List of state visits made by Levi Eshkol
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.
Foreign visits made by Levi Eshkol
Date | Country | City/Cities visited | Note |
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May-June 1964 | First official invitation of an Israeli head of state or government to the White House. Meeting with President Lyndon Johnson. | ||
July-August 1964 | Paris | Official State Visit and meeting with President Charles de Gaulle.[1] Also met in Paris with Prime Minister of Turkey İsmet İnönü. | |
May 1965 | London | Official State Visit and meeting with Prime Minister Harold Wilson.[2] | |
May-June 1966 | Nairobi | Official State Visit and meeting with President Jomo Kenyatta | |
May-June 1966 | Entebbe | Official State Visit and meeting with President Milton Obote | |
May-June 1966 | Kinshasa | Official State Visit and meetings with President Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (unofficial) and Prime Minister Léonard Mulamba (official) | |
May-June 1966 | Dakar | Official State Visit and meeting with President Léopold Sédar Senghor | |
May-June 1966 | Abidjan | Official State Visit and meeting with President Félix Houphouët-Boigny | |
May-June 1966 | Monrovia | Official State Visit and meeting with President William Tubman | |
May-June 1966 | Antananarivo | Official State Visit and meeting with President Philibert Tsiranana | |
January 1968 | Official State Visit and meeting with President Lyndon Johnson | ||
January 1968 | Toronto | Official State Visit and meeting with Prime Minister Lester Pearson | |
June 1968 | London | Official State Visit and meeting with Prime Minister Harold Wilson | |
National and political leaders hosted in Israel by Levi Eshkol
Country | Name | Title | Date |
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Mahendra of Nepal | King of Nepal | September 1963[3] | |
Hubert Maga | President of Dahomey | September 1963 | |
John Diefenbaker | Former Prime Minister of Canada | September 1963[4] | |
Miguel Alemán Valdés | Former President of Mexico | November 1963 | |
Joseph Kasavubu | President of Congo | December 1963[5] | |
Errol Barrow | Prime Minister of Barbados | December 1963 | |
Paul VI | Pope | January 1964 | |
Dom Mintoff | Former Prime Minister of Malta | January 1964 | |
Baudouin of Belgium | King of Belgium | February 1964[6] | |
Nicolas Grunitzky | President of Togo | April 1964[7] | |
Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin | Prime Minister of Dahomey | July 1964[lower-alpha 1] | |
Bjarni Benediktsson | Prime Minister of Iceland | November 1964[8] | |
Jens Otto Krag | Prime Minister of Denmark | January 1965 | |
Pierre Mendès France | Former Prime Minister of France | August 1965 | |
François Tombalbaye | President of Chad | September 1965 | |
Ásgeir Ásgeirsson | President of Iceland | March 1966 | |
Seretse Khama | Prime Minister of Botswana | April 1966 | |
Konrad Adenauer | Former Chancellor of West Germany | May 1966[9] | |
René Schick | President of Nicaragua | May 1966[lower-alpha 2] | |
Dawda Jawara | President of Gambia | October 1966 | |
Théo Lefèvre | Former Prime Minister of Belgium | October 1966 | |
Alec Douglas-Home | Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | March 1967 | |
Rafael Paasio | Prime Minister of Finland | May 1967 | |
Calvin Tsiebo | Vice President of the Malagasy Republic | May 1967[10] | |
Ludwig Erhard | Former Chancellor of West Germany | October 1967[11] | |
Hastings Banda | President of Malawi | May 1968[12] | |
Quett Masire | Vice President of Botswana | July 1968 | |
Leabua Jonathan | Prime Minister of Lesotho | November 1968 | |
Lester Pearson | Former Prime Minister of Canada | December 1968 |
Notes
- Received by Deputy Prime Minister Abba Eban as Levi Eshkol was out of the country.
- Received by President Zalman Shazar. Levi Eshkol was out of the country during the visit.
References
- "'France Won't Sacrifice Israel For Arabs'". The Sentinel. 9 July 1964.
- "Eshkol Meets With Wilson Of Britain". The Sentinel. 2 April 1965.
- "Warm reception for Nepal King on Israel trip". Bnai Brith Messenger. 20 September 1963.
- "Diefenbaker on Israel, Arabs". Bnai Brith Messenger. 27 September 1963.
- "Kasavubu is Hadassah Godfather". Bnai Brith Messenger. 27 December 1963.
- "Queen Fabiola Plants JNF Tree". The Sentinel. 5 March 1964.
- "LE President de la Repunlique du Togo en Visite Officielle" (in French). Information Juive. 15 April 1964.
- "Le Premier Islandais en Israel" (in French). Information Juive. 15 November 1964.
- "LA VISITE DU Dr ADENAUER" (in French). Information Juive. 15 May 1966.
- "Malagasy Vice President says Israel achieved wonders". Bnai Brith Messenger. 16 June 1967.
- "Erhard In Israel; ets Warm Welcome". The Sentinel. 9 November 1967.
- "Israel loans Malawi". The Sentinel. 6 June 1968.
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