List of international presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Arroyo with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during her visit to South Korea in May 2009.

This is a list of foreign presidential trips made by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. During her ten-year presidency, Arroyo has visited a total of 44 countries. With a total of 127 foreign trips, Arroyo has made the most foreign trips by a Philippine president in office.^[1]

Summary of international trips

Map of international trips made by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as president:

  1 visit

  2 visits

  3 visits

  4 visits

  5 visits

  6 visits

  7 or more visits

  Philippines

List of international trips

2001

• August 7–9 – State visit to Malaysia^[2]
• August 22–24 – State visit to Brunei^[1]
• August 24–26 – State visit to Singapore^[1]
• September 12–15 – Working visit to Japan – Summit meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and attended the 23rd Joint Conference of the Japan-Philippines Economic Cooperation Committee and the Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce^[3]
• October 19–22 – Visit to Shanghai, China – Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting^[1]
• October 28–29 – Official visit to Hong Kong, China^[1]
• October 29–31 – State visit to China^[1]
• November 4–6 – Visit to Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei – Attended the ASEAN Summit^[1]
• November 12–13 – State visit to Indonesia^[1]
• November 15–20 – Working visit to the United States – Met with President George W. Bush^[1][4]
• November 21 – Visit to Mexico – Attended the Christian Democrats summit meeting^[5]

2002

• January 28–29 – Official visit to London, United Kingdom – Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair^[6]
• January 29 – Working visit to Canada – Met with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien^[6]
• February – Working visit to New York City, United States – Addressed the World Economic Forum and met with President Shimon Peres of Israel^[6]
• May 7 – Official visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Addressed the 35th International General Meeting of Pacific Basin Economic Council^[2]
• May 7–8 – Official visit to Thailand^[7]
• May 20–24 – Working visit to Japan^[1]
• October 24–25 and 27–30 – Working visits to the United States^[1]
• October 25–27 – Visit to Los Cabos, Mexico – Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting^[5]
• November 3–6 – Visit to Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Attended the ASEAN Summit^[1]
• November 6–7 – State visit to Vietnam^[1]
• December 2–5 – State visit to Japan^[8]

2003

• February 2–3 – Official visit to Kuwait^[1][9]
• February 23–25 – Visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Attended the Non-Aligned Movement Summit^[1]
• April 4 – Visit to Thailand – Attended the Special ASEAN-China Leaders Meeting on SARS^[1]
• May 17–23 – State and working visit to the United States – Met with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush^[10]
• June 2–4 – State visit to South Korea – Met with President Roh Moo-hyun^[11]
• June 4–6 – Working visit to Japan – Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi^[12]
• September 1–3 – Visit to Brunei – Attended the PECC XV^[1]
• September 24–26 – Visit to the United States – Addressed the 58th United Nations General Assembly^[1]
• September 27–28 – Working visit to Italy and Vatican City – Met with Pope John Paul II^[1][13]
• September 29 – Visit to France – Attended a UNESCO summit^[1]
• October 6–8 – Visit to Bali, Indonesia – Attended the 9th ASEAN Summit^[1]
• October 15–16 – Visit to Putrajaya, Malaysia – Attended the 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit Conference^[1]
• October 19–21 – Visit to Bangkok, Thailand – Attended the 15th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting^[1]
• December – Working visit to Hong Kong, China^[1]
• December 10–12 – Visit to Tokyo, Japan – Attended the ASEAN–Japan Commemorative Summit^[1]
• December 14–15 – State visit to Bahrain^[14]

2004

• September 1–3 – State visit to China – Met with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Chairman Jiang Zemin of the Central Military Commission^[15]
• September 8–9 – Official visit to Brunei – Attended the wedding of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah and Pengiran Anak Sarah^[16]
• October 7–9 – Visit to Hanoi, Vietnam – Attended the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting^[1]
• November 17–18 and 23 – Working visit to the United States^[1]
• November 19–22 – Visit to Santiago, Chile – Attended the 16th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting^[1]
• November 22–23 – Official visit to Mexico City, Mexico – Met with President Vicente Fox and First Lady Marta Sahagún^[17]
• November 28–30 – Visit to Vientiane, Laos – Attended the 10th ASEAN Summit^[1]

2005

• January 5–6 – Visit to Indonesia – Attended the Special ASEAN Leaders' Summit on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami^[18]
• April 6–9 – Official visit to Italy and Vatican City – Attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II^[1]
• April 21–22 – Visit to Jakarta, Indonesia – Attended the Asia-Africa Summit and Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee^[18]
• August – Working visit to Singapore^[1]
• September 12–16 – Visit to the United States – Addressed the United Nations General Assembly^[1]
• November 17–19 – Visit to Busan, South Korea – Attended the 10th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting^[1]
• December 11–14 – Visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Attended the 11th ASEAN Summit, meeting with BIMP-EAGA, and the First East Asia Summit^[1]

2006

• May 7–10 – State visit to Saudi Arabia – Met with King Abdullah^[19]
• June 24–25 – Official visit to Italy and Vatican City – Met with Pope Benedict XVI^[1][20]
• June 29–30 – Official visit to Madrid, Spain – Met with King Juan Carlos I^[20]
• July 15 – Official visit to Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei – Attended the 60th birthday of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah^[21]
• July 16–18 – State visit to Tripoli, Libya^[21]
• September 9–11 – Visit to Helsinki, Finland – Attended the 6th Asia-Europe Meeting^[1][22]
• September 12–13 – Official visit to Brussels, Belgium^[22]
• September 13–14 – Official visit to London, United Kingdom^[22]
• September 15 – Official visit to Havana, Cuba – Met with President Fidel Castro and attended the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit^[22][23]
• September 16–17 – Official visit to Honolulu, Hawaii, United States^[22]
• October 27–November 1 – Visit to Nanning and Hong Kong, China – Attended the ASEAN–China Commemorative Summit in Nanning and met with ZTE officials in Hong Kong^[1][24]
• November 17–19 – Visit to Hanoi, Vietnam – Attended the 18th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting^[1]
• November 19–20 – Working visit to Singapore^[1]

2007

• January 25–26 – Visit to Davos, Switzerland – Attended the World Economic Forum^[25]
• January 27 – State visit to Kuwait^[25]
• April 19–21 – Visit to Bo'ao, China – Attended the Boao Forum for Asia^[26]
• May 22–25 – Visit to Tokyo, Japan – Attended the 13th International Conference on the Future of Asia^[1]
• May 27–30 – State visit to New Zealand^[27]
• May 30–31 – State visit to Canberra and Melbourne, Australia^[28]
• June 2–4 – Private visit to Vatican City – Met with Pope Benedict XVI and attended the canonization of Marie-Eugénie de Jésus^[1][29]
• June – Private visit to Lisbon, Portugal – Met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva^[30]
• June 6–7 – State visit to Sichuan and Chongqing, China^[31]
• June 25–26 – State visit to Singapore – Met with President S. R. Nathan^[32]
• June 26–27 – State visit to Equatorial Guinea – Met with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo^[33]
• August 30–31 – Official visit to Malaysia – Attended the 50th anniversary of Malaysian Independence^[1]
• September 7–9 – Visit to Sydney, Australia – Attended the 19th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting^[1]
• September 26–29 – Visit to the United States – Addressed the 16th United Nations General Assembly^[1]
• October 2–3 – Working visit to Shanghai, China – Attended the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games^[1]
• October 4–6 – State visit to India^[34]
• November 18–22 – Visit to Singapore – Attended the 13th ASEAN Summit^[1]
• December 2–8 – State visit to Spain^[1][35]
• December 9–10 – Working visit to Kuwait^[1][36]

2008

• January 22–25 – Working visit to Zürich and Davos, Switzerland – Attended the World Economic Forum^[37]
• January 26–28 – Official visit to the United Arab Emirates^[1][37]
• March 30–April 1 – Working visit to Hong Kong, China – Addressed a keynote at the 11th Asian Investment Conference^[1]
• June 21–28 – Official/working visit to the United States^[1]
• August 7–9 – Official visit to Beijing, China – Met with President Hu Jintao and attended the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics^[1][38]
• September 21–27 – Visit to the United States – Addressed the 63rd United Nations General Assembly^[1]
• October 23–27 – Working visit to Beijing, China – Attended the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting^[1]
• November 10–13 – Working visit to the United States – Addressed the United Nations General Assembly^[1]
• November 13–16 – State visit to Doha, Qatar^[39]
• November – Working visit to the United Arab Emirates^[1]
• November 21–23 – Visit to Lima, Peru – Attended the 20th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting^[1]
• November – Official visit to Colombia – Met with President Álvaro Uribe^[40]
• November 27 – Working visit to the United States^[1]

2009

• January 30–31 – Visit to Davos, Switzerland – Attended the World Economic Forum^[1][41]
• February 1–2 – Working visit to Milan, Italy^[1][41]
• February 3–4 – Working visit to Saudi Arabia^[1]
• February 4–5 – Official visit to Bahrain – Met with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa^[1][41]
• February 6–7 – Official visit to the United States – Attended a prayer conference^[1]
• February 28–March 1 – Visit to Pattaya, Thailand – Attended the 14th ASEAN Summit^[1]
• April 10–11 – Visit to Pattaya, Thailand – Attended the reconvened 14th ASEAN Summit^[1]
• April 12–14 – Working visit to Dubai, United Arab Emirates^[1][42]
• May 2–3 – Official/working visit to Cairo, Egypt – Met with President Hosni Mubarak^[1][43]
• May 4–6 – State visit to Damascus, Syria – Met with President Bashar al-Assad and addressed the People's Council of Syria^[1][43]
• May 11–15 – Visit to Manado, Indonesia – Attended the Coral Triangle Initiative Summit^[1][44]
• May 30–June 2 – Visit to Jeju, South Korea – Attended the ASEAN–Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit^[1]
• June 3–5 – Visit to St. Petersburg, Russia – Attended the XII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and met with President Dmitry Medvedev^[1][45]
• June 17–20 – Working visit to Japan – Met with Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, and Prime Minister Tarō Asō^[46]
• June 22–25 – State visit to Brasília, Recife, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President José Sarney of the Federal Senate, and President Michel Temer of the Chamber of Deputies^[47]
• July 15–16 – Visit to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt – Attended the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit^[48]
• July 30–31 – Official visit to Washington, D.C., United States – Met with President Barack Obama^[1][49]
• August 28–September 1 – Official visit to Libya – Attended the African Union Summit and ceremonies for the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Libyan coup d'état; met with Prime Minister Muammar Gaddafi, President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka, and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan^[50]
• September 16–17 – Working visit to Ankara, Turkey – Met with President Abdullah Gül^[51][52]
• September 17–20 – Visit to the United Kingdom – Delivered a keynote address at The Economist's "The Emerging Markets Summit" event^[52]
• September 21–23 – Official visit to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Attended the inauguration of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal^[1][52]
• November 13–15 – Visit to Singapore – Attended the 21st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting^[1]
• November 17–18 – Visit to Pattaya, Thailand – Attended the 15th ASEAN Summit^[1]
• December 16–19 – Visit to Copenhagen, Denmark – Attended the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference^[53]

2010

• April 8–9 – Visit to Hanoi, Vietnam – Attended the 16th ASEAN Summit^[1]
• April 12–13 – Visit to Washington, D.C., United States – Attended the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit^[54]
• April 14–15 – Official visit to Madrid, Spain – Awarded the Don Quixote de la Mancha Award by King Juan Carlos I of Spain^[1][55]
• June 8–9 – Visit to Shanghai, China – Visited the Expo 2010^[1][56]

See also

• Foreign relations of the Philippines
• List of international presidential trips made by Benigno Aquino III
• International presidential trips made by Rodrigo Duterte

References

External links

• Presidential Trips: The full list – List of presidential trips by the Official Gazette

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
14th President of the Philippines
Family	Eva Macaraeg and Diosdado Macapagal (parents) Jose Miguel Arroyo husband Mikey, Luli and Dato Arroyo (children) Arturo Macapagal (half-brother) Iggy Arroyo (brother-in-law) Jose Maria Arroyo (grandfather-in-law) Maria Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo (distant relative)
Education	Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Assumption College Ateneo de Manila University University of the Philippines School of Economics
Political career	Lakas ng Tao – Christian Muslim Democrats|Lakas-CMD Kampi Senate Vice-presidency DSWD secretary
Presidency	Succession EDSA II EDSA III 2004 elections Hello Garci scandal 2007 elections 2010 elections Landmark laws and agreements Executive Order 464 Natural disasters 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide 2007 Central Luzon hog cholera outbreak 2009 flu pandemic in the Philippines regions Ketsana (Ondoy) Office Dacer–Corbito double murder case Murder of Popoy Lagman Civil conflict in the Philippines Operation Freedom Eagle Oplan Bantay Laya (2001–10) Extrajudicial killings Philippine Nautical Highway System Oakwood mutiny Fertilizer Fund scam Hacienda Luisita massacre 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing 2006 state of emergency 2006 Central Mindanao bombings ULTRA Stampede Disappearance of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño East Asian Energy Security Guimaras oil spill Manila Peninsula siege 2007 Basilan beheading incident Batasang Pambansa bombing 2007 Glorietta explosion Euro Generals NBN/ZTE scandal Northrail controversy 2009 Mindanao bombings 2009 Sulu kidnapping crisis National Artist controversy Lakas-Kampi-CMD merger Maguindanao massacre Diplomatic incidents/ International relations Presidential trips Visiting Forces Agreement US designation of the Philippines as a Major non-NATO ally Subic rape case ASEAN charter
Related	Senators of the Philippines Vice-Presidents of the Philippines SONA Constituent assembly Constitutional convention
Predecessor Joseph Ejercito Estrada, 13th President of the Philippines Successor Benigno S. Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines