1993 - Visits by
Foreign Leaders - Department History
Visits By Foreign Leaders in 1993
| Visitor | From | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| President Carlos Salinas de Gortari | Mexico | Discussed NAFTA with President-elect Clinton in Austin, Texas. | January 8, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Martin Brian Mulroney | Canada | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | February 4–5, 1993 |
| President Turgut Ozal | Turkey | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. Arrived in the U.S. January 26; also visited Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. | February 8, 1993 |
| Prime Minister John Major | United Kingdom | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | February 23–25, 1993 |
| President Francois Mitterrand | France | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | March 9, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Israel | Private Visit. Afterwards visited New York City. Departed the U.S. March 18. | March 15–17, 1993 |
| President Jean-Bertrand Aristide | Haiti | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | March 16, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Albert Reynolds | Ireland | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | March 16–17, 1993 |
| Chancellor Helmut Kohl | Germany | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | March 25–26, 1993 |
| President Hosni Mubarak | Egypt | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | April 3–6, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa | Japan | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | April 15–17, 1993 |
| President Franjo Tudjman | Croatia | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 18–22, 1993 |
| President Zhelyu Zhelev | Bulgaria | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 19–22, 1993 |
| President Ion Iliescu | Romania | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 19–23, 1993 |
| President Vaclav Havel | Czech Republic | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 20–22, 1993 |
| President Lech Walesa | Poland | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 20–22, 1993 |
| President Michal Kovac | Slovakia | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 20–23, 1993 |
| President Arpad Goncz | Hungary | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 20–22, 1993 |
| President Mario Alberto Lopes Soares | Portugal | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 20–22, 1993 |
| President Milan Kucan | Slovenia | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 20–22, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Aleksander Meksi | Albania | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 20–22, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Andrei Sangheli | Moldova | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 20–22, 1993 |
| President Chaim Herzog | Israel | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 21–22, 1993 |
| King Juan Carlos I | Spain | Met with President Clinton. Later received the Gold Medal of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. | April 29, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | Denmark | Accompanied EC President Delors to discuss the Bosnian crisis with President Clinton. | May 6–7, 1993 |
| President Mary Robinson | Ireland | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | May 12–15, 1993 |
| President Glafcos Clerides | Cyprus | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | May 20–21, 1993 |
| President Richard von Weiszaecker | Germany | Visited Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on May 24. | May 23–25, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Martin Brian Mulroney | Canada | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | June 1–2, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Edouard Balladur | France | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | June 15, 1993 |
| President Sam Nujoma | Namibia | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | June 16–19, 1993 |
| King Hussein | Jordan | Private visit. Afterwards received medical treatment in Rochester, Minn. Departed the U.S. June 27. | June 16–25, 1993 |
| President Carlos Saul Menem | Argentina | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | June 28–30, 1993 |
| President Frederik Willem De Klerk | South Africa | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. Received Liberty Medal in Philadelphia, PA, July 4. | June 30–July 5, 1993 |
| Chairman Stanislav Shushkevich | Belarus | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | July 21–23, 1993 |
| Pope John Paul II | Vatican City | Met with President Clinton in Denver, CO, celebrated World Youth Day. Departed August 15. | August 12, 1993 |
| President Cheddi Jagan | Guyana | Attended a CARICOM working luncheon. | August 30, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Lloyd E. Sandiford | Barbados | Attended a CARICOM working luncheon. | August 30, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Patrick A. M. Manning | Trinidad and Tobago | Attended a CARICOM working luncheon. | August 30, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Percival James Patterson | Jamaica | Attended a CARICOM working luncheon. | August 30, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Hubert A. Ingraham | Bahamas | Attended a CARICOM working luncheon. | August 30, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Viktor S. Chernomyrdin | Russia | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | August 31–September 2, 1993 |
| President Alia Izetbegovic | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. Arrived in the U.S. Sept. 7; also visited New York City. | September 8–9, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Paul Keating | Australia | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | September 12–15, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Israel | Signed Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles. | September 13, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | Italy | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | September 16–17, 1993 |
| President Algirdas Brazauskas | Lithuania | Met with President Clinton at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 27, 1993 |
| President Guntis Ulmanis | Latvia | Met with President Clinton at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 27, 1993 |
| President Lennart Meri | Estonia | Met with President Clinton at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 27, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa | Japan | Met with President Clinton at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 27, 1993 |
| President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo | Colombia | Met with President Clinton at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 27, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri | Lebanon | Met with President Clinton at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 27, 1993 |
| President Joaquim Chissano | Mozambique | Met with President Clinton at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. | September 27, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Tansu Ciller | Turkey | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | October 14–18, 1993 |
| President Hosni Mubarak | Egypt | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | October 23–28, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Israel | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. Also visited New York City. | November 11–16, 1993 |
| President Fidel Ramos | Philippines | Attended APEC meeting in Seattle; visited Washington, D.C. Nov. 22–23. Also visited San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Houston. | November 11–23, 1993 |
| President Soeharto | Indonesia | Attended APEC meeting in Seattle. | November 17–21, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong | Singapore | Attended APEC meeting in Seattle. | November 17–21, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Chuan Likphai | Thailand | Attended APEC meeting in Seattle. | November 17–22, 1993 |
| President Kim Yong-sam | Korea | Attended APEC meeting in Seattle. Visited Washington, D.C. November 21–23. | November 18–20, 1993 |
| Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah | Brunei | Attended APEC meeting in Seattle. | November 18–20, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Paul Keating | Australia | Attended APEC meeting in Seattle. | November 18–21, 1993 |
| President Jiang Zemin | China, People’s Republic of | Attended APEC meeting in Seattle. | November 18–21, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Jean Chretien | Canada | Attended APEC meeting in Seattle. | November 19–20, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa | Japan | Attended APEC meeting in Seattle. | November 19–20, 1993 |
| President Alfredo Cristiani Buckard | El Salvador | Attended working brunch with President Clinton. | November 30, 1993 |
| President Guillermo Endara | Panama | Attended working brunch with President Clinton. | November 30, 1993 |
| President Rafael Leonardo Callejas | Honduras | Attended working brunch with President Clinton. | November 30, 1993 |
| President Rafael Angel Calderon Fournier | Costa Rica | Attended working brunch with President Clinton. | November 30, 1993 |
| President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro | Nicaragua | Attended working brunch with President Clinton. | November 30, 1993 |
| President Ramiro De Leon Carpio | Guatemala | Attended working brunch with President Clinton. | November 30, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel | Belize | Attended working brunch with President Clinton. | November 30, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Carl Bildt | Sweden | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | December 1, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Robert Malval | Haiti | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | December 1–7, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez | Spain | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | December 5–7, 1993 |