Date(s)
Guest
Title
Country
Details
08-11/4/2001
Sweden
King and Queen
Carl XVI Gustaf Silvia of Sweden and Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
16–18/5/2000
Spain
King and Queen
Juan Carlos and Sofía of Spain
first state visit with new Princess Mathilde of Belgium attending
01/10/2001
Poland
President
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
02/10/2001
Russia
Vladimir Putin
audience followed by a lunch
10/10/2001
Africa
African Heads of State
gathered in Brussels in the frame of the "New African Initiative"
15/10/2001
Venezuela
President
Hugo Chávez
29/11/2001
Republic of Macedonia
President
Boris Trajkovski
04/12/2001
Burundi
Pierre Buyoya
19/12/2001
Algeria
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
05/02/2002
Bulgaria
President
Georgi Parvanov
19/03/2002
Georgia
Eduard Shevardnadze
28–30 /5/2002
Denmark
Queen
Margrethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
11/06/2002
Jordan
King and Queen
King Abdullah II and Queen Rania
03/10/2002
Bulgaria
President
Georgi Parvanov
Audience by the King and Queen, followed by a lunch attended by King and Queen, Queen Fabiola, Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde, Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz, and Prince Laurent.
15–17/10/2002
Italy
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Franca Ciampi (& Audience 10/2003)
19/11/2002
Senegal
Abdoulaye Wade
04/12/2002
Macedonia
Boris Trajkovski
05/12/2002
Peru
Alejandro Toledo
10/12/2002
Algeria
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
audience followed by a lunch
11/02/2003
Croatia
President
Stjepan Mesić
22/02/2003
Burundi
President
Pierre Buyoya
25/03/2003
Tajikistan
President
Emomalii Rahmon
19/05/2003
World Bank
President
James Wolfensohn
lunch with Prince Philippe.
20–22/2003
Norway
King and Queen
Harald V and Sonja of Norway
first state visit with new Princess Claire of Belgium attending
24/06/2003
Moldova
President
Vladimir Voronin
08/07/2003
Burundi
President
Domitien Ndayizeye
08/09/2003
Benin
President
Mathieu Kérékou
01/10/2003
Italy
President
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Audience and lunch
20/11/2003
Ireland
President
Mary McAleese
04/12/2003
Armenia
President
Robert Kocharyan
15/01/2004
Burundi
President
Domitien Ndayizeye
09/02/2004
Colombia
President
Álvaro Uribe
10/02/2004
Democratic Republic of the Congo
President
Joseph Kabila
12/02/2004
Bulgaria
President
Georgi Parvanov
11/03/2004
Rwanda
President
Paul Kagame
30/3/-1/4/2004
Finland
President
Tarja Halonen and Pentti Arajärvi
12/10/2004
Tajikistan
President
Emomalii Rahmon
26–28/10/2004
Poland
President
Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Jolanta Kwasniewska
16/11/2004
South Africa
President
Thabo Mbeki
25/11/2004
Jordan
King
Abdullah II
lunch
16/12/2004
Lithuania
President
Valdas Adamkus
18/01/2005
Germany
President
Horst Köhler
1–3/2/2005
Greece
President
Constantinos Stephanopoulos
21/02/2005
United States of America
President
George W. Bush
22/02/2005
Burkina Faso
President
Blaise Compaoré
02/03/2005
Palestinian National Authority
President
Mahmoud Abbas
08/03/2005
Malawi
President
Bingu wa Mutharika
16/06/2005
Romania
President
Traian Băsescu
20/06/2005
Gabon
President
Omar Bongo
12/10/2005
Peru
President
Alejandro Toledo
18–20/10/2005
Portugal
President
Jorge Sampaio and Maria José Ritta
16/11/2005
Mali
President
Amadou Toumani Touré
presence of Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde
07/12/2005
Burundi
President
Pierre Nkurunziza
06/03/2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina
President
Sulejman Tihić
09/03/2006
Serbia and Montenegro
President
Svetozar Marović
15/05/2006
Paraguay
President
Nicanor Duarte
16/05/2006
Bolivia
President
Evo Morales
20–22/6/2006
Netherlands
Queen
Beatrix of the Netherlands
19/07/2006
Mozambique
President
Armando Guebuza
02/10/2006
Latvia
President
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
17/10/2006
Benin
President
Yayi Boni
16/11/2006
Qatar
Emir
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Lunch in presence of the Queen, Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde.
05/12/2006
Kazakhstan
President
Nursultan Nazarbayev
20/12/2006
Estonia
President
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
15/03/2007
Liberia
President
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
19/03/2007
Ireland
President
Mary McAleese
20–22 /3/2007
Luxembourg
Grand Duke and Duchess
Henri, Grand Duke and Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
05/06/2007
Mexico
President
Felipe Calderón
24/09/2007
Democratic Republic of the Congo
President
Joseph Kabila
03/10/2007
Bulgaria
President
Georgi Parvanov
03/10/2007
Romania
President
Traian Băsescu
15–17 /4/2008
Hungary
President
László Sólyom
26/03/2009
Turkey
President
Abdullah Gül
14/05/2009
Macedonia
President
Gjorge Ivanov
17/06/2009
Pakistan
President
Asif Ali Zardari
18/06/2009
Jordan
King
Abdullah II
04/10/2009
Brazil
President
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
14/10/2009
Ukraine
President
Victor Yushchenko
21/10/2009
Burundi
President
Pierre Nkurunziza
29/10/2009
Lithuania
President
Dalia Grybauskaite
26/11/2009
Ecuador
President
Rafael Correa
01/09/2010
Poland
President
Bronisław Komorowski
29/09/2010
South Africa
President
Jacob Zuma
05/10/2010
South Korea
President
Lee Myung-bak
05/10/2010
Brunei
Sultan
Hassanal Bolkiah
06/10/2010
China
Prime Minister
Wen Jiabao
08/12/2010
Russia
President
Dmitry Medvedev
15/12/2010
Jordan
King
Abdullah II
25/01/2011
Hungary
President
Pál Schmitt
25/05/2011
Czech Republic
President
Vaclav Klaus
19/10/2011
Uruguay
President
José Mujica
13/11/2012
Poland
President
Bronisław Komorowski
14/11/2012
Chile
President
Sebastián Piñera