President George H. W. Bush
- President Bush began the frequent international travel pace that is the hallmark of the post–Cold War presidency. He went to Europe 11 times, Asia twice, and South America once, along with a number of shorter trips during his four years as president.
- He did not receive delivery of the Boeing 747s until almost halfway through his presidency, but his travel pace was high even when he was using the older planes. His trip in September 1990 to Helsinki was his first international trip aboard the new planes. His second involved a Thanksgiving meal with the troops. With the new planes, the president could function from the air with virtually the same efficiency that he had when in the White House.
| # | Start | End | Country | Cities | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10-Feb-89 | 10-Feb-89 | Canada | Ottawa | Working visit; met with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. |
| 2 | 23-Feb-89 | 25-Feb-89 | Japan | Tokyo | Attended the funeral of Emperor Hirohito. Met with Emperor Akihito of Japan; the Kings of Belgium, Jordan, and Spain; the Presidents of Brazil, Egypt, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, Italy, Nigeria, the Philippines, Portugal, and Zaire; and the Prime Ministers of Japan, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, and Turkey. |
| 3 | 25-Feb-89 | 27-Feb-89 | People's Republic of China | Beijing | Met with President Yang and Prime Minister Li. Also met with Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia. |
| 4 | 27-Feb-89 | 27-Feb-89 | Korea | Seoul | Official visit; addressed the National Assembly. |
| 5 | 26-May-89 | 28-May-89 | Italy | Rome, Nettuno | Met with President Cossiga and Prime Minister De Mita. |
| 6 | 27-May-89 | 27-May-89 | Vatican City | Audience with Pope John Paul II. | |
| 7 | 28-May-89 | 30-May-89 | Belgium | Brussels | Attended NATO Summit Meeting. Present were the Heads of State and Government of Canada, Denmark, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. |
| 8 | 30-May-89 | 31-May-89 | Federal Republic of Germany | Bonn, Mainz | Met with Chancellor Kohl. |
| 9 | 31-May-89 | 2-Jun-89 | United Kingdom | London | Met with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Thatcher. |
| 10 | 9-Jul-89 | 11-Jul-89 | Poland | Warsaw, Gdansk | Met with government and Solidarity leaders. Addressed the National Assembly on July 10. |
| 11 | 11-Jul-89 | 13-Jul-89 | Hungary | Budapest | Met with Hungarian officials and delivered an address at Karl Marx University. |
| 12 | 13-Jul-89 | 17-Jul-89 | France | Paris | 15th G7 Summit; Also attended ceremonies for the Bicentennial of the French Revolution, and met with Ivorian President Houphouet-Boigny. |
| 13 | 17-Jul-89 | 18-Jul-89 | The Netherlands | The Hague, Leiden | Met with Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Lubbers and delivered a public address. |
| 14 | 27-Oct-89 | 28-Oct-89 | Costa Rica | San Jose | Attended Hemispheric Summit Meeting. |
| 15 | 1-Dec-89 | 3-Dec-89 | Malta | Valletta and Marsaxlokk Bay | Attended Summit Meeting (December 2–3) with Soviet Chairman Gorbachev. Met also with Maltese Prime Minister Fenech Adami. |
| 16 | 3-Dec-89 | 4-Dec-89 | Belgium | Brussels | Briefed NATO Heads of State and Government on the U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting. |
| 17 | 16-Dec-89 | 16-Dec-89 | France | St. Martin Island (French West Indies) | Informal meeting with President Mitterrand. |
| 18 | 15-Feb-90 | 15-Feb-90 | Colombia | Cartagena | Attended Summit Meeting on the control of illicit drug trafficking, with the Presidents of Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru. |
| 19 | 10-Apr-90 | 10-Apr-90 | Canada | Toronto | Informal meeting with Prime Minister Mulroney. |
| 20 | 13-Apr-90 | 14-Apr-90 | United Kingdom | Bermuda | Informal meeting with Prime Minister Thatcher. |
| 21 | 5-Jul-90 | 6-Jul-90 | United Kingdom | London | Attended NATO Summit Meeting. |
| 22 | 8-Sep-90 | 9-Sep-90 | Finland | Helsinki | Summit Meeting with Soviet President Gorbachev. Issued joint statement on the Persian Gulf crisis. Also met with President Koivisto. First trip with Boeing 747 |
| 23 | 17-Nov-90 | 17-Nov-90 | Czechoslovakia | Prague | Attended ceremonies commemorating the first anniversary of the "Velvet Revolution." Addressed the Federal Assembly. |
| 24 | 18-Nov-90 | 18-Nov-90 | Germany | Speyer, Ludwigshafen | Met with Chancellor Kohl. |
| 25 | 18-Nov-90 | 21-Nov-90 | France | Paris | Attended CSCE Summit Meeting and the signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. |
| 26 | 21-Nov-90 | 22-Nov-90 | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah, Dhahran | Met with King Fahd and the Amir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S. and British military personnel in eastern Saudi Arabia. |
| 27 | 22-Nov-90 | 23-Nov-90 | Egypt | Cairo | Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with President Mubarak. |
| 28 | 23-Nov-90 | 23-Nov-90 | Switzerland | Geneva | Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with Syrian President Assad. |
| 29 | 26-Nov-90 | 27-Nov-90 | Mexico | Monterrey, Agualeguas | State Visit. |
| 30 | 3-Dec-90 | 4-Dec-90 | Brazil | Brasília | Met with President Collor de Mello and addressed a Joint Session of the Brazilian Congress. |
| 31 | 4-Dec-90 | 5-Dec-90 | Uruguay | Montevideo | Met with President Lacalle and addressed a Joint Session of the Uruguayan Congress. |
| 32 | 5-Dec-90 | 6-Dec-90 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | Met with President Menem and addressed a Joint Session of the Argentinean Congress. |
| 33 | 6-Dec-90 | 7-Dec-90 | Chile | Santiago | Met with President Aylwin and addressed a Joint Session of the Chilean Congress. |
| 34 | 7-Dec-90 | 8-Dec-90 | Venezuela | Caracas | Met with President Perez. |
| 35 | 13-Mar-91 | 14-Mar-91 | Canada | Ottawa | Met with Prime Minister Mulroney and signed an Air Quality Agreement. |
| 36 | 14-Mar-91 | 14-Mar-91 | France (West Indies) | Martinique | Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Mitterrand. |
| 37 | 14-Mar-91 | 16-Mar-91 | United Kingdom | Bermuda | Discussed the Middle East peace process with Prime Minister Major. |
| 38 | 9-Jul-91 | 9-Jul-91 | Canada | Toronto | Informal meeting with Prime Minister Mulroney. |
| 39 | 14-Jul-91 | 14-Jul-91 | France | Rambouillet | Discussed further sanctions against Iraq with President Mitterrand. |
| 40 | 14-Jul-91 | 18-Jul-91 | United Kingdom | London | 17th G7 Summit; Also met with Soviet Ambassador |
| 41 | 18-Jul-91 | 20-Jul-91 | Greece | Athens, Souda Bay | Met with Prime Minister Mitsotakis; addressed U.S. and Greek military personnel. |
| 42 | 20-Jul-91 | 22-Jul-91 | Turkey | Ankara, Istanbul | Met with President Ozal. |
| 43 | 29-Jul-91 | 1-Aug-91 | U.S.S.R. | Moscow, Kiev | Attended U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting. Signed Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I). Addressed the Ukrainian Parliament. |
| 44 | 29-Oct-91 | 30-Oct-91 | Spain | Madrid | Met with Prime Minister Gonzalez, Soviet President Gorbachev and attended the opening session of the Middle East Peace Conference. |
| 45 | 6-Nov-91 | 8-Nov-91 | Italy | Rome | Attended NATO Summit Meeting. |
| 46 | 8-Nov-91 | 8-Nov-91 | Vatican City | Audience with Pope John Paul II. | |
| 47 | 8-Nov-91 | 9-Nov-91 | Netherlands | The Hague | Attended European Community Summit Meeting. |
| 48 | 31-Dec-91 | 3-Jan-92 | Australia | Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne | Met with Prime Minister Keating and senior Australian officials; addressed the Australian Parliament. |
| 49 | 3-Jan-92 | 5-Jan-92 | Singapore | Singapore | Met with President Wee and Prime Minister Goh; attended a meeting of the ASEAN Business Council. |
| 50 | 5-Jan-92 | 7-Jan-92 | Korea | Seoul | Met with President Roh and senior Korean officials, signed a science and technology agreement, addressed the Korean National Assembly, and visited U.S. military personnel. |
| 51 | 7-Jan-92 | 10-Jan-92 | Japan | Kyoto, Kashihara, Tokyo | Met with Emperor Akihito, Prime Minister Miyazawa, and senior Japanese officials. |
| 52 | 11-Jun-92 | 11-Jun-92 | Panama | Panama City | Met with President Endara and delivered public addresses. |
| 53 | 12-Jun-92 | 13-Jun-92 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Attended the Earth Summit Meeting. |
| 54 | 5-Jul-92 | 5-Jul-92 | Poland | Warsaw | Met with President Walesa and attended a memorial service for former Prime Minister Paderewski. |
| 55 | 5-Jul-92 | 8-Jul-92 | Germany | Munich | 18th G7 Summit; Also met with Russian President Yeltsin. |
| 56 | 8-Jul-92 | 10-Jul-92 | Finland | Helsinki | Attended a CSCE Summit Meeting. |
| 57 | 31-Dec-92 | 31-Dec-92 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Met with King Fahd |
| 58 | 31-Dec-92 | 2-Jan-93 | Somalia | Mogadishu, Baidoa, Baledogle | Visited international relief workers and U.S. military personnel. |
| 59 | 2-Jan-93 | 3-Jan-93 | Russia | Moscow | Signed START II Treaty. |
| 60 | 3-Jan-93 | 3-Jan-93 | France | Paris | Discussed the Bosnian crisis with President Mitterrand. |
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