This is a list of foreign presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , the 14th president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. During her ten-year presidency, Arroyo has visited a total of 44 countries. With a total of 127 foreign trips, Arroyo has made the most foreign trips by a Philippine president in office. [1]
Number of visits | Country |
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1 visit | Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, India, Laos, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Syria, Turkey |
2 visits | Australia, Bahrain, Colombia, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia |
3 visits | Brunei, Kuwait, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
4 visits | Italy, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City, Vietnam |
5 visits | Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand |
7 visits | Japan |
15 visits | China(Hong Kong) |
16 visits | United States |
Date(s) | Note | Places visited | Country | Details | |
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August 7–9 | 2001 | State visit | Malaysia [2] | ||
August 22–24 | State visit | Brunei [1] | |||
August 24–26 | State visit | Singapore [1] | |||
September 12–15 | Working visit | Japan | Summit meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and attended the 23rd Joint Conference of the Japan-Philippines Economic Cooperation Committee and the Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce [3] | ||
October 19–22 | Visit | Shanghai | China | Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting [1] | |
October 28–29 | Official visit | Hong Kong [1] | |||
October 29–31 | State visit | China [1] | |||
November 4–6 | Visit | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | Attended the ASEAN Summit [1] | |
November 12–13 | State visit | Indonesia [1] | |||
November 15–20 | 2002 | Working visit | United States | Met with President George W. Bush [1] [4] | |
November 21 | Visit | Mexico | Attended the Christian Democrats summit meeting [5] | ||
January 28–29 | Official visit | London | United Kingdom | Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair [6] | |
January 29 | Working visit | Canada | Met with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien [6] | ||
February | Working visit | New York City | United States | Addressed the World Economic Forum and met with President of Israel Shimon Peres [6] | |
May 7 | Official visit | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Addressed the 35th International General Meeting of Pacific Basin Economic Council [2] | |
May 7–8 | Official visit | Thailand [7] | |||
May 20–24 | Working visit | Japan [1] | |||
October 24–25 and 27–30 | Working visits | United States [1] | |||
October 25–27 | Visit | Los Cabos | Mexico | Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting [5] | |
November 3–6 | Visit | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | Attended the ASEAN Summit [1] | |
November 6–7 | State visit | Vietnam [1] | |||
December 2–5 | State visit | Japan [8] | |||
February 2–3 | 2003 | Official visit | Kuwait | [1] [9] | |
February 23–25 | Visit | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Attended the Non-Aligned Movement Summit [1] | |
April 4 | Visit | Thailand | Attended the Special ASEAN-China Leaders Meeting on SARS [1] | ||
May 17–23 | State and working visit | Los Angeles | United States | Met with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush [10] | |
June 2–4 | State visit | South Korea | Met with President Roh Moo-hyun [11] | ||
June 4–6 | Working visit | Japan | Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi [12] | ||
September 1–3 | Visit | Brunei | Attended the PECC XV [1] | ||
September 24–26 | Visit | United States | Addressed the 58th United Nations General Assembly [1] | ||
September 27–28 | Working visit | Holy See | Met with Pope John Paul II [1] [13] | ||
September 29 | Visit | France | Attended a UNESCO summit [1] | ||
October 6–8 | Visit | Bali | Indonesia | Attended the 9th ASEAN Summit [1] | |
October 15–16 | Visit | Putrajaya | Malaysia | Attended the 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit Conference [1] | |
October 19–21 | Visit | Bangkok | Thailand | Attended the 15th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting [1] | |
December 10–12 | Visit | Tokyo | Japan | Attended the ASEAN–Japan Commemorative Summit [1] | |
December 14–15 | State visit | Bahrain [14] | |||
September 1–3 | 2004 | State visit | China | Met with President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao and Chairman Jiang Zemin of the Central Military Commission [15] | |
September 8–9 | Official visit | Brunei | Attended the wedding of Crown prince Al-Muhtadee Billah and Pengiran Anak Sarah [16] | ||
October 7–9 | Visit | Hanoi | Vietnam | Attended the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting [1] | |
November 17–18 and 23 | Working visit | United States [1] | |||
November 19–22 | Visit | Santiago | Chile | Attended the 16th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting [1] | |
November 22–23 | Official visit | Mexico City | Mexico | Met with President Vicente Fox and First Lady Marta Sahagún [17] | |
November 28–30 | Visit | Vientiane | Laos | Attended the 10th ASEAN Summit [1] | |
January 5–6 | 2005 | Visit | Indonesia | Attended the Special ASEAN Leaders' Summit on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami [18] | |
April 6–9 | Official visit | Holy See | Attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II [1] | ||
April 21–22 | Visit | Jakarta | Indonesia | Attended the Asia-Africa Summit and Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee [18] | |
August | Working visit | Singapore [1] | |||
September 12–16 | Visit | United States | Addressed the United Nations General Assembly [1] | ||
November 17–19 | Visit | Busan | South Korea | Attended the 10th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting [1] | |
December 11–14 | Visit | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Attended the 11th ASEAN Summit meeting with BIMP-EAGA and the First East Asia Summit [1] | |
May 7–10 | 2006 | State visit | Saudi Arabia | Met with King Abdullah [19] | |
June 24–25 | Official visit | Holy See | Met with Pope Benedict XVI [1] [20] | ||
June 29–30 | Official visit | Madrid | Spain | Met with King Juan Carlos I [20] | |
July 15 | Official visit | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | Attended the 60th birthday of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah [21] | |
July 16–18 | State visit | Tripoli | Libya [21] | ||
September 9–11 | Visit | Helsinki | Finland | Attended the 6th Asia-Europe Meeting [1] [22] | |
September 12–13 | Official visit | Brussels | Belgium [22] | ||
September 13–14 | Official visit | London | United Kingdom [22] ' | ||
September 15 | Official visit | Havana | Cuba | Met with President Fidel Castro and attended the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit [22] [23] | |
September 16–17 | Official visit | Honolulu | United States | [22] | |
October 27 - November 1 | Visit | Nanning and Hong Kong | China [1] [24] | Attended the China Commemorative Summit in Nanning and met with ZTE officials in Hong Kong [1] [24] | |
November 17–19 | Visit | Hanoi | Vietnam | Attended the 18th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting [1] | |
November 19–20 | Working visit | Singapore [1] | |||
January 25–26 | 2007 | Visit | Davos | Switzerland | Attended the World Economic Forum [25] |
January 27 | State visit | Kuwait [25] | |||
April 19–21 | Visit | Bo'ao | China | Attended the Boao Forum for Asia [26] | |
May 22–25 | Visit | Tokyo | Japan | Attended the 13th International Conference on the Future of Asia [1] | |
May 27–30 | State visit | New Zealand [27] | |||
May 30–31 | State visit | Canberra and Melbourne | Australia [28] | ||
June 2–4 | Private visit | Rome | Holy See | Met with Pope Benedict XVI and attended the canonization of Marie-Eugénie de Jésus [1] | |
June | Private visit | Lisbon | Holy See | Met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva [30] | |
June 6–7 | State visit | Sichuan and Chongqing | China [31] | ||
June 25–26 | State visit | Singapore | Met with President S. R. Nathan [32] | ||
June 26–27 | State visit | Equatorial Guinea | Met with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo [33] | ||
August 30–31 | Official visit | Malaysia | Attended the 50th anniversary of Malaysian Independence [1] | ||
September 7–9 | Visit | Sydney | Australia | Attended the 19th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting [1] | |
September 26–29 | Visit | United States | Addressed the 16th United Nations General Assembly [1] | ||
October 2–3 | Working visit | Shanghai | China | Attended the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games [1] | |
October 4–6 | State visit | India [34] | |||
November 18–22 | Visit | Singapore | Attended the 13th ASEAN Summit [1] | ||
December 2–8 | State visit | Spain [1] [35] | |||
December 9–10 | Working visit | Kuwait [1] [36] | |||
January 22–25 | 2008 | Working visit | Zürich and Davos | Switzerland | Attended the World Economic Forum [37] |
January 26–28 | Official visit | United Arab Emirates | [1] [37] | ||
March 30 - April 1 | Working visit | Hong Kong | China | Addressed a keynote at the 11th Asian Investment Conference [1] | |
June 21–28 | Official/working visit | United States [1] | |||
August 7–9 | Official visit | Beijing | China | Met with President Hu Jintao and attended the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics [1] [38] | |
September 21–27 | Visit | New York City | United States | Addressed the 63rd United Nations General Assembly [1] | |
October 23–27 | Working visit | Beijing | China | Attended the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting [1] | |
November 10–13 | Working visit | New York City | United States | Addressed the United Nations General Assembly [1] | |
November 13–16 | State visit | Doha | Qatar | ||
November | Working visit | United Arab Emirates | |||
November 21–23 | Visit | Lima | Peru | Attended the 20th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting [1] | |
November | Official visit | Colombia | Met with President Álvaro Uribe [40] | ||
November 27 | Working visit | United States [1] | |||
January 30–31 | 2009 | Visit | Davos | Switzerland | Attended the World Economic Forum [1] [41] |
February 1–2 | Working visit | Milan | Italy [1] [41] | ||
February 3–4 | Working visit | Saudi Arabia [1] | |||
February 4–5 | Official visit | Bahrain | Met with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa [1] [41] | ||
February 6–7 | Official visit | United States | Attended a prayer conference [1] | ||
February 28 - March 1 | Visit | Pattaya | Thailand | Attended the 14th ASEAN Summit [1] | |
April 10–11 | Visit | Pattaya | Thailand | Attended the reconvened 14th ASEAN Summit [1] | |
April 12–14 | Working visit | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates [1] [42] | |
May 2–3 | Official/working visit | Cairo | Egypt | Met with President Hosni Mubarak [1] [43] | |
May 4–6 | State visit | Damascus | Syria | Met with President Bashar al-Assad and addressed the People's Council of Syria [1] [43] | |
May 11–15 | Visit | Manado | Indonesia | Attended the Coral Triangle Initiative Summit [1] [44] | |
May 30 - June 2 | Visit | Jeju | South Korea | Attended the Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit [1] | |
June 3–5 | Visit | St. Petersburg | Russia | Attended the XII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and met with President Dmitry Medvedev [1] [45] | |
June 17–20 | Working visit | Tokyo | Japan | Met with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and Prime Minister Tarō Asō [46] | |
June 22–25 | State visit | Brasília Recife, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President José Sarney of the Federal Senate and President Michel Temer of the Chamber of Deputies [47] | |
July 15–16 | Visit | Sharm el-Sheikh | Egypt | Attended the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit [48] | |
July 30–31 | Official visit | Washington, D.C. | United States | Met with President Barack Obama [1] [49] | |
August 28 - September 1 | Official visit | Tripoli | Libya | Attended the African Union Summit and ceremonies for the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Libyan coup d'état; met with Prime Minister Muammar Gaddafi President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka, and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan [50] | |
September 16–17 | Working visit | Ankara | Turkey | Met with President Abdullah Gül [51] [52] | |
September 17–20 | Visit | United Kingdom | Delivered a keynote address at The Economist's "The Emerging Markets Summit" event [52] | ||
September 21–23 | Official visit | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | Attended the inauguration of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal [1] [52] | |
November 13–15 | Visit | Singapore | Attended the 21st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting [1] | ||
November 17–18 | Visit | Pattaya | Thailand | Attended the 15th ASEAN Summit [1] | |
December 16–19 | Visit | Copenhagen | Denmark | Attended the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference [53] | |
April 8–9 | 2010 | Visit | Hanoi | Vietnam | Attended the 16th ASEAN Summit [1] |
April 12–13 | Visit | Washington, D.C. | United States | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit [54] | |
April 14–15 | Official visit | Madrid | Spain | Awarded the Don Quixote de la Mancha Award by King Juan Carlos I of Spain [1] [55] | |
June 8–9 | Visit | Shanghai | China | Visited the Expo 2010 [1] [56] |
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