Visits to the U.S. by Foreign Heads of State and Government--2004
| Date |
Visitor |
Country |
Description |
| January 12-14, 2004 |
President Jose Maria Aznar |
Spain |
Working visit. |
| January 20, 2004 |
Interim President Adnan Pachachi |
Iraq |
Working visit. |
| January 26-27, 2004 |
President Aleksander Kwasniewski |
Poland |
Working visit. |
| January 27-28, 2004 |
Prime Minister Recep Erdogan |
Turkey |
Working visit. Also visited New York City. |
| February 4, 2004 |
President Jose Maria Aznar |
Spain |
Addressed a joint session of Congress. |
| February 9-12, 2004 |
Chairman Gyude Bryant |
Liberia |
Working visit. |
| February 15-21, 2004 |
President Zine al Abidine Ben Ali |
Tunisia |
Working visit. |
| February 22-26, 2004 |
President Mikheil Saakashvili |
Georgia |
Working visit. |
| February 26-27, 2004 |
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder |
Germany |
Working visit. |
| March 5-6, 2004 |
President Vicente Fox |
Mexico |
Official select visit. Met with President Bush at Crawford, Texas. |
| March 15-16, 2004 |
Prime Minister Jan Balkenende |
Netherlands |
Working visit. |
| March 16-18, 2004 |
Prime Minister Bertie Ahern |
Ireland |
Working visit. |
| March 22-25, 2004 |
President Alvaro Uribe |
Colombia |
Working visit. |
| March 27-30, 2004 |
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
Bulgaria |
Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. |
| March 28-30, 2004 |
Prime Minister Juhan Parts |
Estonia |
Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. |
| March 27-30, 2004 |
Prime Minister Indulis Emsis |
Latvia |
Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. |
| March 27-30, 2004 |
Prime Minister Algirdas Brasauskas |
Lithuania |
Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. |
| March 28-29, 2004 |
Prime Minister Adrian Nastase |
Romania |
Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. |
| March 27-29, 2004 |
Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda |
Slovakia |
Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. |
| March 28-30, 2004 |
Prime Minister Anton Rop |
Slovenia |
Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. |
| March 27-April 1, 2004 |
Prime Minister Fatos Nano |
Albania |
Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. |
| March 28-30, 2004 |
Prime Minister Ivo Sanader |
Croatia |
Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. |
| March 28-29, 2004 |
Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski |
Macedonia |
Working visit. Attended NATO Accession ceremony. |
| April 9-15, 2004 |
President Hosni Mubarak |
Egypt |
Official select visit. Met with President Bush April 12 at Crawford, Texas. |
| April 13-15, 2004 |
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon |
Israel |
Working visit. |
| April 16, 2004 |
Prime Minister Tony Blair |
United Kingdom |
Working visit. |
| April 27-28, 2004 |
Prime Minister Goran Persson |
Sweden |
Working visit. |
| April 28-30, 2004 |
Prime Minister Paul Martin |
Canada |
Working visit. |
| April 28-May 4, 2004 |
President Oscar Berger |
Guatemala |
Working visit. |
| May 3-7, 2004 |
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong |
Singapore |
Working visit. |
| May 5-7, 2004 |
King Abdullah II |
Jordan |
Working visit. |
| May 11-14, 2004 |
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos |
Angola |
Working visit. |
| May 18-19, 2004 |
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi |
Italy |
Working visit. |
| May 19-21, 2004 |
Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis |
Greece |
Working visit. |
| May 26, 2004 |
President El Hadj Omar Bongo |
Gabon |
Working visit. |
| May 25-27, 2004 |
President Francisco Flores Perez |
El Salvador |
Working visit. |
| May 27-28, 2004 |
Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
Denmark |
Working visit. |
| June 2-4, 2004 |
Prime Minister John Howard |
Australia |
Working visit. |
| June 7-11, 2005 |
President Ali Abdallah Salih |
Yemen |
Working visit. Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. |
| June 8-10, 2004 |
Prime Minister Paul Martin |
Canada |
Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. |
| June 8-10, 2004 |
President Jacques Chirac |
France |
Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. |
| June 8-11, 2004 |
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder |
Germany |
Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. |
| June 8-10, 2004 |
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi |
Italy |
Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. |
| June 8-10, 2004 |
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi |
Japan |
Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. |
| June 8-10, 2004 |
President Vladimir Putin |
Russia |
Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. |
| June 8-11, 2004 |
Prime Minister Tony Blair |
United Kingdom |
Attended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. |
| June 9-10, 2004 |
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
Algeria |
Met with President Bush during the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. |
| June 9-10, 2004 |
President John Agyokum Kufuor |
Ghana |
Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. |
| June 9-10, 2004 |
President Abdoulaye Wade |
Senegal |
Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. |
| June 9-10, 2004 |
President Yoweri Musaveni |
Uganda |
Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. |
| June 9-11, 2004 |
Interim President Ghazi al-Yawer |
Iraq |
Working visit. Met with President Bush during the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Met with members of Congress and attended the funeral of Former President Reagan, June 10-11. |
| June 9-11, 2004 |
Prime Minister Recep Erdogan |
Turkey |
Met with President Bush during the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. |
| June 10-11, 2004 |
President Olesegun Obsanjo |
Nigeria |
Met with President Bush during the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. |
| June 11, 2004 |
President Vaclav Klaus |
Czech Republic |
Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. |
| June 11, 2004 |
President Mary McAleese |
Ireland |
Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. |
| June 10-11, 2004 |
President Thabo Mbeki |
South Africa |
Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. |
| June 11, 2004 |
Prime Minister Keith Mitchell |
Grenada |
Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. |
| June 9-16, 2004 |
President Hamid Karzai |
Afghanistan |
Working visit. Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. Addressed a joint session of Congress June 15. |
| June 8-16, 2004 |
King Abdullah II |
Jordan |
Working visit. Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. |
| June 21-23, 2004 |
Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy |
Hungary |
Working visit. |
| July 5-7, 2004 |
Prime Minister David Oddsson |
Iceland |
Working visit. |
| July 7-8, 2004 |
King Mohamed VI |
Morocco |
Working visit. |
| July 12-13, 2004 |
President Elias Antonio Saca |
El Salvador |
Working visit. |
| July 14-21, 2004 |
President Natsagiyn Bagabandi |
Mongolia |
Working visit. |
| July 18-19, 2004 |
President Ricardo Lagos |
Chile |
Working visit. |
| July 18-20, 2004 |
Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi |
Malaysia |
Working visit. |
| July 18-21, 2004 |
Prime Minister Adrian Nastase |
Romania |
Working visit. |
| August7- 9, 2004 |
Prime Minister Marek Belka |
Poland |
Working visit. |
| September 21-24, 2004 |
Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi |
Iraq |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. Addressed a joint session of Congress September 23. Returned to the UN afterward. |
| September 21, 2004 |
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi |
Japan |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
| September 22, 2004 |
President Hamid Karzai |
Afghanistan |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
| September 21-22, 2004 |
President Pervez Musharraf |
Pakistan |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
| September 21, 2004 |
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh |
India |
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
| November 12-13, 2004 |
Prime Minister Tony Blair |
United Kingdom |
Working visit. |
| November 24, 2004 |
King Juan Carlos I |
Spain |
Official select visit. Met with President Bush in Crawford, Texas. |
| November 29, 2004 |
King Hamad Bin Isa Bin Salman al-Khalifa |
Bahrain |
Working visit. |
| December 2-3, 2004 |
President Olusegun Obsanjo |
Nigeria |
Working visit. |
| December 3-4, 2004 |
President Pervez Musharraf |
Pakistan |
Working visit. |
| December 5-9, 2004 |
King Abdullah II |
Jordan |
Working visit. |
| December 3-9, 2004 |
President Ghazi al-Yawer |
Iraq |
Working visit. |
| December 5-7, 2004 |
President Abdoulaye Wade |
Senegal |
Working visit. |
| December 15, 2004 |
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi |
Italy |
Working visit. |
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