Greece - Travels of the President - Travels - Department
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Greece
| Name |
Locale |
Remarks |
Date |
| George Catlett Marshall |
Athens |
Met with Prime Minister Sophoulis and senior Greek officials. |
October 16–18, 1948 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Athens |
Met with Prime Minister Papagos and senior Greek officials. |
May 27–28, 1953 |
| Christian Archibald Herter |
Athens |
Met with King Paul I and Prime Minister Karamanlis. |
May 5, 1960 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Athens |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
May 2–6, 1962 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Athens |
Met with Premier Papadopoulas and senior Greek officials. |
July 4–5, 1972 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Athens |
Met with Prime Minister Karamanlis and senior Greek officials. |
January 21–22, 1978 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
Athens |
Official visit. Met with President Karamanlis, Prime Minister Papandreou, and
senior Greek officials. |
May 15–16, 1982 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Athens |
Discussed defense issues with Prime Minister Papandreou and senior Greek
officials. |
March 25–28, 1986 |
| James Addison Baker |
Athens |
Met with Prime Minister Papandreou and Foreign Minister Papoulias. |
February 14, 1989 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Athens |
Attended NATO and NACC Ministerial Meetings. |
June 9–12, 1993 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Athens |
Accompanied President Clinton on a State visit. |
November 19–20, 1999 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Athens |
Met with Foreign Minister Bakoyannis. |
April 25, 2006 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Athens |
Met with President Papoulios, Prime Minister Panandreou, and Foreign Minister
Lambrinidis. Signed a memorandum of understanding to preserve Greece’s cultural
heritage. |
July 17–18, 2011 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Athens |
Met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. Visited
migrants and volunteers. |
December 4, 2015 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Athens |
Met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, and
Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos. |
October 5, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Thessaloniki, Crete |
Met with Prime Minister Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister Dendias. |
September 28–29, 2020 |
| Antony Blinken |
Athens |
Met with Prime Minister Mitsotakis and launched the fourth round of the U.S.-Greece
Strategic Dialogue. |
February 20–22, 2023 |
