Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will serve as the chief guest for India's 76th Republic Day celebrations on January 26, 2025. Read: The Latest Defence Current Affairs Notes here
Over the years, Republic Day parades have welcomed distinguished global leaders:
2024: French President Emmanuel Macron.
2023: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
2021 & 2022: No chief guests due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
2019: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
2018: Leaders of all 10 ASEAN nations.
2017: Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
2016: French President Francois Hollande.
2015: US President Barack Obama.
2014: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
2013: Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
2011: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Notable past guests also include British Prime Minister John Major (1993), South African President Nelson Mandela (1995), South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (2010), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2008), French President Jacques Chirac (1998), Nepal’s King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1999), Iranian President Mohammed Khatami (2003), and Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (1991).
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