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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama made 52 international trips to 58 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his presidency, which began on January 20, 2009 and ended on January 20, 2017. [1]
Obama set the record as the most-traveled president for any first year in office: he took the most trips, visited the most countries, and spent the most days abroad. Obama made ten trips to 21 countries (four countries were visited twice) and was out of the U.S. a total of 37 days.
The number of visits per country where President Obama traveled are:
Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image | |
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1 | Canada | Ottawa | February 19 | Met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Leader of the Opposition Michael Ignatieff. As Obama's first foreign trip, it was regarded in media as a "practice visit" for future diplomatic travel. [2] [3] [4] | |
2 | United Kingdom | London | March 31 – April 3 | Attended the second G-20 summit. [5] Met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, [6] Leader of the Opposition David Cameron, [7] and with Queen Elizabeth II. [8] [9] | |
France Germany | Strasbourg, Baden-Baden, Kehl | April 3–4 | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. [10] [11] [12] [13] | ||
Czech Republic | Prague | April 4–5 | Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. Met with President Václav Klaus. Delivered public speech on nuclear disarmament in Hradčany Square. [14] [15] | ||
Turkey | Ankara, Istanbul | April 5–7 | Met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, delivered a speech to the Grand National Assembly, and participated in a wreath laying ceremony at Anitkabir Mausoleum. [16] He also met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Istanbul, [17] attended the Alliance of Civilizations forum, [18] visited the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque, and held a town hall with students at the Tophane Cultural Center. [19] [20] [21] [22] | ||
Iraq | Baghdad | April 7–8 | Met with President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Visited with U.S. troops. [23] [24] | ||
3 | Mexico | Mexico City | April 16–17 | Met with President Felipe Calderón. [25] [26] | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | April 17–18 | Attended the 5th Summit of the Americas. [27] [28] | ||
4 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | June 3–4 | Met with King Abdullah and discussed various regional issues. [29] [30] | |
Egypt | Cairo | June 4 | Met with President Hosni Mubarak. Toured the Giza Pyramids and the Sultan Hassan Mosque. Delivered a speech at Cairo University. [29] [31] | ||
Germany | Dresden, Weimar, Landstuhl | June 4–5 | Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Visited the Buchenwald concentration camp and visited wounded U.S. military personnel at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. [32] | ||
France | Paris, Caen, Normandy | June 5–7 | Met with President Nicolas Sarkozy and dedicated the new visitor center at the U.S. Military Cemetery in Normandy. Dignitaries joining with them to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day included British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. [33] [34] | ||
5 | Russia | Moscow | July 6–8 | Met with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Also delivered a speech to the New Economic School, and met with dissidents and opposition leaders. [35] | |
Italy | L'Aquila, Rome | July 8–10 | Attended the 35th G8 summit. Met Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Also met with President Giorgio Napolitano. [36] | ||
Vatican City | Apostolic Palace | July 10 | Audience with Pope Benedict XVI, discussed issues such as poverty, stem-cell research, peace in the Middle East, and the need for Christian-Muslim dialogue. [37] | ||
Ghana | Accra, Cape Coast | July 10–11, 2009 | Met with President John Atta Mills. Delivered a speech to the Ghanaian Parliament. Toured a former departing point of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the Cape Coast Castle. [36] | ||
6 | Mexico | Guadalajara | August 9–10 | Attended the 5th North American Leaders' Summit with President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. [38] | |
7 | Denmark | Copenhagen | October 2 | Met with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Addressed a session of the International Olympic Committee in support of the Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [39] | |
8 | Japan | Tokyo | November 13–14 | Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, and made a speech at the Suntory Hall. [40] [41] in Tokyo. [42] | |
Singapore | Singapore | November 14–15 | Attended the APEC summit. [43] [44] Also met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. [42] | ||
China | Shanghai, Beijing | November 15–18 | Met with Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng and Mayor Han Zheng. [42] Took part in a town-hall style meeting with Chinese students, addressing a range of issues such as internet censorship and U.S. arms deals with Taiwan. [45] [46] Held a bilateral meeting with President Hu Jintao, and met with Premier Wen Jiabao. [42] Also visited the Forbidden City [47] and the Great Wall of China. [48] [49] | ||
South Korea | Seoul, Osan | November 18–19 | Met with President Lee Myung-bak. [50] [51] Visited with U.S. troops at Osan Air Base. [52] | ||
9 | Norway | Oslo | December 9–11 | Met with King Harald V and Queen Sonja. Received the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. [53] [54] | |
10 | Denmark | Copenhagen | December 17–19 | Attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Also met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, [55] and with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss completing a nuclear disarmament treaty to replace the 1994 START I Treaty. [56] |
Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image | |
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11 | Afghanistan | Bagram, Kabul | March 28-29 | Met with President Hamid Karzai. Addressed U.S. military personnel. [57] | |
United Kingdom | RAF Mildenhall | March 29 | Stopped en route to Washington D.C. [58] | ||
12 | Czech Republic | Prague | April 8 | Signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Also met with the presidents of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, and Romania; and with the prime ministers of Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia at a formal dinner. [59] | |
13 | Canada | Toronto, Huntsville | June 25–27 | Attended the 36th G8 summit and the G-20 summit meetings. [60] [61] | |
14 | Germany | Ramstein Air Base | November 5 | Met with military generals. Stopped en route to India. [62] [63] | |
India | Mumbai, New Delhi | November 6–9 | Participated in the U.S.-India Business Council and Entrepreneurship Summit, commemorated the 2008 Mumbai attacks, visited the Mani Bhavan Museum, and held a town hall meeting at St Xavier's College in Mumbai. Met with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Addressed the Indian Parliament. Visited the Humayun's Tomb and the Raj Ghat. [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [2] | ||
Indonesia | Depok, Jakarta | November 9–10 | Met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Visited the Istiqlal Mosque and delivered a speech at the University of Indonesia. [73] [74] [75] [76] | ||
South Korea | Seoul | November 10–12 | Attended a Veterans Day ceremony at the Yongsan Garrison and met with President Lee Myung-bak. Attended the G-20 summit meeting. [77] [78] [79] [80] | ||
Japan | Yokohama, Kamakura | November 12–14 | Attended the APEC summit. Met with Prime Minister Naoto Kan. [81] [82] | ||
15 | Portugal | Lisbon | November 19–20 | Attend the NATO summit and U.S.-EU Summit meetings. Met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister José Sócrates. Attended a meeting of the North Atlantic Council, and met with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on the sidelines. [83] [84] [85] | |
16 | Afghanistan | Bagram | December 3 | Met with U.S. military and diplomatic personnel, thanking them for their contributions to the war effort. [86] [87] | |
Germany | Ramstein Air Base | December 4 | Stopped upon returning to Washington D.C. |
Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image | |
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17 | Brazil | Brasília, Rio de Janeiro | March 19–21 | Met with President Dilma Rousseff. Spoke in Rio de Janeiro at the Theatro Municipal, and also visited the favela Cidade de Deus, one of that city's most impoverished neighborhoods. [88] [89] [90] [91] | |
Chile | Santiago | March 21–22 | Met with President Sebastián Piñera. [92] [93] [94] Spoke in Santiago at the Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda. | ||
El Salvador | San Salvador | March 22–23 | Met with President Mauricio Funes. Visited the San Salvador Cathedral and the tomb of archbishop Óscar Romero. [95] [96] [97] | ||
18 | Ireland | Dublin, Moneygall | May 23 | Met President Mary McAleese and with Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Visited ancestral home of Moneygall, [98] and spoke at College Green in Dublin. [99] [100] [101] [102] | |
United Kingdom | London | May 23–26 | Met with Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister David Cameron, and also opposition leader Ed Miliband. Laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey and addressed the UK Parliament. [103] [104] [105] | ||
France | Deauville, Paris | May 26–27 | Attended the 37th G8 summit, where he also held bilateral talks with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy. [106] [107] [108] | ||
Poland | Warsaw | May 27–28 | Met with President Bronisław Komorowski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and with Central and Eastern European leaders during a dinner hosted by President Komorowski. Laid a wreath at both the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, and met with Jewish community leaders and Holocaust survivors at the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial. Visited the memorial to the victims of the Smolensk plane crash. [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] | ||
19 | France | Cannes | November 3–4 | Attended the G-20 summit meeting, also held bilateral talks with French president Nicolas Sarkozy, German chancellor Angela Merkel and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina. [115] [116] | |
20 | Australia | Canberra, Darwin | November 16–17 | Met with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and addressed the Australian Parliament. At Darwin, commemorated the 60th anniversary of the ANZUS alliance, and participated in a wreath laying ceremony with Prime Minister Gillard at USS Peary Memorial. [117] [118] [119] | |
Indonesia | Bali | November 17–19 | Attended the 19th ASEAN summit and 6th East Asia Summit meetings. [120] [121] [122] [123] [124] |
Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image | |
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21 | South Korea | Seoul | March 25–27 | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit; held bilateral meetings with President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea, Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey, President Medvedev of Russia, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Hu Jintao of China and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan. Visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and delivered remarks at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul. [125] [126] [127] | |
22 | Colombia | Cartagena | April 13–15 | Attended the 6th Summit of the Americas. [128] [129] [130] [131] Announced, along with President Juan Manuel Santos, that the United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement will take effect May 15, 2012. [132] Attended an event with President Santos in which the Colombian government handed over land titles to representatives of the Afro-Colombian community at the Plaza de San Pedro in Cartagena, [133] and visited the Spanish colonial-era Castillo San Felipe de Barajas. [134] | |
23 | Afghanistan | Kabul | May 1–2 | Met with President Karzai and addressed U.S. military personnel. Signed a long-term strategic partnership agreement between Afghanistan and United States. Addressed the nation from there regarding the responsible end of the Afghanistan war. [135] [136] [137] | |
Germany | Ramstein Air Base | May 2 | Stopped upon returning to Washington D.C. | ||
24 | Mexico | Cabo San Lucas | June 17–19 | Attended the G-20 summit meeting; also met with several European heads of state and government to discuss the European sovereign-debt crisis, [138] and held bilateral meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mexican President Felipe Calderón, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. [139] [140] [141] | |
25 | Germany | Ramstein Air Base | November 17-18 | Stopped en route to Thailand. [2] | |
Thailand | Bangkok | November 18–19 | Met with King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. [142] [143] [144] [145] Visited the Wat Pho Monastery. [146] [147] | ||
Myanmar (Burma) | Yangon | November 19 | Met with President Thein Sein, and toured the Shwedagon Pagoda. [148] Met with National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and representatives of Myanmar civil society organizations, including an advocate for Myanmar’s Rohingya population, [149] Also delivered a speech at the University of Yangon. [150] [151] | ||
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | November 19–20 | Attended 21st ASEAN summit; 7th East Asia Summit where he held bilateral meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao; and Trans-Pacific Partnership meetings. Met with Prime Minister Hun Sen. Becoming the first U.S President to visit the country. [152] [153] [154] | ||
Japan | Yokota Air Base | November 21 | Stopped during return to Washington D.C.. [2] |
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26 | Israel | Tel Aviv, Jerusalem | March 20–22 | Met with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Visited the Shrine of the Book and Yad Vashem, and laid wreaths at the graves of Theodor Herzl and Yitzhak Rabin. Also spoke to students at the International Convention Center. [155] [156] | |
Palestinian National Authority (West Bank) | Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Bethlehem | March 21, 22 | Met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. Visited a youth center in al-Bireh, and the Church of the Nativity. [156] | ||
Jordan | Amman, Petra | March 22–23 | Met with King Abdullah II. [155] | ||
27 | Mexico | Mexico City | May 2–3 | Met with President Enrique Peña Nieto, [157] and gave an address at the National Anthropology Museum. [158] | |
Costa Rica | San José | May 3–4 | Met with President Laura Chinchilla and other heads of state attending the Central American Integration System summit. [159] [160] | ||
28 | United Kingdom | Enniskillen, Belfast | June 17–18 | Attended the 39th G8 summit in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and held a held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Also spoke to a group of students in Belfast about the legacy of the Northern Ireland peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. | |
Germany | Berlin | June 18–19 | Met with German President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel. Delivered a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate.[ citation needed ] and also met with Peer Steinbrück, the Social Democratic candidate for Chancellor in the 2013 federal election. | ||
29 | Senegal | Dakar | June 26–28 | Met with President Macky Sall, [2] and visited Senegal's supreme court for a meeting with regional judicial leaders. Visited the House of Slaves on Gorée and met with civil society leaders at the Goree Institute. Also met with farmers and other members of Senegal's agriculture sector to discuss food security. [161] [162] | |
South Africa | Johannesburg, Pretoria, Soweto, Cape Town | June 28 – July 1 | Met with President Jacob Zuma. Also met (separately) with African Union Commission Chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and with members of the Mandela family. Attended a town hall at the Soweto campus of the University of Johannesburg. [163] Delivered a speech at the University of Cape Town, attended a community health discussion at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Center, and visited Robben Island. [2] [164] [163] | ||
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | July 1–2 | Met with President Jakaya Kikwete. Participated in a round-table meeting with American and African business leaders to discuss trade and investment. [164] Laid a wreath at the memorial to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombing. [2] With the president, in addition to First Lady Michelle Obama, were former president George and former first lady Laura Bush [161] [162] | ||
Senegal | Dakar | July 2 | Stopped during return to Washington D.C. [2] | ||
30 | Sweden | Stockholm | September 4–5 | Met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. Also met with leaders of the Nordic countries. Attended an event honoring Raoul Wallenberg at the Great Synagogue of Stockholm. [165] [166] | |
Russia | St. Petersburg | September 5–6 | Attended the G-20 summit. [2] | ||
31 | Senegal | Dakar | December 9 | Stopped en route to South Africa [167] | |
South Africa | Johannesburg | December 10 | Attended the Nelson Mandela funeral. Former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush also attended. [168] [169] [170] | ||
Senegal | Dakar | December 11 | Stopped during return to Washington D.C. [171] |
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32 | Mexico | Toluca | February 19 | Attended the 7th North American Leaders' Summit with President Enrique Peña Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. [172] | |
33 | Netherlands | Amsterdam, The Hague | March 24–25 | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. Also attended the G-7 summit on the crisis in Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimea. Met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and with King Willem-Alexander. [173] [174] | |
Belgium | Waregem, Brussels | March 25–26 | Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting, and held bilateral meetings with Belgian government officials and with the NATO secretary general. [173] Visited the Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial with King Philippe and Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo. Delivered a speech at the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR). [175] | ||
Vatican City | Apostolic Palace | March 27 | Audience with Pope Francis. [176] | ||
Italy | Rome | March 26-28 | Met with President Napolitano and Prime Minister Renzi. [173] | ||
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | March 28-29 | Met with King Abdullah. [177] | ||
Germany | Ramstein Air Base | March 29 | Visited wounded military personnels at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. [178] [179] | ||
34 | Japan | Tokyo | April 23–25 | Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. [180] [181] Met with students and viewed an ASIMO robot exhibit at the Miraikan and visited the Meiji Shrine, [182] | |
South Korea | Seoul | April 25–26 | Attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial of Korea, visited Gyeongbokgung Palace, then met with President Park Geun-hye. Visited with U.S. troops at Yongsan Garrison. [183] [184] [185] | ||
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | April 26–28 | Met with Prime Minister Najib Razak, and with King Abdul Halim; visited the National Mosque of Malaysia. [186] [187] Delivered remarks at the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre and participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall meeting at the University of Malaya. [183] | ||
Philippines | Manila, Taguig | April 28–29 | Met with President Benigno Aquino III. [188] Met with American and Filipino troops at Fort Bonifacio, [189] and attended a wreath-laying ceremony and toured the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. [190] | ||
35 | Afghanistan | Bagram | May 25 | Visited with U.S. troops. [191] | |
Germany | Ramstein Air Base | May 26 | Stopped upon returning to Washington D.C. | ||
36 | Poland | Warsaw | June 3–4 | Met with President Bronisław Komorowski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Attended ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of democracy in Poland. Also met with President-elect Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine. [192] | |
Belgium | Brussels | June 4–5 | Attended the 40th G7 summit. [192] | ||
France | Paris, Omaha Beach, Benouville, Ouistreham | June 5–6 | Met with President François Hollande. Attended the 70th anniversary of D-Day memorial ceremonies. [192] | ||
37 | Estonia | Tallinn | September 3–4 | Met with the presidents of the Baltic states. Visited with U.S. and Estonian members of the military. Delivered a speech at Tallinn Airport with Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas. [2] | |
United Kingdom | Newport | September 4–5 | Attended the NATO summit. [193] | ||
38 | China | Beijing | November 10–12 | Attended the APEC summit. Met with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and NPC Chairman Zhang Dejiang. [194] Also met with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, [195] and Indonesian President Joko Widodo. [196] | |
Myanmar (Burma) | Naypyidaw, Yangon | November 12–14 | Attended the 25th ASEAN Summit and the 9th East Asia Summit. [197] [198] Met with President Thein Sein and National League for Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi. [199] [200] Participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall meeting at the University of Yangon. [201] | ||
Australia | Brisbane | November 15–16 | Attended the G-20 summit. [202] Held a trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, and delivered a speech at the University of Queensland regarding youth voice. [203] [204] |
Country | Areas visited | Dates | Details | Image | |
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39 | Germany | Ramstein Air Base | January 24 | Stopped en route to India. [2] | |
India | New Delhi | January 25–27 | Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Participated in the Indian Republic Day celebration. Addressed an event organized by the U.S.-India Business Council. [205] [206] | ||
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | January 27 | Met with the newly appointed King Salman. Also paid respects to the late King Abdullah. [207] [208] | ||
Germany | Ramstein Air Base | January 27 | Stopped during return to Washington D.C. [209] | ||
40 | Jamaica | Kingston | April 8-9 | Met with Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller. Visited the Bob Marley Museum. Attended a town hall meeting at the University of the West Indies. Laid wreath at the National Heroes Park. [210] [211] | |
Panama | Panama City | April 9-11 | Attended the 7th Summit of the Americas. [212] Also met with President Raúl Castro of Cuba. [213] | ||
41 | Germany | Krün | June 7–8 | Attended the 41st G7 summit. [214] Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel for a traditional Frühschoppen breakfast with the village locals in Krün. [215] Also met with French president François Hollande to discuss the Russo-Ukrainian War and Iran's nuclear program. [216] | |
42 | Germany | Ramstein Air Base | July 24 | Stopped en route to Kenya. [217] | |
Kenya | Nairobi | July 24–26 | State visit. Attended the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, [218] and an innovation fair organized to promote his "Power Africa" initiative of promoting electric power and renewable energy in the Sub-Saharan Africa. [219] Laid a wreath a memorial honoring the victims of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. [220] Dined with other members of his paternal family. [221] [222] Met with President Uhuru Kenyatta, [223] In the evening, the President was hosted a state dinner by President Kenyatta. [224] and delivered a speech at the Safaricom Indoor Arena. [225] | ||
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | July 26–28 | Met with the government of Ethiopia. Visited the African Union headquarters. [226] [227] | ||
Germany | Ramstein Air Base | July 28 | Stopped during return to Washington D.C.. [228] | ||
43 | Turkey | Antalya | November 15-16 | Attended the G-20 summit. [229] Also met with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, [230] King Salman of Saudi Arabia, [231] and with Russian President Vladimir Putin. [232] | |
Philippines | Manila, Pasay | November 17–20 | Attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting; held bilateral meetings with Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and newly elected prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull of Australia and Justin Trudeau of Canada, [233] [234] as well as meetings with Trans-Pacific Partnership and Pacific Alliance leaders. [235] | ||
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | November 20–22 | Attended the 26th ASEAN Summit, and also held separate meetings with Lao prime minister Thongsing Thammavong and Singaporean prime minister Lee Hsien Loong. [236] Attended the 10th East Asia Summit. [236] [237] Also met with refugees, many of whom were Rohingya refugees, [238] participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSAELI) town hall at Taylor's University, [239] and met with Malaysian civil society groups. [240] | ||
Japan | Yokota Air Base | November 22-23 | Stopped during return to Washington D.C.. [241] | ||
44 | France | Paris | November 29 – December 1 | Attended the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference; [242] held separate bilateral meetings with Chinese president Xi Jinping, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, [243] and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [244] Also joined President François Hollande and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo in paying respects to the victims of the Paris attacks by laying flowers in front of the Bataclan. [245] |
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45 | Cuba | Havana | March 20–22 | Met with Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the Archbishop of Havana. [246] [247] Paid respects to Cuban national hero José Martí during a brief wreath-laying ceremony at his memorial at Havana's Plaza de la Revolución. [248] Met with President Raúl Castro. [249] U.S. Secretaries John Kerry and Penny Pritzker of State and Commerce, respectively, were in attendance, while Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla were among the several Cuban ministers who participated in the discussions. [250] Also attended an event with U.S. and Cuban entrepreneurs, [251] [252] addressed the Cuban people on national television, [253] and met with various Cuban dissidents and leaders of civil society organizations. [254] Attended an exhibition baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuba national baseball team at the Estadio Latinoamericano with President Castro. [255] | |
Argentina | Buenos Aires, Bariloche | March 23–24 | Met with President Mauricio Macri. Laid a wreath at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral tomb of Argentine general José de San Martín [256] [257] Visited the Remembrance park with President Macri to honor the victims of the Dirty War by throwing flowers onto the Río de la Plata river. Held a town hall meeting with young Argentine leaders and entrepreneurs at Usina del Arte and toured the Nahuel Huapi National Park in Bariloche. | ||
46 | Germany | Ramstein Air Base | April 20 | Stopped en route to Saudi Arabia. [2] | |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | April 20–21 | Attended a summit meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council. [258] Met with King Salman, and held an audience with the Saudi royal court. [259] | ||
United Kingdom | London, Windsor, Watford | April 21–24 | Attended a private lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. [260] Met with British Prime Minister David Cameron, [261] and later with Labour Party and Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn. [262] Also participated in town hall meeting with the British youth at Lindley Hall. [263] [264] | ||
Germany | Hanover | April 24–25 | Met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and other European leaders including British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President François Hollande, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. [265] Attended the Hannover Messe. [266] | ||
47 | Japan | Yokota Air Base | May 22 | Stopped en route to Vietnam. [2] | |
Vietnam | Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City | May 22–25 | Met with President Trần Đại Quang, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng. [267] Dined with American celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who was in Vietnam filming for an episode of Bourdain's show, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown . [268] Met with ten activists advocating to solve social issues facing Vietnam, including freedom of speech, freedom of the press and Internet freedom, [269] and addressed the Vietnamese people from the Vietnam National Convention Center. [270] [271] [272] Also visited the Jade Emperor Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, [273] met with young entrepreneurs and the local business community, [274] and participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSAELI) town hall. [275] | ||
Japan | Shima, Hiroshima | May 25–27 | Met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. [276] Attended the 42nd G7 summit. [277] Also visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, [278] the first incumbent American president to visit this memorial to the victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945. [279] | ||
48 | Canada | Ottawa, Gatineau | June 29 | State visit. Met with Canadian Governor General David Johnston and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and addressed a joint session of the Canadian Parliament. Attended the 10th North American Leaders' Summit with Prime Minister Trudeau and Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto. [280] | |
49 | Poland | Warsaw | July 8–9 | Attended the 27th NATO summit meeting. The agenda focused on strengthening defense cooperation to protect Eastern Europe from Russian aggression on Ukraine, confronting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the European migrant crisis, and the United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union. Also met with Polish president Andrzej Duda, European Council President, former Polish prime minister Donald Tusk, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to discuss counterterrorism, and the Syrian refugee crisis. [281] [282] Also addressed American public following the shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the shooting of Philando Castile in Minnesota, cases which led to protests in the U.S. and allegations of racial injustice and profiling by police. [283] | |
Spain | Madrid, Rota | July 9–10 | Met with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. [284] Also met with American military personnel stationed at Naval Station Rota. [285] | ||
50 | China | Hangzhou | September 3–5 | Attended the G-20 summit. | |
Laos | Vientiane | September 5–8 | Attended the 27th ASEAN Summit and the 11th East Asia Summit, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the country. [286] | ||
Japan | Yokota Air Base | September 9 | Stopped during return to Washington D.C.. [2] | ||
51 | Israel | Jerusalem | September 30 | Attended the state funeral of former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres. [287] | |
52 | Greece | Athens | November 15–16 | State Visit. Met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President Prokopis Pavlopoulos. [288] Delivered a speech at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, [289] Toured Acropolis and Acropolis Museum. [290] | |
Germany | Berlin | November 16–18 | Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and British Prime Minister Theresa May. Met with European leaders of the "Quint": German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The leaders discussed trade, the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Syrian Civil War, and ISIL. [291] [288] | ||
Portugal | Terceira Island | November 18 | Air Force One refueling stop at Lajes Air Base. [292] [293] [294] | ||
Peru | Lima | November 18–20 | Attended the APEC summit, [295] and held bilateral meetings with Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Also hosted a Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative town hall at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. [296] |
Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations took place during President Obama's term in office (2009–2017).
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president in U.S. history. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. As of 2024, Obama remains the last U.S. president to serve two consecutive terms.
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.
The family of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, is a prominent American family active in law, education, activism and politics. Obama's immediate family circle was the first family of the United States from 2009 to 2017, and are the first such family of African-American descent. His immediate family includes his wife Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha.
Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, took office following his victory over Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. Four years later, in the 2012 presidential election, he defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney, to win re-election. Obama is the first African American president, the first multiracial president, the first non-white president, and the first president born in Hawaii. Obama was succeeded by Republican Donald Trump, who won the 2016 presidential election. Historians and political scientists rank him among the upper tier in historical rankings of American presidents.
The term Obama Doctrine is frequently used to describe the principles of US foreign policy under the Obama administration (2009–2017). He relied chiefly on his two highly experienced Secretaries of State—Hillary Clinton (2009–2013) and John Kerry (2013–2017)—and Vice President Joe Biden. Main themes include a reliance on negotiation and collaboration rather than confrontation or unilateralism.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama from his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009, to December 31, 2009. For his time as president-elect, see the presidential transition of Barack Obama; for a detailed account of his first months in office, see first 100 days of the Barack Obama presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels, see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.
U.S. President Barack Obama's East Asia Strategy (2009–2017), also known as the Pivot to Asia, represented a significant shift in the foreign policy of the United States since the 2010s. It shifted the country's focus away from the Middle Eastern and European sphere and allowed it to invest heavily and build relationships in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, especially countries which are in close proximity to the People's Republic of China (PRC) either economically, geographically or politically to counter its rise as a rival potential superpower.
The Barack Obama administration's involvement in the Middle East was greatly varied between the region's various countries. Some nations, such as Libya and Syria, were the subject of offensive action at the hands of the Obama administration, while nations such as Bahrain and Saudi Arabia received arms deliveries. Notable achievements of the administration include inhibiting the Iranian nuclear program, while his handling of certain situations, such as the Syrian civil war, were highly criticized.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama, from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014. For his time as president-elect, see the presidential transition of Barack Obama; for a detailed account of his first months in office, see first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels, see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama, from January 1, 2016 to January 20, 2017. For his time as president-elect, see the presidential transition of Barack Obama; for a detailed account of his first months in office, see first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels, see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.
Ten United States presidents have made presidential visits to the Middle East. The first trips by an incumbent president to countries in the Middle East were those by Franklin D. Roosevelt, and were an offshoot of Allied diplomatic interactions during World War II. To date, 16 visits have been made to Egypt, 12 to Saudi Arabia, 11 to Israel, six to both Iraq, Jordan and Turkey, four to Iran, three to the Palestinian Territories, two to both Kuwait and Syria, one to Bahrain, Georgia, Oman, Qatar, and to the United Arab Emirates. No incumbent American president has yet visited Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Yemen.
There have been twenty-four United States presidential visits to Southeast Asia by ten U.S. presidents. Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first incumbent president to visit a Southeast Asian country when he visited the Philippines in 1960. Since then, every president, except John F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter, has travelled to the region. The Philippines, a former U.S. colony (1902–1946) and a close U.S. ally, is the most visited Southeast Asian country with ten visits, followed by Indonesia with nine, and Vietnam with eight. Of the eleven sovereign states in the region, all but East Timor have been visited by a sitting American president.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)U.S. President Barack Obama passes an engine while stretching his legs on the tarmac during an Air Force One refueling stop in Lajes Air Base in the Azores, Portugal