140]
China	Zhu Rongji	Premier	November 26, 1999	Official visit	[114]
Venezuela	Hugo Chavez	President	October 1999	State visit	[143][unreliable source?]
Thailand	Chuan Leekpai	Prime Minister	June 13–15, 1999	Official visit to mark 50th anniversary of Philippines–Thailand diplomatic relations	[112][144]
Turkey	Süleyman Demirel	President	February 1999	Official visit	[145]
Monaco	Albert II	Prince	1999	Official visit	[146]
South Korea	Kim Dae-jung	President	November 1998	Attended an APEC informal summit	[147]

Presidency of Fidel V. Ramos

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
South Korea	Lee Soo-sung	Prime Minister	June 12, 1998	Attended the celebrations of the centennial of Philippine independence	[142]
Myanmar	Than Shwe	Prime Minister	February 17-19, 1998	State visit	[148]
Spain	Juan Carlos I	King	February 11–13, 1998	State Visit; accompanied by Queen Sofía
Italy	Romano Prodi	Prime Minister	October 1997		[149]
South Africa	Nelson Mandela	President	March 1–3, 1997	State visit	[150]
Thailand	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Prime Minister	January 29–30, 1997	Official visit	[112]
Canada	Jean Chrétien	Prime Minister	January 14–16, 1997	Official visit	[151]
Australia	John Howard	Prime Minister	November 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152]
Brunei	Hassanal Bolkiah	Sultan	November 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152]
Canada	Jean Chrétien	Prime Minister	November 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[151][152]
Chile	Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle	President	November 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152]
China	Jiang Zemin	President	November 24–28, 1996	State visit after attending the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152]
Indonesia	Suharto	President	November 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152]
Japan	Ryutaro Hashimoto	Prime Minister	November 24–26, 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152][153]
Malaysia	Mahathir Mohamad	Prime Minister	November 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152]
Mexico	Ernesto Zedillo	President	November 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152][154]
New Zealand	Jim Bolger	Prime Minister	November 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152]
Papua New Guinea	Julius Chan	Prime Minister	November 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152]
Singapore	Goh Chok Tong	Prime Minister	November 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152]
South Korea	Kim Young-sam	President	November 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152][142]
Thailand	Banharn Silpa-archa	Prime Minister	November 22–23, 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[152][112]
United States	Bill Clinton	President	November 24–25, 1996	Attended the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila and Subic Bay	[131][152][155]
China	Jiang Zemin	President	November 23, 1996	State visit	[114][156]
Peru	Alberto Fujimori	President	November 14–15, 1996	State visit; addressed business forum in University of the Philippines Los Baños	[157]
Germany	Helmut Kohl	Chancellor	October 29-November 1, 1996	State visit	[114][158]
Chile	Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle	President	November 20–21, 1995	State visit	[159]
Lithuania	Adolfas Šleževičius	Prime Minister	September 25–27, 1995		[160]
Kyrgyzstan	Askar Akayev	President	July 22–26, 1995	State visit	[161]
Czech Republic	Vaclav Havel	President	April 4–8, 1995	State visit	[162]
Pakistan	Benazir Bhutto	Prime Minister	February 1995	Guest of President Fidel V. Ramos	[163]
Vatican City	John Paul II	Pope	January 12–16, 1995	Visit for the 1995 World Youth Day	[164]
United States	Bill Clinton	President	November 12–13, 1994	State visit; discussed the withdrawal of U.S. forces from U.S. bases in the Philippines	[131][165]
South Korea	Kim Young-sam	President	November 1994		[142]
Thailand	Chuan Leekpai	Prime Minister	March 24–27, 1993	Official visit	[112]

Presidency of Corazon Aquino

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Vietnam	Võ Văn Kiệt	Prime Minister	February 26–28, 1992	Official visit	[110]
China	Li Peng	Premier	December 13–15, 1990	Official visit	[114][166][167]
Thailand	Chatichai Choonhavan	Prime Minister	January 26, 1989	Official visit	[112]
Brunei	Hassanal Bolkiah	Sultan	December 14–15, 1987	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Summit	[168]
Indonesia	Suharto	President	December 14–15, 1987	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Summit	[168]
Malaysia	Mahathir Mohamad	Prime Minister	December 14–15, 1987	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Summit	[168]
Singapore	Lee Kuan Yew	Prime Minister	December 14–15, 1987	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Summit	[168]
Thailand	Prem Tinsulanonda	Prime Minister	December 14–15, 1987	Attended the 3rd ASEAN Summit	[168]

Presidency of Ferdinand Marcos

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Japan	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Prime Minister	May 6–8, 1983	State visit	[169]
Canada	Pierre Trudeau	Prime Minister	January 1983	Official visit	[170]
China	Zhao Ziyang	Premier	August 6, 1981	State visit; discussed the supply of petroleum to the Philippines	[114][171]
South Korea	Chun Doo-hwan	President	July 6–9, 1981	State visit; first South Korean head of government to visit the ASEAN member states	[142][172]
Thailand	Prem Tinsulanonda	Prime Minister	June 30 – July 1, 1981	Official visit; attended the third inauguration of President Ferdinand Marcos	[112]
Vatican City	John Paul II	Pope	February 17–22, 1981	Papal visit; visit for the beatification of San Lorenzo Ruiz	[164]
Japan	Zenkō Suzuki	Prime Minister	January 8–10, 1981	State visit aimed at extending Japan's assistance and cooperation to the economic development of the Philippines	[169]
Nauru	Hammer DeRoburt	President	August 29, 1980	Official visit	[173]
Samoa	Tupuola Efi	Prime Minister	June 24–29, 1980	State visit	[173]
Thailand	Prem Tinsulanonda	Prime Minister	May 15–16, 1980	Official visit; discussed with President Ferdinand Marcos bilateral and regional security matters	[112]
Nauru	Hammer DeRoburt	President	May 1, 1980	Official visit	[173]
New Zealand	Robert Muldoon	Prime Minister	January 27–30, 1980	State visit	[174]
Austria	Bruno Kreisky	Chancellor	January 26–29, 1980	State visit	[174]
Indonesia	Suharto	President	July 17, 1979	Working visit	[136]
Nauru	Hammer DeRoburt	President	November 22–23, 1978	Official visit	[173]
Mexico	José López Portillo	President	November 4–5, 1978	State visit	[175]
Vietnam	Phạm Văn Đồng	Prime Minister	September 16–19, 1978	State visit	[110]
Thailand	Kriangsak Chamanan	Prime Minister	February 20–23, 1978	State visit; discussed with President Marcos political development and regional cooperation within ASEAN	[112]
Japan	Takeo Fukuda	Prime Minister	August 16–18, 1977	State visit	[169]
Thailand	Tanin Kraivixien	Prime Minister	December 20–22, 1976	State visit; discussed with President Marcos economic relations and internal security problems	[112]
Sri Lanka	Sirimavo Bandaranaike	Prime Minister	November 8–11, 1976	Official visit; discussed with President Marcos trade, industry, finance, education, and agriculture; visited Corregidor and Bataan	[176]
Gabon	Omar Bongo	President	July 8–12, 1976	State visit	[173]
United States	Gerald Ford	President	December 6–7, 1975	Official visit	[131]
Thailand	Kukrit Pramoj	Prime Minister	July 21–24, 1975	State visit	[112]
Romania	Nicolae Ceaușescu	President	April 9–13, 1975	State visit	[174]
Singapore	Lee Kuan Yew	Prime Minister	January 15–17, 1974	State visit	[177][178]
Japan	Kakuei Tanaka	Prime Minister	January 7–9, 1974	State visit; part of "good neighbor" tour around ASEAN member states	[169]
Indonesia	Suharto	President	February 13–15, 1972	State visit	[136]
Nepal	Mahendra	King	April 20–22, 1971	Official visit	[174]
Vatican City	Paul VI	Pope	November 27–29, 1970	Papal visit	[164]
Burma	Ne Win	President	November 18–21, 1970	State visit	[174]
United States	Richard Nixon	President	July 26–27, 1969	State visit	[131]
Japan	Eisaku Satō	Prime Minister	January 18–21, 1967	State visit aimed at reaffirming a peaceful and friendly post-war relationship between Japan and the Philippines	[169]
United States	Lyndon B. Johnson	President	October 24–26, 1966	Attended the Manila Summit Conference aimed at resolving the Vietnam War; visited Los Baños and Corregidor	[131][179]
Australia	Harold Holt	Prime Minister	October 24, 1966	Attended the Manila Summit Conference aimed at resolving the Vietnam War	[179]
New Zealand	Keith Holyoake	Prime Minister	October 24, 1966	Attended the Manila Summit Conference aimed at resolving the Vietnam War	[179]
South Korea	Park Chung-hee	President	October 24, 1966	Attended the Manila Summit Conference aimed at resolving the Vietnam War	[179]
South Vietnam	Nguyễn Văn Thiệu	President	October 24, 1966	Attended the Manila Summit Conference aimed at resolving the Vietnam War	[179]
	Nguyễn Cao Kỳ	Prime Minister	October 24, 1966	Attended the Manila Summit Conference aimed at resolving the Vietnam War	[179]
Thailand	Thanom Kittikachorn	Prime Minister	October 24, 1966	Attended the Manila Summit Conference aimed at resolving the Vietnam War	[179]
			March 2–4, 1966	Official visit	[112]

Presidency of Diosdado Macapagal

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Madagascar	Philibert Tsiranana	President	August 6–8, 1964	State visit, in reciprocation to a state visit of President Diosdado Macapagal to Madagascar in 1963	[180]
Indonesia	Sukarno	President	May 5, 1964	Working visit; transit to Tokyo	[136]
			January 6–11, 1964	Official visit	[136]
Japan	Hayato Ikeda	Prime Minister	September 23–26, 1963	Official visit	[181]
West Germany	Heinrich Lübke	President	November 18–23, 1963	State visit	[181]
Thailand	Bhumibol Adulyadej	King	July 9–14, 1963	State visit	[182]
Indonesia	Sukarno	President	May 23, 1963	Working visit	[136]
Malaysia	Tunku Abdul Rahman	Prime Minister	April 1–5, 1963	State visit	[181]
Mexico	Adolfo López Mateos	President	October 20–23, 1962	State visit	[183]
Laos	Boun Oum	Prime Minister	May 29, 1962	Official visit; good will mission	[181]

Presidency of Carlos P. Garcia

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Argentina	Arturo Frondizi	President	December 11–13, 1961	State visit	[184]
Indonesia	Sukarno	President	September 22, 1960	Working visit; transit to New York City	[136]
United States	Dwight D. Eisenhower	President	June 14–16, 1960	State visit; addressed a joint session of the Philippine Congress	[131]
South Vietnam	Ngo Dinh Diem	President	March 19–23, 1958	State visit	[184]
Japan	Nobusuke Kishi	Prime Minister	December 6–7, 1957	State visit aimed at reaffirming a peaceful and friendly post-war relationship between Japan and the Philippines	[169]
Australia	Robert Menzies	Prime Minister	April 22–23, 1957	State visit	[184]

Presidency of Ramon Magsaysay

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Indonesia	Sukarno	President	May 14–16, 1956	State visit	[136]
Thailand	Plaek Phibunsongkhram	Prime Minister	April 14–16, 1955	State visit	[112]

Presidency of Elpidio Quirino

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Indonesia	Sukarno	President	January 28 – February 3, 1951	Official visit	[136]

Philippine Executive Commission (Japanese occupation)

Country	Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Japan	Hideki Tojo	Prime Minister	May 6, 1943	See also: Philippine Executive Commission State visit; pledged for the establishment of a Japanese-sponsored Philippine Republic	[169]

By leaders of international organizations

European Union

Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Ursula von der Leyen	President of the European Commission	July 31 – August 1, 2023	Official visit	[185]
Donald Tusk	President of the European Council	November 13–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]

Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Name	Title	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
Matthew Festing	Prince and Grand Master	March 1–7, 2015	Official visit; visited Basey, Samar to inspect humanitarian efforts by the Order of Malta for Typhoon Haiyan victims	[186][187]
Angelo de Mojana di Cologna	Prince and Grand Master	February 1–5, 1979	Official visit	[188]

United Nations

By the Secretary-General of the United Nations

Name	Date	Notes	Ref(s)
António Guterres	November 12–14, 2017	Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay	[36]
Ban Ki-moon	December 20–22, 2013	Visited Tacloban as part of the United Nations' humanitarian efforts on helping victims of Typhoon Haiyan	[189]
	October 28–29, 2008	Official visit	[190][191]

Gallery

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  President Bongbong Marcos hosting Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during the latter's official visit to Manila, June 4, 2025
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  President Bongbong Marcos and First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos hosting a state dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his spouse, Yoshiko Ishiba at the Malacañang Palace during the latter's official visit to Manila, April 29, 2025
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  President Bongbong Marcos and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet during the latter's official visit to Manila, February 11, 2025
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  President Bongbong Marcos hosting a state luncheon for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Malacañang Palace during the latter's state visit to Manila, October 7, 2024
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  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is given arrival honors at the Malacañang Palace, June 3, 2024
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  President Bongbong Marcos and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon during the latter's visit to Manila, April 18, 2024
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  President Bongbong Marcos and First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos welcomes Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to Malacañang Palace, September 8, 2023
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  President Bongbong Marcos and EU President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during the latter's official visit to the Philippines, July 31, 2023
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  President Rodrigo Duterte shares a light moment with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad after the latter was accorded arrival honors at the Malacañang Palace on March 7, 2019
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  U.S. President Donald Trump meets with President Rodrigo Duterte during the former's official visit to Manila on November 13, 2017
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  President Rodrigo Duterte chairs the 31st ASEAN Summit on November 13, 2017
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  President Benigno Aquino III with Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko during their state visit to the Philippines on January 27, 2016
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  APEC leaders undertake their family photo for the 2015 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila, November 19, 2015
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  Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto meeting with President Benigno Aquino III in Manila, November 17, 2015
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  Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha meeting with President Benigno Aquino III in a courtesy call at the Malacañang Palace in Manila, August 28, 2015
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  Indonesian President Joko Widodo meeting with President Benigno Aquino III in Manila, February 9, 2015
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  Pope Francis and President Benigno Aquino III during an arrival ceremony at the Malacañang Palace in Manila, January 16, 2015
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  U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President Benigno Aquino III during the former's state visit to Manila, April 28, 2014
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  A bilateral meeting between the delegations of President Benigno Aquino III and the visiting Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar at the Malacañang Palace in Manila, August 10, 2012
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  President Benigno Aquino III hosting a state dinner for the visiting Queen Sofía of Spain at the Malacañang Palace in Manila, July 3, 2012
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  President Benigno Aquino III and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra during the latter's official visit to the Philippines, January 19, 2012
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  President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and U.S. President George W. Bush participating at an arrival ceremony at the Malacañang Palace in Manila, October 18, 2003
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  President Corazon Aquino chairs the 3rd ASEAN Summit on December 14, 1987
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  President Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Imelda Marcos hosting a state dinner for visiting U.S. President Richard Nixon and U.S. First Lady Pat Nixon at the Malacañang Palace in Manila, 1969
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  U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meeting with the Marcoses in Manila, October 23, 1966
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  President Marcos hosting the attending leaders of the Manila Summit Conference on the Vietnam War, October 24, 1966
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  Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo arriving at Nichols Field in Manila for his state visit to the Philippines, May 6, 1943

See also

• List of diplomatic missions in the Philippines
• List of diplomatic missions of the Philippines
• List of international presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
• List of international presidential trips made by Benigno Aquino III
• List of international presidential trips made by Rodrigo Duterte
• List of international presidential trips made by Bongbong Marcos