page_title: List of international trips made by the United States Secretary of State
section_title: Alexander Haig
hierarchical_section_title: List of international trips made by the United States Secretary of State / Alexander Haig
caption_attribution_description: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom is welcomed by Secretary of State Alexander Haig upon arrival for a visit to the United States.
context_page_description: This is a list of international visits undertaken by the United States secretary of state. The list includes both private travel and official state visits. The list includes only foreign travel which the secretaries of state have made during their tenure in the position.
  The first secretary of state who made a trip abroad was William H. Seward, who visited the Danish West Indies in 1866. In the early years, most secretary of state visits took place in the North, Central, and South American countries and in the Caribbean. John Hay was the first secretary of state to visit Europe. Philander C. Knox was the first to go to Asia. Cordell Hull was the first to go to Africa. Dean Rusk was the first to go to Oceania.
context_section_description: Alexander Haig (in office 1981–1982)
caption: Secretary Alexander Haig welcoming British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the United States
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