Office of the Historian

Visits By Foreign Leaders in 2011

VisitorFromDescriptionDate
President Nicolas SarkozyFranceWorking visit.January 9–10, 2011
Prime Minister Saad HaririLebanonWorking visit.January 12, 2011
President Mikheil SaakashviliGeorgiaAttended the Richard Holbrooke Memorial Service.January 14, 2011
President Asif Ali ZardariPakistanAttended the Richard Holbrooke Memorial Service.January 14, 2011
President Hu JintaoChina, People’s Republic ofState Visit. Also visited Chicago, Illinois, Jan. 20–21.January 18–20, 2011
Prime Minister Stephen HarperCanadaWorking visit.February 4, 2011
Prime Minister Borut PahorSloveniaWorking visit.February 9, 2011
President Felipe CalderonMexicoWorking visit.March 3, 2011
Prime Minister Julia GillardAustraliaWorking visit. Addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress.March 7, 2011
Prime Minister Lars RasmussenDenmarkWorking visit.March 14, 2011
Prime Minister Enda KennyIrelandWorking visit.March 17, 2011
President Shimon PeresIsraelWorking visit.April 4–5, 2011
President Juan Manuel SantosColombiaWorking visit.April 7, 2011
Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-ThaniQatarWorking visit.April 13–14, 2011
President Ricardo MartinelliPanamaWorking visit.April 28, 2011
King Abdullah IIJordanWorking visit.May 17, 2011
Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuIsraelWorking visit. Addressed a joint session of Congress May 24.May 20–25, 2011
Chancellor Angela MerkelGermanyOfficial Visit.June 6–7, 2011
President Goodluck JonathanNigeriaWorking visit.June 8, 2011
President Ali Ben Bongo OdimbaGabonWorking visit.June 9, 2011
President Tsakhia ElbegdorjMongoliaWorking visit.June 16, 2011
President-elect Ollanta HumalaPeruWorking visit.July 6, 2011
Prime Minister John KeyNew ZealandWorking visit.July 22, 2011
President Alpha CondeGuineaWorking visit.July 29, 2011
President Mahamadou IssoufouNigerWorking visit.July 29, 2011
President Alassane Dramane OuattaraCote d’IvoireWorking visit.July 29, 2011
President Thomas Boni YayiBeninWorking visit.July 29, 2011
President Hamid KarzaiAfghanistanMet with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City.September 20, 2011
President Dilma RousseffBrazilMet with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City.September 20, 2011
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoğanTurkeyMet with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City.September 20, 2011
Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuIsraelMet with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City.September 21, 2011
Prime Minister Yoshihiko NodaJapanMet with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City.September 21, 2011
Prime Minister David CameronUnited KingdomMet with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City.September 21, 2011
President Nicolas SarkozyFranceMet with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City.September 21, 2011
President Salva Kiir MayarditSouth SudanMet with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City.September 21, 2011
President Porfirio LoboHondurasWorking visit.October 5, 2011
Prime Minister Beji Caid EssebsiTunisiaWorking visitOctober 7, 2011
President Lee Myung-bakSouth KoreaState Visit. Also visited Lake Orion, MichiganOctober 12–14, 2011
Prime Minister Jens StoltenbergNorwayWorking visit.October 20, 2011
Prime Minister Petr NecasCzech RepublicWorking visit.October 27, 2011
President Anibal Cavaco SilvaPortugalWorking visit.November 9, 2011
Prime Minister Yoshihiko NodaJapanAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
President Dimitry A. MedvedevRussiaAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
President Hu JintaoChina, People’s Republic ofAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
Prime Minister Stephen HarperCanadaAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
President Ollanta HumalaPeruAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
President Benigno Aquino 3rdPhilippinesAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
President Lee Myung-bakSouth KoreaAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
President Sebastian PineraChileAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
President Truong Tan SangVietnamAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
President Susilo Bambang YudhoyonoIndonesiaAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
Prime Minister Julia GillardAustraliaAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
Prime Minister Lee Hsien LoongSingaporeAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
Prime Minister Najib ben Abdul RazakMalaysiaAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
Prime Minister Peter Paire O’NeillPapua New GuineaAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
Sultan Hassanal BolkiahBrunei DarussalamAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
Prime Minister Mark RutteNetherlandsWorking visit.November 28–29, 2011
Prime Minister Stephen HarperCanadaWorking visit.December 7, 2011
Prime Minister Nuri al-MalikiIraqWorking visit.December 12, 2011