This is a list of international presidential trips made by Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States. Reagan made 24 international trips to 26 different countries during his presidency, which began on January 20, 1981 and ended on January 20, 1989.
Reagan visited four continents: Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. He made seven trips to continental Europe, three to Asia and one to South America. He is perhaps best remembered for his speeches at the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings, for his impassioned speech at the Berlin Wall, his summit meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev, and riding horses with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Park.
Summary The number of visits per country where President Reagan travelled are: One visit to Barbados, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Finland, Grenada, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Portugal, South Korea, Soviet Union, Spain, Switzerland Two visits to Belgium, Italy, Japan, Vatican City Three visits to United Kingdom and West Germany Four visits to France Five visits to Canada and Mexico
First term (1981–1985)
1981 CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails Image1OttawaState visit. Met with Governor General Edward Schreyer and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Addressed parliament.2 Ottawa,Montebello Attended the 7th G7 summit.3CancunAttended the North–South Summit on International Cooperation and Development. Met with the heads of state and government of Algeria, Bangladesh, Canada, China, France, Guyana, India, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Tanzania, the United Kingdom, Venezuela and Yugoslavia.
1982 CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails Image4 Kingston Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Edward Seaga.BridgetownOfficial visit. Met with the prime ministers of Barbados, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Christopher and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.5Paris State visit. Met with President François Mitterrand and Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy.VersaillesAttended the 8th G7 summit.Rome Met with President Sandro Pertini and Premier Giovanni Spadolini.Apostolic Palace Audience with Pope John Paul II.London,Windsor Castle State visit. Met with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Addressed Parliament. BonnState visit. Met with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and President Karl Carstens. Addressed the Bundestag and attended a meeting of the North Atlantic Council.West BerlinMet with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.6Tijuana Exchange of visits with President-elect Miguel de la Madrid.7Brasília,São Paulo Official working visit. Met with President João Figueiredo. Bogota Official working visit. Met with President Belisario Betancur.San JoséOfficial working visit. Met with President Luis Alberto Monge and President Álvaro Magaña of El Salvador.San Pedro SulaOfficial working visit. Met with President Roberto Suazo Córdova and with Guatemalan President Efraín Ríos Montt.
1983 CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails Image8La Paz Informal meeting with President Miguel de la Madrid.9Tokyo State visit. Met with Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and addressed the Diet.Seoul,Demilitarized Zone State visit. Met with President Chun Doo-hwan. Addressed the National Assembly and visited U.S. troops.
1984 CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails Image10 Beijing,Xi'an,Shanghai State visit. Met with President Li Xiannian and Premier Zhao Ziyang.11Shannon, Galway, Ballyporeen, Dublin Met with President Patrick Hillery and Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. Visited ancestral home. Addressed Parliament.London Attended the 10th G7 summit. Normandy Attended commemorative ceremonies of the 40th anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy. Also present were Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, King Olav V of Norway, King Baudouin I of Belgium, French president François Mitterrand, Queen Elizabeth II and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
Second term (1985–1989)
1985 CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails Image12Quebec CityMet with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.13Bonn Attended the 11th G7 summit. Bonn,Bergen-Belsen,Bitburg,Hambach Castle State visit. Attended ceremonies commemorating 40th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.Madrid State visit. Met with King Juan Carlos I and President Felipe González.Strasbourg Addressed the European Parliament.Lisbon State visit. Met with President António Ramalho Eanes and Prime Minister Mário Soares. Addressed the National Assembly.14Geneva Attended the Summit Meeting with Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Met also with Swiss president Kurt Furgler.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.
1986 CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails Image15Mexicali Informal meeting with President Miguel de la Madrid.16 St. George's Met with Governor General Paul Scoon and Prime Minister Herbert Blaize, and with the Prime Ministers of Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, and Trinidad and Tobago. Dedicated a memorial to U.S. servicemen.17Bali Attended the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting. Met with Indonesian president Suharto and Philippine vice president Salvador Laurel.Tokyo Attended the 12th G7 summit.18Reykjavík Pre-Summit Meeting with Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Met with President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir.
1987 CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails Image19OttawaState visit. Met with Governor General Jeanne Sauvé and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Addressed parliament.20Venice,Rome Attended the 13th G7 summit. Met with President Francesco Cossiga and Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani in Rome.Apostolic Palace Audience with Pope John Paul II.West BerlinAttended celebration's commemorating the 750th Anniversary of the founding of Berlin. Met with Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Reagan gave his "Tear down this wall!" speech during this visit.Bonn Met with Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
1988 CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails Image21MazatlanInformal meeting with President Miguel de la Madrid. Signed textile agreement.22BrusselsAttended 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.23Helsinki Met with President Mauno Koivisto and Prime Minister Harri Holkeri.Moscow Summit meeting with General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Exchanged ratifications of the INF Treaty.LondonMet with Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Japanese prime minister Noboru Takeshita.24Toronto Attended the 14th G7 summit.
Multilateral meetings Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations took place during Ronald Reagan's presidency (1981–1989).
Group Year1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988G7 July 20–21 MontebelloJune 4–6 Versailles May 28–30 Williamsburg June 7–9 London May 2–4 Bonn May 4–6 Tokyo June 8–10 Venice July 20–21 TorontoNATO noneJune 10 BonnnonenoneNovember 21 BrusselsnonenoneMarch 2–3 Brussels
See also Foreign policy of the Reagan administration Foreign policy of the United States
References
External links Travels of President Ronald Reagan. U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.