Spain

Name Locale Remarks Date
William Henry Seward Havana (Cuba) Met with Spanish colonial officials. Returned to U.S. January 28. January 20–23, 1866
John Foster Dulles Madrid Met with Generalissimo Franco. November 1, 1955
John Foster Dulles Madrid Met with Generalissimo Franco and senior Spanish officials while returning from Paris. December 20, 1957
David Dean Rusk Madrid Met with Generalissimo Franco and Foreign Minister Castiella. December 16, 1961
David Dean Rusk Madrid Met with Generalissimo Franco and senior Spanish officials. December 16, 1965
David Dean Rusk Madrid Met with Generalissimo Franco and Foreign Minister Castiella. November 16–18, 1968
William Pierce Rogers Madrid Met with Foreign Minister Lopez Bravo and senior Spanish officials. May 28–29, 1970
William Pierce Rogers Madrid Accompanied President Nixon on a State visit. October 2–3, 1970
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger Madrid Official visit. Discussed bilateral relations with senior officials. December 18–19, 1973
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger Madrid Met with Foreign Minister Cortona while en route to Egypt. January 11, 1974
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger Madrid Signed a Joint Declaration of Principles on security cooperation. July 9, 1974
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger Madrid Accompanied President Ford. May 31–June 1, 1975
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger Madrid Signed Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation. January 24, 1976
Cyrus Roberts Vance Madrid Attended the first regular session of the U.S.-Spanish Council. May 11–12, 1977
Cyrus Roberts Vance Madrid Attended a meeting of the U.S.-Spanish Council. June 1–2, 1979
Alexander Meigs Haig Madrid Met with King Juan Carlos, Prime Minister Calvo Sotelo, and senior Spanish officials. April 8–9, 1981
Alexander Meigs Haig Marbella Met with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Fahd. September 11–12, 1981
Alexander Meigs Haig Madrid Attended CSCE Follow-up Meeting. February 7–10, 1982
George Pratt Shultz Madrid Met with Prime Minister Gonzalez and with Western delegates to the CSCE Meeting. December 15–16, 1982
George Pratt Shultz Madrid Attended the final session of the CSCE Follow-up Meeting. Met with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko. September 7–9, 1983
George Pratt Shultz Madrid Accompanied President Reagan on a State visit. May 6–8, 1985
George Pratt Shultz Madrid Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. June 7–10, 1988
James Addison Baker Madrid Met with Foreign Minister Fernandez-Ordonez. February 15, 1989
James Addison Baker Madrid Discussed arrangements for a Middle East Peace Conference with senior Spanish officials. October 19, 1991
James Addison Baker Madrid Accompanied President Bush to a meeting with Soviet President Gorbachev and to the opening session of the Middle East Peace Conference. October 29–November 3, 1991
Warren Minor Christopher Madrid Met with senior Spanish officials. June 1–2, 1995
Warren Minor Christopher Madrid Attended European Union Summit Meeting. December 2–4, 1995
Madeleine Korbel Albright Madrid Attended NATO Summit Meeting. July 7–10, 1997
Madeleine Korbel Albright Madrid Discussed the Iraq crisis with Russian Foreign Minister Primakov. January 30, 1998
Madeleine Korbel Albright Madrid Discussed the Iraq crisis with Foreign Minister Matutes. March 9, 1998
Madeleine Korbel Albright Madrid Met with King Juan Carlos and signed Joint Declaration. January 11, 2001
Colin Luther Powell Madrid Accompanied President Bush. June 12–13, 2001
Colin Luther Powell Madrid Attended U.S.-EU Ministerial Meeting. Met with UN Secretary-General Annan and Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov. Signed Defense Cooperation agreements with Spain. April 9–11, 2002
Colin Luther Powell Madrid Met with Prime Minister Aznar and Foreign Minister Palacio. May 1–2, 2003
Colin Luther Powell Madrid Attended the International Conference for the Reconstruction of Iraq. October 22–24, 2003
Colin Luther Powell Madrid Attended memorial service for victims of the March 11 bombings. March 24, 2004
Condoleezza Rice Madrid Met with President Zapatero and Foreign Minister Moratinos. June 1, 2007
Hillary Rodham Clinton Madrid Met with President Rodriquez Zapatero and Foreign Minister Jimenez. July 1–2, 2011
John Forbes Kerry Madrid Met with King Felipe VI, President Mariano Rajoy, and Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo. October 18–19, 2015