Indian republic day chief guest list

Indian republic day chief guest list__ As every year, the India would follow the great Indian culture and tradition “Atithi Devo Bhav” of welcoming the prime Minister of another country as a chief guest. Next year, the Republic Day 2017, the India may heartily welcome the France President, Francois Hollande, as a chief guest at the Indian Republic Day. Below is the list of all the chief guests welcomed in India at each Republic Day from the year India was declared as the Republic country till 2017:

Year    Guest Name                                                   Country

2017    Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan      Abu Dhabi
2016    President, Francois Hollande                                                                      France
2015    President, Barack Obama                                                                            USA
2014    Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe                                                                        Japan
2013    King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck                                                  Bhutan
2012    Prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra                                                          Thailand
2011    President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono                                                       Indonesia
2010    President, Lee Myung Bak    Republic of                                                    Korea
2009    President, Nursultan Nazarbayev                                                                 Kazakhstan
2008    President, Nicolas Sarkozy                                                                          France
2007    President, Vladimir Putin                                                                             Russia
2006    King, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud                                                       Saudi Arabia
2005    King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck                                                                 Bhutan
2004    President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva                                                           Brazil
2003    President, Mohammed Khatami                                                                  Iran
2002    President, Cassam Uteem                                                                          Mauritius
2001    President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika                                                                Algeria
2000    President, Olusegun Obasanjo                                                                    Nigeria
1999    King, Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev                                                       Nepal
1998    President, Jacques Chirac                                                                           France
1997    Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday                                                              Trinidad and Tobago
1996    President, Dr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso                                                 Brazil
1995    President, Nelson Mandela                                                                SouthAfrica                         1994    Prime Minister, Goh Chok Tong                                                             Singapore
1993    Prime Minister, John Major                                                                United Kingdom
1992    President, Mário Soares                                                                         Portugal
1991    President, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom                                                       Maldives
1990    Prime Minister, Anerood Jugnauth                                                             Mauritius
1989    General Secretary, Nguyen Van Linh                                                         Vietnam
1988    President, Junius Jayewardene                                                                   Sri Lanka
1987    President, Alan Garcia                                                                                Peru
1986    Prime Minister, Andreas Papandreou                                                            Greece
1985    President, Raúl Alfonsín                                                                        Argentina
1984    King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck                                                              Bhutan
1983    President, Shehu Shagari                                                                              Nigeria
1982    King, Juan Carlos I                                                                                     Spain
1981    President, Jose Lopez Portillo                                                                      Mexico
1980    President, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing                                                             France
1979    Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser                                                                Australia
1978    President, Patrick Hillery                                                                            Ireland
1977    First Secretary, Edward Gierek                                                                   Poland
1976    Prime Minister, Jacques Chirac                                                                    France
1975    President, Kenneth Kaunda                                                                        Zambia
1974    President, Josip Broz TitoYugoslavia   Prime Minister, Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike   Sri Lanka
1973    President, Mobutu Sese     Seko  Zaire
1972    Prime Minister, Seewoosagur Ramgoola   Mauritius
1971    President, Julius Nyerere  Tanzania
1970    Prime Minister, Todor Zhivkov    Bulgaria
1968    Prime Minister, Alexei Kosygin    Soviet Unio
1967    President, Josip Broz Tito    Yugoslavi
1966    Food and Agriculture Minister, Rana Abdul Hamid    Pakistan
1964     King, Norodom Sihanouk    Cambodia
1962     Queen, Elizabeth II    United Kingdom
1960    President, Kliment Voroshilov    Soviet Union
1959    –   
1958    Marshall Ye Jianying    People’s Republic of China
1957    –   
1956    –   
1955    Governor General, Malik Ghulam Muhammad    Pakistan
1954    King, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck    Bhutan
1953    –   
1952    –   
1951    –   
1950    President, Sukarno    Indonesia