Visits By Foreign Leaders in 1988

Visitor From Description Date
Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita Japan Official Working Visit. January 12–15, 1988
President Vigdis Finbogadottir Iceland Met with President Reagan during a private visit. January 26, 1988
President Hosni Mubarak Egypt State Visit; visited Dallas January 30. January 26–29, 1988
Chancellor Helmut Kohl Germany, Federal Republic of Official Working Visit. February 17–19, 1988
Prime Minister Anibal Antonio Cavaco e Silva Portugal Official Working Visit. February 23–25, 1988
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir Israel Official Working Visit. Private visit to Los Angeles afterwards. March 14–17, 1988
President Joaquin Videla Balaguer Dominican Republic Official Working Visit. Private visit afterwards to Boston and Texas. March 24–25, 1988
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew Singapore Met with President Reagan during a private visit. April 13, 1988
Prime Minister Martin Brian Mulroney Canada Official Visit. April 26–28, 1988
Prime Minister Harri H. Holkeri Finland Met with President Reagan during a private visit. May 2, 1988
President Mobutu Sese Seko Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) Official Working Visit. Discussion of region issues in the Oval Office. June 9, 1988
Prime Minister Luigi Ciriaco De Mita Italy Official Working Visit. Private Visit to Bar Harbor (Me.) afterward. June 13–16, 1988
Prime Minister Robert J. L. Hawke Australia Official Working Visit. Addressed joint meeting of U.S. Congress June 23. Private visit to Texas afterward. June 22–24, 1988
President Kenan Evren Turkey State Visit; visited New York City, June 30–July 3. June 26–30, 1988
Prime Minister Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah Kuwait Official Working Visit. July 10–16, 1988
Prime Minister Karoly Grosz Hungary Official Working Visit. July 26–28, 1988
Prime Minister Thorstein Palsson Iceland Official Working Visit. Private visit to Orlando (Fla.) afterward. August 9–13, 1988
President H. Desmond Hoyte Guyana Discussed bilateral relations and trade preferences under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. September 13, 1988
Amir Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah Kuwait Met with President Reagan while attending U.N. General Assembly in New York City. September 26, 1988
President Francois Mitterrand France Official Working Visit. September 29, 1988
President Moussa Traore Mali State Visit; (October 9) visited Dayton, Wilberforce, and Columbus (Ohio). October 5–9, 1988
President Roh Tae-woo Korea Official Working Visit. October 20, 1988
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher United Kingdom Official Visit. November 15–17, 1988
Chancellor Helmut Kohl Germany, Federal Republic of Official Working Visit. November 15, 1988
President-Elect Carlos Salinas de Gortari Mexico Met with President-elect Bush in Houston. November 22, 1988
President Mikhail S. Gorbachev U.S.S.R. Met with President Reagan in New York City. December 7, 1988
Prime Minister Luigi Ciriaco De Mita Italy Met with President Reagan during a private visit. Previously visited Los Angeles. December 14–16, 1988