This is a list of international presidential trips made by Jacob Zuma while president of South Africa. Jacob Zuma began his presidency on 9 May 2009 following the African National Congress win in the 2009 South African general election and ended his tenure on 14 February 2018.[1]
Jacob Zuma has made several foreign trips on all six continents, with several visits around Southern Africa and various multi-lateral visits around the world.
| Number of visits | Country | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 visit | Burundi, Canada, Chad, Denmark, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Malawi, Malaysia, Norway, Oman, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom | |
| 2 visits | Australia, Cuba, Germany, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Qatar, South Korea, Sudan | |
| 3 visits | Algeria, Benin, Brazil, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritania | |
| 4 visits | India, Libya, Republic of Congo, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia | |
| 5+ visits | Angola (18), Botswana (9), China (7), DR Congo (6), Equatorial Guinea (5), Ethiopia (18), France (6), Lesotho (6), Mozambique (8), Namibia (6), Nigeria (5), Russia (7), Switzerland (6), Tanzania (8), United States (10), Zimbabwe (6), |
| Country | Location(s) | Date(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sirte | 29 June–3 July | 21st Summit of New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Heads of State.[2] | ||
| L'Aquila | 8–10 July | 35th G8 summit.[3] | ||
| Sharm El Sheikh | 14–16 July | XV Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit.[4] | ||
| Luanda | 19–21 August | Inaugural State Visit.[5] | ||
| Kinshasa | 7–8 September | 6th Ordinary SADC Heads of State Summit.[6] | ||
| New York City, Pittsburgh | 23–25 September | Sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly and 2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit.[7] | ||
| São Paulo | 8–10 October | State visit.[8] | ||
| Malabo | 3–4 November | State visit with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.[9] | ||
| Port of Spain | 26–29 November | 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.[10] | ||
| Lusaka | 7–9 December | State visit with Rupiah Banda.[11] | ||
| Copenhagen | 17–18 December | 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[12] |
| Country | Location(s) | Date(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luanda | 10 January | 2010 Africa Cup of Nations opening ceremony.[13] | ||
| Davos | 25–29 January | World Economic Forum.[14] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 2 February | 14th Ordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government Assembly of the African Union.[15] | ||
| London | 2–3 March | State visit.[16] | ||
| Windhoek | 20–21 March | Inauguration of Hifikepunye Pohamba.[17] | ||
| Harare | 17–18 March | State visit with Robert Mugabe.[18] | ||
| Kampala | 25–26 March | State visit with Yoweri Museveni.[19] | ||
| Washington, D.C. | 12–14 April | 2nd Nuclear Security Summit.[20] | ||
| Brasília | 16 April | 2nd BRIC summit[21] | ||
| Windhoek | 22 April | Southern African Customs Union (SACU) conference.[22] | ||
| Dar es Salaam | 5–7 May | World Economic Forum.[23] | ||
| Algiers | 25–26 May | State visit with Abdelaziz Bouteflika.[24] | ||
| Nice | 27 May–1 June | 25th Africa France Summit and 37th G8 summit.[25] | ||
| Mumbai | 2–4 June | State visit.[26] | ||
| Toronto | 25–27 June | 2010 G20 Toronto summit.[27] | ||
| Kampala | 24–27 July | 15th Ordinary session of the assembly of Heads of State and government of the African Union.[28] | ||
| Moscow | 5–6 August | State visit with Dmitry Medvedev.[29] | ||
| Maseru | 12–13 August | State visit.[30] | ||
| Beijing | 24–26 August | State visit.[31] [32] | ||
| Cairo | 19–20 October | State visit with Hosni Mubarak.[33] | ||
| Windhoek | 4 November | State visit with Hifikepunye Pohamba.[34] | ||
| Dar es Salaam | 6 November | Inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete.[35] | ||
| Seoul | 11–12 November | 2010 G20 Seoul summit.[36] | ||
| Gaborone | 19–20 November | Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government Summit.[37] | ||
| Tripoli | 29–30 November | 3rd European Union - African Union Summit.[38] | ||
| Havana | 6–7 December | State visit.[39] | ||
| Cancún | 8–9 December | 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[40] |
| Country | Location(s) | Date(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davos | 25–27 January | World Economic Forum.[41] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 28–31 January | 16th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly.[42] | ||
| Nouakchott | 10 February | Côte d'Ivoire peace talks.[43] | ||
| Abidjan | 21 February | African Union (AU) High-Level Panel on the Resolution of the Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.[44] | ||
| Paris | 2–3 March | State visit with Nicolas Sarkozy.[45] | ||
| Nouakchott | 4 March | Côte d'Ivoire peace talks.[46] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 11 March | African Union (AU) High-Level Panel on the Resolution of the Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.[47] | ||
| Livingstone | 31 March | SADC Troika Summit.[48] | ||
| Nouakchott | 10 April | Libya peace talks.[49] | ||
| Tripoli, Benghazi | 11 April | Libya peace talks. | ||
| Sanya | 14 April | 3rd BRICS summit.[50] | ||
| Tripoli | 30 May | Peace talks with Muammar Gaddafi.[51] | ||
| Kinshasa | 21 June | State visit with Joseph Kabila.[52] | ||
| Sochi | 3–4 July | Talks on Libya with Dmitry Medvedev.[53] | ||
| Malabo | 5 July | 17th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly.[54] | ||
| Khartoum | 8–9 July | State visit with Omar al-Bashir.[55] | ||
| Juba | 9 July | Inauguration of the new State of South Sudan.[56] | ||
| Luanda | 17 August | 31st Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government.[57] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 27 August | 291st Peace and Security Council meeting of the African Union (AU).[58] | ||
| Oslo | 1 September | State visit.[59] | ||
| New York City | 18–25 September | Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly. | ||
| Perth | 27–30 October | 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.[60] | ||
| Cannes | 2–5 November | 2011 G20 Cannes summit.[61] | ||
| Lubumbashi | 12 November | Grand Inga Hydro-Electric Power Project MoU signing.[62] | ||
| Abu Dhabi | 13–14 November | State visit.[63] | ||
| Muscat | 15–16 November | State visit with Qaboos bin Said.[64] | ||
| Abuja | 10 December | State visit with Goodluck Jonathan.[65] | ||
| Cotonou | 11 December | State visit with Thomas Boni Yayi. | ||
| Maputo | 13 December | State visit with Armando Guebuza.[66] |
| Country | Location(s) | Date(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York City | 10–11 January | UN High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability.[67] | ||
| Doha | 23 January | State visit with Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.[68] | ||
| Davos | 25–26 January | World Economic Forum.[69] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 27–29 January | 18th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly.[70] | ||
| Cotonou | 19 February | State visit with Thomas Boni Yayi.[71] | ||
| Luanda | 19 February | Talks with José Eduardo dos Santos. | ||
| Cotonou | 18 March | African Union Heads of State and Government Ad-Hoc Committee.[72] | ||
| Seoul | 26–27 March | Nuclear Security Summit.[73] | ||
| New Delhi | 29 March | 4th BRICS summit.[74] | ||
| Luanda | 1 June | Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit.[75] | ||
| Cabo San Lucas | 17–19 June | 2012 G20 Los Cabos summit.[76] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 16–17 July | 19th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government.[77] | ||
| Beijing | 19–20 July | State visit with President Hu Jintao.[78] | ||
| Victoria | 25 July | SADC Troika summit on Madagascar mediation talks.[79] | ||
| Harare | 15 August | SADC Mediation of Zimbabwe.[80] | ||
| Maputo | 17–18 August | SADC Summit.[81] | ||
| Gaborone | 29–30 August | State visit with Ian Khama.[82] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 1 September | Funeral of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.[83] | ||
| New York City | 23–27 September | Sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly.[84] | ||
| Dar es Salaam | 7–8 December | Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extra-Ordinary Summit. Summit to discuss the security situation in Madagascar and Zimbabwe.[85] |
| Country | Location(s) | Date(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dar es Salaam | 10 January | Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extra-Ordinary Summit. Summit to discuss the progress on the directives after the previous summit.[86] | ||
| Luanda | 16 January | State Visit. Bilateral consultations with José Eduardo dos Santos. | ||
| Davos | 21–25 January | World Economic Forum.[87] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 26–27 January | 20th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State.[88] | ||
| Malabo | 22–23 February | Third Africa-South America (ASA) Summit.[89] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 24 February | Signing ceremony of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[90] | ||
| Luanda | 12 March | Trilateral meeting with José Eduardo dos Santos and Joseph Kabila.[91] | ||
| N'Djamena | 3 April | Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) to discuss Developments in the Central African Republic.[92] | ||
| Nairobi | 9 April | Inauguration of Uhuru Kenyatta.[93] | ||
| Gaborone | 12 April | Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Summit.[94] | ||
| Algiers | 14–15 April | State visit with Abdelaziz Bouteflika.[95] | ||
| Abuja | 16 April | State visit with Goodluck Jonathan. | ||
| Brazzaville | 3 May | Contact Group Meeting on the Central African Republic.[96] | ||
| Moscow | 15–16 May | State visit.[97] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 24–27 May | 21st Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State.[98] | ||
| Yokohama | 1–4 June | Tokyo International Conference on African Development and working visit.[99] | ||
| Maputo | 27 June | SADC Infrastructure Investment Summit.[100] | ||
| Brazzaville | 23 July | Forbes Africa Forum.[101] | ||
| Lilongwe | 17–18 August | 33rd Ordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and Government.[102] | ||
| Luanda | 23 August | Followup, trilateral meeting with José Eduardo dos Santos and Joseph Kabila after March 2013 meeting.[103] | ||
| Kuala Lumpur | 26–27 August | |||
| Saint Petersburg | 5–8 September | 2013 G20 Saint Petersburg summit.[104] | ||
| New York City | 23–26 September | Sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.[105] | ||
| Dakar | 1–2 October | State visit with Macky Sall.[106] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 12 October | Extraordinary Summit of the African Union.[107] | ||
| Kinshasa | 29–30 October | State visit with Joseph Kabila.[108] | ||
| Windhoek | 6–7 November | State visit with Hifikepunye Pohamba.[109] | ||
| Colombo | 15–17 November | 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. | ||
| Accra | 26–27 November | State visit. |
| Country | Location(s) | Date(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luanda | 15 January | Fifth Ordinary Summit of International Conference of Great Lakes Region.[110] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 30–31 January | 22nd Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly.[111] | ||
| Brazzaville | 11 February | State visit, 25th Anniversary of the Signature of the Brazzaville Accord on Peace in Southern Africa.[112] | ||
| Harare | 1 March | State visit with Robert Mugabe and wedding of President Mugabe's daughter.[113] | ||
| Luanda | 24 March | Mini Summit of International Conference of Great Lakes Region.[114] | ||
| Maseru | 27 March | State visit with Tom Thabane.[115] | ||
| Malabo | 25–27 June | 23th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly (AU Summit)[116] | ||
| Brasília, Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro | 13–16 July | 6th BRICS summit, 2014 FIFA World Cup Final game.[117] | ||
| Maseru | 29 July | State visit.[118] | ||
| Victoria Falls | 17–18 August | 34th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government.[119] | ||
| Sochi | 24–29 August | State visit with Vladimir Putin.[120] | ||
| Maseru | 9 September | State visit.[121] | ||
| New York City | 24–30 September | Sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly.[122] | ||
| Brisbane | 13–16 November | 2014 G20 Brisbane summit.[123] | ||
| Gaborone | 20 November | State visit.[124] | ||
| Beijing | 4–5 December | State visit with President Xi Jinping.[125] | ||
| Malabo | 13–14 December | State visit with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.[126] | ||
| Dar es Salaam | 21 December | State visit with Jakaya Kikwete.[127] | ||
| Kampala | 22 December | State visit with Yoweri Museveni. |
| Country | Location(s) | Date(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conakry | 13 January | State visit with Alpha Condé.[128] | ||
| Luanda | 14 January | Talks with José Eduardo dos Santos.[129] | ||
| Maputo | 15 January | Inauguration of Filipe Nyusi.[130] | ||
| Davos | 20–24 January | World Economic Forum.[131] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 30–31 January | 24th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State.[132] | ||
| Khartoum | 1 February | State visit with Omar al-Bashir.[133] | ||
| Maseru | 17 March | Inauguration of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili.[134] | ||
| Algiers | 30 March–1 April | State visit with Abdelaziz Bouteflika.[135] | ||
| Cairo | 1–2 April | State visit with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[136] | ||
| Harare | 29 April | Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government.[137] | ||
| Moscow | 9 May | 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.[138] | ||
| Luanda | 18 May | Extraordinary Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.[139] | ||
| Maputo | 20–21 May | State visit with Filipe Nyusi.[140] | ||
| Abuja | 29 May | Inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari.[141] | ||
| Dar es Salaam | 1 June | Emergency East African Community (EAC) Heads of State and Government Summit on Burundi.[142] | ||
| Ufa | 7–9 July | 7th BRICS summit.[143] | ||
| Gaborone | 17–18 August | 35th Ordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and Government. | ||
| Beijing | 3 September | 70th Anniversary of the End of the Occupation of China.[144] | ||
| Maputo | 11 September | Matola Monument and Interpretative Centre in commemoration.[145] | ||
| New York City | 28 September–3 October | Seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly.[146] | ||
| Kinshasa | 16 October | Ninth Session of the Bi-National Commission (BNC)[147] | ||
| New Delhi | 29–30 October | Third India-Africa Forum Summit.[148] | ||
| Dar es Salaam | 5 November | Inauguration of John Magufuli.[149] | ||
| Berlin | 10 November | State visit with Angela Merkel.[150] | ||
| Luanda | 11 November | 40th Angolan Independence Anniversary.[151] | ||
| Windhoek | 12 November | SACU Headquarters Opening.[152] | ||
| Antalya | 14–16 November | 2015 G20 Antalya summit.[153] | ||
| Luanda | 24 November | State Visit. Bilateral consultations with José Eduardo dos Santos.[154] | ||
| Paris | 30 November | Twenty First Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework for Climate Change Convention.[155] |
| Country | Location(s) | Date(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaborone | 18 January | Extra-Ordinary Summit of the SADC Double Troika.[156] | ||
| Davos | 20–21 January | World Economic Forum.[157] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 30–31 January | 26th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly (AU Summit).[158] | ||
| Bujumbura | 25–26 February | African Union High-Level Delegation of Heads of State visit.[159] | ||
| Abuja | 8–9 March | State visit with Muhammadu Buhari.[160] | ||
| Lyon | 22–23 March | United Nations High Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth.[161] | ||
| Gaborone | 18 April | SACU consultations[162] | ||
| Windhoek | 19 April | SACU consultations[163] | ||
| Mbabane | 21–22 April | SACU consultations | ||
| Tehran | 24–25 April | State visit.[164] | ||
| Kampala | 12 May | Inauguration of Yoweri Museveni.[165] | ||
| Doha | 19 May | State visit with Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.[166] | ||
| Maseru | 9 June | Southern African Customs Union consultations.[167] | ||
| Luanda | 14 June | 6th Ordinary Summit of International Conference of the Great Lakes Region.[168] | ||
| Gaborone | 28 June | Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika.[169] | ||
| Paris | 13–14 July | State visit with François Hollande. | ||
| Kigali | 15–18 July | 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Summit.[170] | ||
| Nairobi | 25 August | Tokyo International Conference on African Development VI Summit.[171] | ||
| Mbabane | 30–31 August. | 36th Ordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State.[172] | ||
| Hangzhou, Guangdong | 3–8 September | 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit and 2nd Investing in Africa Forum in Guangdong.[173] [174] | ||
| New York City | 17–23 September | Seventy-first session of the United Nations General Assembly.[175] | ||
| Nairobi | 10–12 October | State visit with Uhuru Kenyatta.[176] | ||
| Benaulim | 15–16 October | 8th BRICS summit.[177] | ||
| Maputo | 20 October | State visit with Filipe Nyusi.[178] | ||
| Luanda | 24 October | State Visit. Bilateral consultations with José Eduardo dos Santos.[179] | ||
| Harare | 3 November | SA-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission.[180] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 8 November | African Union High Level Committee on Libya.[181] | ||
| Havana | 29 November | State funeral of Fidel Castro.[182] |
| Country | Location(s) | Date(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addis Ababa | 28–31 January | 28th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.[183] | ||
| Jakarta | 5–8 March | Indian Ocean Rim Association Leaders' and Business summit.[184] | ||
| Manzini | 17–18 March | SADC Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government.[185] | ||
| Dar es Salaam | 11–12 May | State visit with John Magufuli.[186] | ||
| Manzini | 23 June | 5th Southern Africa Customs Union Summit.[187] | ||
| Addis Ababa | 3–4 July | 29th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.[188] | ||
| Hamburg | 7–8 July | 2017 G20 Hamburg summit.[189] | ||
| Lusaka | 5 August | 91st Agricultural and Commercial Show as a Guest of Honour.[190] | ||
| Maputo | 24–25 August | SA -Mozambique Bi-National Commission.[191] | ||
| Xiamen | 3–5 September | 9th BRICS summit.[192] | ||
| Brazzaville | 9 September | African Union (AU) High Level Committee Meeting on Libya.[193] | ||
| New York City | 19–25 September | Seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly.[194] | ||
| Luanda | 26 September | Inauguration of João Lourenço.[195] | ||
| Lusaka | 12–13 October | State visit with Edgar Lungu.[196] | ||
| Owerri | 14 October | Imo Merit Award.[197] | ||
| Kinshasa | 15 October | State visit with Joseph Kabila.[198] | ||
| Gaborone | 17 November | 4th Session of South Africa-Botswana Bi-National Commission.[199] | ||
| Luanda | 21 November | Summit of the SADC Organ Troika.[200] | ||
| Abidjan | 28–30 November | 5th European Union - African Union Summit.[201] |