2023
| # | Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | New York City | 27 November – 4 December | Working Visit to New York City. [2] |
This is a list of international presidential trips made by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the 9th President of Singapore.
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who took the office of President of Singapore on 14 September 2023, made his first overseas presidential state visit to meet with his counter-part Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah on 25 January 2024 at Bandar Seri Begawan. [1] While he made his first working visit overseas as president to New York City on 27 November 2023. As of September 2025, he has made 15 Presidential Trips to 13 countries during his presidency.
Tharman is currently chair of the Board of Trustees of the Group of Thirty (G30), co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW), co-chair of the High-Level Advisory Council on Jobs and a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The number of visits per country where President Tharman traveled are:
| # | Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | New York City | 27 November – 4 December | Working Visit to New York City. [2] |
| # | Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Switzerland | Davos Zurich | 16–21 January | Working visit to Switzerland as president. [1] |
| 3 |  Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 24–26 January | State Visit to Brunei as president, first State Visit overseas. [1] |
| 4 |  Italy | Rome | 20–24 June | Working visit to Rome. [3] President Tharman was hosted to an official lunch by President Mattarella. |
 Vatican City | Vatican City | 22 June | Private audience with Pope Francis. [4] | |
 Finland | Helsinki | 25 June | Transiting at Helsinki to Estonia, hosted to breakfast by Finnish President Alexander Stubb | |
 Estonia | Tallinn | 25–26 June | Official visit to Estonia. Tharman received a ceremonial welcome and met President Alar Karis, Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas, and President of the Riigikogu Lauri Hussar. [3] President Tharman was hosted to an Official Banquet by President Karis. He also met Estonian enterprises involved in sustainability initiatives. Tharman's visit marks the first visit by a Singapore President to Estonia. | |
| 5 |  France | Paris | 24-28 July | Visited Paris, France from 24 to 28 July 2024 for the XXXIII Summer Olympic Games. [5] |
| 6 |  Philippines | Manila | 15-17 August | State Visit to the Philippines. [6] [7] |
| 7 | Switzerland | Geneva | 20-22 August | President Tharman visited Geneva, Switzerland from 20 to 22 August 2024 [8] |
| France | Paris | 23 August | President Tharman visited Paris, France on 23 August 2024. He met and gave support to the Singapore athletes participating in the Paralympic Games. [8] | |
| 8 | United States | Washington, D.C. | 22-25 October | Working visit to United States as Co-Chair of the World Bank Group’s High-Level Advisory Council on Jobs and Global Commission on the Economics of Water. [9] |
| # | Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |  India | New Delhi, Odisha | 14-18 January | State Visit to India, marking 60 years of relations between Singapore and India at the invitation of President Droupadi Murmu. [10] |
| 10 | Switzerland | Davos | 21-24 January | Working visit to Switzerland as President. He was accompanied by from the Economic Development Board and the President's Office. [11] |
| 11 |  Belgium | Brussels | 23-26 March | State visit to Brussels as President. [12] |
 Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 27 - 28 March | State visit to Luxembourg as President. [12] | |
| 12 | United States | Washington D.C. & New York City | 21-25 April | Working Visit to United States as Co-Chair of the World Bank Group’s High-Level Advisory Council on Jobs. Met with Antonio Guterres, members of the diplomatic community and leaders from the financial sector and think tanks. [13] |
| 13 |  Germany | Berlin | 4-8 June | Working Visit to Germany as Chair of the G30 Board of Trustees and for engagements in the Group of Thirty (G30) Spring Plenary. Receive a ceremonial welcome at Schloss Bellevue in Berlin, followed by a bilateral meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and also engaged in roundtable discussions with senior German business leaders and think tanks. Met overseas Singaporeans in Germany as well. [14] |
| 14 | Switzerland | Geneva | 18-21 August | Working Visit to Geneva, Switzerland to engage in the meetings of the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Board of Trustees and International Business Council. He also met WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and selected business leaders. President Tharman also met Overseas Singaporeans based in Switzerland at a National Day Reception. [15] |
| 15 |  Malaysia | Perak | 25-26 August | Working Visit to Ipoh, Perak in connection with the 54th Universiti Malaya–NUS Inter-University Tunku Chancellor Golf Tournament (UM-NUS Golf Tournament). His visit, hosted by UM Chancellor and Sultan Nazrin Shah, will be in his capacity as Chancellor of the National University of Singapore. During the visit, President Tharman met with Sultan of Perak Nazrin Shah at the Istana Iskandariah Kuala Kangsar. The Sultan and the Raja Permaisuri of Perak, Her Royal Highness Tuanku Zara Salim also hosted President Tharman and Mrs Jane Ittogi Shanmugaratnam and the two university delegations to dinner at the Istana. The two Chancellors engaged at a joint UM-NUS academic symposium on precision health. [15] |
| Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|