United States presidential visits to Mexico
Fifteen presidents of the United States have made thirty-four presidential visits to Mexico . The first visit by an incumbent president to Mexico was made in 1909 by William Howard Taft . It was only the second time in U.S. history that a president left the country while in office.
Table of visits
President
Dates
Locations
Key details
William Howard Taft
October 16, 1909
Ciudad Juárez
Part of an exchange of visits with President Porfirio Díaz across the border .[1]
Franklin D. Roosevelt
April 20, 1943
Monterrey
Part of an exchange of visits with President Manuel Ávila Camacho across the border.[2]
Harry S. Truman
March 3–6, 1947
México, D. F.
State visit; met with President Miguel Alemán Valdés .[3] Also visited the monument to the "Niños Héroes " of Chapultepec .[4]
Dwight D. Eisenhower
October 19, 1953
Nueva Ciudad Guerrero
Dedication of Falcon Dam , with President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines .[5] [6]
February 19–20, 1959
Acapulco
Informal meeting with President Adolfo López Mateos .[5]
October 24, 1960
Ciudad Acuña
Informal visit; met with President López Mateos.[5]
John F. Kennedy
June 29 – July 1, 1962
México, D. F.
State visit; met with President López Mateos.[7]
Lyndon B. Johnson
April 14–15, 1966
México, D. F.
Informal visit; met with President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz .[8]
December 3, 1966
Ciudad Acuña
Informal meeting with President Díaz Ordaz. Inspected construction of Amistad Dam .[8]
October 28, 1967
Ciudad Juárez
Attended transfer of El Chamizal from the US. to Mexico and conferred with President Díaz Ordaz.[8]
Richard M. Nixon
September 8, 1969
Ciudad Acuña
Dedication of Amistad Dam with President Díaz Ordaz.[9]
August 20–21, 1970
Puerto Vallarta
Official visit; met with President Díaz Ordaz.[9]
Gerald R. Ford
October 21, 1974
Nogales ,Magdalena de Kino
Met with President Luis Echeverría and laid a wreath at the tomb of Padre Eusebio Kino .[10]
Jimmy Carter
February 14–16, 1979
México, D. F.
State visit; met with President José López Portillo and addressed the Mexican Congress .[11]
Ronald Reagan
January 5, 1981
Ciudad Juárez
Met with President López Portillo. (Visit made as President-elect.)[12]
October 21–24, 1981
Cancún
Attended 22-nation[13] North–South Summit meeting on 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.[12]
October 8, 1982
Tijuana
Exchange of visits with President-elect Miguel de la Madrid .[12]
August 14, 1983
La Paz
Informal meeting with President de la Madrid.[12]
January 3, 1986
Mexicali
Informal meeting with President de la Madrid.[12]
February 13, 1988
Mazatlán
Informal meeting with President de la Madrid.[12]
George H. W. Bush
November 26–27, 1990
Monterrey,Agualeguas
State Visit; met with President Carlos Salinas de Gortari .[14]
Bill Clinton
May 5–7, 1997
México, D. F.,Tlaxcala
State Visit; met with President Ernesto Zedillo .[15]
February 14–15, 1999
Mérida
State Visit; met with President Zedillo.[15]
George W. Bush
February 16, 2001
San Cristóbal
Met with President Vicente Fox .[16] [17]
March 21–22, 2002
Monterrey
Attended the International Conference on Financing for Development and met with President Fox.[16]
October 26–27, 2002
Los Cabos
Attended the 14th APEC Summit Meeting.[16]
January 12–13, 2004
Monterrey
Attended the Special Summit of the Americas .[16]
March 30–31, 2006
Cancun,Chichen-Itza
Attended the 2nd North American Leaders' Summit with President Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ; visited the Chichen-Itza archaeological site .[16]
March 12–14, 2007
Mérida, Uxmal
Met with President Felipe Calderón ; visited the Maya ruin complex of Uxmal.[16]
Barack Obama
April 16–17, 2009
Mexico City
Met with President Calderón.[18]
August 9–10, 2009
Guadalajara
Attended the 5th North American Leaders' Summit with President Calderón and Prime Minister Harper.[18]
June 17–19, 2012
Los Cabos
Attended the G-20 Summit meeting .[18]
May 2–3, 2013
Mexico City
Met with President Enrique Peña Nieto .[18]
February 19, 2014
Toluca
Attended the 7th North American Leaders' Summit with President Peña and Prime Minister Harper.[19]
Joe Biden
January 8–10, 2023
Mexico City
Attended the 10th North American Leaders' Summit with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau .
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