List of international presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Arroyo with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during her visit to South Korea in May 2009.

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]

Summary of international trips

Map of international trips made by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as president:
  1 visit
  2 visits
  3 visits
  4 visits
  5 visits
  6 visits
  7 or more visits
  Philippines
Number of visits Country
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
16 visits United States

List of international trips

2001

  • August 7–9 – State visit to Malaysia[2]
  • August 22–24 – State visit to Brunei[1]
  • August 24–26 – State visit to Singapore[1]
  • September 12–15 – Working visit to 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 to Shanghai, China – Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting[1]
  • October 28–29 – Official visit to Hong Kong, China[1]
  • October 29–31 – State visit to China[1]
  • November 4–6 – Visit to Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei – Attended the ASEAN Summit[1]
  • November 12–13 – State visit to Indonesia[1]
  • November 15–20 – Working visit to the United States – Met with President George W. Bush[1][4]
  • November 21 – Visit to Mexico – Attended the Christian Democrats summit meeting[5]

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

See also

References

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