- By Anshika Verma
- Tue, 06 Jan 2026 01:41 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
List of All Chief Guests Invited in Republic Day Parades: The national capital of India, Delhi is all set for the grand celebration of the Republic Day 2026 on Kartavya Path (formerly Rajpath). Here, we bring to you the list of all the chief guests invited to the celebration of the Republic Day throughout the year. Check out the below mentioned list:
Name of Invited Chief Guests | Year |
President Sukarno | 1950 |
King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah | 1951 |
King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck | 1954 |
Governor-General Malik Ghulam Muhammad | 1955 |
R. A. Butler; Kotaro Tanaka | 1956 |
Marshal Georgy Zhukov | 1957 |
Marshal Ye Jianying | 1958 |
Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) | 1959 |
President Kliment Voroshilov | 1960 |
Queen Elizabeth II | 1961 |
Prime Minister Viggo Kampmann | 1962 |
King Norodom Sihanouk | 1963 |
Chief of Defence Staff Lord Louis Mountbatten | 1964 |
Food and Agriculture Minister Rana Abdul Hamid | 1965 |
King Mohammed Zahir Shah | 1967 |
Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin; President Josip Broz Tito | 1968 |
Prime Minister Todor Zhivkov | 1969 |
King Baudouin | 1970 |
President Julius Nyerere | 1971 |
Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | 1972 |
President Mobutu Sese Seko | 1973 |
President Josip Broz Tito; Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike | 1974 |
President Kenneth Kaunda | 1975 |
Prime Minister Jacques Chirac | 1976 |
First Secretary Edward Gierek | 1977 |
President Patrick Hillery | 1978 |
Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser | 1979 |
Président Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | 1980 |
President José López Portillo | 1981 |
King Juan Carlos I | 1982 |
President Shehu Shagari | 1983 |
King Jigme Singye Wangchuck | 1984 |
President Raúl Alfonsín | 1985 |
Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou | 1986 |
President Alan García | 1987 |
President Junius Jayewardene | 1988 |
General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh | 1989 |
Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth | 1990 |
President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | 1991 |
President Mário Soares | 1992 |
Prime Minister John Major | 1993 |
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong | 1994 |
President Nelson Mandela | 1995 |
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso | 1996 |
Prime Minister Basdeo Panday | 1997 |
President Jacques Chirac | 1998 |
King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev | 1999 |
President Olusegun Obasanjo | 2000 |
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika | 2001 |
President Cassam Uteem | 2002 |
President Mohammed Khatami | 2003 |
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 2004 |
King Jigme Singye Wangchuck | 2005 |
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz | 2006 |
President Vladimir Putin | 2007 |
President Nicolas Sarkozy | 2008 |
President Nursultan Nazarbayev | 2009 |
President Lee Myung‑bak | 2010 |
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | 2011 |
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra | 2012 |
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | 2013 |
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | 2014 |
President Barack Obama | 2015 |
President François Hollande | 2016 |
Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed | 2017 |
Leaders from 10 ASEAN countries (e.g., Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, President Joko Widodo) | 2018 |
President Cyril Ramaphosa | 2019 |
Presidente Jair Bolsonaro | 2020 |
Prime Minister Boris Johnson (visit cancelled due to COVID) | 2021 |
President Abdel Fattah el‑Sisi | 2023 |
President Emmanuel Macron | 2024 |
President Prabowo Subianto | 2025 |
Ursula von der Leyen; António Costa | 2026 |