Ethiopia - Travels of the President - Travels - Department
History
Ethiopia
| Name |
Locale |
Remarks |
Date |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Addis Ababa |
Met with Emperor Haile Selassie and senior Ethiopian officials. Addressed the
Organization of African Unity February 12. |
February 11–13, 1970 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Addis Ababa |
Met with Prime Minister Zenawi and discussed plans for an African crisis-response
force with OAU officials. |
October 9–11, 1996 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Addis Ababa |
Addressed the Economic Commission of the Organization of African Unity. |
December 8–10, 1997 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Addis Ababa |
Met with leaders of the African Great Lakes States and discussed the situation in
Somalia and the Sudan with representatives of the African Union and the UN. |
December 5–6, 2007 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Addis Ababa |
Addressed the African Union Assembly. Met with Chairperson Ping and Ethiopian Prime
Minister Zenawi. |
June 13–14, 2011 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Addis Ababa |
Attended the African Union Summit and commemorated the Golden Jubilee of the
Organization of African Unity. |
May 24–26, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Addis Ababa |
Co-convened the 4th Session of the U.S.-AU High Level Dialogue. Met with Somali
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. |
April 30–May 3, 2014 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Addis Ababa |
Met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Ethiopian Foreign Minister
Workneh Gebeyehu, and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki
Mahamat. |
March 6–8, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Addis Ababa |
Met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Sahle-Work Zewde. Also met with
African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat. |
February 17–19, 2020 |
| Antony Blinken |
Addis Ababa |
Met with Ethiopian officials and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki
Mahamat. |
March 14–16, 2023 |
