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Date Name of the Dignitaries
2007 14 December Mr. Giovanni Melandri, Italian Minister of Youth & Sports Activity, Rome 13 December Mr. Franco Marini, President of the Italian Senate, Rome 13 December Mr. Fausto Bertinotti, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Rome 13 December Gianni Vernetti, Under Secretary for the Italian Foreign Ministry, Rome 12 December Mr. Ricardo Illy, President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Udine, Italy 7 December Mr. Roberto Formigoni, President of the Lombardi Region, Milan, Italy 30 October Mr. Stephane Dion, Leader of the Canadian Liberal Party, Ottawa 30 October Mr. Gilles Duceppe, Leader of the Canadian Block Quebecois Party, Ottawa 30 October Mr. Jack Layton, Leader of the Canadian New Democratic Party, Ottawa 29 October Mrs. Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, Ottawa 29 October Mr. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, Ottawa 29 October Maxime Bernier, Canadain Foreign Minister, Ottawa 29 October Mr. Stockwell Day, Canadian Minister for Public Safety, Ottawa 29 October Mr. Jason Kenney,Secretary of State for Multiculturalism & Canadian Identity, Ottawa 29 October Mr. Peter Milliken, Canadian Speaker, Ottawa 19 October Mr. John Negroponte, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Washington DC 17 October Mrs. Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Speaker, Washington DC 17 October Mr. Harry Reid, U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Washington DC 17 October Mr. Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Minority Leader, Washington DC 17 October Mr. Steny Hoyer, U.S. House Majority Leader, Washington DC 17 October Mr. John Boehner, U.S. House Minority Leader, Washington DC 17 October Mr. Harry Reid, U.S. Speaker, Washington DC 16 October Mr. George W. Bush, President of U.S.A., Washington DC 23 September Dr. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, Berlin 22 September Mr. Roland Koch, Minister President of Hessen, Wiesbaden, Germany 20 September Dr. Jurgen Ruettgers, Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Muenster, Germany 20 September Mr. Alfred Gusenberger, Chancellor of Austria, Vienna 18 September Dr. Jorg Haider, Governor of Carinithia, Melk, Austria 17 September Dr. Erwin Proll, Governor of Lower Austria, Hinterbruhl 14 September Mr. Mario Soares, Former President of Portugal, Lisbon
14 September Mr. Jorge Sampaio, Former President of Portugal, Lisbon 13 September Mr. Jaime Gama, President of Portuguese Parliament, Portugal 10 September Mr. Ernest Benach Pascaul, President of Catalonia Parliament, Spain 10 September Mr. Josep-Lluis Carod-Rovira, Vice President of Catalonia Government, Spain 19 June Mr. Winston Peters, Foreign Minister, New Zealand 15 June Mr. John Howard, Prime Minister, Australia 14 June Mrs. Helen Clark, Prime Minister, New Zealand 12 June Mr. Kevin Rudd, Leader of Opposition, Australia 4 May Mr. Walter Mondale, Former U.S. Vice President, USA 3 May Mr. Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin, USA 27 April Mrs. Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Speaker, USA 2006 13 October Mr. Massimo D'Allema, Foreign Minister, Italy 13 October H.H. Pope Benedict XVI, The Pope, Vatican State 12 October Mr. Franco Marini, President of the Senate, Italy 12 October Mr. Fausto Bertinotti, Parliament Speaker, Italy 10 October Mr. Sasha Vondra, Foreign Minister, Czech Republic 9 October Mr. Vaclav Havel, Former Czech President, Czech Republic 26 September Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, USA 22 September Mr. Bill Clinton, Former US President, USA 17 September H.M. Queen Noor, Former Queen of Jordan, USA 16 September Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez, President of Costa Rica, USA 9 September Mr. Monte Solberg, Minister of Citizenship & Immigration, Canada 9 September Mr. Jason Kenny,Parliamentary Secretary to Canadian P.M., Canada 8 September Mr. Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia, Canada 22 June H.R.H. Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammed, Jordan 21 June H.M. King Abdullah II & Queen Rania, Jordan 20 June H.H.Ahmad Helail, Imam to the Royal Hashemite Court and Supreme Judge, Jordan 1 June Mr. Armand De Decker, Minister of Development Cooperation,Belgium 1 June Mr. Herman De Croo, President of Belgian House, Belgium 1 June Mrs. Anne Marie Lizen, President of Senate, Belgium 1 June Mr. Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister, Belgium 31 May Mr. Josep Borrell, European Parliament President, Brussels 31 May Mr. Gunter Verheugen, European Commission Vice President, Brussels 30 May Mr. Wolfgang Schussel, Austrian Chancellor & European Council President, Brussels 30 May Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, Brussels 14 May Mrs. Maria Rauch-Kallat, Minister of Health, Austria 14 May Mr. Hubert Gorbach, Austrian Vice Chancellor, Austria 14 May Dr. Jorg Haider, Governor of Carinthia, Austria 11 May Mr. Mario Iguaran, Attorney General, Colombia 7 May Mrs. Elaine Karp de Toledo, First Lady, Peru 6 May Mr. Sergio Espejo, Minister of Transport, Chile 5 May Mr. Felipe Harboe Bascunan, Deputy Interior Minister, Chile 5 May Cardinal Errazuriz Ossa, Archbishop of Chile, Chile 5 May Mrs. Paulina Urrutia, Minister of Culture, Chile 5 May Mr. Martin Zilic, Minister of Education, Chile 4 May Mr. Antonio Leal Labrin, President of Chilean House of Chambers, Chile 3 May Mr. Jaime Naranjo Ortiz, Vice President of Chilean Senate, Chile 1 May Mr. Adolfo Perez Esquivel, 1980 Nobel Peace Laureate, Argentina 26 April Mr. Gilberto Gil, Minister of Culture, Brazil 26 April Mr. Jose Luiz de Franco Pena, Green Party President, Brazil 19 February Rabbi Shlomo Amar, Sephardi Chief Rabbi, Israel 19 February Rabbi Yona Metzger, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, Israel 2005 16 November Mr. Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader, USA 16 November Mrs. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, USA 16 November Mr. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of Congress, USA 9 November Ms. Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State, USA 9 November Mr. George W. Bush, President, USA 6 November Mr. Jimmy Carter, Former US President, USA 27 October Mrs. Renuka Chowdhury, Tourism Minister, India 11 September Mr. Dirk Kempthorne, Governor of Idaho, USA 9 September Mr. Frank H. Murkowski, Governor of Alaska, USA 16 August Mr. Natwar Singh, Foreign Minister, India 4 August Mr. Pascal Couchepin, Interior Minister, Switzerland 1 August Mr. Giuliano Amato, Former Italian Prime Minister, Italy 18 June Mr. Wolfgang Thierse, German Parliament President, Germany 17 June Dr. Angela Merkel, CDU/CSU Party Leader, Germany 15 June Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister, Norway 14 June Mr. Jorgen Kosmo, Norwegian Parliament President, Norway 19 May H.R.H.Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammed, Jordan 19 May Mr. Bill Clinton, Former U.S. President, USA 18 May H.M.King Abdullah II & Queen Rania, Jordan 18 May Mr. Bassem Awadallah, Finance Minister, Jordan 2004 7 November Dr. M.G. Bethelezi, President of Inkatha Freedom Party, South Africa 5 November Mr. Nelson Mandela, Former President, South Africa 5 October Mr. Santiago Creel, Interior Minister, Mexico 3 October Mrs. Martha Sahagun de Fox, First Lady of Mexico 3 October Mr. Arturo Montiel, Governor of Mexico City 1 October Mr. Oscar Berger, President, Guatemala 1 October Mr. Eduardo Stein Barrillas, Vice President, Guatemala 1 October Mr. Jorge Briz Abularach, Foreign Minister, Guatemala 1 October Mrs. Maria del Carmen Acena, Education Minister, Guatemala 1 October Mrs. Rigoberta Menchu, fellow Nobel Peace Laureate 29 September Mr. Antonio Saca, President, El Salvador 29 September Mr. Francisco Lainex, Foreign Minister, El Salvador 27 September Mr. Abel Pacheco, President, Costa Rica 27 September Mr. Gerardo Gonzalez Esquivel, President of Legislative Assembly 26 September Mr. Guido Saenz, Minister of Culture, Costa Rica 26 September Dr. Oscar Aires, Nobel Peace Laureate, former President 23 September Mrs. Sila Calderon, Governor, Puerto Rico 23 September Mr. Antonio J. Fas-Alzamora, President of Senate, Puerto Rico 23 September Mr. Carlos Uizcarnondo, President, House of Representatives 2 June Mr. George Reid, Presiding Officer, Scottish Parliament 27 May HRH The Prince of Wales (Prince Charles) 27 May Mr. Jack Straw, Foreign Minister, UK 27 May Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury 23 April Mr. Paul Martin, Prime Minister, Canada 2003 12 October Mr. Alexander Toledo, President of Peru 10 October Mr. Ramos Horta, Foreign Minister, East Timor 10 September Mr. George W. Bush, President of USA 9 September Mr. Colin Powell, American Secretary of State 11 July Mrs. Eliane Karp Toledo, First Lady of Peru
6 June Mr Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister, Denmark
4 June Mr Per Stig Moller, Foreign Minister, Denmark
3 June Mr Bjorn von Sydow, Speaker, Swedish Parliament
30 May Mr Wolfgang Thierse, President, German Parliament
30 May Mr Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister, Germany
2002 7 November Prime Minister of Mongolia 13 October Ms Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Foreign Minister, Austria 8 July Mr Ivica Racan, Prime Minister, Croatia 6 July Dr Dimitrij Rupel, Foreign Minister, Slovenia 5 July Mr Milan Kucan, President, Slovenia
4 July Dr Janez Drnovsek, Prime Minister, Slovenia
4 July Mr Borut Pahor , President, National Assembly, Slovenia
2 July Mr Vaclav Havel, President, Czech Republic (as in the past, His Holiness visited the Czech Republic at the invitation of President Havel) 28 May Mr Phil Goff, Foreign Minister, New Zealand 28 May Mr Jim Anderton, Prime Minister, New Zealand
2001 28-Nov Mr Augusto Santos Silva, Minister of Culture, Portugal
25 June Mr Valdas Adamkus, President, Lithuanian
21 June Mr Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President, Latvia
19 June Mr Mart Laar, Prime Minister, Estonia
2000 20 October Mr Peter Mandelson, Ministry for Northern Ireland, UK
16 October Mr Vaclav Havel,President, Czech Republic
11 October Mr Viktor Orban, Prime Minister,Hungary
28-Sep Mr Raymond Forni, President of National Assembly, France
26-Sep Mr Jack Lang, Education Minister, France
20 June Mr William J. Clinton, President, U.S.A.23 May Mr Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister, Norway22 May His Majesty King Harold, Norway22 May Mr Thorbjorn Jagland, Foreign Minister, Norway22 May Mrs Kirsti Kolle Groendal, Parliament Speaker, Norway18 May Mr Ivar Hansen, Parliament Speaker, Denmark18 May Mr Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Prime Minister, Denmark16 May Ms Anna Lindh, Foreign Minister, Sweden16 May Mrs Birgitta Dahl, Parliament Speaker, Sweden16 May Mr Göran Persson, Prime Minister, Sweden14 May Mr Otto Schily, Interior Minister, Germany11 May Mr Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister, Poland11 May Prof Bronislaw Geremek, Foreign Minister, Poland11 May Mr Maciej Plazyinski, Parliament Speaker, Poland1999 24 November Mr Avraham Burg, Parliament Speaker, Israel 24 November Mr Yossi Sarid, Education Minister, Israel28 October His Holiness the Pope John Paul II 28 October Mrs Giovanna Melandri, Culture Minister, Italy 26 October Mr Massimo D'Alema, Prime Minister, Italy18 Oct Mr Wim Kok, Prime Minister, The Netherlands16 June Mr Josckha Fischer, Foreign Minister, Germany12 May Mr Robin Cook, Foreign Minister, United Kingdom10 May Mr Tony Blair, Prime Minister, United Kingdom4 May Mr Jean Luc DEHAENE, Prime Minister, Belgian 14 April Mr Edwardo Frei, President, Chile7 April Mr Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President, Brazil1998 8 Dec Mr Jacques Chirac, President, France8 Dec Mr Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister, France8 Dec Mr Kofi Annan, General Secretary of the United Nations10 Nov Mr William J. Clinton, President, U.S.A.10 Nov Mr Albert Gore, Vice-President, U.S.A.10 Nov Mrs Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State, U.S.A.20 June Mr Claes Anderson, Culture Minister, Finland16 June Mrs Elisabeth Guigou, Justice Minister, France9 June Mr Wolfgang Schuessel, Foreign Minister, Austria1997 23 April Mrs Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State, U.S.A.23 April Mr William J. Clinton, President, U.S.A.23 April Mr Albert Gore, Vice-President, U.S.A.24 March Mr Lin Feng-cheng, Interior Minister, Taiwan 26 March Mr Lien Chan, Vice-President, Taiwan 27 March Mr Lee Teng-hui, President, Taiwan1996 Oct 23 Mr H A F M O van Mierlo, Foreign Minister, HollandOct 23 Dr Klaus Hansch, President, European ParliamentOct 23 Mr Jacques Santer, President, European Union Oct 23 Ms Emma Bonino, Commission, European Union Oct 29 Mr Jacues Toubon, Justice Minister, FrnaceSept 26 Mr John Howard, Prime Minister, AustraliaSept 14 Mr Alexander Downer, Foreign Minister, AustraliaSept 11 Mr Jim Bolger, Prime Minister, New ZealandSept Mr Don McKinnon, the deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, New ZealandAug 22 Mr Nelson Mandela, President, South Africa July 18 Her Majestry Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother July 17 Mr Malcom Rifkind, Foreign Secretary, U.K.May 28 Mr Bjørn Tore Godal, Foreign Minister, NorwayMay 27 Mr Pekka Haavisto, Environment Minister, FinlandMay 23 Mrs Lena Hjelm-Wallén, Foreign Minister, SwedenMay 20 His Holiness the Pope John Paul II May 15 Mr Niels Helveg Petersen, Foreign Minister, DenmarkApril 30 Price Albert of Monaco, Principality of Monaco1995 Sept 15 Mr Patrick Manning Prime Minister,Trinidad and TobagoSept 13 Mr William J. Clinton, President, U.S.A.Sept 13 Mr Albert Gore, Vice-President, U.S.A.May 4 Dr Klaus Kinkel, Foreign Minister, GermanyJune 23 Mr Flavio Cotti, Foreign Minister, Swizterland1994 Oct 8 Mrs Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister, NorwayJuly 3 Mrs Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, President, NicaraguaMr Ernesto Leal, Foreign Minister, Nicaragua June 17 Mr Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister, ItalyJune 16 Mr Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President, ItalyJune 14 Mr Gabriele Gatti, Secretary of State for foreign and Political Affairs, Republic of San MarinoJune 9 Mr Marin Gonzalez, Vice-President, European CommissionJune 8 Sir Leon Brittan, Commissioner for Trade and Industry, European CommissionJune 8 Mr Hans van Den Droek, Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, European CommissionJune 7 Mr Jean Luc Dehene, Prime Minister, Belgian Mr Willy Claes, Foreign Minister, Belgian June 6 Mr Pleter Kooilmans, Foreign Minister, HollandJune 5 Mr Wim Kok, Finance Minister, HollandApril 29 Prof. Dr Karl-Hans Laermann, Federal Minister for Education and Science, Germany April 28 Mr William J. Clinton, President, U.S.A.April 28 Mr Albert Gore, Vice-President, U.S.A.April 28 Mr Anthony Lake, National Security Advisor, U.S.A.March 21 Mr Yossi Sarid, Environmental Minister, Israel 1993 Nov 16 Mr Francois Mitterrand, President, FranceNov 16 Mr Alain Juppe, Foreign Minister, FranceNov 15 Mr Philippe Douste BlazyHealth Minister and Mayor of Lourdes, France Oct 30 Mr Alain Carignon, Communication Minister, France Oct 28 Mr Michel Barnier, Environment Minister, France Oct 26 Madam Lucette Michaud Chevry, Minister for Humanitarian Actions and Human Rights, France June 14 Dr Thomas Klestil, President of AustriaJuly 14 Dr Alois Mock, Foreign Minister, Austria June 14 Dr Nikolaus Michalek, Justice Minister, AustriaJune 15 Mr Franz Vranitzky, Chancellor, AustriaJune 15 Dr Erhard Buiek, Vice-Chancellor, AustriaJune 20 Ms Barbara McDougal, Minister for External Affairs, CanadaMay 12 Mr Douglas Hurd, Foreign Minister of U.K.April 27 Mr William J. Clinton, President, U.S.A.April 27 Mr Albert Gore, Vice-President, U.S.A.April 26 Mr Warren Christopher, Secretary of State, U.S.A.1992 April 6 Mr Gareth Evan, Foreign Minister, AustraliaApril 8 Mr Paul Keating, Prime Minister, AustraliaApril 13 Mr Jim Bolger, Prime Minister, New ZealandApril 14 Mr Don McKinnon, Foreign Minister, New ZelandJune 11 Mr Carlos Menem, President, ArgentinaJune 17 Mr Patiricio Aylwin, President , ChileJuly 26 Dr Thomas Klestil, President, AustriaJuly 26 Mr Franz Vranitzky, Chancellor, Austria 1991 March 22 Mrs Mary Robinson, President, Republic of IrelandApril 16 Mr George Bush, President, U.S.A.Aug 16 His Highness Hans Adam, Prince of LichtensteinAug 19 Mr Rene Felber, Foreign Minister, SwitzerlandAug 26 Mr Ronald Dumas, Foreign Minister, FranceSept 2 Mr Kurt Waldheim, President, AustriaSept 2 Mr Alois Mock, Foreign Minister, AustriaSept 3 Mr Franz Vranitzky, Chancellor, AustriaSept 29 Mr Vytautas Landsbergis, President, LithauniaSept 30 Mr Gediminas Vagnorius, Prime Minister, LithauniaOct 1 Mr Kazimieras Motieka, Vice President, LithauniaOct 2 Mr Anatolijs Gorbunvos, President, LavtiaOct 2 Mr Andregs Krastins, Vice-President, LavtiaOct 4 Mr Bronius Kuzmickas, Vice-President, EstoniaOct 5 Mr Zhelyn Zhelev, President, BulgariaDec 2 Mr John Major, Prime Minister, United KingdomDec 4 Mrs Margaretha af Ugglas, Foreign Minister, SwedenDec 5 Mr Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Foreign Minister, DenamrkDec 8 Mr Torvald Stoltenberg, Foreign Minister, Norway1990 Feb 2 Mr Vaclav Havel, President, CzechoslovakiaApril 24 Hon Lizin, Minister, Minister des Affaires Etrangeres du Commerce et de la Cooperation au Development, FranceApril 24 His Excellency Mark Eyskens, Minister of External Affairs,Belgium June 1 His Holiness the Pope John Paul II (The two leaders had on a numbers of occasions before)Sept Mr Gerry Weiner, Secretary of State, CanadaSept 10 Mr H. van den Broek, Minister of Foreign Affairs, HollandOct 7 Mr Richard von Weizsacher, President, Germany1989 June 27 Dr Oscar Arias, President, Costa RicaJuly 3 Mr Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President, MexicoDec 6 Mr Jurgen Wohlrabe, President, West BerlinDec 8 Mrs Rita Sussmuth, President of the West German BundestagDec 9 Mr Kjell Magne Bondevik, Foreign Minister, NorwayDec 10 His Majesty King Olav, NorwayDec 11 Mr Jan P. Syse, Prime Minister, NorwayDec 11 Mr Kjell Bondevik, Foreign Minister, Norway1986 May 13 Dr Rudolf Kirchschlaeger, Federal President, AustriaMay 27 Mr Jacques Chirac, Prime Minister, France1982 July 27 Mr Tunku Abdul Rahman, Foreign Minister, MalaysiaAug Mr Adam Malik, Vice-President, IndoesiaJuly Mr A. Ratu Perwiranegasa, Minister of Religious Affairs, Malaysia 1980 Mr Suzuki Zenko, Prime Minister, Japan 1978 His Excellency J.R. Jayewardene, President, Sri Lanka 1973 Sept 29 His Holiness Pope Pual VOct 10 Mr Erskine Chidlers, President, Republic of IrelandOct 10 Mr Lien Cosgrade, Prime Minister, Republic of IrelandOct 10 Mr Frank Aiken, Foreign Minister, Republic of Ireland1967 Nov 13 Field Marshal T. Kittikachorn, Prime Minister, Thailand Nov 14 His Royal Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, ThailandSince 1956 All the Prime Ministers, Presidents and Vice-Presidents, India 1954 Mao Tsetung, Chou En-lai and Deng Xiaoping of China In the last 32 years, His Holiness has also met with various parliamentary leaders of Asia, Europe and North America. There have resulted in the formation of several parliamentary groups for Tibet.
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