Audiences with distinguished guests from overseas
Month |
Received by |
Name |
February |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of Palestine |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden |
March |
His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince |
President of Egypt (Official Visit) |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of the Storting of Norway |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Finland and Madam Haukio |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Timor-Leste and Mrs. Ferreira |
His Majesty the Emperor |
National Assembly Speaker of Angola |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Zimbabwe and Dr. Mugabe (Official Visit) |
April |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Ukraine and Ms. Poroshenko |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Panama and Mrs. Castillo de Varela |
May |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary |
His Majesty the Emperor |
His Highness Sheikh Jaber, Prime Minister of Kuwait (Official Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of the Republic of Ghana and Mrs. Mahama (Official Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Prime Minister of Canada and his spouse
(Official Visit) |
September |
His Majesty the Emperor |
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed, Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (Official Visit) |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of the National Assembly of France |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of the German Bundestag |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Speaker of the House of Commons of United Kingdom |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the U.S. House of Representatives |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Vice-President of the European Parliament |
October |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
His Majesty King Philippe and Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of the Belgians (State Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
International Leader of The Salvation Army and his spouse |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of Brazil (Official Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of the International Olympic Committee |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of the International Paralympic Committee and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
His Majesty King Abdullah Ⅱ Ibn AL HUSSEIN of Jordan (Official Visit) |
November |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
State Counsellor of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Official Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of Kazakhstan (Official Visit) |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Prime Minister of India
(Official Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Germany and Ms. Daniela Schadt (Official Visit) |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
His Majesty King Letsie III and Her Majesty Masenate Mohate Seeiso of Lesotho |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Singapore and Mrs Mary Tan Chee Bee Kiang (State Visit) |
Audiences with Foreign Ambassadors
Month |
Received by |
Name |
January |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand and his spouse |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Honduras |
March |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tanzania |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Argentina and his spouse |
April |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Zimbabwe and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tajikistan |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Slovenia |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tunisia and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Croatia and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malawi and his spouse |
May |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Laos |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mali |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Morocco and his spouse |
June |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Benin and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland 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 Uruguay and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Austria 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 the Philippines and his spouse |
July |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cuba and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tonga |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Afruca |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Netherlands and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary and his spouse |
August |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Finland and his spouse |
September |
His Majesties the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland |
His Majesties the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Maldives |
His Majesties the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria |
November |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Botswana and his spouse |
December |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Indonesia and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Singapore and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brunei Darussalam and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Guinea |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of United Arab Emirates |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Timor-Leste |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bangladesh |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom 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 Moldova and his spouse |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mozambique and his spouse |