List of international presidential trips made by Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari became President following the 2015 Nigerian general election. The following is a list of international presidential trips made by Muhammadu Buhari as the 15th President of Nigeria.
President Muhammadu Buhari has travelled out of Nigeria a total of 51 times since assuming office in 2015.
Summary of International Trips
Here is a summary of the countries President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has visited as President. There are two trips that he made to the United Kingdom, one on his official vacation and one for medical treatment that are included in this list.[1]
Number of visits | Country |
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1 visit | Cameroon, China, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Mali, Malta, Morocco, Niger, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, UAE |
2 visits | Chad, Germany, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, The Gambia |
3+ visits | Benin, France, United Kingdom, United States |
2015
The following is a list of international presidential trips made by Buhari in 2015.
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Niger | Niamey | 3 June | Anti-Boko Haram summit |
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Chad | N'Djamena | 4 June | State Visit |
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Germany | Munich | 7 – 8 June | 42nd G7 summit |
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South Africa | Johannesburg | 12 – 13 June | 25th African Union Summit |
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United States | Washington, D.C. | 19 – 23 July | State Visit |
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Cameroon | Yaoundé | 29 – 30 July | State Visit |
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Benin | Cotonou | 2 – 3 August | Independence Celebrations |
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Ghana | Accra | 7 September | State Visit |
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France | Paris | 14 – 16 September | State Visit |
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United States | New York City | 24 – 29 September | 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly |
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India | New Delhi | 26 – 30 October | Third India Africa Forum Summit |
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Sudan | Khartoum | 30 October | State Visit |
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Iran | Tehran | 22 – 24 November | 3rd Gas Exporting Countries Forum |
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Malta | Valletta | 28 – 30 November | 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government summit. |
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France | Paris | 30 November – 1 December | Paris Conference of Parties 21 |
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South Africa | Johannesburg | 4 – 5 December | China Africa summit |
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2016
The following is a list of international presidential trips made by Buhari in 2016.
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Benin | Cotonou | 8 January | 11th summit of the Heads of State of the Niger Basin Authority |
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United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 17 – 20 January | World Future Energy Summit |
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Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 26 January | 26th Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government. |
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Kenya | Eldoret, Nairobi | 27 – 29 January | State Visit |
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France | Strasbourg | 2 – 4 February | Official Visit |
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United Kingdom | London | 5 – 10 February | Vacation |
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Egypt | Sharm El Sheikh | 18 February | Sharm el-Sheikh 'Africa 2016’ |
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Saudi Arabia | Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, Medina | 22 – 27 February | State Visit |
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Qatar | Doha | 27 – 28 February | OPEC Meeting |
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Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 14 March | State Visit |
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United States | Washington, D.C. | 30 March – 3 April | 4th Nuclear Security Summit |
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China | Beijing | 11 – 14 April | State Visit |
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United Kingdom | London | 13 May – 15 May | Anti-Corruption Summit |
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United Kingdom | London | 6 – 19 June | Medical Visit |
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Chad | N'Djamena | 8 August | Inauguration of Idris Deby |
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Kenya | Nairobi | 27 – 28 August | Tokyo Conference on Africa |
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United States | New York City | 11 – 15 September | Seventy-first session of the United Nations General Assembly |
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Germany | Berlin | 13 – 16 October | State Visit |
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Morocco | Marrakesh | 14 – 18 November | United Nations Climate Change conference |
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Senegal | Dakar | 5 – 7 December | Third Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa |
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Gambia | Banjul | 13 December | ECOWAS summit |
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2017
The following is a list of international presidential trips made by Buhari in 2017.
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes | ||
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Ghana | Accra | 7 January | Inauguration of Nana Akufo-Addo |
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Gambia | Banjul | 13 January | ECOWAS mediation meeting |
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Mali | Bamako | 13 – 14 January | 27th Africa France Summit |
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2018
The following is a list of international presidential trips made by Buhari in 2018.
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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United Kingdom | London | 16-20 April 2018 | Will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.[50] | |
United States | Washington | 30 April 2018 | Working Visit.[51] | |
Poland | Kraków | 2-3 December 2018 | Working Visit.[52] | 24th session of the Conference of the Parties |
2019
The following is a list of international presidential trips made by Buhari in 2019.
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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United States | New York City | 25 September 2019 | Working Visit.[53] | |
South Africa | Pretoria | 2-3 October 2019 | State Visit.[54] | |
Russia | Sochi | 21-23 October 2019 | Working Visit.[55] | 1st Russia-Africa Summit |
2020
The following is a list of international presidential trips made by Buhari in 2020.
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Purpose(s) | Notes |
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United Kingdom | London | January 2020 | Working Visit.[56] | |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | February 2020 | Working Visit. | [57] |
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