Levi Eshkol served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from June 1963 and until his death in February 1969. During this time he made 13 official, state and working visits to a total of 11 foreign countries. Eshkol was the first head of government in Israel to be invited formally to the White House. In 1966 he was also the first Israeli prime minister to conduct state visits to Africa.
Date | Country | City/Cities visited | Note |
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May-June 1964 | Philadelphia New York City Cape Kennedy Houston El Paso Los Angeles, Chicago. | First official invitation of an Israeli head of state or government to the White House. Meeting with President Lyndon Johnson. | |
July-August 1964 | Official State Visit and meeting with President Charles de Gaulle.[1] Also met in Paris with Prime Minister of Turkey İsmet İnönü. | ||
May 1965 | Official State Visit and meeting with Prime Minister Harold Wilson.[2] | ||
May-June 1966 | Official State Visit and meeting with President Jomo Kenyatta | ||
May-June 1966 | Official State Visit and meeting with President Milton Obote | ||
May-June 1966 | Official State Visit and meetings with President Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (unofficial) and Prime Minister Léonard Mulamba (official) | ||
May-June 1966 | Official State Visit and meeting with President Léopold Sédar Senghor | ||
May-June 1966 | Official State Visit and meeting with President Félix Houphouët-Boigny | ||
May-June 1966 | Official State Visit and meeting with President William Tubman | ||
May-June 1966 | Official State Visit and meeting with President Philibert Tsiranana | ||
January 1968 | LBJ Ranch New York City. | Official State Visit and meeting with President Lyndon Johnson | |
January 1968 | Official State Visit and meeting with Prime Minister Lester Pearson | ||
June 1968 | Official State Visit and meeting with Prime Minister Harold Wilson | ||
Country | Name | Title | Date | |
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King of Nepal | September 1963[3] | |||
President of Dahomey | September 1963 | |||
Former Prime Minister of Canada | September 1963[4] | |||
Former President of Mexico | November 1963 | |||
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | December 1963[5] | |||
Prime Minister of Barbados | December 1963 | |||
Pope | January 1964 | |||
Former Prime Minister of Malta | January 1964 | |||
King of Belgium | February 1964[6] | |||
President of Togo | April 1964[7] | |||
Prime Minister of Dahomey | July 1964 | |||
Prime Minister of Iceland | November 1964[8] | |||
Prime Minister of Denmark | January 1965 | |||
Former Prime Minister of France | August 1965 | |||
President of Chad | September 1965 | |||
President of Iceland | March 1966 | |||
Prime Minister of Botswana | April 1966 | |||
Former Chancellor of West Germany | May 1966[9] | |||
President of Nicaragua | May 1966 | |||
President of Gambia | October 1966 | |||
Former Prime Minister of Belgium | October 1966 | |||
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | March 1967 | |||
Prime Minister of Finland | May 1967 | |||
Vice President of the Malagasy Republic | May 1967[10] | |||
Former Chancellor of West Germany | October 1967[11] | |||
President of Malawi | May 1968[12] | |||
Vice President of Botswana | July 1968 | |||
Prime Minister of Lesotho | November 1968 | |||
Former Prime Minister of Canada | December 1968 |