| Charles Evans Hughes |
Brussels, Malines |
Received honorary degrees from the Universities of Brussels and Louvain. |
July 31–August 2, 1924 |
| James Francis Byrnes |
Antwerp, Brussels |
Disembarked en route to the Potsdam Conference. Left U.S. July 6. |
July 15, 1945 |
| Dean Gooderham Acheson |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Council Meeting. |
December 18–20, 1950 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Brussels |
Met with senior Belgian officials. |
February 7–8, 1953 |
| Christian Archibald Herter |
Brussels |
Personal representative of the President at the wedding of King Baudouin. |
December 13–14, 1960 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Brussels |
Met with Foreign Minister Spaak and officials of the European Economic
Community. |
May 8–10, 1964 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
June 3–8, 1966 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 10–15, 1967 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
November 12–16, 1968 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Brussels |
Accompanied President Nixon; attended the 23d meeting of the North Atlantic
Council. |
February 23–24, 1969 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. Visited the Commission of the European
Communities. |
December 2–5, 1969 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Brussels |
Addressed the Belgo-American Association. |
December 6, 1969 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 2–5, 1970 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 7–10, 1971 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Brussels |
Met with the Belgian and Dutch Foreign Ministers and with the President of the
Commission of the European Community. |
May 4–5, 1972 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 5–8, 1972 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 8–11, 1973 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Brussels |
Briefed NATO and EEC officials on the Middle East peace process. |
March 4, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Brussels |
Accompanied President Nixon to a meeting of NATO Heads of Government. |
June 25–26, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Brussels |
Briefed NATO officials on the U.S.-Soviet summit. |
July 3–4, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 12–13, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Brussels |
Discussed the Cyprus question with Greek Foreign Minister Bitsios. |
March 7, 1975 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Brussels |
Accompanied President Ford to NATO Summit Meeting. |
May 28–31, 1975 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 11–12, 1975 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Brussels |
Briefed NATO officials on U.S.-Soviet arms talks. |
January 23, 1976 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 7–10, 1976 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Brussels |
Attended a special session of the North Atlantic Council. |
March 26, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 8–9, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Brussels |
Met with the Egyptian and Israeli Foreign Ministers. |
December 23–24, 1978 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting and a special meeting of NATO Foreign and Defense
Ministers. |
December 12–14, 1979 |
| Edmund Sixtus Muskie |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Defense Planning Committee meeting. |
May 13–15, 1980 |
| Edmund Sixtus Muskie |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 10–12, 1980 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
Brussels |
Stopped en route to U.S. from NATO meeting. |
May 5, 1981 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 9–13, 1981 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
Brussels |
Attended a special NATO Ministerial meeting on the situation in Poland. |
January 10–12, 1982 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting and met with European Economic Community
officials. |
December 8–11, 1982 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 7–9, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 12–15, 1984 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Addressed a special meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. |
October 15, 1985 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Attended a special session of the North Atlantic Council. |
November 21, 1985 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting and a U.S.-European Community Ministerial
Meeting. |
December 11–13, 1985 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Briefed NATO Foreign Ministers on the U.S.-Soviet pre-summit meeting. |
October 13, 1986 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 10–12, 1986 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Briefed NATO Foreign Ministers on his visit to Moscow. |
April 15–16, 1987 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Briefed NATO Foreign Ministers on his visit to Moscow. |
October 23–24, 1987 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Briefed NATO Foreign Ministers on the INF negotiations. |
November 25, 1987 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Ministerial Meeting and met with EEC representatives. Signed the
INF Basing Inspection Agreement. |
December 11–12, 1987 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Briefed NATO Foreign Ministers on his visit to Moscow. |
February 23, 1988 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Summit Meeting with President Reagan. |
March 1–3, 1988 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Briefed NATO Foreign Ministers on his visit to Moscow. |
April 25, 1988 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Met with NATO Foreign Ministers. |
May 13, 1988 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Briefed NATO Foreign Ministers on the Moscow Summit. |
June 2, 1988 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Brussels |
Attended NATO and EEC Ministerial Meetings. |
December 7–9, 1988 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Met with Foreign Minister Tindemans and NATO officials. |
February 15–17, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Briefed NATO Foreign Ministers on his visit to Moscow. |
May 11–12, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Accompanied President Bush to NATO Summit Meeting. |
May 28–30, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Accompanied President Bush to meetings with NATO heads of state and
government. |
December 3–4, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Discussed aid to Eastern Europe with representatives of the Group of 24; attended a
NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting. |
December 13–15, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Met with NATO and European Community Foreign Ministers. |
May 3, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Attended meeting of the Group of 24. |
July 3–4, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Attended a special session of the North Atlantic Council. |
August 10, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Briefed NATO Foreign Ministers on the U.S.-Soviet summit meeting and the Persian
Gulf crisis. |
September 10, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Attended U.S.-European Community Meeting. |
November 16–17, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 16–18, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Met with NATO Foreign Ministers to discuss the coup in the Soviet Union. |
August 21–22, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting and met with Foreign Ministers of the European
Community. |
December 19–21, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting and met with North Atlantic Cooperation Council
Foreign Ministers. Discussed peace-keeping efforts in Yugoslavia with European Community
Foreign Ministers, and strategic arms reductions with Russian Foreign Minister
Kozyrev. |
March 9–11, 1992 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Brussels |
Discussed the Yugoslav civil war with NATO Foreign Ministers. |
February 25–26, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Brussels |
Discussed the Bosnian crisis with NATO officials. |
May 5–6, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Brussels |
Met with EC Foreign Ministers and attended NATO and NACC Ministerial
Meetings. |
December 1–3, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Brussels |
Accompanied President Clinton to NATO Summit Meeting. |
January 9–11, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting and met with Russian Foreign Minister
Kozyrev. |
June 22, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Brussels |
Attended memorial service for NATO Secretary General Woerner. |
August 17–19, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Brussels |
Attended NATO, NACC, and Contact Group Ministerial Meetings. |
December 1–4, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Brussels |
Attended NATO and NACC Ministerial Meetings. |
December 4–6, 1995 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Brussels |
Discussed the situation in Bosnia with senior NATO officials. |
March 16, 1996 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Brussels |
Discussed implementation of the Dayton Accords with senior NATO and OSCE
officials. |
August 13, 1996 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
December 9–11, 1996 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Brussels |
Addressed NATO Foreign Ministers and the European Commission. |
February 18, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting and meetings of the NATO-Ukraine
Commission, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, and the NATO-Russia Permanent Joint
Council. |
December 15–17, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Brussels |
Stopped en route to London. |
December 22, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Brussels |
Discussed the Kosovo crisis with NATO officials. |
October 7–8, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial meeting, and ministerial meetings of the Euro-Atlantic
Partnership Council, NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council, and NATO-Ukraine
Commission. |
December 8–9, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial meeting on the Kosovo crisis. |
April 11–13, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Brussels |
Accompanied President Clinton to meetings with senior NATO officials. |
May 4, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Brussels |
Briefed senior NATO officials on the Kosovo peace agreement. |
June 8, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Brussels |
Met with European Union representatives; dedicated new USEU chancery. |
March 9–10, 2000 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Brussels |
Attended NATO and NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council Ministerial
meetings. |
December 13–16, 2000 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Brussels |
Met with NATO Foreign Ministers. |
February 26–27, 2001 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Brussels |
Accompanied President Bush to NATO Summit Meeting. |
June 13–14, 2001 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting; addressed EU Justice and Home Affairs
Council. |
December 5–7, 2001 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Brussels |
Discussed the conflict in Iraq with NATO, EU, and Russian Foreign
Ministers. |
April 2–3, 2003 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Brussels |
Met with EU Foreign Ministers. |
November 18, 2003 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial meeting. |
December 3–4, 2003 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial and NATO/Russian Council meetings. |
April 1–2, 2004 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Brussels |
Attended North Atlantic Council, NATO-Russia and Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
meetings. |
December 8–10, 2004 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. |
February 9, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Brussels |
Accompanied President Bush to the NATO and EU Summit Meetings. |
February 20–23, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Brussels |
Attended the International Conference on Iraq. |
June 21–22, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting and meetings of the European-Atlantic Council and
the NATO-Ukraine Commission. |
December 7–9, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Brussels |
Attended NATO Ministerial meeting, and meetings of the NATO-Russia Council and the
NATO-Ukraine Commission. |
December 6–7, 2007 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Brussels |
Attended NATO and EU Ministerial Meetings. Addressed Women Leaders Working
Group. |
March 5–7, 2008 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Brussels |
Attended an emergency meeting of the North Atlantic Council and discussed the
Georgia crisis with EU leaders. |
August 18–19, 2008 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. |
December 2, 2008 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting and met with the EU and Swiss Foreign
Ministers. |
March 5–6, 2009 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Foreign Minister’s Meeting, a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council,
and met with representatives of non-NATO ISAF-contributing countries. |
December 4, 2009 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Ministerial meeting and met with the European Council President and
the High Representative for Foreign Affairs. |
October 13–14, 2010 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Brussels |
Attended the NATO Ministerial Meeting and a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council.
Signed the U.S.-Slovak Joint Action Plan to Combat Nuclear Smuggling. |
December 7–8, 2011 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Brussels |
Attended a joint meeting of NATO Foreign and Defense Ministers, and a meeting of
the NATO-Russia Council. |
April 18–19, 2012 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Brussels |
Attended the 28th session of the North Atlantic Council and meetings of the
NATO-Georgia Council, with Non-NATO ISAF Contributing Countries, and the U.S.-EU Energy
Council. |
December 4–5, 2012 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Foreign Minister’s Meeting. Also attended a NATO-Russia Council
Ministerial meeting. Signed agreement with Lithuania on countering nuclear smuggling.
Met with Afghan President Hamad Karzai and Pakistani General Ashfaq Kayani. |
April 21–24, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Brussels |
Attended the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and a NATO-Russia Council Meeting.
Signed Cyber Partnership Agreement with Estonia. |
December 3–4, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Brussels |
Attended the NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting and meetings of the NATO-Ukraine and
NATO-Georgia Commissions. Co-chaired the 5th U.S.-EU Energy Council Meeting. |
April 1–2, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. |
June 24–26, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Brussels |
Attended the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting, the first ministerial meeting of the
Counter-ISIL Coalition, and the 6th U.S.-EU Energy Council meeting. |
December 1–3, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. |
December 1–2, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Brussels |
Met with Belgian and EU officials and expressed condolences following a March 22
terrorist attack. |
March 25, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
May 18–21, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Brussels |
Met with EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and NATO Secretary General Jens
Stoltenberg. |
June 27, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Brussels |
Met with EU Member States Foreign Ministers and with EU High Representative
Mogherini. |
July 17–18, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Brussels |
Attended the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan. |
October 4–5, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Ministerial Meeting. Met with EU High Representative
Mogherini. |
December 6–7, 2016 |
| Rex Wayne Tillerson |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
March 31, 2017 |
| Rex Wayne Tillerson |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting and met with EU Foreign
Ministers. |
December 4–6, 2017 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Brussels |
Attended a NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. |
April 26–27, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Brussels |
Accompanied President Trump to the NATO Summit and also participated in the U.S.-EU
Energy Council and co-hosted a meeting of foreign ministers of the Global Coalition to
Defeat ISIS. |
July 10–12, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Brussels |
Participated in the semi-annual meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers and also met with
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel. |
December 3–5, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Brussels |
Met with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica
Mogherini. |
February 13–14, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Brussels |
Met with European allies to discuss recent threatening actions and statements by
the Islamic Republic of Iran. |
May 13–14, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Brussels |
Met with Belgian Prime Minister and European Council President-elect Michel, NATO
Secretary General Stoltenberg, European Parliament President Sassoli, European
Commission President-elect von der Leyen, and Acting Spanish Foreign Minister Josep
Borrell. |
September 2–3, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Brussels |
Met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. |
October 18, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Brussels |
Led the U.S. delegation to the NATO Foreign Ministerial. |
November 19–21, 2019 |
