United States presidential visits to Belgium

Ten United States presidents have made sixteen presidential visits to Belgium. The first visit by an incumbent president to Belgium was made in 1919 by Woodrow Wilson during his third post-World War I trip to Europe. He was only the third president in U.S. history to leave the country while in office (after Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft before him).

Table of visits

President Dates Locations Notes
Woodrow Wilson June 18–19, 1919 Brussels,
Charleroi,
Malines,
Louvain		 Met with King Albert I. Addressed Parliament.[1]
Harry S. Truman July 15, 1945 Antwerp,
Brussels		 Disembarked en route to Potsdam.[2]
Richard Nixon February 23–24, 1969 Brussels Attended the 23rd meeting of North Atlantic Council. Met with King Baudouin I.[3]
June 25–26, 1974 Brussels Attended the North Atlantic Council Meeting. Met separately with King Baudouin I and Queen Fabiola, Prime Minister Leo Tindemans, and with German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Italian Prime Minister Mariano Rumor.[3]
Gerald R. Ford May 28–31, 1975 Brussels Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. Addressed the North Atlantic Council and met separately with NATO Heads of State and Government.[4]
Jimmy Carter January 6, 1978 Brussels Met with King Baudouin and Prime Minister Leo Tindemans. Attended meetings of the Commission of the European Communities and the North Atlantic Council.[5]
Ronald Reagan November 21, 1985 Brussels Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. Present were the Heads of State and Government of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg, Portugal, Turkey and the United Kingdom.[6]
March 1–3, 1988 Brussels Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. Present were the Heads of State and Government of Canada, Denmark, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom.[6]
George H. W. Bush May 28–30, 1989 Brussels Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. Present were the Heads of State and Government of Canada, Denmark, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.[7]
December 3–4, 1989 Brussels Attended the NATO Summit Meeting and briefed leaders on the U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting.[7]
Bill Clinton January 9–11, 1994 Brussels Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. Met with King Albert II and Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene.[8]
May 4, 1999 Brussels Discussed the Kosovo War with NATO officials.[8]
George W. Bush June 13–14, 2001 Brussels Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. Met with King Albert II and Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.[9]
February 20–23, 2005 Brussels Attended the NATO and EU Summit Meetings.[9]
Barack Obama March 26–27, 2014 Waregem,
Brussels		 EU Summit meeting with the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission. While in Belgium, the President also held bilateral events with Belgian Federal Government officials and with the NATO Secretary General.[10] Laid wreath and toured 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).[11]
June 4–5, 2014 Brussels Attended the 40th G7 summit.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Travels of President Woodrow Wilson". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  2. ↑ "Travels of President Harry S. Truman". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  3. 1 2 "Travels of President Richard M. Nixon". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  4. ↑ "Travels of President Gerald R. Ford". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  5. ↑ "Travels of President Jimmy Carter". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  6. 1 2 "Travels of President Ronald Reagan". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  7. 1 2 "Travels of President George H. W. Bush". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  8. 1 2 "Travels of President William J. Clinton". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  9. 1 2 "Travels of President George W. Bush". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  10. ↑ "Statement by the Press Secretary on the President’s Travel to the Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy in March 2014." whitehouse.gov. January 21, 2014.
  11. ↑ Kuhnhenn, Jim (March 26, 2014). "Obama Plays up US-Europe bond amid Russian tension". Associated Press.
  12. ↑ "G7 leaders warn Russia of fresh sanctions over Ukraine". 5 June 2014.


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