This is a list of visits made to the Philippines by heads of state and/or heads of government for diplomatic reasons, which is classified by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs as either a state visit, official visit, or working visit.
The scope of the list includes visits by: heads of state and heads of government The top leaders of international organizations whose membership compose of sovereign nations (e.g. United Nations, European Union)
Excluded are visits by (but not limited to): Government ministers/secretaries, unless if the person makes the visit under the capacity stated above (e.g. Prime Ministers) Government agency heads Heads of sub-national jurisdictions (e.g. states, provinces, cities) Members of royal families aside from the reigning monarch Spouses of the head of states and governments
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei has the most visits (10), followed by former President Sukarno of Indonesia with six. Representatives from Thailand have the most visits, with 26. Representatives from the United States, of which the Philippines is a major non-NATO ally, have the most visits outside of Asian countries. Ban Ki-moon has the most visits from a Secretary General of the United Nations, with two visits. Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo's 1943 visit was the first state visit to the Philippines, while Sukarno's in 1951 was the first visit since the Philippines was granted independence.
List of official dignitary visits By leaders of sovereign nations Presidency of Bongbong Marcos Country Name Title Date Notes Frank-Walter Steinmeier President June 15–17, 2026 State visit Tô Lâm President May 31 – June 1, 2026 State visit Santiago Peña President May 10–12, 2026 Official visit Hassanal Bolkiah Sultan May 6–8, 2026 Attended the 48th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Lapu-Lapu City Hun Manet Prime Minister May 7–8, 2026 Attended the 48th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Lapu-Lapu City Prabowo Subianto President May 7–9, 2026 Attended the 48th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Lapu-Lapu City Sonexay Siphandone Prime Minister May 7–9, 2026 Attended the 48th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Lapu-Lapu City Anwar Ibrahim Prime Minister May 7–8, 2026 Attended the 48th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Lapu-Lapu City Lawrence Wong Prime Minister May 7–9, 2026 Attended the 48th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Lapu-Lapu City Anutin Charnvirakul Prime Minister May 7–9, 2026 Attended the 48th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Lapu-Lapu City Xanana Gusmão Prime Minister May 7–9, 2026 Attended the 48th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Lapu-Lapu City Lê Minh Hưng Prime Minister May 7–8, 2026 Attended the 48th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Lapu-Lapu City Tshering Tobgay Prime Minister March 19, 2026 Working visit; visited the Asian Development Bank headquarters Lee Jae Myung President March 3–4, 2026 State visit Lawrence Wong Prime Minister June 4–5, 2025 Official visit Shigeru Ishiba Prime Minister April 29–30, 2025 Official visit Surangel Whipps Jr. President February 23–24, 2025 Official visit Hun Manet Prime Minister February 10–11, 2025 Official visit Yoon Suk Yeol President October 6–7, 2024 State visit Tharman Shanmugaratnam President August 15–17, 2024 State visit Volodymyr Zelenskyy President June 2–3, 2024 Working visit Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Emir April 21–22, 2024 State visit Christopher Luxon Prime Minister April 18–20, 2024 Official visit Hilda C. Heine President March 7, 2024 Working visit Joko Widodo President January 9–11, 2024 Official visit José Ramos-Horta President November 8–11, 2023 State visit Fumio Kishida Prime Minister November 3–4, 2023 Official visit; addressed a joint session of Congress Wesley Simina President October 13, 2023 Met with President Bongbong Marcos at Malacañang Anthony Albanese Prime Minister September 7–8, 2023 Official visit Dritan Abazović Prime Minister September 1, 2023 Attended the FIBA Basketball World Cup game between Montenegro and the United States; met with President Marcos at Malacañang; appeared on CNN Philippines' The Final Word with Rico Hizon Petr Fiala Prime Minister April 16–18, 2023 Official visit Anwar Ibrahim Prime Minister March 1–2, 2023 Official visit Ranil Wickremesinghe President September 29, 2022 Met with President Marcos in a courtesy call; chaired the 55th Board of Governors meeting of the Asian Development Bank David Hurley Governor-General June 30, 2022 Attended the inauguration of President Marcos
Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte Country Name Title Date Notes Hassanal Bolkiah Sultan November 30 – December 1, 2019 Official visit; attended the opening ceremony of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Ram Nath Kovind President October 17–21, 2019 State visit to mark 70th anniversary of Philippines–India diplomatic relations Halimah Yacob President September 8–12, 2019 State visit to mark 50th anniversary of Philippines–Singapore diplomatic relations; visited Davao City Mahathir Mohamad Prime Minister March 6–7, 2019 Official visit Maithripala Sirisena President January 15–19, 2019 State visit Xi Jinping General Secretary and President November 20–21, 2018 State visit Peter O'Neill Prime Minister May 15–17, 2018 Official visit Malcolm Turnbull Prime Minister November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Hassanal Bolkiah Sultan November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Hun Sen Prime Minister November 11–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Justin Trudeau Prime Minister November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Li Keqiang Premier November 12–16, 2017 Official visit after attending the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Narendra Modi Prime Minister November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Joko Widodo President November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Shinzō Abe Prime Minister November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Thongloun Sisoulith Prime Minister November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Najib Razak Prime Minister November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Aung San Suu Kyi State Counsellor November 11–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Dmitry Medvedev Prime Minister November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Moon Jae-in President November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Prayut Chan-o-cha Prime Minister November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Prime Minister November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Donald Trump President November 12–14, 2017 Attended the 31st ASEAN Summit and the Twelfth East Asia Summit in Pasay Hun Sen Prime Minister April 28–30, 2017 Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit Joko Widodo President April 28–30, 2017 State visit on April 28 prior to attending the 30th ASEAN Summit; traveled to Davao City with President Rodrigo Duterte to inaugurate the Davao City–General Santos–Bitung sea trade route Thongloun Sisoulith Prime Minister April 28–29, 2017 Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit Aung San Suu Kyi State Counsellor April 28–29, 2017 Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister April 28–29, 2017 Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit Prayut Chan-o-cha Prime Minister April 28–29, 2017 Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Prime Minister April 28–29, 2017 Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit Najib Razak Prime Minister April 27–30, 2017 Attended the 30th ASEAN Summit Hassanal Bolkiah Sultan April 26–29, 2017 State visit on April 27 prior to attending the 30th ASEAN Summit Shinzō Abe Prime Minister January 12–13, 2017 Official visit; visited Davao City
Presidency of Benigno Aquino III