| John Milton Hay |
Genoa, Nervi |
Vacation trip for health reasons. Left U.S. March 17. |
April 3–29, 1905 |
| Henry Lewis Stimson |
Rome |
Discussed the European debt crisis and disarmament with Prime Minister Mussolini
and Foreign Minister Grandi. Left U.S. June 27. |
July 9–14, 1931 |
| Edward Reilly Stettinius |
Naples |
Discussed postwar issues and policy toward Italy with Presidential adviser Harry
Hopkins. |
January 30–31, 1945 |
| George Catlett Marshall |
Rome, Castel Gandolfo |
Met with Prime Minister De Gasperi, Foreign Minister Sforza, and Pope Pius
XII. |
October 19, 1948 |
| Dean Gooderham Acheson |
Rome |
Attended 8th Session of the North Atlantic Council. |
November 23–December 4, 1951 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Rome |
Met with senior Italian officials. |
January 31–February 1, 1953 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Milan |
Met with Prime Minister Scelba while returning to U.S. Returned May 4. |
May 3, 1954 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Rome |
Met with President Gronchi and Foreign Minister Martino. Left Washington October
21. |
October 22–23, 1955 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Rome |
Met with President Gronchi and senior Italian officials. |
October 18–19, 1958 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Rome, Milan, Cadenabbia |
Met with Italian Prime Minister Fanfani and Foreign Minister Segni, and, on August
10, with German Chancellor Adenauer. |
August 9–10, 1961 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Rome |
Met with President Segni, Premier Fanfani, and senior Italian officials. |
June 23–24, 1962 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Rome, Naples |
Accompanied President Kennedy. |
June 30–July 2, 1963 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Rome |
Accompanied President Nixon. |
February 27–March 2, 1969 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Rome |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
May 24–28, 1970 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Rome, Naples |
Accompanied President Nixon on an official visit. |
September 27–30, 1970 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Rome |
Met with Foreign Minister Moro and senior Italian officials. |
May 8–9, 1971 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Rome |
Met with President Leone and senior Italian officials. |
July 10–11, 1972 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Rome |
Briefed Prime Minister Rumor on the U.S.-Soviet summit. |
July 5–6, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Rome |
Met with President Leone and Foreign Minister Moro. Addressed the World Food
Conference November 5. |
November 4–5, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Rome |
Accompanied President Ford. |
June 3, 1975 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Rome |
Met with President Pertini and Prime Minister Andreotti. |
May 27–29, 1979 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Rome |
Discussed international responses to the Iranian hostage crisis with President
Pertini and Prime Minister Cossiga. |
December 11, 1979 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Rome |
Discussed responses to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with President Pertini and
Foreign Minister Ruffini. |
February 20–21, 1980 |
| Edmund Sixtus Muskie |
Rome, Venice |
Accompanied President Carter on a State visit and to Economic Summit
Meeting. |
June 19–24, 1980 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
Rome |
Met with Foreign Minister Colombo. |
April 8, 1981 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
Rome |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
May 2–5, 1981 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
Rome |
Accompanied President Reagan on a State visit. |
June 7, 1982 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Rome |
Met with President Pertini and senior Italian officials. |
December 11–14, 1982 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Rome |
Met with Prime Minister Craxi and senior Italian officials. |
March 28–30, 1986 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Venice |
Accompanied President Reagan to the Economic Summit Meeting. |
June 3–11, 1987 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Rome |
Signed a Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement. |
April 1–3, 1988 |
| James Addison Baker |
Rome |
Met with Foreign Minister Andreotti. |
February 14–15, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
Rome |
Accompanied President Bush. Also met with South African Foreign Minister
Botha. |
May 26–28, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
Rome |
Met with senior Italian officials. |
September 15, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Milan |
Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with Foreign Minister DeMichelis. |
January 8, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Rome |
Accompanied President Bush to a NATO Summit Meeting. |
November 6–8, 1991 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Rome |
Discussed the Bosnian crisis with senior Italian officials. |
May 7, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Aviano |
Discussed the Bosnian conflict with U.S. and NATO military officials. |
August 6, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Rome |
Attended CSCE Conference. |
November 29–December 1, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Rome, Nettuno |
Accompanied President Clinton to meetings with Prime Minister Berlusconi, President
Scalfaro, and senior Italian officials. |
June 2–4, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Naples |
Accompanied President Clinton to the G-7 Economic Summit and to meetings with
Russian President Yeltsin. |
July 7–11, 1994 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Rome |
Met with Prime Minister Prodi and Foreign Minister Dini. |
February 16, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Rome |
Discussed the Kosovo crisis with Prime Minister Prodi and Foreign Minister
Dini. |
March 6–8, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Rome |
Discussed the Kosovo crisis with Foreign Minister Dini. |
March 24, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Rome |
Was to have attended wedding of Spokesman James Rubin; returned to Washington after
bombings of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. |
August 7, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Rome, Aviano |
Met with Foreign Minister Dini. Joined President Clinton July 30 at Aviano Air
Force Base for visit to Sarajevo. |
July 28–30, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Aviano |
Stopped en route to U.S. from Sarajevo. |
July 30, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Florence |
Accompanied President Clinton to conference on Progressive Governance for the 21st
Century. |
November 20–21, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Venice |
Attended Aspen Institute Italia "European Dialogue" conference; met with Foreign
Minister Dini. |
March 18–19, 2000 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Florence |
Attended NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting; NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council,
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, and NATO-Ukraine Commission meetings. |
May 24–26, 2000 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Rome |
Met with Foreign Minister Dini and Montenegrin President Djukanovic. |
July 31–August 2, 2000 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Rome |
Attended G-8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. |
July 17–19, 2001 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Rome |
Accompanied President Bush to a NATO Summit Meeting and the inauguration of the
NATO-Russia Council. |
May 28, 2002 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Rome |
Met with Foreign Minister Frattini. |
June 1–2, 2003 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Rome |
Accompanied President Bush. |
June 4–5, 2004 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Rome |
Met with Foreign Minister Fini. |
February 7–8, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Rome |
Attended a meeting of the Lebanon Core Group. |
July 25–26, 2006 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Rome |
Attended a Libya Contact Group Meeting. |
May 5–6, 2011 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Rome |
Met with Prime Minister Mario Monti, Foreign Minister Guilio de Sant’Agata, NATO
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and the Foreign Ministers of the Baltic States.
Also attended an Ad Hoc Meeting on Syria with Syrian Opposition leaders. |
February 27–March 1, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Rome |
Met with Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, and
Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni. |
May 8–9, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Rome |
Met with Prime Minister Enrico Letta and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu. |
October 22–24, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Rome |
Met with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini.
Attended a conference on International Support to Libya. |
March 5–6, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Rome |
Accompanied President Obama. |
March 25, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Rome |
Accompanied President Obama. |
March 27–28, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Rome |
Met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu. |
December 14–15, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Milan |
Commemorated World Food Day, visited the USA Pavilion at Malan EXPO 2015, and met
with Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni. |
October 16–17, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Rome |
Attended a Ministerial Meeting on Libya. |
December 12–15, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Rome |
Attended a Ministerial Meeting of the Small Group of the Global Coalition to
Counter ISIL. |
February 1–2, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Rome |
Met with Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu. |
June 25–27, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Rome |
Met with Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and attended the Rome Mediterranean
Dialogues. |
December 2–3, 2016 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Lucca |
Attended a G-7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. |
April 9–11, 2017 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Rome |
Accompanied President Trump. |
May 23–24, 2017 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Taormina |
Accompanied President Trump to the G-7 Economic Summit. |
May 25–26, 2017 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Rome |
Met with President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, and Foreign
Minister Luigi Di Maio. |
October 2, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Rome |
Met with Prime Minister Conte and Foreign Minister Di Maio. |
September 30–October 1, 2020 |
| Antony Blinken |
Rome |
Met with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Italian President Sergio
Mattarella. Also met and co-chaired a meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS
with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. Also met with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair
Lapid. |
June 27–28, 2021 |
| Antony Blinken |
Bari, Matera |
Attended the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. |
June 28–29, 2021 |
| Antony Blinken |
Rome |
Accompanied President Biden to the Summit of the G20 Heads of State and
Government. |
October 28–31, 2021 |
