List of Chief Guests Invited in Indian Republic Day Celebrations

Dear Readers,
The Republic Day is celebrated to remember the transition of India into a republic nation and the implementation of the Constitution of India on January 26th, 1950. A grand event is organized in the capital of New Delhi, wherein the President hoists and unfurls the Indian flag, which is followed by a massive parade. India welcomes a different chief guest every year to witness its Republic Day celebrations. The honorable chief guest is the head of state or government of another country. The guest is chosen on the basis of certain factors, be it, strategic, diplomatic, business interest or international geo-politics.

It’s an old tradition at Republic Day Parade to invite a Prime Minister of another country showcasing our culture and traditions. In this year, India welcomes the France President, Francois Hollande, as a chief guest at the 67th Indian Republic Day 2016.

Following is the list of all Chief guest invited to attend Republic Day Parade of India (26th January) since 1950 to 2016:

Chief Guests Invited in Indian Republic Day Celebrations

	Guest Name
	President, Francois Hollande (5th invitation)
	President, Barack Obama (First U.S. President to be invited)
	Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe
	King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (4th invitation)
	Prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra
	President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd invitation)
	President, Lee Myung Bak	Republic of Korea
	President, Nursultan Nazarbayev	Kazakhstan
	President, Nicolas Sarkozy
	President, Vladimir Putin (3rd invitation)
	King, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud	Saudi Arabia
	King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck
	President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
	President, Mohammed Khatami
	President, Cassam Uteem (3rd invitation)
	President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika
	President, Olusegun Obasanjo (2nd invitation)
	King, Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (2nd invitation)
	President, Jacques Chirac
	Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday	Trinidad and Tobago
	President, Dr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso
	President, Nelson Mandela	South Africa
	Prime Minister, Goh Chok Tong
	Prime Minister, John Major (2nd invitation)	United Kingdom
	President, Mário Soares
	President, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
	Prime Minister, Anerood Jugnauth
	General Secretary, Nguyen Van Linh
	President, Junius Jayewardene
	President, Alan Garcia
	Prime Minister, Andreas Papandreou
	President, Raúl Alfonsín
	King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck
	President, Shehu Shagari
	King, Juan Carlos I
	President, Jose Lopez Portillo
	President, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
	Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser
	President, Patrick Hillery
	First Secretary, Edward Gierek
	Prime Minister, Jacques Chirac
	President, Kenneth Kaunda
	President, Josip Broz Tito (2nd invitation)	Yugoslavia
	Prime Minister, Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
	President, Mobutu Sese Seko
	Prime Minister, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
	President, Julius Nyerere
	Prime Minister, Todor Zhivkov
	Prime Minister, Alexei Kosygin (2nd invitation)	Soviet Union
	President, Josip Broz Tito	Yugoslavia
	Food and Agriculture Minister, Rana Abdul Hamid (2nd invitation)
	King, Norodom Sihanouk
	Queen, Elizabeth II	United Kingdom
	President, Kliment Voroshilov	Soviet Union
	Marshall Ye Jianying	People’s Republic of China
	Governor General, Malik Ghulam Muhammad (First guest for parade at Rajpath)
	King, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
	President, Sukarno

Thanks. Jai Hind.

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