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Secretary Travels to Italy

Name Locale Remarks Date
John Milton Hay Genoa, Nervi Vacation trip for health reasons. Left U.S. March 17. April 3-​29, 1905
Henry Lewis Stimson Rome Prime Minister Mussolini and Foreign Minister Grandi. Left U.S. June 27. July 9-​14, 1931
Edward Reilley Stettinius Naples Discussed postwar issues and policy toward Italy with Presidential adviser Harry Hopkins. January 30-​31, 1945
George Catlett Marshall Rome, Castel Gandolfo Met with Prime Minister De Gasperi, Foreign MinisterSforza, and Pope Pius XII. October 19, 1948
John Foster Dulles Rome Met with senior Italian officials. January 31-​February 1, 1953
John Foster Dulles Milan Met with Prime Minister Scelba while returning to U.S. Returned May 4. May 3, 1954
John Foster Dulles Rome Met with President Gronchi and Foreign Minister Martino. Left Washington October 21. October 22-​23, 1955
John Foster Dulles Rome Met with President Gronchi and senior Italian officials. October 18-​19, 1958
David Dean Rusk Rome, Milan, Cadenabbia Met with Italian Prime Minister Fanfani and Foreign Minister Segni, and, on August 10, with German Chancellor Adenauer. August 9-​10, 1961
David Dean Rusk Rome Met with President Segni, Premier Fanfani, and senior Italian officials. June 23-​24, 1962
David Dean Rusk Rome, Naples Accompanied President Kennedy. June 30-​July 2, 1963
William Pierce Rogers Rome Accompanied President Nixon.March 2, 1969 February 27-​28, 1969
William Pierce Rogers Rome Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. May 24-​28, 1970
William Pierce Rogers Rome, Naples Accompanied President Nixon on an official visit. September 27-​30, 1970
William Pierce Rogers Rome Met with Foreign Minister Moro and senior Italian officials. May 8-​9, 1971
William Pierce Rogers Rome Met with President Leone and senior Italian officials July 10-​11, 1972
Henry A Kissinger Rome Briefed Prime Minister Rumor on the U.S.-Soviet summit. July 5-​6, 1974
Henry A Kissinger Rome Met with President Leone and Foreign Minister Moro. Addressed the World Food Conference November 5. November 4-​5, 1974
Henry A Kissinger Rome Accompanied President Ford. June 3, 1975
Cyrus Roberts Vance Rome Met with President Pertini and Prime Minister Andreotti. May 27-​29, 1979
Cyrus Roberts Vance Rome Discussed international responses to the Iranian hostage crisis with President Pertini and Prime Minister Cossiga. December 11, 1979
Cyrus Roberts Vance Rome Discussed responses to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with President Pertini and Foreign Minister Ruffini. February 20-​21, 1980
Edmund Sixtus Muskie Rome, Venice Accompanied President Carter on a State visit and to Economic Summit Meeting. June 19-​24, 1980
Alexander Meigs Haig Rome Met with Foreign Minister Colombo. April 8, 1981
Alexander Meigs Haig Rome Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. May 2-​5, 1981
Alexander Meigs Haig Rome Accompanied President Reagan on a State visit. June 7, 1982
George Pratt Shultz Rome Met with President Pertini and senior Italian officials. December 11-​14, 1982
George Pratt Shultz Rome Met with Prime Minister Craxi and senior Italian officials. March 28-​30, 1986
George Pratt Shultz Venice Accompanied President Reagan to the Economic Summit Meeting. June 3-​11, 1987
George Pratt Shultz Rome Signed a Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement. April 1-​3, 1988
James Addison Baker Rome Met with Foreign Minister Andreotti. February 14-​15, 1989
James Addison Baker Rome Accompanied President Bush. Also met with South African Foreign Minister Botha. May 26-​28, 1989
James Addison Baker Rome Met with senior Italian officials. September 15, 1990
James Addison Baker Milan Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with Foreign Minister DeMichelis. January 8, 1991
James Addison Baker Rome Accompanied President Bush to a NATO Summit Meeting. November 6-​8, 1991
Warren Minor Christopher Rome Discussed the Bosnian crisis with senior Italian officials. May 7, 1993
Warren Minor Christopher Aviano Discussed the Bosnian conflict with U.S. and NATO military officials. August 6, 1993
Warren Minor Christopher Rome Attended CSCE Conference. November 29-​December 1, 1993
Warren Minor Christopher Rome, Nettuno Accompanied President Clinton to meetings with Prime Minister Berlusconi, President Scalfaro, and senior Italian officials. June 2-​4, 1994
Warren Minor Christopher Naples Accompanied President Clinton to the G-7 Economic Summit and to meetings with Russian President Yeltsin. July 7-​11, 1994
Madeleine Korbel Albright Rome Met with Prime Minister Prodi and Foreign Minister Dini. February 16, 1997
Madeleine Korbel Albright Rome Discussed the Kosovo crisis with Prime Minister Prodi and Foreign Minister Dini. March 6-​8, 1998
Madeleine Korbel Albright Rome Discussed the Kosovo crisis with Foreign Minister Dini. March 24, 1998
Madeleine Korbel Albright Rome Was to have attended wedding of Spokesman James Rubin; returned to Washington after bombings of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. August 7, 1998
Madeleine Korbel Albright Rome, Aviano Met with Foreign Minister Dini. Joined President Clinton July 30 at Aviano Air Force Base for visit to Sarajevo. July 28-​30, 1999
Madeleine Korbel Albright Aviano Stopped en route to U.S. from Sarajevo. July 30, 1999
Madeleine Korbel Albright Florence Accompanied President Clinton to conference on Progressive Governance for the 21st Century. November 20-​21, 1999
Madeleine Korbel Albright Venice Attended Aspen Institute Italia "European Dialogue" conference; met with Foreign Minister Dini. March 18-​19, 2000
Madeleine Korbel Albright Florence Attended NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting; NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council, Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, and NATO-Ukraine Commission meetings. May 24-​26, 2000
Madeleine Korbel Albright Rome Met with Foreign Minister Dini and Montenegrin President Djukanovic. July 31-​August 2, 2000
Colin Luther Powell Rome Attended G-8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. July 17-​19, 2001
Colin Luther Powell Rome Accompanied President Bush to a NATO Summit Meeting and the inauguration of the NATO-Russia Council. May 28, 2002
Colin Luther Powell Rome Met with Foreign Minister Frattini. June 1-​2, 2003
Colin Luther Powell Rome Accompanied President Bush. June 4-​5, 2004
Condoleezza Rice Rome Met with Foreign Minister Fini. February 7-​8, 2005
Condoleezza Rice Rome Attended a meeting of the Lebanon Core Group. July 25-​26, 2006
Hillary Rodham Clinton Rome Attended a Libya Contact Group Meeting. May 5-​6, 2011