List of international presidential trips made by George H. W. Bush
This is a list of international presidential trips made by George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. George H. W. Bush made 26 international trips to 58 different countries on six continents—Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America—during his presidency, which began on January 20, 1989 and ended on January 20, 1993.[1]
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The number of visits per country where he travelled are:
- One visit to Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Russia, Saint Martin, Singapore, Somalia, Soviet Union, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay, and Venezuela
- Two visits to Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Finland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, , South Korea, and Vatican City
- Three visits to Germany (including one to West Germany), and the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia
- Four visits to Canada, and France
1989
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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1 | February 10, 1989 | Canada | Ottawa | Met with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. |
2 | February 23–25, 1989 | Japan | Tokyo | Attended the funeral of Emperor Hirohito. Met with Emperor Akihito of Japan, the kings of Belgium, Jordan and Spain, the presidents of Brazil, Egypt, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, Italy, Nigeria, the Philippines, Portugal and Zaire, and the prime ministers of Japan, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand and Turkey. |
February 25–27, 1989 | China | Beijing | Met with President Yang Shangkun and Premier Li Peng. Also met with Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia. | |
February 27, 1989 | South Korea | Seoul | Official visit. Addressed the National Assembly. | |
3 | May 26–28, 1989 | Italy | Rome, Nettuno |
Met with President Francesco Cossiga and Prime Minister Ciriaco De Mita. |
May 27, 1989 | Vatican City | Apostolic Palalce | Audience with Pope John Paul II. | |
May 28–30, 1989 | Belgium | Brussels | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. Present were the heads of state and government of Canada, Denmark, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. | |
May 30–31, 1989 | West Germany | Bonn, Mainz |
Met with Chancellor Helmut Kohl. | |
May 31 – June 2, 1989 | United Kingdom | London | Met with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. | |
4 | July 9–11, 1989 | Poland | Warsaw, Gdańsk |
Met with government and Solidarity leaders. Addressed the National Assembly. |
July 11–13, 1989 | Hungary | Budapest | Met with Hungarian officials. Delivered an address at Karl Marx University. | |
July 13–17, 1989 | France | Paris | Attended the 15th G7 summit. Also attended ceremonies for the bicentennial of the French Revolution. Met with Ivorian President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. | |
July 17–18, 1989 | Netherlands | The Hague Leiden |
Met with Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers. Delivered a public address. | |
5 | October 27–28, 1989 | Costa Rica | San José | Attended the Hemispheric Summit Meeting. |
6 | December 1–3, 1989 | Malta | Valletta, Marsaxlokk |
Attended the Summit Meeting with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Also met with Maltese Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami. |
December 3–4, 1989 | Belgium | Brussels | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting, and briefed leaders on the Malta U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting. | |
7 | December 16, 1989 | Saint Martin | Marigot | Informal meeting with President François Mitterrand. |
1990
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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8 | February 15, 1990 | Colombia | Cartagena | Attended the Summit Meeting on the Control of Illicit Drug Trafficking with the President Virgilio Barco Vargas, Bolivian President Jaime Paz Zamora and Peruvian President Alan García Pérez. |
9 | April 10, 1990 | Canada | Toronto | Informal meeting with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. |
10 | April 13–14, 1990 | Bermuda | Hamilton | Informal meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. |
11 | July 5–6, 1990 | United Kingdom | London | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. |
12 | September 8–9, 1990 | Finland | Helsinki | Attended Summit Meeting with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Issued joint statement on the Persian Gulf crisis. Also met with President Mauno Koivisto. |
13 | November 17, 1990 | Czechoslovakia | Prague | Attended ceremonies commemorating the first anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Addressed the Federal Assembly. |
November 18, 1990 | Germany | Speyer, Ludwigshafen |
Met with Chancellor Helmut Kohl. | |
November 18–21, 1990 | France | Paris | Attended the CSCE Summit Meeting and the signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. | |
November 21–22, 1990 | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah, Dhahran |
Met with King Fahd and the Amir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S. and British military personnel in eastern Saudi Arabia. | |
November 22–23, 1990 | Egypt | Cairo | Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with President Hosni Mubarak. | |
November 23, 1990 | Switzerland | Geneva | Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad. | |
14 | November 26–27, 1990 | Mexico | Monterrey, Agualeguas |
State visit. met with President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. |
15 | December 3–4, 1990 | Brazil | Brasília | Met with President Fernando Collor de Mello. Addressed a Joint Session of the Brazilian Congress. |
December 4–5, 1990 | Uruguay | Montevideo | Met with President Luis Alberto Lacalle. Addressed a Joint Session of the Uruguayan Congress. | |
December 5–6, 1990 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | Met with President Carlos Menem. Addressed a Joint Session of the Argentinean Congress. | |
December 6–7, 1990 | Chile | Santiago | Met with President Patricio Aylwin. Addressed a Joint Session of the Chilean Congress. | |
December 7–8, 1990 | Venezuela | Caracas | Met with President Carlos Andres Perez. |
1991
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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16 | March 13–14, 1991 | Canada | Ottawa | Met with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Signed an Air Quality Agreement. |
17 | March 14, 1991 | Martinique | Fort-de-France | Discussed the Middle East peace process with President François Mitterrand. |
March 14–16, 1991 | Bermuda | Hamilton | Discussed the Middle East peace process with Prime Minister John Major. | |
18 | July 9, 1991 | Canada | Toronto | Informal Meeting with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. |
19 | July 14, 1991 | France | Rambouillet | Discussed further sanctions against Iraq with President François Mitterrand. |
July 14–18, 1991 | United Kingdom | London | Attended the 17th G7 summit. Also met with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. | |
July 18–20, 1991 | Greece | Athens, Souda Bay |
Met with Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis. Addressed U.S. and Greek military personnel. | |
July 20–21, 1991 | Turkey | Ankara, Istanbul |
Met with President Turgut Ozal. | |
20 | July 29 – August 1, 1991 | Soviet Union | Moscow Kiev |
Attended the U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting. Signed 1st Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Addressed the Ukrainian Parliament. |
21 | October 29–30, 1991 | Spain | Madrid | Met with Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez Marquez and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Attended the opening session of the Middle East Peace Conference. |
22 | November 6–8, 1991 | Italy | Rome | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. |
November 8, 1991 | Vatican City | Apostolic Palace | Audience with Pope John Paul II. | |
November 8–9, 1991 | Netherlands | The Hague | Attended the European Community summit Meeting. |
1992 / 1993
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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23 | December 31, 1991 – January 3, 1992 |
Australia | Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne |
Met with Prime Minister Paul Keating and senior Australian officials. Addressed the Australian Parliament. |
January 3–5, 1992 | Singapore | Singapore | Met with President Wee Kim Wee and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Attended a meeting of the ASEAN Business Council. | |
January 5–7, 1992 | South Korea | Seoul | Met with President Roh Tae-woo and senior South Korean officials. Signed a science and technology agreement. Addressed the South Korean National Assembly. Visited U.S. military personnel. | |
January 7–10, 1992 | Japan | Kyoto, Kashihara, Tokyo |
Met with Emperor Akihito, Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and senior Japanese officials. | |
24 | June 11, 1992 | Panama | Panama City | Met with President Guillermo Endara. Delivered public addresses. |
June 12–13, 1992 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Attended the Earth Summit Meeting. | |
25 | July 5, 1992 | Poland | Warsaw | Met with President Lech Wałęsa. Attended a memorial service for former Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski. |
July 5–8, 1992 | Germany | Munich | Attended the 18th G7 summit. Also met with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. | |
July 8–10, 1992 | Finland | Helsinki | Attended the CSCE Summit Meeting. | |
26 | December 31, 1992 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Met with King Fahd. |
December 31, 1992 – January 2, 1993 | Somalia | Mogadishu, Baidoa, Baledogle |
Visited international relief workers and U.S. military personnel. | |
January 2–3, 1993 | Russia | Moscow | Signed the START II Treaty. | |
January 3–5, 1993 | France | Paris | Discussed the Bosnian crisis with President François Mitterrand. |
Multilateral meetings
Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations took place during George H. W. Bush's 1989–1993 presidency.
Group | Year | |||
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1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | |
G7 | July 14–16, Paris | July 9–11, Houston | July 15–17, London | July 8–10, Munich |
NATO | May 29–30, Brussels | July 5–6, London | November 7–8, Rome | none |
December 4, Brussels | ||||
OSCE | November 19–21, Paris | none | none | July 9–10, Helsinki |
References
- "Travels of President George H.W. Bush". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
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