# List of international presidential trips made by George H. W. Bush

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This is a list of international presidential trips made by George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. George H. W. Bush made 25 international trips to 37 countries during his presidency, which began on January 20, 1989 and ended on January 20, 1993.
Bush visited six continents: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. He initiated the frequent international travel pace that is the hallmark of the post–Cold War presidency. He went to Europe eleven times, Asia twice, and South America once, along with a number of shorter trips during his four years in office.

## Summary

The number of visits per country where President Bush travelled are:
* One visit to Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Mexico, Panama, Russia, Singapore, Somalia, Soviet Union, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay and Venezuela
* Two visits to Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Finland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea and Vatican City
* Three visits to Germany, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom
* Four visits to Canada
* Six visits to France

## 1989

| | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details |
| 1 | Canada | Ottawa | February 10 | Met with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. |
| 2 | Japan | Tokyo | February 23–25 | 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. |
| 2 | China | Beijing | February 25–27 | Met with President Yang Shangkun and Premier Li Peng. Also met with Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia. |
| 2 | South Korea | Seoul | February 27 | Official visit. Addressed the National Assembly. |
| 3 | Italy | Rome, Nettuno | May 26–28 | Met with President Francesco Cossiga and Prime Minister Ciriaco De Mita. |
| 3 | Vatican City | Apostolic Palalce | May 27 | Audience with Pope John Paul II. |
| 3 | Belgium | Brussels | May 28–30 | Attended the 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. |
| 3 | West Germany | Bonn, Mainz | May 30–31 | Met with Chancellor Helmut Kohl. |
| 3 | United Kingdom | London | May 31 – June 2 | Met with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. |
| 4 | Poland | Warsaw, Gdańsk | July 9–11 | Met with government and Solidarity leaders. Addressed the National Assembly. |
| 4 | Hungary | Budapest | July 11–13 | Met with Hungarian officials. Delivered an address at Karl Marx University. |
| 4 | France | Paris | July 13–17 | Attended the 15th G7 summit. Also attended ceremonies for the bicentennial of the French Revolution. Met with Ivorian President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. |
| 4 | Netherlands | The Hague Leiden | July 17–18 | Met with Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers. Delivered a public address. |
| 5 | Costa Rica | San José | October 27–28 | Attended the Hemispheric Summit Meeting. |
| 6 | Malta | Valletta, Marsaxlokk | December 1–3 | Attended the Summit Meeting with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Also met with Maltese Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami. |
| 6 | Belgium | Brussels | December 3–4 | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting, and briefed leaders on the Malta U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting. |
| 7 | France | Marigot, Saint Martin | December 16 | Informal meeting with President François Mitterrand. |

## 1990

| | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details |
| 8 | Colombia | Cartagena | February 15 | Attended the Summit Meeting on the Control of Illicit Drug Trafficking with the President Virgilio Barco Vargas, Bolivian President Jaime Paz Zamora and Peruvian President Alan García Pérez. |
| 9 | Canada | Toronto | April 10 | Informal meeting with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. |
| 10 | Bermuda | Hamilton | April 13–14 | Informal meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. |
| 11 | United Kingdom | London | July 5–6 | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. |
| 12 | Finland | Helsinki | September 8–9 | Attended Summit Meeting with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Issued joint statement on the Persian Gulf crisis. Also met with President Mauno Koivisto. |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia | Prague | November 17 | Attended ceremonies commemorating the first anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Addressed the Federal Assembly. |
| 13 | Germany | Speyer, Ludwigshafen | November 18 | Met with Chancellor Helmut Kohl. |
| 13 | France | Paris | November 18–21 | Attended the CSCE Summit Meeting and the signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah, Dhahran | November 21–22 | Met with King Fahd and the Emir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S. and British military personnel in eastern Saudi Arabia. |
| 13 | Egypt | Cairo | November 22–23 | Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with President Hosni Mubarak. |
| 13 | Switzerland | Geneva | November 23 | Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad. |
| 14 | Mexico | Monterrey, Agualeguas | November 26–27 | State visit. met with President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. |
| 15 | Brazil | Brasília | December 3–4 | Met with President Fernando Collor de Mello. Addressed a Joint Session of the Brazilian Congress. |
| 15 | Uruguay | Montevideo | December 4–5 | Met with President Luis Alberto Lacalle. Addressed a Joint Session of the Uruguayan Congress. |
| 15 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | December 5–6 | Met with President Carlos Menem. Addressed a Joint Session of the Argentinean Congress. |
| 15 | Chile | Santiago | December 6–7 | Met with President Patricio Aylwin. Addressed a Joint Session of the Chilean Congress. |
| 15 | Venezuela | Caracas | December 7–8 | Met with President Carlos Andrés Pérez. |

## 1991

| | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details |
| 16 | Canada | Ottawa | March 13–14 | Met with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Signed an Air Quality Agreement. |
| 16 | France | Fort-de-France, Martinique | March 14 | Discussed the Middle East peace process with President François Mitterrand. |
| 16 | Bermuda | Hamilton | March 14–16 | Discussed the Middle East peace process with Prime Minister John Major. |
| 17 | Canada | Toronto | July 9 | Informal Meeting with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. |
| 18 | France | Rambouillet | July 14 | Discussed further sanctions against Iraq with President François Mitterrand. |
| 18 | United Kingdom | London | July 14–18 | Attended the 17th G7 summit. Also met with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. |
| 18 | Greece | Athens, Souda Bay | July 18–20 | Met with Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis. Addressed U.S. and Greek military personnel. |
| 18 | Turkey | Ankara, Istanbul | July 20–21 | Met with President Turgut Ozal. |
| 19 | Soviet Union | Moscow, Kiev | July 29 – August 1 | Attended the U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting. Signed the first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Addressed the Ukrainian Parliament. |
| 20 | Spain | Madrid | October 29–30 | Met with Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez Marquez and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Attended the opening session of the Middle East Peace Conference. |
| 21 | Italy | Rome | November 6–8 | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. |
| 21 | Vatican City | Apostolic Palace | November 8 | Audience with Pope John Paul II. |
| 21 | Netherlands | The Hague | November 8–9 | Attended the European Community summit Meeting. |

## 1992–1993

| | Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details |
| 22 | Australia | Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne | December 31, 1991 – January 3 | Met with Prime Minister Paul Keating and senior Australian officials. Addressed the Australian Parliament. |
| 22 | Singapore | Singapore | January 3–5 | Met with President Wee Kim Wee and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Attended a meeting of the ASEAN Business Council. |
| 22 | South Korea | Seoul | January 5–7 | Met with President Roh Tae-woo and senior South Korean officials. Signed a science and technology agreement. Addressed the South Korean National Assembly. Visited U.S. military personnel. |
| 22 | Japan | Kyoto, Kashihara, Tokyo | January 7–10 | Met with Emperor Akihito, Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and senior Japanese officials. |
| 23 | Panama | Panama City | June 11 | Met with President Guillermo Endara. Delivered public addresses. |
| 23 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | June 12–13 | Attended the Earth Summit Meeting. |
| 24 | Poland | Warsaw | July 5 | Met with President Lech Wałęsa. Attended a memorial service for former Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski. |
| 24 | Germany | Munich | July 5–8 | Attended the 18th G7 summit. Also met with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. |
| 24 | Finland | Helsinki | July 8–10 | Attended the CSCE Summit Meeting. |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | December 31 | Met with King Fahd. |
| 25 | Somalia | Mogadishu, Baidoa, Baledogle | December 31 – January 2, 1993 | Visited international relief workers and U.S. military personnel. |
| 25 | Russia | Moscow | January 2–3 | Signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. |
| 25 | France | Paris | January 3–5 | Discussed the Bosnian crisis with President François Mitterrand. |

## Multilateral meetings

Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations took place during Grorge H. W. Bush's presidency (1989–1993).
| Group | Year | Year | Year | Year |
| Group | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
| G7 | July 14–16 Paris | July 9–11 Houston | July 15–17 London | July 8–10 Munich |
| NATO | May 29–30 Brussels | July 5–6 London | November 7–8 Rome | none |
| NATO | December 4 Brussels | July 5–6 London | November 7–8 Rome | none |
| OSCE | November 19–21 Paris | none | none | July 9–10 Helsinki |