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Chief guests on republic day Since 1950
The document lists the chief guests for Republic Day celebrations in India from 1950 to 2012. It includes the name of the guest, their title/position, and the country they represented each year. Many years during this time period did not have a listed chief guest.
Chief guests on republic day Since 1950
- 1. Chief Guests onAll Republic Days Since 1950
- 2. Year Guest Name Country 1950 President Sukarno Indonesia 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Bhutan Governor General Malik 1955 Pakistan Ghulam Muhammad 1956 - 1957 - People's Republic of 1958 Marshall Ye Jianying China 1959 - 1960 President Kliment Voroshilov Soviet Union
- 3. United 1961 Queen Elizabeth II Kingdom 1962 - 1963 King Norodom Sihanouk Cambodia 1964 - Food and Agriculture Minister 1965 Pakistan Rana Abdul Hamid 1966 - 1967 - Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin Soviet Union 1968 President Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavia 1969 Prime Minister of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov Bulgaria 1970-
- 4. 1971 President Julius Nyerere Tanzania 1972 Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Mauritius 1973 President Mobutu Sese Seko Zaire President Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavia 1974 Prime Minister Sri Lanka Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike 1975 President Kenneth Kaunda Zambia 1976 Prime Minister Jacques Chirac France 1977 First Secretary Edward Gierek Poland 1978 President Patrick Hillery Ireland 1979 Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser Australia 1980 President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing France
- 5. 1981 President JoseLopez Portillo Mexico 1982 King Juan Carlos I Spain 1983 President Shehu Shagari Nigeria 1984 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck Bhutan 1985 President Raúl Alfonsín Argentina Prime Minister Andreas 1986 Greece Papandreou 1987 President Alan García Peru 1988 President Junius Jayewardene Sri Lanka General Secretary Nguyen Van 1989 Vietnam Linh Prime Minister Anerood 1990 Mauritius Jugnauth
- 6. President Maumoon Abdul 1991 Maldives Gayoom 1992 President Mário Soares Portugal 1993 Prime Minister John Major United Kingdom 1994 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong Singapore 1995 President Nelson Mandela South Africa President Dr. Fernando Henrique 1996 Brazil Cardoso 1997 Prime Minister Basdeo Panday Trinidad and Tobago 1998 President Jacques Chirac France King 1999 Nepal Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev 2000 President Olusegun Obasanjo Nigeria
- 7. President 2001 Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika President 2002 Mauritius Cassam Uteem President 2003 Iran Mohammed Khatami 2004President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Brazil 2005 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck Bhutan King 2006 Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud 2007 President Vladimir Putin Russia 2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy France 2009 President Nursultan Nazarbayev Kazakhstan 2010 President Lee Myung Bak Republic of Korea
- 8. President Susilo 2011 Indonesia Bambang Yudhoyono Prime Minister Yingluck 2012 Thailand Shinawatra