Choosing the chief guests for India’s Republic Day is a carefully considered job. Know how it’s done!

How are the chief guests selected for Republic Day parade in India?

YEAR

REPUBLIC DAY CHIEF CUSTOMER

1950

President Sukarno, Indonesia

1951

King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah, Nepal

1952 and 1953

There are no main guests

1954

King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutan

1955

Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad, Pakistan

1956

Finance Minister Rab Butler, UK; Chief Justice Kotaro Tanaka, Japan

1957

Minister of Defense Georgy Zhukov, Soviet Union

1958

Marshal Ye Jianying, China

1959

Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, United Kingdom

1960

Chairman Kliment Voroshilov, Soviet Union

1961

Queen Elizabeth II, United Kingdom

1962

Prime Minister Viggo Kampmann, Denmark

1963

King Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia

1964

Chief of Defense Staff Lord Louis Mountbatten, UK

1965

Minister of Food and Agriculture Rana Abdul Hamid, Pakistan

1966

There are no main guests

1967

King Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghanistan

1968

Chairman Alexei Kosygin, Soviet Union; President Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavia

1969

Prime Minister Todor Zhivkov, Bulgaria

1970

King Baudouin, Belgium

1971

President Julius Nyerere, Tanzania

1972

Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritius

1973

President Mobutu Sese Seko, Zaire

1974

President Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavia; Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka

1975

President Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia

1976

Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, France

1977

First Secretary Edward Gierek, Poland

1978

President Patrick Hillery, Ireland

1979

Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, Australia

1980

President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, France

1981

President Jose Lopez Portillo, Mexico

1982

King Juan Carlos I, Spain

1983

President Shehu Shagari, Nigeria

1984

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Bhutan

1985

President Raúl Alfonsín, Argentina

1986

Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, Greece

1987

President Alan Garcia, Peru

1988

President JR Jayewardene, Sri Lanka

1989

General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh, Vietnam

1990

Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth, Mauritius

1991

President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Maldives

1992

President Mário Soares, Portugal

1993

Prime Minister John Major, UK

1994

Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, Singapore

1995

President Nelson Mandela, South Africa

1996

President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazil

1997

Prime Minister Basdeo Panday, Trinidad and Tobago

1998

President Jacques Chirac, France

1999

King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah, Nepal

2000

President Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria

2001

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria

2002

President Cassam Uteem, Mauritius

2003

President Mohammed Khatami, Iran

2004

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil

2005

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Bhutan

2006

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Saudi Arabia

2007

President Vladimir Putin, Russia

2008

President Nicolas Sarkozy, France

2009

President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan

2010

President Lee Myung Bak, South Korea

2011

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia

2012

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand

two thousand and thirteen

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutan

2014

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan

2015

President Barack Obama, United States

2016

President Francois Hollande, France

2017

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirates

2018

King Hassanal Bolkiah, Brunei, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Cambodia, President Joko Widodo, Indonesia, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Laos, Prime Minister Najib Razak, Malaysia, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, President Rodrigo Duterte , Philippines, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Thailand, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam

2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa

2020

President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil

2023

President Abdeh Fatah Al-Sisi

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