Ten previous chief guests for Republic Day parade

The following are the heads of the state who visited India as the chief guests for the Republic Day celebrations in the last ten years

2016: President François Hollande (France)

2015: President Barack Obama (United States)

2014: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Japan)

2013: King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Bhutan)

2012: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (Thailand)

2011: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (Indonesia)

2010: President Lee Myung Bak (South Korea)

2009: President Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan)

2008: President Nicolas Sarkozy (France)

2007: President Vladimir Putin (Russia)

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