United States presidential visits to Portugal and Spain

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Several United States presidents have made presidential visits to Portugal and Spain over the past half-century. Three presidents visited either Portugal or Spain, and five visited both while in office.

 Portugal

President Dates Locations Notes
Dwight D. Eisenhower May 19–20, 1960 Lisbon Official Visit. Met with President Américo Tomás.[1]
Richard Nixon December 13–14, 1971 Terceira Island Discussed international monetary problems with French President Georges Pompidou and Portuguese Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano.[2]
June 18–19, 1974 Lajes Field Met with President António de Spínola.[2]
Jimmy Carter June 26–30, 1980 Lisbon Official Visit. Met with President António Ramalho Eanes and Prime Minister Francisco de Sá Carneiro.[3]
Ronald Reagan May 8–10, 1985 Lisbon State Visit. Met with President António Ramalho Eanes and Prime Minister Mário Soares. Addressed the National Assembly.[4]
Bill Clinton May 30 – June 1, 2000 Lisbon Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. Met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.[5]
George W. Bush March 16, 2003 Terceira Island Discussed the Iraq crisis with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar and Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Barroso.[6]
Barack Obama November 19–20, 2010 Lisbon Attended the NATO Summit Meeting and the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. Met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister José Sócrates.[7]

 Spain

President Dates Locations Notes
Dwight D. Eisenhower December 21–22, 1959 Madrid Met with Generalissimo Francisco Franco.[1]
Richard Nixon October 2–3, 1970 Madrid State Visit. Met with Generalissimo Francisco Franco.[2]
Gerald Ford May 31 – June 1, 1975 Madrid Met with Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Received keys to city from Mayor of Madrid, Miguel Angel García-Lomas Mata.[8]
Jimmy Carter June 25–26, 1980 Madrid Official Visit. Met with King Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez.[3]
Ronald Reagan May 6–8, 1985 Madrid State Visit. Met with King Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister Felipe González.[4]
George H. W. Bush October 29–30, 1991 Madrid Met with Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez Marquez and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Attended the opening session of the Middle East Peace Conference.[9]
Bill Clinton December 2–3, 1995 Madrid Attended the European Union Summit Meeting.[5]
July 4–10, 1997 Palma de Majorca,
Madrid,
Granada		 Vacationed with King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sophia. Attended the NATO Summit Meeting in Madrid.[5]
George W. Bush June 12–13, 2001 Madrid Met with King Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister José María Aznar.[6]

See also

References

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