Ethiopia

Name Locale Remarks Date
William Pierce Rogers Addis Ababa Met with Emperor Haile Selassie and senior Ethiopian officials. Addressed the Organization of African Unity February 12. February 11–13, 1970
Warren Minor Christopher Addis Ababa Met with Prime Minister Zenawi and discussed plans for an African crisis-response force with OAU officials. October 9–11, 1996
Madeleine Korbel Albright Addis Ababa Addressed the Economic Commission of the Organization of African Unity. December 8–10, 1997
Condoleezza Rice Addis Ababa Met with leaders of the African Great Lakes States and discussed the situation in Somalia and the Sudan with representatives of the African Union and the UN. December 5–6, 2007
Hillary Rodham Clinton Addis Ababa Addressed the African Union Assembly. Met with Chairperson Ping and Ethiopian Prime Minister Zenawi. June 13–14, 2011
John Forbes Kerry Addis Ababa Attended the African Union Summit and commemorated the Golden Jubilee of the Organization of African Unity. May 24–26, 2013
John Forbes Kerry Addis Ababa Co-convened the 4th Session of the U.S.-AU High Level Dialogue. Met with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. April 30–May 3, 2014
Rex W. Tillerson Addis Ababa Met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu, and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat. March 6–8, 2018
Michael R. Pompeo Addis Ababa Met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Sahle-Work Zewde. Also met with African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat. February 17–19, 2020