Borobudur Temples: World Leaders Visit

Many world leaders throughout time have visited the Borobudur Temple compound. The following leaders have graced their presence:

Jawaharal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi and President Soekarno (1947-51); Robert F. Kennedy, US Senator (1962); Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, The Queen and Prince of the Kingdom of Netherlands (1971), Dries Van Agt, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1980); Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1980); Dalai Lama XIV, Tenzin Gytazo,Gelug Branch of Tibetan Buddhism (1982); Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (1984); His Imperial Majesty Akihito, Emperor of Japan (1991); Federico Mayor Zaragoza, UNESCO Director-General (1993); Queen Beatrix, The Queen Regnant of the Kingdom of Netherlands (1995); John Winston Howard, Prime Minister of Australia (2002), Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Aljazair (2003); Marek Belka, Prime Minister of Poland (2005); Ferenc Gyursany, Prime Minister of Hungary (2005); Sellapan Ramanathan, President of Singapore (2006); Prince Akishino, Japan (2008); Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales (2008); Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Vatican (2009); Lech Walesa, President of Poland (2001); Run Hussein Bin Dato'Onn, Prime Minister of Malaysia;