List of international trips made by Angela Merkel
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This is a list of international trips made by Angela Merkel, the 8th Chancellor of Germany, since her assumption of office on 22 November 2005 to 8 December 2021, the date of the election and investiture of Olaf Scholz, new chancellor.
Summary of international trips
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2005
[edit]Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Note(s) |
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![]() | Paris | 23 November | First trip abroad as Chancellor of Germany |
![]() | Brussels | 24 November | |
![]() | London | 24 November | |
![]() | Barcelona | 27 November | |
![]() | Warsaw | 2 December | |
![]() | Brussels | 16–17 December |
2006
[edit]Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Image(s) |
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![]() | Vienna | 2 January | |
![]() | Washington, D.C. | 12–13 January | ![]() |
![]() | Moscow | 16 January | |
![]() | Versailles | 23 January | |
![]() | Jerusalem | 29 January | |
![]() | Ramallah | ||
![]() | New York City and Washington D.C. | 4–5 April | |
![]() | Tomsk | 26 April | ![]() |
![]() | Bratislava | 11 May | |
![]() | Vienna | 12 May | |
![]() | Beijing and Shanghai | 22–23 May | |
![]() | Saint Petersburg | 15–17 July | |
![]() | Paris | 25 August | |
![]() | Helsinki | 10–11 September | |
![]() | Compiègne | 23 September | |
![]() | Castel Gandolfo | 28 September | |
![]() | Istanbul | 6 October | |
![]() | Paris | 12 October | |
![]() | Lahti | 20 October | |
![]() | The Hague | 27 October | |
![]() | London | 3 November | |
![]() | Luxembourg City | 15 November | |
![]() | Milan | 7 December | |
![]() | Brussels | 15 December | |
![]() | Helsinki | 19 December | |
![]() | Copenhagen |
2007
[edit]2008
[edit]2009
[edit]Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Note(s) |
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![]() | Paris | 8 January | |
![]() | Sharm El Sheikh | 13 January | |
![]() | Jerusalem | 13 January | |
![]() | Davos | 30 January | |
![]() | Brussels | 1 March | |
20 March | |||
![]() | London | 1 April | |
![]() | Strasbourg | 4 April | |
![]() | Prague | 5 April | |
![]() | Kunduz | 6 April | |
![]() | Prague | 7 May | |
![]() | Kraków | 4 June | |
![]() | Paris | 11 June | |
![]() | Brussels | 19 June | |
![]() | Washington, D.C. | 26 June | |
![]() | L'Aquila | 8–10 July | |
![]() | Sochi | 14 August | |
![]() | Sopron | 19 August | |
![]() | Gdańsk | 1 September | 70th anniversary of the September campaign |
![]() | Brussels | 17 September | |
![]() | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | 24–25 September | |
![]() | Brussels | 29–30 October | |
![]() | Washington, D.C. | 2–3 November | |
![]() | Paris | 11 November | |
![]() | Brussels | 19 November | |
10–11 December | |||
![]() | Copenhagen | 17–18 December |
2010
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2011
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2012
[edit]Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Note(s) |
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![]() | Davos | 25 January | |
![]() | Brussels | 30 January | |
![]() | Beijing and Guangzhou | 1 February | |
![]() | Paris | 6 February | |
![]() | Brussels | 1–2 March | |
![]() | Rome | 13 March | |
![]() | Prague | 3 April | |
![]() | Camp David and Chicago | 18–20 May | See 38th G8 summit and 2012 Chicago summit |
![]() | Brussels | 23 May | |
![]() | Los Cabos | 18–19 June | See 2012 G20 Los Cabos summit |
![]() | Rome | 22 June | |
![]() | Paris | 27 June | |
![]() | Brussels | 28–29 June | |
![]() | Rome | 4 July | |
![]() | Reims | 8 July | |
![]() | Jakarta | 9–11 July | |
![]() | Ottawa and Gatineau | 15–16 August | |
![]() | Chișinău | 22 August | |
![]() | Beijing and Tianjin | 29–30 August | |
![]() | Madrid | 6 September | |
![]() | Vienna | 7 September | |
![]() | Athens | 9 October | |
![]() | Brussels | 18–19 October | |
![]() | Brussels | 7 November | |
![]() | London | 7 November | |
![]() | Lisbon | 12 November | |
![]() | Moscow | 16 November | |
![]() | Brussels | 22–23 November | |
![]() | Oslo | 10 December | |
![]() | Brussels | 13–14 December |
2013
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Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Note(s) |
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![]() | Limassol | 12 January | |
![]() | Davos | 24 January | |
![]() | Santiago | 26–27 January | |
![]() | Paris | 6 February | |
![]() | Brussels | 7–8 February | |
![]() | Oslo | 20 February | |
![]() | Ankara, Kahramanmaraş and Göreme | 24–25 February | |
![]() | Warsaw | 6 March | |
![]() | Brussels | 15–15 March | |
![]() | Vatican City | 19 March | |
![]() | Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz | 10 May | |
![]() | Vatican City | 18 May | |
![]() | Brussels | 22 May | |
![]() | Nijmegen | 23 May | |
![]() | London | 25 May | |
![]() | Paris | 30 May | |
![]() | Lough Erne | 17–18 June | |
![]() | Saint Petersburg | 21 June | |
![]() | Brussels | 28–29 June | |
![]() | Saint Petersburg | 5–6 September | |
![]() | Gent | 19 October | |
Brussels | 24–25 October | ||
![]() | Paris | 12 November | |
![]() | Vilnius | 28–29 November | |
![]() | Paris | 18 December | |
![]() | Brussels | 19–20 December |
2014
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2015
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2016
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2019
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2020
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Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Note(s) |
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![]() | Moscow | 11 January | |
![]() | Davos | 23 January | Attended the World Economic Forum. |
![]() | Istanbul | 24 January[47] | |
![]() | Pretoria | 5–6 February | |
![]() | Luanda | 7 February | |
![]() | Brussels | 20 February | Attended a European Summit. |
8 July | Speech in the European Parliament. Note: First trip abroad since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
17–21 July | Attended a Special European Summit. | ||
![]() | Bormes-les-Mimosas | 20 August | Discussed the 2020 Belarusian protests and COVID-19 with President Macron. |
![]() | Brussels | 1–2 October | Participation in the European Council. |
15–16 October | |||
10–11 December |
2021
[edit]Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Note(s) | Image |
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![]() | Carbis Bay | 11–13 June | ||
![]() | Brussels | 14 June | ||
Brussels | 24–25 June | Attended a European Summit. | ||
![]() | Ellesborough, Windsor | 2 July | ||
![]() | Washington, D.C. | 15 July | ![]() | |
![]() | Moscow | 20 August | ||
![]() | Kyiv | 22–24 August[48] | ||
![]() | Warsaw | 11 September | ||
![]() | Belgrade | 13 September | ||
![]() | Tirana | 14 September | ||
![]() | Paris | 16 September | ||
![]() | Predoslje | 5–6 October | Attended a EU-Western Balkan Summit. | |
![]() | Rome | 7 October | ![]() | |
![]() | Vatican City | |||
![]() | Jerusalem, Yad Vashem | 9–11 October | ||
![]() | Cuacos de Yuste | 14 October | ![]() | |
![]() | Brussels | 15 October | ||
![]() | Istanbul | 16 October | See Germany-Turkey relations and Turkey-European Union relations. | |
![]() | Brussels | 21–22 October | Attended a European Summit. | |
![]() | Athens | 29 October | ||
![]() | Rome | 30–31 October | ||
![]() | Glasgow | 1–3 November | Attended the COP26 Summit. | |
![]() | Beaune | 3 November | Merkel received the Legion of Honour. | |
Paris | 12 November | Attended an international conference on Libya Note: Last trip abroad as Chancellor of Germany. |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b The Federal Republic of Germany does not recognised the State of Palestine as an independent and sovereign state.
- ^ The Republic of Macedonia changed its name to Republic of North Macedonia on 12 February 2019.
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