Travels of the Secretary - Travels - Department History
Travels Abroad of the Secretary of State
This resource presents basic historical information on all foreign trips by Secretaries of State. Up-to-date information on the Secretary’s travel is at Travels With the Secretary. Updates are published annually for the prior year. We invite questions and comments about this resource at history@state.gov.
Last updated, February 2025.
By Secretary
William Henry Seward (1861–1869)John Milton Hay (1898–1905)Elihu Root (1905–1909)Philander Chase Knox (1909–1913)Robert Lansing (1915–1920)Bainbridge Colby (1920–1921)Charles Evans Hughes (1921–1925)Frank Billings Kellogg (1925–1929)Henry Lewis Stimson (1929–1933)Cordell Hull (1933–1944)Edward Reilly Stettinius (1944–1945)James Francis Byrnes (1945–1947)George Catlett Marshall (1947–1949)Dean Gooderham Acheson (1949–1953)John Foster Dulles (1953–1959)Christian Archibald Herter (1959–1961)David Dean Rusk (1961–1969)William Pierce Rogers (1969–1973)Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger (1973–1977)Cyrus Roberts Vance (1977–1980)Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1980–1981)Alexander Meigs Haig (1981–1982)George Pratt Shultz (1982–1989)James Addison Baker (1989–1992)Warren Minor Christopher (1993–1997)Madeleine Korbel Albright (1997–2001)Colin Luther Powell (2001–2005)Condoleezza Rice (2005–2009)Hillary Rodham Clinton (2009–2013)John Forbes Kerry (2013–2017)Rex W. Tillerson (2017–2018)Michael R. Pompeo (2018–2021)Antony John Blinken (2021–2025)Marco Rubio (2025–)
By Destination
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antarctica Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia Bosnia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burma Burma (Myanmar) Byelorussia Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Ceylon Chad Chile China China, People’s Republic of Colombia Congo, Democratic Republic of Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Czechia Czechoslovakia Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) Denmark Denmark (Greenland) Djibouti Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia German Democratic Republic Germany Germany, Federal Republic of Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kirghizia Korea, North Korea, Republic of Korea, South Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Authority Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of China Romania Russia Rwanda Samoa Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia-Montenegro (Kosovo) Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) Spain Sri Lanka St. Lucia Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Türkiye U.S.S.R. Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) United Kingdom (Wales) Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam West Bank Western Samoa Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe