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Name | Locale | Remarks | Date |
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Harry S. Truman | Potsdam | Potsdam Conference with British Prime Ministers Churchill and Attlee and Soviet Premier Stalin. | July 16–August 2, 1945 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Bonn | Informal meeting with Chancellor Adenauer and President Heuss. | August 26–27, 1959 |
John F. Kennedy | Bonn, Cologne, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden | Met with Chancellor Adenauer and other officials. | June 23–25, 1963 |
John F. Kennedy | West Berlin | Delivered several public addresses. | June 26, 1963 |
Lyndon B. Johnson | Bonn | Attended funeral of Chancellor Adenauer and conversed with various heads of state. | April 23–26, 1967 |
Richard M. Nixon | West Berlin | Addressed the Bundestag on February 26. | February 26–27, 1969 |
Gerald R. Ford | Bonn, Linz | Met with President Scheel and Chancellor Schmidt. | July 26–28, 1975 |
Jimmy Carter | Bonn, Wiesbaden-Erbenheim Air Base, Frankfurt | State visit; met with President Scheel and Chancellor Schmidt. Addressed U.S. and German military personnel. | July 14–15, 1978 |
Jimmy Carter | West Berlin | Spoke at the Airlift Memorial. | July 15, 1978 |
Jimmy Carter | Bonn | Attended Economic Summit Meeting of the Heads of State and Government of France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Canada, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. | July 16–17, 1978 |
Ronald Reagan | Bonn | State visit; met with Chancellor Schmidt and President Carstens; addressed the Bundestag; and attended a meeting of the North Atlantic Council. | June 9–11, 1982 |
Ronald Reagan | West Berlin | Met with Chancellor Schmidt. | June 11, 1982 |
Ronald Reagan | Bonn | Attended Economic Summit Meeting of the Heads of State and Government of Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. | April 30–May 4, 1985 |
Ronald Reagan | Bonn, Bergen-Belsen, Bitburg, Hambach Castle | State visit; attended ceremonies commemorating 40th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. | May 5–6, 1985 |
Ronald Reagan | West Berlin | Attended 750th Anniversary celebrations; met with Chancellor Kohl. | June 11–12, 1987 |
Ronald Reagan | Bonn | Met with Chancellor Kohl. | June 12, 1987 |
George H.W. Bush | Bonn, Mainz | Met with Chancellor Kohl. | May 30–31, 1989 |
George H.W. Bush | Speyer, Ludwigshafen | Met with Chancellor Kohl. | November 18, 1990 |
George H.W. Bush | Munich | Attended an Economic Summit Meeting with the Heads of State and Government of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Also met with Russian President Yeltsin. | July 5–8, 1992 |
William J. Clinton | Bonn, Oggersheim, Berlin | Met with Chancellor Kohl and German political leaders. Delivered a public address at the Brandenburg Gate and attended deactivation ceremony for the Berlin Brigade. | July 10–12, 1994 |
William J. Clinton | Baumholder | Addressed U.S. military personnel and met with Chancellor Kohl. | December 2, 1995 |
William J. Clinton | Berlin, Potsdam, Frankfurt, Eisenach | Met with Chancellor Kohl; commemorated 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. | May 12–14, 1998 |
William J. Clinton | Frankfurt, Ramstein Air Force Base, Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Bonn, Ingelheim | Addressed U.S. military personnel; met with Chancellor Schroeder; met with Kosovo refugees. | May 4–6, 1999 |
William J. Clinton | Cologne, Bonn | Attended G-8 Economic Summit meeting. | June 17–21, 1999 |
William J. Clinton | Berlin, Aachen | Met with President Rau and Chancellor Schroeder; received Charlemagne Prize, and attended a Third Way Conference. | June 1–3, 2000 |
George W. Bush | Berlin | Met with Chancellor Schroeder and addressed the Bundestag. | May 22–23, 2002 |
George W. Bush | Mainz, Wiesbaden | Met with Chancellor Schroeder and visited U.S. military personnel. | February 23, 2005 |
George W. Bush | Stralsund, Trinwillershagen | Met with Chancellor Merkel. | July 12–14, 2006 |
George W. Bush | Heiligen-damm | Attended the G-8 Summit Meeting. Also met with Chinese President Hu Jintao. | June 5–8, 2007 |
George W. Bush | Meseberg | Met with Chancellor Merkel. | June 10–11, 2008 |
Barack Obama | Baden-Baden, Kehl | Attended a working dinner for NATO leaders. | April 3–4, 2009 |
Barack Obama | Dresden, Weimar, Landstuhl | Met with Chancellor Merkel, visited the Buchenwald concentration camp and visited wounded U.S. military personnel. | June 4–5, 2009 |
Barack Obama | Berlin | Met with President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel. | June 18–19, 2013 |
Barack Obama | Ramstein Air Force Base | Visited wounded U.S. military personnel. | March 29, 2014 |
Barack Obama | Ramstein Air Force Base | Stopped while returning to Washington. | May 26, 2014 |
Barack Obama | Ramstein Air Force Base | Stopped en route to India. | January 24, 2015 |
Barack Obama | Ramstein Air Force Base | Stopped while returning to Washington. | January 27, 2015 |
Barack Obama | Munich, Krun, Elmau | Attended the G-7 Summit Meeting. | June 7–8, 2015 |
Barack Obama | Ramstein Air Force Base | Stopped en route to Nairobi, Kenya. | July 24, 2015 |
Barack Obama | Ramstein Air Force Base | Stopped en route from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | July 28, 2015 |
Barack Obama | Ramstein Air Force Base | Stopped en route to Saudi Arabia. | April 19, 2016 |
Barack Obama | Hannover | Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and British Prime Minister David W. D. Cameron. | April 24–25, 2016 |
Barack Obama | Berlin | Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and British Prime Minister Theresa May. | November 16–18, 2016 |
Donald J. Trump | Hamburg | Attended the G–20 Summit. | July 6–8, 2017 |
Joseph R. Biden | Schloss Elmau | Attended the G7 Leaders’ Summit. | June 25–28, 2022 |
Joseph R. Biden | Berlin | Met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. | October 17–18, 2024 |