List of international presidential trips made by George W. Bush

This is a list of international presidential trips made by George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. George W. Bush made 49 international trips to 73 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his presidency, which began on January 20, 2001 and ended on January 20, 2009.[1]

Bush visited six continents: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. On one of his two trips to Sub-Saharan Africa, he visited three of the poorest countries in the world at the time: Liberia, Rwanda, and Benin. He also made a secret trip to Iraq on Thanksgiving Day 2003 to dine with the troops. His father had made a similar visit to the U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia in 1990. On November 15–20, 2006, Bush made the third round the world presidential flight (after Johnson and Nixon).

Summary

The number of visits per country where President Bush travelled are:

World map highlighting countries visited by George W. Bush while president.

2001

Country Areas visited Dates Details Image
1  Mexico San Cristóbal February 16 Met with President Vincente Fox; discussed trade, energy, migration, educational opportunities, and the battle against the illegal drug trade.[2]
2  Canada Quebec City April 20–22 Attended the 3rd Summit of the Americas.
3  Spain Madrid June 12–13 Met with King Juan Carlos I at the Royal Palace of Madrid and later with Prime Minister José María Aznar at the Palace of Moncloa. The President stayed at the Hotel Miguel Angel during his overnight visit.
 Belgium Brussels June 13–14 Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. Met with King Albert II and Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt. The President visited Chocolatier Mary during his visit.
 Sweden Gothenburg June 14–15 Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. Met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Göran Persson, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country. The President stayed at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel during his overnight visit.
 Poland Warsaw June 15–16 State Visit. Met with President Aleksander Kwaśniewski at the Presidential Palace and Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek. The President delivered a foreign policy speech in front of faculty and students at Warsaw University during his visit. He also participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Piłsudski Square. The President stayed at the Warsaw Marriott Hotel during his overnight visit.
 Slovenia Kranj June 16 Attended the summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Also met with Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek.
4  United Kingdom London,
Chequers,
Halton,
Brize Norton
July 18–20 President and Mrs. Bush arrived in London on the evening of July 18. On July 19, the President met with M.P. William Hague, Leader of the Conservative Party, at Winfield House. President and Mrs. Bush later attended an event for children at the British Museum. The President also visited the Churchill War Rooms museum. In the afternoon, President and Mrs. Bush participated in an arrival ceremony at Buckingham Palace and attended a luncheon hosted by Queen Elizabeth. They later traveled to Chequers to meet with Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie before spending the night at the prime minister's country estate.
 Italy Genoa,
Castel Gandolfo,
Rome
July 20–24 Attended the 27th G8 summit. Met with Pope John Paul II. Also met with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
 Kosovo Camp Bondsteel July 24 Addressed U.S. military personnel.
5  China Shanghai October 18–21 Attended APEC Summit Meeting.

2002

Country Areas visited Dates Details Image
6  Japan Tokyo February 16–19 Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Addressed the Diet.
 South Korea Seoul,
Dorasan,
Osan
February 19–21 Met with President Kim Dae-jung. Visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
 China Beijing February 21–22 Met with President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji.
7  Mexico Monterrey March 21–22 Attended the International Conference on Financing for Development. Met with President Vicente Fox.
 Peru Lima March 23–24 Met with the Presidents Alejandro Toledo of Peru, Andrés Pastrana Arango of Colombia, and Jorge Quiroga of Bolivia, and with the Vice President Pedro Pinto Rubianes of Ecuador.
 El Salvador San Salvador March 24 Attended the Summit Meeting of Presidents of the Central American Republics.
8  Germany Berlin May 22–23 Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Addressed the Bundestag.
 Russia Moscow,
St. Petersburg
May 23–26 Summit meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Signed Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty.
 France Paris,
Sainte-Mère-Église,
Colleville
May 26–27 Met with President Jacques Chirac. Delivered a Memorial Day address in Normandy.
 Italy Rome May 27–28 Met with President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Attended the NATO Summit Meeting and inaugurated the NATO-Russia Council.
 Vatican City Apostolic Palace May 28 Audience with Pope John Paul II.
9  Canada Kananaskis June 25–27 Attended the 28th G8 summit.
10  Mexico Los Cabos October 26–27 Attended the APEC Summit Meeting.
11  Czech Republic Prague November 19–22 Attended the NATO and EAPC Summit Meetings.
 Russia St. Petersburg November 22 Met with President Vladimir Putin.
 Lithuania Vilnius November 22–23 Met with the Presidents of the Baltic states, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country.
 Romania Bucharest November 23 Met with President Ion Iliescu.

2003

Country Areas visited Dates Details Image
12  Portugal Terceira Island March 16 Discussed the Iraq crisis with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar and Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Barroso.
13  United Kingdom Belfast,
Hillsborough
April 7–8 Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss the reconstruction of Iraq. Also met with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Northern Irish political leaders.
14  Poland Kraków,
Oświęcim
May 31 Met with President Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Prime Minister Leszek Miller. Visited Nazi-German Auschwitz concentration camp.
 Russia St. Petersburg May 31 – June 1 Met with President Vladimir Putin. Attended ceremonies commemorating the city's 300th anniversary.
 France Evian-les-Bains June 1–2 Attended the 29th G8 summit. Met with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
 Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh June 2–3 Attended the "Red Sea Summit" with the leaders of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas.
 Jordan Aqaba June 4 Attended meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. Met with King Abdullah II.
 Qatar Doha June 4–5 Met with Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Visited U.S. Central Command headquarters and addressed U.S. military personnel, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country.
15  Senegal Dakar,
Gorée Island
July 8 Met with President Abdoulaye Wade.
 South Africa Pretoria July 8–11 Met with President Thabo Mbeki.
 Botswana Gaborone July 10 Met with President Festus Mogae. Toured Mokolodi Nature Reserve.
 Uganda Kampala July 11 Met with President Yoweri Museveni.
 Nigeria Abuja July 11–12 Met with President Olusegun Obasanjo.
16  Japan Tokyo October 17–18 Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
 Philippines Manila October 18–19 Addressed a joint session of the Philippine Congress and met with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
 Thailand Bangkok October 18–21 Attended the APEC Summit Meeting.
 Singapore Singapore October 21–22 Met with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
 Indonesia Denpasar October 22 Met with President Megawati Sukarnoputri and Muslim religious leaders.
 Australia Canberra October 22 Met with Prime Minister John Howard. Addressed joint meeting of Parliament.
17  United Kingdom London,
Sedgefield
November 18–21 State Visit. Met with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair.
18  Iraq Baghdad November 27 The President travelled in secret from his ranch in Texas to Andrews Air Force Base, where reporters were told not to use their devices or leak news of the trip, and then to Iraq.[3] Met with members of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country. Addressed U.S. military personnel.

2004

Country Areas visited Dates Details Image
19  Mexico Monterrey January 12–13 Attended the Special Summit of the Americas.
20  Italy Rome June 4–5 Met with President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
 Vatican City Apostolic Palace June 4 Met with Pope John Paul II.
 France Paris,
Colleville,
Caen,
Arromanches
June 5–6 Met with President Jacques Chirac. Attended the 60th anniversary of D-Day ceremonies.
21  Ireland Shannon,
Dromoland Castle
June 25–26 Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. Met with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
 Turkey Ankara,
Istanbul
June 26–29 Met with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Attended the NATO Summit meeting.
22  Chile Santiago November 19–22 Attended the APEC Summit Meeting.
 Colombia Cartagena November 22 Met with President Álvaro Uribe.
23  Canada Ottawa,
Gatineau,
Halifax
November 30 – December 1 Met with Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Myra Freeman and Prime Minister Paul Martin. The President spent the night at Lornado, the official residence of the U.S. ambassador in Ottawa, before traveling to Halifax to thank Canadians for their hospitality in hosting stranded Americans on September 11, 2001.[4]

2005

Country Areas visited Dates Details Image
24  Belgium Brussels February 20–23 Attended the NATO and EU Summit Meetings.
 Germany Mainz,
Wiesbaden
February 23 Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Visited U.S. military personnel.
 Slovakia Bratislava February 23–24 Attended the summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country. Also met with Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda.
25  Vatican City St. Peter's Basilica April 6–8 Attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
 Italy Rome April 6–8, 2005 Met with President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
26  Latvia Riga May 6–7 Met with the Presidents of the Baltic states.
 Netherlands Maastricht,
Valkenburg,
Margraten
May 7–8 Met with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. Delivered address at the Netherlands American Cemetery, marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.[5]
 Russia Moscow May 8–9 Met with President Vladimir Putin. Attended the 60th anniversary of VE Day ceremonies.
 Georgia Tbilisi May 9–10 Met with President Mikheil Saakashvili, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country.
27  Denmark Kastrup,
Fredensborg,
Copenhagen
July 5–6 Met with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
 United Kingdom Gleneagles July 6–8 Attended the 31st G8 summit.
28  Argentina Mar del Plata November 3–5 Attended the 4th Summit of the Americas. Met with President Nestor Kirchner.
 Brazil Brasília November 5–6 Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
 Panama Panama City November 6–7 Met with President Martín Torrijos.
29  Japan Kyoto November 15–16 Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
 South Korea Pusan,
Gyeongju,
Osan
November 16–20 Attended the APEC Summit Meeting. Met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
 China Beijing November 20–21 Met with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao.
 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar November 21 Met with President Nambaryn Enkhbayar and Prime Minister Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country.

2006

Country Areas visited Dates Details Image
30  Ireland Shannon February 28 Met with U.S. Marines who were en route to Iraq.
 Afghanistan Bagram,
Kabul
March 1 Met with President Hamid Karzai. Dedicated new U.S. Embassy. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
 India New Delhi,
Hyderabad
March 1–3 Met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Signed U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement.
 Pakistan Islamabad March 3–4 Met with President Pervez Musharraf.
31  Mexico Cancún,
Chichen-Itza
March 30–31 Attended the 2nd North American Leaders' Summit with President Vincente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper; visited the Chichen-Itza archaeological site.
32  Iraq Baghdad June 13 Met with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
33  Austria Vienna June 20–21 Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting.
 Hungary Budapest June 21–22 Met with President László Sólyom and Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. Attended the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising.
34  Germany Stralsund,
Trinwillershagen
July 12–14 Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
 Russia St. Petersburg July 14–17 Attended the 32nd G8 summit. Met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
35  Russia Moscow November 15 Met with President Vladimir Putin.
 Singapore Singapore November 16–17 Met with the chairman of the Singapore Council of Presidential Advisers, J. Y. Pillay and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Addressed National University of Singapore.
 Vietnam Hanoi,
Ho Chi Minh City
November 17–20 Attended the APEC Summit Meeting.
 Indonesia Jakarta,
Bogor
November 20 Met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
36  Estonia Tallinn November 27–28 Met with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country.
 Latvia Riga November 28–29 Attended the NATO Summit Meeting.
 Jordan Amman November 29–30 Met with King Abdullah II and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

2007

Country Areas visited Dates Details Image
37  Brazil São Paulo March 8–9 Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
 Uruguay Montevideo March 9–11 Met with President Tabaré Vázquez.
 Colombia Bogotá March 11 Met with President Álvaro Uribe.
 Guatemala Guatemala City,
Santa Cruz Balanyá,
Iximche
March 11–12 Informal visit; met with President Óscar Berger; visited the Iximche archaeological site.
 Mexico Mérida,
Uxmal
March 12–14 Met with President Felipe Calderón; visited the Uxmal archaeological site.
38  Czech Republic Prague June 4–5 Met with President Václav Klaus and Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek. Addressed Conference on Democracy and Security.
 Germany Heiligendamm June 5–8 Attended the 33rd G8 summit. Met with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
 Poland Gdańsk,
Jurata
June 8 Met with President Lech Kaczyński.
 Italy Rome June 8–10 Met with President Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
 Vatican City Apostolic Palace June 9 Audience with Pope Benedict XVI.
 Albania Tirana June 10 Met with President Alfred Moisiu and Prime Minister Sali Berisha, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country.
 Bulgaria Sofia June 10–11 Met with President Georgi Parvanov and Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev.
39  Canada Montebello August 20–21 Attended North American Leaders' Summit with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderón.
40  Iraq Al Asad Airbase September 3 Met with Gen. David Petraeus, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, senior U.S. officials, Iraqi political leaders. Addressed U.S military personnel.
 Australia Sydney September 3–8 Attended the APEC Summit Meeting.

2008

Country Areas visited Dates Details Image
41  Israel Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem
January 9–11 Met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Shimon Peres. Visited Yad Vashem.
 Palestinian National Authority Ramallah,
Bethlehem
January 10 Met with President Mahmoud Abbas. Visited the Church of the Nativity.
 Kuwait Kuwait City,
Camp Arifjan
January 11–12 Attended Roundtable on Democracy and Development. Met with Gen. David Petraeus and United States Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
 Bahrain Manama January 12–13 Met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Addressed U.S. military personnel, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country.
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, Dubai January 13–14 Met with President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country.
 Saudi Arabia Riyadh,
Al-Janadriyah
January 14–16 Met with King Abdullah.
 Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh January 16 Met with President Hosni Mubarak.
42  Benin Porto Novo February 16 Met with President Yayi Boni, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country.
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam,
Arusha
February 16–19 Met with President Jakaya Kikwete. Signed Millenimum Challenge agreement.
 Rwanda Kigali February 19 Met with President Paul Kagame. Dedicated new U.S. Embassy.
 Ghana Accra February 19–21 Met with President John Kufuor.
 Liberia Monrovia February 21 Met with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
43  Ukraine Kyiv April 1 Met with President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
 Romania Bucharest April 2–4 Attended the NATO Summit Meeting.
 Croatia Zagreb April 4–5 Met with President Stjepan Mesić.
 Russia Sochi April 5–6 Met with President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Dmitry Medvedev.
44  Israel Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem,
Masada
May 14–16 Met with President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Addressed the Knesset. Attended Israel's 60th anniversary. Visited the Masada fortification site.
 Saudi Arabia Riyadh,
al-Janadriyah
May 16–17 Met with King Abdullah.
 Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh May 17–18 Met with President Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. Addressed the World Economic Forum.
45  Slovenia Ljubljana June 9–10 Met with President Danilo Türk and Prime Minister Janez Janša. Attended the EU-US Summit Meeting.
 Germany Meseberg June 10–11 Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
 Italy Rome June 11–13 Met with President Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
 Vatican City Apostolic Palace June 13 Met with Pope Benedict XVI.
 France Paris June 13–15 Met with President Nicolas Sarkozy. Addressed the OECD. Attended wreath-laying ceremonies at the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial and Mémorial de la France combattante.
 United Kingdom London,
Belfast
June 15–16 Met with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Quartet Representative Tony Blair. In Belfast, met with First Minister Peter Robertson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
46  Japan Tōyako July 6–9 Attended the 34th G8 summit. Met with Tanzanian President Kikwete, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese President Hu Jintao and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.
47  South Korea Seoul August 5–6 Met with President Lee Myung-bak. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
 Thailand Bangkok August 6–7 Met with Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
 China Beijing August 7–11 Attended the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. Met with President Hu Jintao and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
48  Peru Lima November 21–23 Attended the APEC Summit Meeting.
49  Iraq Baghdad December 14 Met with President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Signed Strategic Framework and Security Agreements. Visited U.S. military personnel.
 Afghanistan Kabul December 14–15 Met with President Hamid Karzai. Visited U.S. military personnel.

Multilateral meetings

Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations took place during President Bush's term in office (2001–2009).

Group Year
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
APEC October 20–21
China Shanghai
October 26–27
Mexico Los Cabos
October 20–21
Thailand Bangkok
November 20–21
Chile Santiago
November 18–19
South Korea Busan
November 18–19
Vietnam Hanoi
September 8–9
Australia Sydney
November 22–23
Peru Lima
G8 July 21–22
Italy Genoa
June 26–27
Canada Kananaskis
June 1–2
France Évian-les-Bains
June 8–10
United States Sea Island
July 6–8
United Kingdom Gleneagles
July 15–17
Russia St. Petersburg
June 6–8
Germany Heiligendamm
July 7–9
Japan Tōyako
NALS none none none none March 23
United States Waco
March 31
Mexico Cancún
August 20–21
Canada Montebello
April 21–22
United States New Orleans
NATO June 13
Belgium Brussels
May 28
Italy Rome
none June 28–29
Turkey Istanbul
February 25
Belgium Brussels
November 28–29
Latvia Riga
none April 2–4
Romania Bucharest
November 21–22
Czech Republic Prague
SOA
(OAS)
April 20–22
Canada Quebec City
none none January 12–13
Mexico Monterrey
November 4–5
Argentina Mar del Plata
none none none
Others U.S.-EU Summit
June 14–15
Sweden Gothenburg
Central American Summit
March 24
El Salvador San Salvador
Red Sea Summit
June 2–3
Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh
U.S.-EU Summit
June 25–26
Republic of Ireland Dromoland Castle
none U.S.-EU Summit
June 20–21
Austria Vienna
none U.S.-EU Summit
June 9–10
Slovenia Ljubljana

G-20 Summit
November 14–15
United States Washington, D.C.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Travels of President George W. Bush". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "The President's News Conference With President Vicente Fox of Mexico in San Cristobal, Mexico". The American Presidency Project. University of California, Santa Barbara. February 16, 2001. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "Timeline of Bush's secret journey". CNN. November 28, 2003. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  4. ^ "Bush in Halifax: 'Thank you for your kindness'". CBC. December 1, 2004.
  5. ^ "Bush honors WWII dead on Netherlands stop: Marking V-E Day, president reflects on 'terribler price'". NBC News. May 8, 2005. Retrieved February 26, 2016.

External links

  • Travels of President George W. Bush. U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
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