This list of national addresses includes speeches by

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he head of state He or HE may refer to: Language * He (letter), the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads * He (pronoun), a pronoun in Modern English * He (kana), one of the Japanese kana (へ in hiragana and ヘ in katakana) * Ge (Cyrillic), a Cyrillic letter cal ...

being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

heads of government In the executive branch, the head of government is the highest or the second-highest official of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a ...

, often broadcast live over various media (usually radio and television) and directed at the general public. These often take the form of an annual address near the end of the year, but can also respond to pressing current and global events.

Africa

State of the Nation (Ghana) The State of the Nation address (sometimes abbreviated to SONA) is an annual address to Parliament given by the President of the republic of Ghana covering economic, social, and financial state of the country according to Article 67 of the 1992 con ...

State of the Nation Address (South Africa) The State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa (abbreviated SONA) is an annual event in the Republic of South Africa, in which the President of South Africa reports on the status of the nation, normally to the resumption of a joi ...

Americas

Latin America

Cadena nacional In several Latin American countries, a ; plural ), also referred to as a or , is a joint broadcast, over various media (usually radio and television), directed at the general population of a state. Initially conceived as a form of emergency popul ...

(various countries)

United States

Fireside chats The fireside chats were a series of evening radio addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, between 1933 and 1944. Roosevelt spoke with familiarity to millions of Americans about recovery from the Great D ...

State of the Union The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a Joint session of the United States Congress, joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning ...

* United States Oval Office Address * Weekly address of the president of the United States

Asia

State of the Nation Address (Philippines) The State of the Nation Address (SONA ; ) is an annual address by the president of the Philippines to a joint session of the Congress of the Philippines. Mandated by the 1987 Constitution, the speech is delivered on the fourth Monday of July at ...

Europe

State of the Union (European Union) The State of the Union address, also known as the State of the European Union or SOTEU, is the annual speech addressed by the President of the European Commission to the European Parliament plenary session in September. The State of the Union ...

Belarus

State of the Nation Address (Belarus) The State of the Union Address (Belarusian language, Belarusian:Зварот Прэзідэнта Рэспублікі Беларусь з пасланнем да беларускага народа і Нацыянальнага сходу Рэсп ...

Luxembourg

State of the Nation (Luxembourg) The State of the Nation (, , ) is a speech made annually by the Prime Minister of Luxembourg to the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in so ...

Russia

Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly The annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly () is a speech given by the Russian President to outline the state and condition in which Russia is in. It is given in front of a joint meeting of the two houses of the Russian Parliament: ...

Spain

Christmas Eve National Speech His Majesty The King's Christmas Message () is the annual broadcast by the Spanish monarch on Christmas Eve. It has taken place every year since 1975, the first year of Juan Carlos I's reign. The speech is aired on all Spanish TV channels. Bro ...

United Kingdom

* Prime Minister's New Year Message * Royal Christmas Message *

Special address by the British monarch Special addresses by the monarch of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (and previously of the British Empire and its Dominions), outside the annual Royal Christmas Message and the Commonwealth Day Message, only take place at time ...

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