Audiences with distinguished guests from overseas
Month |
Received by |
Name |
January |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the U.S.A. |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of the Senate of France |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Secretary-General of the United Nations |
February |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of Romania (Official Working Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of the U.S.A. and Mrs. Bush (Official Working Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Speaker of the State Great Hural of Mongolia and Mrs. Chimedtseren |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Former Prime Minister of France |
March |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Prime Minister of Greece and Mrs. Simitis (Official Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
H.R.H. Prince Ranariddh, President of the National Assembly of Cambodia and H.R.H. Princess Marie |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Pakistan and Mrs. Musharraf (Official Working Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
H.R.H. Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei Darussalam |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Ecuador and Mrs. Noboa |
April |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China and Mrs. Zhu |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of the Europian Commission (Official Working Visit) |
Her Majesty the Empress |
Mrs. Annan, Spouse of the Secretary-General of the United Nations |
June |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
H.R.H. Prince Philippe and H.R.H. Princess Mathilde of Belgium |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
7 Journalists from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Austria where T.M. the Emperor and Empress were planning to visit |
July |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Germany and Mrs. Rau (Official Working Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Korea and Mrs. Lee |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
H.M. King Abdullah II, H.R.H. Crown Prince Hamzah, H.R.H. Prince Ali and H.R.H. Prince Hashem of Jordan |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of Uzbekistan |
September |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of the House of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament |
October |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of the High Assembly of Chile |
His Majesty the Emperor |
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (Official Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Prime Minister of Fiji Islands and Mrs. Qarase |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Speaker of the Parliament of Finland |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Ghana and Mrs. Kufuor (Official Working Visit) |
November |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces of South Africa |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of Dominican Republic (Official Working Visit) |
December |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of the Philippines and Mr. Arroyo (State Visit) |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and Mrs. Wickremesinghe |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Prime Minister of Malaysia and Dr. Siti Hasmah |
Audiences with Foreign Ambassadors
Month |
Received by |
Name |
February |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.K. and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Norway and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lebanon |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Korea and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Palau and his spouse |
March |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of El Salvador and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malaysia and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Austria and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Senegal and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brunei Darussalam |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ghana and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania and his spouse |
April |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malawi and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Laos and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Korea and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Costa Rica and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Panama and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Myanmar and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Honduras and his spouse |
May |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Guinea and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Yugoslavia and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mali |
June |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Head of the Delegation of the European Commission and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland and his spouse |
July |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Luxembourg and his spouse |
August |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Fiji Islands and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belgium |
September |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brunei Darussalam |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Zimbabwe |
October |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Spain and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cuba and his spouse |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bolivia |
November |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Papua New Guinea and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cameroon and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Democratic Republic of Congo and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Luxembourg and her spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Zambia |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Fiji Islands and his spouse |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belgium and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Slovenia |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Head of the Delegation of the European Commission and his spouse |
December |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Columbia |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bangladesh and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Spain and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Honduras |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Nepal and his spouse |