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World Leaders His Holiness the Dalai Lama has met
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Date Name of the Dignitaries
1999
12 May Mr Robin Cook, Foreign Minister, United Kingdom
10 May Mr Tony Blair, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
7 May Mr Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President, Brazil
1998
8 Dec Mr Jacques Chirac, President, France
8 Dec Mr Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister, France
8 Dec Mr Kofi Annan, General Secretary of the United Nations
10 Nov Mr William J. Clinton, President, U.S.A.
10 Nov Mr Albert Gore, Vice-President, U.S.A.
10 Nov Mrs Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State, U.S.A.
20 June Mr Claes Anderson, Culture Minister, Finland
16 June Mrs Elisabeth Guigou, Justice Minister, France
9 June Mr Wolfgang Schuessel, Foreign Minister, Austria
1997
23 April Mrs Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State, U.S.A.
23 April Mr William J. Clinton, President, U.S.A.
23 April Mr Albert Gore, Vice-President, U.S.A.
24 March Mr Lin Feng-cheng, Interior Minister, Taiwan
26 March Mr Lien Chan, Vice-President, Taiwan
27 March Mr Lee Teng-hui, President, Taiwan
1996
Oct 23 Mr H A F M O van Mierlo, Foreign Minister, Holland
Oct 23 Dr Klaus Hansch, President, European Parliament
Oct 23 Mr Jacques Santer, President, European Union
Oct 23 Ms Emma Bonino, Commission, European Union
Oct 29 Mr Jacues Toubon, Justice Minister, Frnace
Sept 26 Mr John Howard, Prime Minister, Australia
Sept 14 Mr Alexander Downer, Foreign Minister, Australia
Sept 11 Mr Jim Bolger, Prime Minister, New Zealand
Sept Mr Don McKinnon, the deputy Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister, New Zealand
Aug 22 Mr Nelson Mandela, President, South Africa
July 18 Her Majestry Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
July 17 Mr Malcom Rifkind, Foreign Secretary, U.K.
May 28 Mr Bjørn Tore Godal, Foreign Minister, Norway
May 27 Mr Pekka Haavisto, Environment Minister, Finland
May 23 Mrs Lena Hjelm-Wallén, Foreign Minister, Sweden
May 20 His Holiness the Pope John Paul II
May 15 Mr Niels Helveg Petersen, Foreign Minister, Denmark
April 30 Price Albert of Monaco, Principality of Monaco
1995
Sept 15 Mr Patrick Manning Prime Minister,
Trinidad and Tobago
Sept 13 Mr William J. Clinton, President, U.S.A.
Sept 13 Mr Albert Gore, Vice-President, U.S.A.
May 4 Dr Klaus Kinkel, Foreign Minister, Germany
June 23 Mr Flavio Cotti, Foreign Minister, Swizterland
1994
Oct 8 Mrs Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister, Norway
July 3 Mrs Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, President, Nicaragua
Foreign Minister Mr Ernesto Leal, Nicaragua
June 17 Mr Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister, Italy
June 16 Mr Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President, Italy
June 14 Mr Gabriele Gatti, Secretary of State for foreign and
Political Affairs, Republic of San Marino
June 9 Mr Marin Gonzalez, Vice-President, European Commission
June 8 Sir Leon Brittan, Commissioner for Trade and Industry,
European Commission
June 8 Mr Hans van Den Droek, Commissioner for Foreign Affairs,
European Commission
June 6 Mr Pleter Kooilmans, Foreign Minister, Holland
June 5 Mr Wim Kok, Finance Minister, Holland
April 29 Prof. Dr Karl-Hans Laermann, Federal Minister for Education
and Science, Germany
April 28 Mr William J. Clinton, President, U.S.A.
April 28 Mr Albert Gore, Vice-President, U.S.A.
April 28 Mr Anthony Lake, National Security Advisor, U.S.A.
March 21 Mr Yossi Sarid, Environmental Minister, Israel
1993
Nov 16 Mr Francois Mitterrand, President, France
Nov 16 Mr Alain Juppe, Foreign Minister, France
Nov 15 Mr Philippe Douste Blazy
Health Minister and Mayor of Lourdes, France
Oct 30 Mr Alain Carignon, Communication Minister, France
Oct 28 Mr Michel Barnier, Environment Minister, France
Oct 26 Madam Lucette Michaud Chevry, Minister for
Humanitarian Actions and Human Rights, France
June 14 Dr Thomas Klestil, President of Austria
July 14 Dr Alois Mock, Foreign Minister, Austria
June 14 Dr Nikolaus Michalek, Justice Minister, Austria
June 15 Mr Franz Vranitzky, Chancellor, Austria
June 15 Dr Erhard Buiek, Vice-Chancellor, Austria
June 20 Ms Barbara McDougal, Minister for External Affairs, Canada
May 12 Mr Douglas Hurd, Foreign Minister of U.K.
April 27 Mr William J. Clinton, President, U.S.A.
April 27 Mr Albert Gore, Vice-President, U.S.A.
April 26 Mr Warren Christopher, Secretary of State, U.S.A.
1992
April 6 Mr Gareth Evan, Foreign Minister, Australia
April 8 Mr Paul Keating, Prime Minister, Australia
April 13 Mr Jim Bolger, Prime Minister, New Zealand
April 14 Mr Don McKinnon, Foreign Minister, New Zeland
June 11 Mr Carlos Menem, President, Argentina
June 17 Mr Patiricio Aylwin, President , Chile
July 26 Dr Thomas Klestil, President, Austria
July 26 Mr Franz Vranitzky, Chancellor, Austria
1991
March 22 Mrs Mary Rohinson, President, Republic of Ireland
April 16 Mr George Bush, President, U.S.A.
Aug 16 His Highness Hans Adam, Prince of Lichtenstein
Aug 19 Mr Rene Felber, Foreign Minister, Switzerland
Aug 26 Mr Ronald Dumas, Foreign Minister, France
Sept 2 Mr Kurt Waldheim, President, Austria
Sept 2 Mr Alois Mock, Foreign Minister, Austria
Sept 3 Mr Franz Vranitzky, Chancellor, Austria
Sept 29 Mr Vytautas Landsbergis, President, Lithaunia
Sept 30 Mr Gediminas Vagnorius, Prime Minister, Lithaunia
Oct 1 Mr Kazimieras Motieka, Vice President, Lithaunia
Oct 2 Mr Anatolijs Gorbunvos, President, Lavtia
Oct 2 Mr Andregs Krastins, Vice-President, Lavtia
Oct 4 Mr Bronius Kuzmickas, Vice-President, Estonia
Oct 5 Mr Zhelyn Zhelev, President, Bulgaria
Dec 2 Mr John Major, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
Dec 4 Mrs Margaretha af Ugglas, Foreign Minister, Sweden
Dec 5 Mr Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Foreign Minister, Denamrk
Dec 8 Mr Torvald Stoltenberg, Foreign Minister, Norway
1990
Feb 2 Mr Vaclav Havel, President, Czechoslovakia
April 24 Hon Lizin, Minister, Minister des Affaires Etrangeres du
Commerce et de la Cooperation au Development, France
April 24 His Excellency Mark Eyskens, Minister of External Affairs,
Belgium
June 1 His Holiness the Pope John Paul II
(The two leaders had on a numbers of occasions before)
Sept Mr Gerry Weiner, Secretary of State, Canada
Sept 10 Mr H. van den Broek, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Holland
Oct 7 Mr Richard von Weizsacher, President, Germany
1989
June 27 Dr Oscar Arias, President, Costa Rica
July 3 Mr Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President, Mexico
Dec 6 Mr Jurgen Wohlrabe, President, West Berlin
Dec 8 Mrs Rita Sussmuth, President of the West German Bundestag
Dec 9 Mr Kjell Magne Bondevik, Foreign Minister, Norway
Dec 10 His Majesty King Olav, Norway
Dec 11 Mr Jan P. Syse, Prime Minister, Norway
Dec 11 Mr Kjell Bondevik, Foreign Minister, Norway
1986
May 13 Dr Rudolf Kirchschlaeger, Federal President, Austria
May 27 Mr Jacques Chirac, Prime Minister, France
1982
July 27 Mr Tunku Abdul Rahman, Foreign Minister, Malaysia
Aug Mr Adam Malik, Vice-President, Indoesia
July Mr A. Ratu Perwiranegasa, Minister of Religious Affairs, Malaysia
1980
Mr Suzuki Zenko, Prime Minister, Japan
1978
His Excellency J.R. Jayewardene, President, Sri Lanka
1973
Sept 29 His Holiness Pope Pual V
Oct 10 Mr Erskine Chidlers, President, Republic of Ireland
Oct 10 Mr Lien Cosgrade, Prime Minister, Republic of Ireland
Oct 10 Mr Frank Aiken, Foreign Minister, Republic of Ireland
1967
Nov 13 Field Marshal T. Kittikachorn, Prime Minister, Thailand
Nov 14 His Royal Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thailand
Since 1956 All the Prime Ministers, Presidents and Vice-Presidents, India
1954 Mao Tsetung, Chou En-lai and Deng Xiaoping of China
In the last 32 years, His Holiness has also met with various
parliamentary leaders of Asia, Europe and North America.
There have resulted in the formation of several parliamentary
groups for Tibet.
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