List of international presidential trips made by Ram Nath Kovind

This is a list of international presidential trips made by Ram Nath Kovind, the 14th President of India. Kovind was elected as president and assumed the office for a five-year term on 25 July 2012 to succeed Pranab Mukherjee and served until 25 July 2017 and was succeeded by Droupadi Murmu.

Summary of international trips

Further information: Foreign relations of India

In his five-year tenure as the President, Ram Nath Kovind made 15 international trips, visiting 32 countries. The first state visit was to Djibouti between 3 and 4 October 2017, followed by Ethiopia. Jamaica was the final country to be visited by him during his presidency.

Map of international trips made by Ram Nath Kovind as President

President Ram Nath Kovind's visits by country

Number of visits	Country
1 visit (32)	Australia, Bangaladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Greece, Guinea, Iceland, Jamaica, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Myanmar, Netherlands, Philippines, Slovenia, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Zambia

2017

	Country	Date(s)	Details
1	Djibouti	3–4 October [1] [2]
	Ethiopia	5–6 October [3] [4] [5]

2018

	Country	Date(s)	Details
2	Mauritius	11–14 March [6] [7]
	Madagascar	14–15 March [6]	Conferred on him the highest civilian honour of Madagascar, National Order of Madagascar.
3	Equatorial Guinea	7–9 April [8] [9]	Conferred on him the Order of Independence.
	Eswatini	9–10 April [10]	Conferred on him the highest civilian honour of Eswatini, Order of the Lion.
	Zambia	10–12 April [11] [12]
4	Greece	16–19 June [13] [14]
	Suriname	19–21 June [14] [15]
	Cuba	21–23 June [16] [17]
5	Cyprus	2–4 September [18]
	Bulgaria	4–6 September [18]
	Czech Republic	6–9 September [18]
6	Tajikistan	7–9 October [19]
7	Vietnam	18–21 November [20] [21]
	Australia	21–24 November [22] [20] [23]	The first state visit to Australia by an Indian president.
8	Myanmar	10–14 December [24]

2019

	Country	Date(s)	Details
9	Croatia	25–27 March [25]	Conferred on him the highest civilian honour of Croatia, Grand Order of King Tomislav.
	Bolivia	28–30 March [26]	Conferred on him the highest civilian honour of Bolivia, Order of the Condor of the Andes.
	Chile	30 March–1 April [27]
10	Benin	28–31 July [28]
	Gambia	31 July–1 August [29]
	Guinea	1–3 August [30]	Conferred on him the highest civilian honor of Guinea, National Order of Merit.
11	Iceland	9–13 September [31]
	Switzerland	13–16 September [32]
	Slovenia	16–17 September [33]
12	Philippines	17–21 October [34]
	Japan	21–23 October [35]

2020

President Kovind did not make any international trips in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

	Country	Date(s)	Details
13	Bangladesh	15–17 December [36]

2022

	Country	Date(s)	Details
14	Turkmenistan	1–4 April [37]
	Netherlands	4–7 April [38]
15	Jamaica	16–19 May [39]	The first visit to Jamaica by an Indian president.

See also

• Presidency of Ram Nath Kovind
• List of international presidential trips made by Pratibha Patil
• List of international presidential trips made by Droupadi Murmu
• List of international prime ministerial trips made by Narendra Modi
• List of international trips made by S. Jaishankar as Minister of External Affairs of India
• History of Indian foreign relations

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