| John Milton Hay |
Nauheim |
Vacation trip for health reasons. |
April 30–May 21, 1905 |
| Charles Evans Hughes |
Berlin |
Met with President Ebert and Foreign Minister Stresemann. Returned to U.S. August 14. |
August 3–4, 1924 |
| Henry Lewis Stimson |
Berlin |
Met with President von Hindenburg and senior German officials. |
July 25–27, 1931 |
| James Francis Byrnes |
Potsdam |
Accompanied President Truman to the Tripartite Conference of Berlin (Potsdam Conference). |
July 17–25, 1945 |
| George Catlett Marshall |
West Berlin |
Conferred with U.S. military government officials. |
March 7–9, 1947 |
| George Catlett Marshall |
West Berlin |
Held a press conference while returning to U.S. Returned April 26. |
April 25, 1947 |
| Dean Gooderham Acheson |
Frankfurt, Bonn |
Met with President Heuss and Chancellor Adenauer. |
November 11–13, 1949 |
| Dean Gooderham Acheson |
Berlin |
Met with West Berlin officials and the commandants of the occupation sectors. Briefly visited East Berlin. |
November 14, 1949 |
| Dean Gooderham Acheson |
Bonn |
Signed Bonn Agreements providing for West German membership in NATO and the European Defense Community. |
May 23–26, 1952 |
| Dean Gooderham Acheson |
West Berlin |
Spoke at cornerstone laying for the American Memorial Library. |
June 29, 1952 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Bonn |
Met with President Heuss and Chancellor Adenauer. |
February 5–6, 1953 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Berlin |
Attended Big Four Foreign Ministers Meeting. Sessions of February 1-6, 15, and 17 were held in East Berlin. |
January 22–February 18, 1954 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Adenauer. |
February 18, 1954 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Adenauer. |
September 16–17, 1954 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Bonn |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
May 2–4, 1957 |
| John Foster Dulles |
West Berlin |
Met with city and U.S. officials. |
May 8, 1958 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Adenauer on way to meeting of the Baghdad Pact. |
July 26, 1958 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Adenauer and Foreign Minister Von Brentano. |
February 7–8, 1959 |
| Christian Archibald Herter |
West Berlin |
Dedicated John Foster Allee. |
July 25, 1959 |
| Christian Archibald Herter |
Bonn |
Accompanied President Eisenhower to a meeting with Chancellor Adenauer. |
August 26–27, 1959 |
| David Dean Rusk |
West Berlin |
Met with Mayor Brandt and signed city's Golden Book. |
June 21, 1962 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Bonn |
Discussed the Berlin crisis with Chancellor Adenauer and Foreign Minister Schroeder. |
June 21–23, 1962 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Bonn, Frankfurt |
Accompanied President Kennedy. |
June 23–26, 1963 |
| David Dean Rusk |
West Berlin |
Accompanied President Kennedy. |
June 26, 1963 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Bonn |
Discussed the Test Ban Treaty with Chancellor Adenauer and Foreign Minister Schroeder. |
August 10–11, 1963 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Bonn, Frankfurt |
Dedicated a memorial to General George C. Marshall in Frankfurt. |
October 25–27, 1963 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Erhard and senior German officials. |
June 8–9, 1966 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Bonn, Cologne |
Accompanied President Johnson to the funeral of Chancellor Adenauer. |
April 23–26, 1967 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Kiesinger. |
June 26, 1968 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Bonn |
Accompanied President Nixon. |
February 26–27, 1969 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
West Berlin |
Accompanied President Nixon. |
February 27, 1969 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Brandt, Foreign Minister Scheel, and senior German officials. |
December 5, 1969 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Bonn |
Met with Foreign Minister Scheel. |
May 6–7, 1972 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Bonn |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
May 29–31, 1972 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Bonn |
Met with senior West German officials. |
June 2–3, 1972 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Berlin |
Signed Final Quadripartite Protocol to the Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin. Visited East and West Berlin. |
June 3, 1972 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Brandt and Foreign Minister Scheel. |
March 3, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Brandt and Foreign Minister Scheel. |
March 24, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Bad Reichenhall |
Met with Foreign Minister Genscher. |
June 11, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Dusseldorf, Munich |
Briefed Foreign Minister Federal Genscher on the U.S.-Soviet summit. |
July 6–8, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Bonn |
Met with Foreign Minister Genscher. |
February 15–16, 1975 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher. |
May 20–21, 1975 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
West Berlin |
Met with City officials. Addressed the Berlin House of Representatives. |
May 21, 1975 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Bonn |
Met with West German officials and with Israeli Prime Minister Rabin. |
July 11–12, 1975 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Bonn |
Accompanied President Ford. |
July 26–28, 1975 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Fuerth |
Received the city's Gold Medal for Distinguished Native Citizens. |
December 13–15, 1975 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher. |
May 23, 1976 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Bodenmais, Grafenau |
Met with Foreign Minister Genscher and South African Prime Minister Vorster. |
June 23–24, 1976 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Hamburg |
Met with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher. |
September 7, 1976 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Bonn |
Briefed Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher on meetings with Soviet leaders. |
March 31, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Frankfurt, Bonn |
Accompanied President Carter on a State visit and to the Economic Summit Meeting. |
July 14–17, 1978 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
West Berlin |
Accompanied President Carter. |
July 15, 1978 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Bonn |
Discussed international responses to the Iranian hostage crisis with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher. |
December 11–12, 1979 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Bonn |
Discussed responses to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher. |
February 19–20, 1980 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Schmidt and Foreign Minister Genscher. |
April 12, 1981 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
West Berlin |
Addressed the Berlin Press Association. |
September 13, 1981 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
Bonn |
Met with Foreign Minister Genscher. |
September 13–14, 1981 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
Bonn |
Accompanied President Reagan on a State visit and to a NATO Summit Meeting. |
June 9–11, 1982 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
West Berlin |
Accompanied President Reagan. |
June 11, 1982 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Kohl and Foreign Minister Genscher. |
December 7–9, 1982 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Kohl and Foreign Minister enscher. |
December 6–7, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Ludwigshafen |
Met with Chancellor Kohl. |
December 15, 1984 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Bonn |
Accompanied President Reagan to the Economic Summit Meeting and on a State visit. |
April 30–May 6, 1985 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Kohl and Foreign Minister Genscher. |
December 13–14, 1985 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
West Berlin |
Addressed the Berlin Press Conference and signed the Golden Book. |
December 14–15, 1985 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Kohl and senior West German officials. |
December 15, 1987 |
| James Addison Baker |
Bonn |
Discussed modernization of short-range NATO nuclear missiles with Foreign Minister Genscher. |
February 12–14, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
Bonn |
Accompanied President Bush. |
May 30–31, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
West Berlin |
Met with West German Chancellor Kohl; delivered a public address. |
December 11–12, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
Bonn |
Attended Two-Plus-Four Ministerial Meeting on German reunification. |
May 4–6, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Bonn, Ludwigshafen |
Met with Chancellor Kohl and Foreign Minister Genscher. |
September 15, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Bonn |
Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with Chancellor Kohl. |
January 8, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Berlin, Halle |
Attended CSCE Foreign Ministers' Meeting and discussed strategic arms reductions with Soviet Foreign Minister Bessmertnykh. |
June 17–21, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Frankfurt |
Attended ceremonies inaugurating emergency aid to the former Soviet republics. |
February 9–10, 1992 |
| James Addison Baker |
Munich |
Accompanied President Bush to the Economic Summit Meeting and to meetings with Russian President Yeltsin. |
July 5–8, 1992 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Bonn |
Discussed the Bosnian crisis with senior German officials. |
May 6–7, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Bonn, Berlin |
Accompanied President Clinton to meetings with Chancellor Kohl and EU President Delors. |
July 11–12, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Berlin |
Attended farewell ceremony for departing Allied troops. |
September 8–9, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Frankfurt |
Commented to the press on the Middle East peace process and the Iraq-Kuwait crisis. |
October 14, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Berlin |
Attended meetings of NATO, NACC, and Contact Group Foreign Ministers. |
June 3–4, 1996 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Stuttgart, Bonn |
Met with Foreign Minister Kinkel and delivered a commemorative address. |
September 6–7, 1996 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Bonn |
Met with Chancellor Kohl and Foreign Minister Kinkel. |
February 16–17, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Bonn |
Discussed the Kosovo crisis with Foreign Minister Kinkel. |
March 8, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Bonn |
Attended a Contact Group ministerial meeting. |
March 24–25, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Ramstein Air Force Base, Landstuhl |
Visited Embassy personnel wounded in the bombings in Kenya and Tanzania; accompanied the dead back to the United States. |
August 12–13, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Bonn |
Attended a G-8 Foreign Ministers meeting on the Kosovo conflict. |
May 4–6, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Bonn, Cologne |
Attended a G-8 Foreign Ministers meeting on the Kosovo conflict and the G-8 and U.S.-EU Ministerial meetings; met with Kosovar political leaders. |
June 6–11, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Cologne |
Attended G-8 Economic Summit meeting. |
June 20–21, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Berlin |
Attended G-8 Foreign Ministers meeting; met with President Djukanovic of Montenegro and Serbian opposition leaders. |
December 17, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Berlin, Aachen |
Accompanied President Clinton. |
June 1–3, 2000 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Berlin |
Delivered an address on democracy in the Balkans. |
June 29, 2000 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Dresden |
Attended ceremonies commemorating the 10th anniversary of German reunification. |
October 3, 2000 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Berlin |
Met with Chancellor Schroeder and Foreign Minister Fischer. |
December 10–11, 2001 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Berlin |
Accompanied President Bush. |
May 22–23, 2002 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Berlin |
Met with Chancellor Schroeder and Foreign Minister Fischer. |
May 15–16, 2003 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Berlin |
Attended International Conference on Afghanistan. |
March 31–April 1, 2004 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Berlin |
Attended OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism. |
April 28–29, 2004 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Berlin |
Met with Chancellor Schroeder. |
February 4–5, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Mainz, Wiesbaden |
Accompanied President Bush to meeting with Chancellor Schroeder. |
February 23, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Berlin |
Met with Chancellor Merkel. |
December 5–6, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Berlin |
Met with Chancellor Merkel and with the Foreign Ministers of the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council. |
March 29–31, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Stralsund, Trinwillershagen |
Accompanied President Bush to meetings with Chancellor Merkel. |
July 12–14, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Berlin |
Met with Foreign Minister Steinmeir and Chancellor Merkel. |
January 17–18, 2007 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Berlin |
Attended a Quartet meeting and met with Foreign Minister Steinmeier and Chancellor Merkel. |
February 20–21, 2007 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Potsdam |
Attended a G-8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. |
May 30–31, 2007 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Berlin |
Attended a meeting of the P5 +1 Group on Iran. |
January 22–23, 2008 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Berlin |
Attended the Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and Rule of Law. |
June 23–25, 2008 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Baden-Baden |
Accompanied President Obama. |
April 3–4, 2009 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Berlin |
Attended ceremonies commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Met with Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Westerwelle. |
November 8–9, 2009 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Munich |
Attended the Munich Security Conference and exchanged ratifications of the new START Treaty with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. |
February 5–6, 2011 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Berlin |
Attended a NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and meetings of the NATO-Georgia and NATO Ukraine Commisions and the NATO-Russia Council. Attended a memorial Service for Ambassador Holbrooke and received the Rathenau Prize. |
April 14–15, 2011 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Bonn |
Attended the International Conference for Afghanistan. |
December 5, 2011 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Munich |
Attended the 48th Munich Security Conference. |
February 4–5, 2012 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Berlin |
Met with Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. |
February 26–27, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Berlin, Munich |
Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Attended the 50th Munich Security Conference. |
January 31–February 2, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Berlin |
Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. |
October 21–22, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Munich |
Met with Sultan Qaboos of Oman. |
January 10, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Munich |
Attended the 51st Munich Security Conference. |
February 6–8, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Lubeck |
Attended the G-7 Foreign Ministers Meeting. |
April 14–15, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Berlin |
Met with Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. |
September 20, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Berlin |
Met with Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and EU High Representative Federica Mogherini. |
October 22, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Munich |
Attended the 52nd Munich Security Conference and an International Syria Support Group meeting. |
February 10–14, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Berlin |
Met with Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Received the Federal Cross of Merit. |
December 4–5, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Hamburg |
Attended an OSCE Ministerial Meeting. |
December 7–8, 2016 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Bonn |
Attended a G-20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. |
February 15–17, 2017 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Hamburg |
Accompanied President Trump to the G-20 Summit. |
July 5–9, 2017 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Berlin |
Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. |
May 30–June 1, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Grafenwohr, Vilseck, Modlareuth, Leipzig |
Participated in events to commemorate the end of the Cold War and met with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. |
November 6, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Berlin |
Met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and commemorated the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
November 7–8, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Berlin |
Attended the jointly hosted German-UN international conference on Libya. |
January 19, 2020 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Munich |
Led the U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference. |
February 14, 2020 |
