Wednesday 16 January 2013

The Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Thupten Gyatso (Continued)


Dignitaries Met: 2005 - 2010
Date
Name of the Person
Title
Place of Meeting
Country of Dignitary
Oct. 8, 2012
Mohamed ElBaradei
2005 Nobel Peace Laureate
Syracuse
Egypt
Oct. 8, 2012
Shirin Ebadi
2003 Nobel Peace Laureate
Syracuse
Iran
June 20, 2012
H.R.H. Prince Charles
Prince of Wales
London
U.K.
June 20, 2012
John Bercow
U.K. Speaker of the House of Commons
London
U.K.
June 19, 2012
Aung Sung Suu Kyi
Nobel Peace Laureate
London
Burma
June 19, 2012
Ed Milliband
U.K. Leader of the Opposition
London
U.K.
May 27, 2012
Sebastien Kurz
Interior Secretary of State of Austria
Vienna
Austria
May 26, 2012
Werner Faymann
Chancellor of Austria
Vienna
Austria
May 25, 2012
Michael Spindelegger
Vice-Chancellor & Foreign Minister of Austria
Vienna
Austria
May 20, 2012
Gabi Burgstaller
Governor of Salzburg
Salzburg
Austria
May 18, 2012
Gerhard Doerfler
Governor of Carinthia
Klagenfurt
Austria
May 14, 2012
David Cameron
Prime Minister of UK
London
U.K.
May 14, 2012
Nick Clegg
Deputy Prime Minister of UK
London
U.K.
May 14, 2012
Dr. Rowan Williams
Archbishop of Canterbury
London
U.K.
April 27, 2012
Stephen Harper
Prime Minister of Canada
Ottawa
Canada
April 27, 2012
Jason Kenney
Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism
Ottawa
Canada
April 25, 2012
Mikhail Gorbachev
Former President of Russia
Chicago
Russia
April 25, 2012
Lech Walesa
Former President of Poland
Chicago
Poland
April 15, 2012
Neil Abercrombie
Governor of Hawaii
Honolulu
U.S.A.
April 12, 2012
Pratibha Patil
President of India
New Delhi
India
April 10, 2012
Bernard Kouchner
Former Foreign Minister of France
Dharamsala
France
Feb. 10, 2012
Desmond Tutu
1984 Nobel Peace Laureate
Dharamsala
South Africa
Dec. 11, 2011
Karel Schwarzenberg
Foreign Minister of Czech Republic
Prague
Czech Republic
Dec. 10, 2011
Vaclav Havel
Former President of Czech Republic 
Prague
Czech Republic
Nov. 7, 2011
Shinzo Abe
Former Prime Minister of Japan
Tokyo
Japan
Sept. 13, 2011
Adolfo Perez Esquivel
1980 Nobel Peace Laureate
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Sept. 11, 2011
Miguel Alonso Reyes
Governor of Zacatecas
Mexico City
Mexico
Sept. 9, 2011
Felipe Calderon
President of Mexico
Mexico City
Mexico
Sept. 9, 2011
Vincente Fox
Former President of Mexico
Mexico City
Mexico
Aug. 23, 2011
Norbert Kartmann
President of the Hessian Parliament
Wiesbaden
Germany
Aug. 22, 2011
Volker Bouffier
Minister President of Hesse State
Wiesbaden
Germany
Aug. 17, 2011
Thomas Hendrik Ilves
President of Estonia
Tallinn
Estonia
Aug. 17, 2011
Mart Laar
Minister of Defence
Tallinn
Estonia
July 16, 2011
Barack Obama
President of the U.S.
Washington
U.S.A.
July 7, 2011
John Boehner
U.S. Speaker of the House
Washington
U.S.A.
July 7, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
U.S. Minority Leader
Washington
U.S.A.
June 14, 2011
Tony Abbot
Australian Leader of Opposition
Canberra
Australia
April 13, 2011
Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland
Dublin
Ireland
Nov. 20, 2010
Abdul APJ Kalam
Former President of India
Delhi
India
Nov. 12, 2010
Frederik Willem De Klerk
Former President of South Africa
Hiroshima
South Africa
Nov. 12, 2010
Mohamed ElBaradei
2005 Nobel Peace Laureate
Hiroshima
Egypt
Oct. 22, 2010
Jason Kenney
Canadian Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Identity
Toronto
Canada
Apr. 8, 2010
Pascale Bruderer Wyss
Speaker of Swiss Parliament
Zurich
Switzerland
Apr. 7, 2010
Dr. Bostjan Zeks
Minister for Slovenians Abroad
Maribor
Slovenia
Apr. 6, 2010
Janez Jansa
Former Prime Minister of Slovenia
Maribor
Slovenia
Feb. 18, 2010
Barack Obama
President of the U.S.
Washington
U.S.A.
Feb. 18, 2010
Hillary Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State
Washington
U.S.A.
Dec. 19, 2009
Mallikarjun Kharge
Minister of Labor & Employment of India 
Gulbarga
India
Dec. 4, 2009
Phil Goff
Leader of New Zealand Opposition
Auckland
New Zealand
Dec. 4, 2009
Peter Garrett
Minister for the Environment, Heritage & the Arts of Australia 
Sydney
Australia
Dec. 3, 2009
Tony Abbott
Leader of Australian Opposition
Sydney
Australia
Nov. 18, 2009
Gianfranco Fini
President of the Italian Lower House
Rome
Italy
Oct. 6, 2009
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the U.S. House
Washington 
U.S.A.
Sept. 13, 2009
Sukhbaatar Batbold
Foreign Minister of Mongolia
New Delhi  
Mongolia
Sept. 12, 2009
Jan Kohout
Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister of Czech Republic
Prague  
Czech Republic
Sept. 11, 2009
Jan Fischer
Prime Minister of Czech Republic
Prague  
Czech Republic
Sept. 11, 2009
Vaclav Havel
Former President of Czech Republic
Prague
Czech Republic
Sept. 11, 2009
Willem De Klerk
Former President of South Africa
Prague
South Africa
Sept. 1, 2009
Tsai Ing-Wen
Chairwoman of Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party
Kaohsiung
Taiwan
August 6, 2009
Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi
President of the Swiss Parliament
Lausanne
Switzerland
July 30, 2009    
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
Minister for Economic Cooperation & Development of Germany
Frankfurt
Germany
July 29, 2009
Roland Koch
Minister President of Hessen
Frankfurt  
Germany
July 8, 2009
L.K. Advani
Former Deputy Prime Minister of India
New Delhi 
India
July 7, 2009
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Former President of India
New Delhi  
India
July 7, 2009
Atal Behari Vajpayee
Former Prime Minister of India
New Delhi  
India
July 6, 2009  
Sonia Gandhi
Chairperson of the Indian United Progressive Alliance
New Delhi
India
June 11, 2009
Hamid Ansari
Vice President of India
New Delhi
India
Feb. 13, 2009
Luvsanvandan Bold
Defence Minister of Mongolia
New Delhi 
Mongolia
Feb. 10, 2009
Roland Koch
Minister President of Hessen
Baden Baden
Germany
Jan. 2, 2009
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Former President of India
Dharamsala 
India
Dec. 11, 2008
Bogdan Borusewicz
Speaker of the Polish Senate
Warsaw
Poland
Dec. 11, 2008
Bronislaw Komorowski
Speaker of the Polish House
Warsaw
Poland
Dec. 10, 2008 
Lech Kaczynski
President of Poland
Warsaw
Poland
Dec. 6, 2008
Nicolas Sarkozy
President of France
Gdansk 
France
Dec. 5, 2008
Donald Tusk
Prime Minister of Poland
Gdansk 
Poland
Dec. 4, 2008
Harman Van Rompuy
President of the Belgian House
Brussels
Belgium
Dec. 4, 2008
Armand De Decker
President of the Belgian Senate
Brussels
Belgium
Dec. 4, 2008
Dr. Hans-Gert Pottering
President of the European Parliament
Brussels
Belgium
Dec. 2, 2008
Yves Leterme
Prime Minister of Belgium
Brussels
Belgium
Dec. 2, 2008
Karel Schwarzenberg
Foreign Minister of Czech Republic
Prague
Czech Republic
Dec. 1, 2008
Vaclav Havel
Former President of Czech Republic
Prague
Czech Republic
Nov. 30, 2008
Mirek Topolamek
Prime Minister of Czech Republic
Prague
Czech Republic
Aug. 22, 2008
Carla Bruni Sarkozy
First Lady of France
Roqueredonde
France
Aug. 22, 2008
Bernard Kouchner
Foreign Minister of France
Roqueredonde
France
Aug. 22, 2008
Rama Yade
Deputy Foreign Minister of France
Roqueredonde
France
Aug. 16, 2008
Segolene Royal 
Socialist Leader of France
Nantes
France
July 25, 2008
John McCain
Republican U.S. Presidential Candidate
Aspen
U.S.A.
July 21, 2008
Jim Doyle
Governor of Wisconsin
Madison
U.S.A. 
June 18, 2008
H.M. King Abdullah II & Queen Rania
King & Queen of Jordan
Petra
Jordan
June 17, 2008
H.R.H. Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammed
Personal Envoy & Senior Advisor to H.M. the King of Jordan
Amman
Jordan
June 15, 2008
Stephen Smith
Foreign Minister of Australia
Perth
Australia
June 13, 2008
Chris Evans
Minister for Immigration & Citizenship of Australia
Sydney
Australia
June 11, 2008
Dr. Brendan Nelson
Leader of Australian Opposition
Sydney
Australia
May 23, 2008
Gordon Brown
Prime Minister of U.K.
London
U.K.
May 23, 2008
Dr. Rowan Williams
Archbishop of Canterbury
London
U.K.
May 22, 2008
H.R.H. Prince Charles
Prince of Wales
London
U.K.
May 22, 2008
Nick Clegg
Leader of the U.K. Liberal Democrats
London
U.K.
May 21, 2008
David Cameron
Leader of the U.K. Conservative Party & Leader of Opposition
London
U.K.
May 19, 2008
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation & Development of Germany
Berlin
Germany
May 15, 2008
Dr. Jurgen Ruettgers
Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia 
Bochum
Germany
May 15, 2008
Dr. Norbert Lammert
Speaker of the German Parliament
Bochum
Germany
May 15, 2008
Roland Koch
Minister President of Hessen
Frankfurt
Germany
April 12, 2008
Christine Gregoire
Governor of Washington
Seattle
U.S.A.
March 21, 2008
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the U.S. House
Dharamsala
U.S.A.
Dec. 14, 2007
Giovanni Melandri
Minister of Youth & Sports Activity of Italy
Rome
Italy
Dec. 13, 2007
Franco Marini
President of the Italian Senate
Rome
Italy
Dec. 13, 2007
Fausto Bertinotti
President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Italy
Dec. 13, 2007
Gianni Vernetti
Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy
Rome
Italy
Dec. 12, 2007
Ricardo Illy
President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
Udine
Italy
Dec. 7, 2007
Roberto Formigoni
President of the Lombardi Region
Milan
Italy
Oct. 30, 2007
Stephane Dion
Leader of the Canadian Liberal Party
Ottawa
Canada
Oct. 30, 2007
Gilles Duceppe
Leader of the Canadian Block Quebecois Party
Ottawa
Canada
Oct. 30, 2007
Jack Layton
Leader of the Canadian New Democratic Party
Ottawa
Canada
Oct. 29. 2007
Michaelle Jean
Governor General of Canada
Ottawa
Canada
Oct. 29, 2007
Stephen Harper
Prime Minister of Canada
Ottawa
Canada
Oct. 29, 2007
Maxime Bernier
Foreign Minister of Canada
Ottawa
Canada
Oct. 29, 2007
Stockwell Day
Minister for Public Safety of Canada
Ottawa
Canada
Oct. 29, 2007
Jason Kenney
Canadian Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Identity
Ottawa
Canada
Oct. 29, 2007
Peter Milliken
Speaker of Canadian Parliament
Ottawa
Canada
Oct. 19, 2007
John Negroponte
Deputy U.S. Secretary of State
Washington
U.S.A.
Oct. 17, 2007
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the U.S. House
Washington
U.S.A.
Oct. 17, 2007
Harry Reid
Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate
Washington
U.S.A.
Oct. 17, 2007
Mitch McConnell
Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate
Washington
U.S.A.
Oct. 17, 2007
Steny Hoyer
Majority Leader of the U.S. House
Washington
U.S.A.
Oct. 17, 2007
John Boehner
Minority Leader of the U.S. House
Washington
U.S.A.
Oct. 16, 2007
George W. Bush
President of the U.S.
Washington
U.S.A.
Sept. 23, 2007
Dr. Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
Berlin
Germany
Sept. 22, 2007
Roland Koch
Minister President of Hessen
Wiesbaden
Germany
Sept. 20, 2007
Dr. Jurgen Ruettgers
Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia
Muenster
Germany
Sept. 20, 2007
Alfred Gusenberger
Chancellor of Austria
Vienna
Austria
Sept. 18, 2007
Dr. Jorg Haider
Governor of Carinithia
Melk
Austria
Sept. 17, 2007
Dr. Erwin Proll
Governor of Lower Austria
Hinterbruhl
Austria
Sept. 14, 2007
Mario Soares
Former President of Portugal
Lisbon
Portugal
Sept. 14, 2007
Jorge Sampaio
Former President of Portugal
Lisbon
Portugal
Sept. 13, 2007
Jaime Gama
President of Portuguese Parliament
Lisbon
Portugal
Sept. 10, 2007
Ernest Benach Pascaul
President of Catalonia Parliament
Barcelona
Spain
Sept. 10, 2007
Josep-Lluis Carod-Rovira
Vice President of Catalonia Government
Barcelona
Spain
June 19, 2007
Winston Peters
Foreign Minister of New Zealand
Wellington
New Zealand
June 15, 2007
John Howard
Prime Minister of Australia
Sydney
Australia
June 14, 2007
Helen Clark
Prime Minister of New Zealand
Brisbane
New Zealand
June 12, 2007
Kevin Rudd
Leader of Australian Opposition
Canberra
Australia
May 4, 2007
Walter Mondale
Former Vice President of the U.S.
Madison
U.S.A.
May 3, 2007
Jim Doyle
Governor of Wisconsin
Madison
U.S.A.
April 27, 2007
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the U.S. House
San Francisco
U.S.A.
Oct. 13, 2006
Massimo D'Allema
Foreign Minister of Italy
Rome
Italy
Oct. 13, 2006
H.H. Pope Benedict XVI
Pope
Vatican City
Vatican State
Oct. 12, 2006
Franco Marini
President of the Italian Senate
Rome
Italy
Oct. 12, 2006
Fausto Bertinotti
Speaker of the Italian Parliament
Rome
Italy
Oct. 10, 2006
Sasha Vondra
Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic
Prague
Czech Republic
Oct. 9, 2006
Vaclav Havel
Former President of the Czech Republic
Prague
Czech Republic
Sept. 26, 2006
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Governor of California
Long Beach
U.S.A.
Sept. 22, 2006
Bill Clinton
Former President of the U.S.
New York
U.S.A.
Sept. 17, 2006
H.M. Queen Noor
Former Queen of Jordan
Denver
U.S.A.
Sept. 16, 2006
Oscar Arias Sanchez
President of Costa Rica
Denver
U.S.A.
Sept. 9, 2006
Monte Solberg
Minister of Citizenship & Immigration of Canada
Vancouver
Canada
Sept. 9, 2006
Jason Kenny
Parliamentary Secretary of Canada
Vancouver
Canada
Sept. 8, 2006
Gordon Campbell
Premier of British Columbia
Vancouver
Canada
June 22, 2006
H.R.H. Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammed
Personal Envoy & Senior Advisor to H.M. the King of Jordan
Amman
Jordan
June 21, 2006
H.M. King Abdullah II & Queen Rania
King & Queen of Jordan
Petra
Jordan
June 20, 2006
H.H. Ahmad Helail
Imam to the Royal Hashemite Court & Supreme Judge
Amman
Jordan
June 1, 2006
Armand De Decker
Minister of Development Cooperation of Belgium
Brussels
Belgium
June 1, 2006
Herman De Croo
President of the Belgian House
Brussels
Belgium
June 1, 2006
Anne Marie Lizen
President of the Belgian Senate
Brussels
Belgium
June 1, 2006
Guy Verhofstadt
Prime Minister of Belgium
Brussels
Belgium
May 31, 2006
Josep Borrell
President of the European Parliament
Brussels
Belgium
May 31, 2006
Gunter Verheugen
Vice President of the European Commission
Brussels
Belgium
May 30, 2006
Wolfgang Schussel
Chancellor of Austria & President of the European Council
Brussels
Belgium
May 30, 2006
Jose Manuel Barroso
President of the European Commission
Brussels
Belgium
May 14, 2006
Karin Gastinger
Minister of Justice of Austria
St. Veit
Austria
May 14, 2006
Maria Rauch-Kallat
Minister of Health of Austria
St. Veit
Austria
May 14, 2006
Hubert Gorbach
Vice Chancellor of Austria
St. Veit
Austria
May 14, 2006
Dr. Jorg Haider
Governor of Carinthia
St. Veit
Austria
May 11, 2006
Mario Iguaran
Attorney General of Colombia
Bogota
Colombia
May 7, 2006
Elaine Karp de Toledo
First Lady of Peru
Lima
Peru
May 6, 2006
Sergio Espejo
Minister of Transport of Chile
Santiago
Chile
May 5, 2006
Felipe Harboe Bascunan
Deputy Minister of Interior of Chile
Santiago
Chile
May 5, 2006
Cardinal Errazuriz Ossa
Archbishop of Chile
Santiago
Chile
May 5, 2006
Paulina Urrutia
Minister of Culture of Chile
Santiago
Chile
May 5, 2006
Martin Zilic
Minister of Education of Chile
Santiago
Chile
May 4, 2006
Antonio Leal Labrin
President of the Chilean House of Chambers
Valpairaso
Chile
May 3, 2006
Jaime Naranjo Ortiz
Vice President of the Chilean Senate
Santiago
Chile
May 1, 2006
Adolfo Perez Esquivel
1980 Nobel Peace Laureate
Buenos Aires
Argentina
April 26, 2006
Gilberto Gil
Minister of Culture of Brazil
Sao Paulo
Brazil
April 26, 2006
Jose Luiz de Franco Pena
President of the Brazilian Green Party
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Feb. 19, 2006
Rabbi Shlomo Amar
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Jerusalem
Israel
Feb. 19, 2006
Rabbi Yona Metzger
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Jerusalem
Israel
Nov. 18, 2005
Dr. M.G. Buthelezi
President of the South African Inkatha Freedom Party
Edinburgh
U.K.
Nov. 16, 2005
Harry Reid
Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate
Washington
U.S.A.
Nov. 16, 2005
Nancy Pelosi
Minority Leader of the U.S. House
Washington
U.S.A.
Nov. 16, 2005
Dennis Hastert
Speaker of the U.S. House
Washington
U.S.A.
Nov. 9, 2005
Condoleeza Rice
U.S. Secretary of State
Washington
U.S.A.
Nov. 9, 2005
George W. Bush
President of the U.S.
Washington
U.S.A.
Nov. 6, 2005
Jimmy Carter
Former President of the U.S.
San Francisco
U.S.A.
Oct. 27, 2005
Renuka Chowdhury
Minister of Tourism of India
New Delhi
India
Sept. 11, 2005
Dirk Kempthorne
Governor of Idaho
Sun Valley
U.S.A.
Sept. 9, 2005
Frank H. Murkowski
Governor of Alaska
Anchorage
U.S.A.
Aug. 16, 2005
Natwar Singh
Foreign Minister of India
New Delhi
India
Aug. 4, 2005
Pascal Couchepin
Interior Minister of Switzerland
Zurich
Switzerland
Aug. 1, 2005
Giuliano Amato
Former Prime Minister of Italy
Bolzano
Italy
June 18, 2005
Wolfgang Thierse
President of the German Parliament
Berlin
Germany
June 17, 2005
Dr. Angela Merkel
Leader of the German CDU/CSU Party
Berlin
Germany
June 15, 2005
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Prime Minister of Norway
Oslo
Norway
June 14, 2005
Jorgen Kosmo
President of the Norwegian Parliament
Oslo
Norway
May 19, 2005
H.R.H. Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammed
Personal Envoy & Senior Advisor to H.M. the King of Jordan
Amman
Jordan
May 19, 2005
Bill Clinton
Former President of the U.S.
Petra
U.S.A.
May 18, 2005
H.M. King Abdullah II & Queen Rania
King & Queen of Jordan
Petra
Jordan

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