This is a list of visits made to the Philippines by heads of state and/or heads of government for diplomatic reasons, which is classified by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs as either a state visit, official visit, or working visit.
[1] The scope of the list includes visits by: Excluded are visits by (but not limited to): Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei has the most visits (nine), followed by former President Sukarno of Indonesia with six.
Representatives from the United States, of which the Philippines is a major non-NATO ally, have the most visits outside of Asian countries.
Ban Ki-moon has the most visits from a Secretary General of the United Nations, with two visits.
Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo's 1943 visit was the first state visit to the Philippines, while Sukarno's in 1951 was the first visit since the Philippines was granted independence.