List of chief guests at Delhi Republic Day parade

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Countries invited as chief guests for the Republic Day parade. Erstwhile Yugoslavia (twice invited) has not been depicted in the map.
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Since 1950, India has been hosting head of state or government of another country as the state guest of honour for Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. During 1950–1954, Republic Day celebrations were organised at different venues (like Irwin Amphitheatre, Kingsway, Red Fort and Ramlila Maidan). It was only starting 1955 when the parade in its present form was organised at Rajpath.[1] The guest country is chosen after a deliberation of strategic, economic and political interests. During 1950s–1970s, a number of NAM and Eastern Bloc countries were hosted by India. In 1968 and 1974, India played host to two countries on the same Republic Day.

By region, the invitations break up as follows:

Region Invitations Countries
South and Central Asia 14 Afghanistan, Bhutan (4 times), Kazakhstan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal (twice), Pakistan (twice), Sri Lanka (twice)
East and South-East Asia 19 Brunei, Cambodia (twice), China, Indonesia (thrice), Japan (twice), Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore (twice), South Korea, Thailand (twice), Vietnam (twice)
West Asia and Saharan Africa 4 Algeria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
West Africa 2 Nigeria (twice)
Central and Southern Africa 3 South Africa (twice), Zaire
East Africa 5 Mauritius (thrice), Tanzania, Zambia
Eastern Europe 8 Bulgaria, Poland, Yugoslavia (twice), Soviet Union/Russia (4 times)
Western Europe and North America 17 Belgium, Denmark, France (5 times), Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom (5 times), United States
Latin America and Caribbean 2 Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago
Continental South America 5 Argentina, Brazil (thrice), Peru
Oceania 1 Australia
Asia 36 Afghanistan, Bhutan (4 times), Brunei, Cambodia (twice), China, Indonesia (thrice), Iran, Japan (twice), Kazakhstan, Laos, Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal (twice), Pakistan (twice), Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore (twice), South Korea, Sri Lanka (twice), Thailand (twice), United Arab Emirates, Vietnam (twice)
Europe 24 Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France (5 times), Greece, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Soviet Union/Russia (4 times), Spain, Yugoslavia (twice), United Kingdom (5 times)
Africa 11 Algeria, Mauritius (thrice), Nigeria (twice), South Africa (twice), Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia
South America 6 Argentina, Brazil (thrice), Peru, Trinidad and Tobago
North America 2 Mexico, United States
Oceania 1 Australia

List of chief guests

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Year Chief Guest Country Designation Note Host
1950 Sukarno[2] Template:IDN President of Indonesia Rajendra Prasad
1951 Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah[3] Template:NPL King of Nepal
1952
No invitation
1953
1954 Jigme Dorji Wangchuck[4] Template:BTN King of Bhutan Rajendra Prasad
1955 Malik Ghulam Muhammad[5] Template:PAK Governor General of Pakistan First guest for parade at Rajpath[6]
1956 Rab Butler Template:UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Two guests[7]Template:NoteTag
Kōtarō Tanaka Template:JPN Chief Justice of Japan
1957 Georgy Zhukov[8] Template:URS Minister of Defence
1958 Ye Jianying[9] Template:Flag Marshal of the People's Liberation Army
1959 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh[10][11][12] Template:UK Consort of Queen Elizabeth II 2nd invitation
1960 Kliment Voroshilov[13] Template:URS Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet 2nd invitation
1961 Queen Elizabeth II[14] Template:UK Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms 3rd invitationTemplate:NoteTag
1962 Viggo Kampmann[15] Template:DEN Prime Minister of Denmark Template:NoteTag
1963 Norodom Sihanouk[16] Template:KHM King of Cambodia Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1964 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma[17] Template:UK Chief of the Defence Staff 4th invitationTemplate:NoteTag
1965 Rana Abdul Hamid Template:PAK Minister of Food and Agriculture 2nd invitation
1966
No invitationTemplate:NoteTag
1967 Mohammed Zahir Shah[18] Template:AFG King of Afghanistan Template:NoteTag Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1968 Alexei Kosygin Template:URS Chairman of the Council of Ministers 3rd invitation Two guests[19] Zakir Husain
Josip Broz Tito Template:YUG President of Yugoslavia
1969 Todor Zhivkov[20] Template:BGR Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1970 Baudouin[21][22] Template:BEL King of Belgium Template:NoteTag V. V. Giri
1971 Julius Nyerere[23] Template:TZA President of Tanzania
1972 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam[24] Template:MUS Prime Minister of Mauritius
1973 Mobutu Sese Seko[25] Template:ZAI President of Zaire
1974 Josip Broz Tito Template:YUG President of Yugoslavia 2nd invitation Two guests[26]
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Template:LKA Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
1975 Kenneth Kaunda[27] Template:ZMB President of Zambia Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
1976 Jacques Chirac[28] Template:FRA Prime Minister of France
1977 Edward Gierek[29] Template:POL First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party
1978 Patrick Hillery[30] Template:IRL President of Ireland Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
1979 Malcolm Fraser[31] Template:AUS Prime Minister of Australia
1980 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Template:FRA President of France 2nd invitation
1981 Jose Lopez Portillo[32] Template:MEX President of Mexico
1982 Juan Carlos I[33] Template:ESP King of Spain
1983 Shehu Shagari[34] Template:NGA President of Nigeria Zail Singh
1984 Jigme Singye Wangchuck[35] Template:BTN King of Bhutan 2nd invitation
1985 Raúl Alfonsín[36] Template:ARG President of Argentina
1986 Andreas Papandreou[37] Template:GRC Prime Minister of Greece
1987 Alan Garcia[38] Template:PER President of Peru
1988 J. R. Jayewardene[39] Template:LKA President of Sri Lanka 2nd invitation Ramaswamy Venkataraman
1989 Nguyễn Văn Linh[40] Template:VNM General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
1990 Anerood Jugnauth[41] Template:MUS Prime Minister of Mauritius 2nd invitation
1991 Maumoon Abdul Gayoom[42] Template:MDV President of the Maldives
1992 Mário Soares[42] Template:PRT President of Portugal
1993 John Major[42] Template:UK Prime Minister of United Kingdom 5th invitation Shankar Dayal Sharma
1994 Goh Chok Tong[42] Template:SGP Prime Minister of Singapore
1995 Nelson Mandela[43] Template:ZAF President of South Africa
1996 Fernando Henrique Cardoso[42] Template:BRA President of Brazil
1997 Basdeo Panday[42] Template:TTO Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
1998 Jacques Chirac[42] Template:FRA President of France 3rd invitation K. R. Narayanan
1999 Birendra Bir Bikram Shah[42] Template:NPL King of Nepal 2nd invitation
2000 Olusegun Obasanjo[42] Template:NGA President of Nigeria 2nd invitation
2001 Abdelaziz Bouteflika[42] Template:DZA President of Algeria
2002 Cassam Uteem[42] Template:MUS President of Mauritius 3rd invitation
2003 Mohammed Khatami[42] Template:IRN President of Iran A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
2004 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva[42] Template:BRA President of Brazil 2nd invitation
2005 Jigme Singye Wangchuck[42] Template:BTN King of Bhutan 3rd invitation
2006 Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud[42] Template:SAU King of Saudi Arabia
2007 Vladimir Putin[42] Template:RUS President of Russia 4th invitation
2008 Nicolas Sarkozy[42] Template:FRA President of France 4th invitation Pratibha Patil
2009 Nursultan Nazarbayev[42] Template:KAZ President of Kazakhstan
2010 Lee Myung Bak[44] Template:Flag President of South Korea
2011 Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono[45][46] Template:IDN President of Indonesia 2nd invitation
2012 Yingluck Shinawatra[47] Template:THA Prime Minister of Thailand
2013 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck[48] Template:BTN King of Bhutan 4th invitation Pranab Mukherjee
2014 Shinzo Abe[49] Template:JPN Prime Minister of Japan 2nd invitation
2015 Barack Obama[50] Template:USA President of the United States
2016 François Hollande Template:FRA President of France 5th invitation[51]
2017 Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan[52] Template:UAE Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Template:BRN Sultan of Brunei Ten guests (heads of the ASEAN states)[53] Ram Nath Kovind
Hun Sen Template:KHM Prime Minister of Cambodia 2nd invitation
Joko Widodo Template:IDN President of Indonesia 3rd invitation
Thongloun Sisoulith Template:LAO Prime Minister of Laos
Najib Razak Template:MYS Prime Minister of Malaysia
Aung San Suu Kyi Template:MMR State Counsellor of Myanmar
Rodrigo Duterte Template:PHL President of the Philippines
Lee Hsien Loong Template:SGP Prime Minister of Singapore 2nd invitation
Prayut Chan-o-cha Template:THA Prime Minister of Thailand 2nd invitation
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Template:VNM Prime Minister of Vietnam 2nd invitation
2019 Cyril Ramaphosa[54][55] Template:ZAF President of South Africa 2nd invitation
2020 Jair Bolsonaro[56] Template:BRA President of Brazil 3rd invitation
2021
No Chief guest due to COVID-19 pandemic[57]Template:NoteTag

Notes

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  54. ↑ South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa accepts PM Modi's invite, to be 2019 Republic Day chief guest. www.hindustantimes.com(1 December 2018).
  55. ↑ Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale: PM had a number of bilateral engagements this morning.Argentina PM is keen to make a visit to India in 2019. PM extended South Africa Pres Cyril Ramaphosa invitation to be chief guest for India's Republic Day in 2019& Ramaphosa accepted.#G20Summitpic.twitter.com/DinFx7zdTV(1 December 2018).
  56. ↑ PM Modi to hold talks with Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro in New Delhi today. All India Radio. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  57. ↑ No Chief Guest for 2021 says centre. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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