Saudi Arabia

NameLocaleRemarksDate
John Foster DullesRiyadh, DhahranMet with King Ibn Saud and senior Saudi officials.May 18–19, 1953
William Pierce RogersRiyadhMet with King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf.May 1–2, 1971
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) KissingerRiyadhMet with King Faisal and senior Saudi officials.November 8–9, 1973
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) KissingerRiyadhMet with King Faisal to discuss the Middle East peace process.December 14, 1973
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) KissingerRiyadhBriefed King Faisal on the Syrian-Israeli peace process.March 2, 1974
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) KissingerRiyadhBriefed King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf on the Israeli-Syrian negotiations.May 9, 1974
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) KissingerJiddaAccompanied President Nixon.June 14–15, 1974
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) KissingerRiyadhReviewed the Middle East peace process with King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf.October 13, 1974
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) KissingerRiyadhDiscussed the Middle East peace process with King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf.November 6, 1974
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) KissingerRiyadhBriefed King Faisal on the Middle East peace process.February 15, 1975
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) KissingerRiyadhMet with King Faisal to review the Middle East peace process and bilateral relations.March 19, 1975
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) KissingerTaifBriefed King Khalid on the Middle East peace process.September 2, 1975
Cyrus Roberts VanceRiyadhMet with Crown Prince Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud; reviewed the Middle East peace process.February 19–20, 1977
Cyrus Roberts VanceTaifReviewed the Middle East peace process with King Khalid and senior Saudi officials.August 7–9, 1977
Cyrus Roberts VanceRiyadhReviewed the Middle East peace process.December 14–15, 1977
Cyrus Roberts VanceRiyadhAccompanied President Carter.January 3–4, 1978
Cyrus Roberts VanceRiyadhReviewed the Camp David Accords with King Khalid and Crown Prince Fahd.September 21–24, 1978
Alexander Meigs HaigRiyadhDiscussed the Middle East peace process and AWACS sales with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.April 7–8, 1981
George Pratt ShultzJiddaDiscussed the proposed Israeli-Lebanon agreement with Foreign Minister Prince Saud.May 8, 1983
George Pratt ShultzJiddaDiscussed means of withdrawing foreign forces from Lebanon.July 4–5, 1983
George Pratt ShultzJeddahMet with King Fahd.October 17, 1987
George Pratt ShultzQasimMet with King Fahd.April 7, 1988
James Addison BakerJeddah, TaifMet with King Fahd and with Emir al-Sabah of Kuwait; discussed financing of U.S. military presence. Visited U.S. military personnel.September 6–7, 1990
James Addison BakerJeddah, TaifMet with King Fahd, Foreign Minister Prince Saud, and the Emir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S. military personnel.November 4–6, 1990
James Addison BakerJeddahAccompanied President Bush to meetings with King Fahd and the Amir of Kuwait.November 21–22, 1990
James Addison BakerRiyadhDiscussed the Persian Gulf crisis with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.January 10–11, 1991
James Addison BakerTaifDiscussed the Persian Gulf crisis with the Amir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S. military personnel in eastern Saudi Arabia.January 11, 1991
James Addison BakerTaif, RiyadhMet with the Amir of Kuwait and with the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Syria, and the Gulf Cooperation Council.March 8–10, 1991
James Addison BakerJeddahDiscussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.April 21–22, 1991
James Addison BakerJeddahDiscussed a Middle East peace conference with King Fahd.July 20–21, 1991
James Addison BakerJeddahDiscussed the Middle East peace process and the Iraq crisis with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.July 23–24, 1992
Warren Minor ChristopherRiyadhDiscussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd.February 21–22, 1993
Warren Minor ChristopherRiyadhMet with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council.April 27, 1994
Warren Minor ChristopherKing Khalid Military City, RiyadhAccompanied President Clinton to a meeting with King Fahd.October 28–29, 1994
Warren Minor ChristopherJeddahMet with the Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers and discussed the situation in Iraq with King Fahd.March 12, 1995
Warren Minor ChristopherDhahranMet with Foreign Minister Prince Saud and with U.S. and Saudi military personnel.June 26, 1996
Madeleine Korbel AlbrightJeddah, Abha, Prince Sultan Air BaseMet with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah, with Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers, and visited U.S. military personnel.September 13–14, 1997
Madeleine Korbel AlbrightRiyadhDiscussed the Iraq crisis with senior Saudi officials.November 16–17, 1997
Madeleine Korbel AlbrightRiyadhDiscussed the Iraq crisis with Crown Prince Abdullah.February 1–2, 1998
Madeleine Korbel AlbrightRiyadh, Prince Sultan Air BaseDiscussed the Iraq crisis with King Fahd and senior Saudi officials and addressed U.S. military personnel.January 27–28, 1999
Madeleine Korbel AlbrightRiyadhMet with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah.December 6–7, 1999
Madeleine Korbel AlbrightRiyadhDiscussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd and senior officials; also met with Syrian President Bashar Assad.October 17–18, 2000
Colin Luther PowellRiyadhMet with senior Saudi officials.February 26, 2001
Colin Luther PowellRiyadhMet with Crown Prince Abdullah and visited the Vinnell Compound after a terrorist attack.May 13, 2003
Colin Luther PowellRiyadhMet with Crown Prince Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.March 19, 2004
Colin Luther PowellJeddahMet with Crown Prince Abdullah, Foreign Minister Prince Saud, and Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi.July 28–29, 2004
Condoleezza RiceRiyadhMet with Crown Prince Abdullah and senior Saudi officials.June 20–21, 2005
Condoleezza RiceJeddahAttended a Strategic Dialogue meeting and met with Foreign Minister Prince Saud.November 12–13, 2005
Condoleezza RiceRiyadhMet with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.February 22–23, 2006
Condoleezza RiceJeddahMet with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.October 2–3, 2006
Condoleezza RiceRiyadhMet with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud.January 15–16, 2007
Condoleezza RiceJeddahMet with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Saud.August 1, 2007
Condoleezza RiceRiyadhAccompanied President Bush.  Met with Foreign Minister Prince Saud.January 14–15, 2008
Condoleezza RiceRiyadhAccompanied President Bush.May 16–17, 2008
Hillary Rodham ClintonRiyadh, JeddahMet with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. Visited the Organization of the Islamic Conference headquarters and made a speech at the Dar Al-Hekma College in Jeddah on February 16.February 15–16, 2010
Hillary Rodham ClintonRiyadhMet with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. Attended the First Ministerial Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council-U.S. Strategic Cooperation Forum.March 30–31, 2012
John Forbes KerryRiyadhMet with the Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers and with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal.March 3–4, 2013
John Forbes KerryJeddahMet with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal.June 25–26, 2013
John Forbes KerryRiyadhMet with Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud.November 3–4, 2013
John Forbes KerryRiyadhMet with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Said.January 5–6, 2014
John Forbes KerryRiyadhAccompanied President Obama.March 28–29, 2014
John Forbes KerryJeddahMet with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and Syrian Opposition Coalition President Ahmad Jarba.June 27, 2014
John Forbes KerryJeddahMet with King Abdullah, attended a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Regional Partners, and met with representatives of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.September 11–12, 2014
John Forbes KerryRiyadhAccompanied President Obama to offer condolences to King Salman bin Abd al Aziz bin Saud after the passing of King Abdullah.January 27, 2015
John Forbes KerryRiyadhMet with King Salman and Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and attended a meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers.March 4–6, 2015
John Forbes KerryRiyadhMet with King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, and Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.May 6–7, 2015
John Forbes KerryRiyadhMet with King Salman, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.October 24, 2015
John Forbes KerryRiyadhMet with Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, members of the Syrian Opposition’s High Negotiations Committee, and with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council states.January 23–25, 2016
John Forbes KerryHafr al-BatinMet with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud, and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir.March 11–12, 2016
John Forbes KerryRiyadhAttended a Gulf Cooperation Council Summit Meeting with President Obama.April 21, 2016
John Forbes KerryJeddah, Al WajhMet with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud.May 15, 2016
John Forbes KerryJeddahMet with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council and of the United Kingdom, and the UN Special Envoy for Yemen.August 24–25, 2016
John Forbes KerryRiyadhMet with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and with the Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia and Oman.December 17–19, 2016
Rex W. TillersonRiyadhAccompanied President Trump.May 20–22, 2017
Rex W. TillersonJeddahMet with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and the Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt.July 11–12, 2017
Rex W. TillersonRiyadhMet with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. Attended the first meeting of the Saudi Arabia-Iraq Coordination Council.October 21–22, 2017
Michael R. PompeoRiyadhMet with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir.April 28–29, 2018
Michael R. PompeoRiyadhMet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir regarding the investigation into the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi.October 15–17, 2018
Michael R. PompeoJeddahMet with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.June 23–24, 2019
Michael R. PompeoJeddahMet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.September 18, 2019
Michael R. PompeoRiyadhDiscussed regional and bilateral issues with Saudi leadership.February 19–21, 2020
Michael R. PompeoRiyadhMet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.November 22, 2020
Antony BlinkenJeddahAccompanied President Biden to a Summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council.July 15–16, 2022
Antony BlinkenJeddah, RiyadhMet with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, participated in a U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministerial, and co-hosted a Ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.June 6–8, 2023
Antony BlinkenRiyadhMet with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman.October 14–15, 2023