Nations Obama Has Honored with State Dinners
President Barack Obama has held seven state dinners so far and plans at least two more this year. The list of countries and years the dinners were held:
2009: Then-Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
2010: Then-Mexican President Felipe Calderon
2011: Then-Chinese President Hu Jintao
2011: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
2011: Then-South Korean President Lee Myung-bak
2012: British Prime Minister David Cameron
2014: French President Francois Hollande
2015: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, scheduled for April 28.
2015: (expected) Chinese President Xi Jinping