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Saudi Arabia
| Name | Locale | Remarks | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Foster Dulles | Riyadh, Dhahran | Met with King Ibn Saud and senior Saudi officials. | May 18–19, 1953 |
| William Pierce Rogers | Riyadh | Met with King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf. | May 1–2, 1971 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Riyadh | Met with King Faisal and senior Saudi officials. | November 8–9, 1973 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Riyadh | Met with King Faisal to discuss the Middle East peace process. | December 14, 1973 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Riyadh | Briefed King Faisal on the Syrian-Israeli peace process. | March 2, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Riyadh | Briefed King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf on the Israeli-Syrian negotiations. | May 9, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Jidda | Accompanied President Nixon. | June 14–15, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Riyadh | Reviewed the Middle East peace process with King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf. | October 13, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Riyadh | Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf. | November 6, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Riyadh | Briefed King Faisal on the Middle East peace process. | February 15, 1975 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Riyadh | Met with King Faisal to review the Middle East peace process and bilateral relations. | March 19, 1975 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Taif | Briefed King Khalid on the Middle East peace process. | September 2, 1975 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud; reviewed the Middle East peace process. | February 19–20, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance | Taif | Reviewed the Middle East peace process with King Khalid and senior Saudi officials. | August 7–9, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance | Riyadh | Reviewed the Middle East peace process. | December 14–15, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance | Riyadh | Accompanied President Carter. | January 3–4, 1978 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance | Riyadh | Reviewed the Camp David Accords with King Khalid and Crown Prince Fahd. | September 21–24, 1978 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig | Riyadh | Discussed the Middle East peace process and AWACS sales with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. | April 7–8, 1981 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Jidda | Discussed the proposed Israeli-Lebanon agreement with Foreign Minister Prince Saud. | May 8, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Jidda | Discussed means of withdrawing foreign forces from Lebanon. | July 4–5, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Jeddah | Met with King Fahd. | October 17, 1987 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Qasim | Met with King Fahd. | April 7, 1988 |
| James Addison Baker | Jeddah, Taif | Met with King Fahd and with Emir al-Sabah of Kuwait; discussed financing of U.S. military presence. Visited U.S. military personnel. | September 6–7, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker | Jeddah, Taif | Met with King Fahd, Foreign Minister Prince Saud, and the Emir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S. military personnel. | November 4–6, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker | Jeddah | Accompanied President Bush to meetings with King Fahd and the Amir of Kuwait. | November 21–22, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker | Riyadh | Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. | January 10–11, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker | Taif | Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with the Amir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S. military personnel in eastern Saudi Arabia. | January 11, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker | Taif, Riyadh | Met with the Amir of Kuwait and with the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Syria, and the Gulf Cooperation Council. | March 8–10, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker | Jeddah | Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. | April 21–22, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker | Jeddah | Discussed a Middle East peace conference with King Fahd. | July 20–21, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker | Jeddah | Discussed the Middle East peace process and the Iraq crisis with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. | July 23–24, 1992 |
| Warren Minor Christopher | Riyadh | Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd. | February 21–22, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher | Riyadh | Met with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council. | April 27, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher | King Khalid Military City, Riyadh | Accompanied President Clinton to a meeting with King Fahd. | October 28–29, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher | Jeddah | Met with the Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers and discussed the situation in Iraq with King Fahd. | March 12, 1995 |
| Warren Minor Christopher | Dhahran | Met with Foreign Minister Prince Saud and with U.S. and Saudi military personnel. | June 26, 1996 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright | Jeddah, Abha, Prince Sultan Air Base | Met with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah, with Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers, and visited U.S. military personnel. | September 13–14, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright | Riyadh | Discussed the Iraq crisis with senior Saudi officials. | November 16–17, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright | Riyadh | Discussed the Iraq crisis with Crown Prince Abdullah. | February 1–2, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright | Riyadh, Prince Sultan Air Base | Discussed the Iraq crisis with King Fahd and senior Saudi officials and addressed U.S. military personnel. | January 27–28, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright | Riyadh | Met with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah. | December 6–7, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright | Riyadh | Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd and senior officials; also met with Syrian President Bashar Assad. | October 17–18, 2000 |
| Colin Luther Powell | Riyadh | Met with senior Saudi officials. | February 26, 2001 |
| Colin Luther Powell | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince Abdullah and visited the Vinnell Compound after a terrorist attack. | May 13, 2003 |
| Colin Luther Powell | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. | March 19, 2004 |
| Colin Luther Powell | Jeddah | Met with Crown Prince Abdullah, Foreign Minister Prince Saud, and Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi. | July 28–29, 2004 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince Abdullah and senior Saudi officials. | June 20–21, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Jeddah | Attended a Strategic Dialogue meeting and met with Foreign Minister Prince Saud. | November 12–13, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Riyadh | Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. | February 22–23, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Jeddah | Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. | October 2–3, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Riyadh | Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. | January 15–16, 2007 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Jeddah | Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Saud. | August 1, 2007 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Riyadh | Accompanied President Bush. Met with Foreign Minister Prince Saud. | January 14–15, 2008 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Riyadh | Accompanied President Bush. | May 16–17, 2008 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | Riyadh, Jeddah | Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. Visited the Organization of the Islamic Conference headquarters and made a speech at the Dar Al-Hekma College in Jeddah on February 16. | February 15–16, 2010 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | Riyadh | Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. Attended the First Ministerial Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council-U.S. Strategic Cooperation Forum. | March 30–31, 2012 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Riyadh | Met with the Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers and with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal. | March 3–4, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Jeddah | Met with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal. | June 25–26, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Riyadh | Met with Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. | November 3–4, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Riyadh | Met with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Said. | January 5–6, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Riyadh | Accompanied President Obama. | March 28–29, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Jeddah | Met with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and Syrian Opposition Coalition President Ahmad Jarba. | June 27, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Jeddah | Met with King Abdullah, attended a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Regional Partners, and met with representatives of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. | September 11–12, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Riyadh | Accompanied President Obama to offer condolences to King Salman bin Abd al Aziz bin Saud after the passing of King Abdullah. | January 27, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Riyadh | Met with King Salman and Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and attended a meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers. | March 4–6, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Riyadh | Met with King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, and Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. | May 6–7, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Riyadh | Met with King Salman, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. | October 24, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Riyadh | Met with Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, members of the Syrian Opposition’s High Negotiations Committee, and with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council states. | January 23–25, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Hafr al-Batin | Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud, and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. | March 11–12, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Riyadh | Attended a Gulf Cooperation Council Summit Meeting with President Obama. | April 21, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Jeddah, Al Wajh | Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud. | May 15, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Jeddah | Met with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council and of the United Kingdom, and the UN Special Envoy for Yemen. | August 24–25, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Riyadh | Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and with the Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia and Oman. | December 17–19, 2016 |
| Rex W. Tillerson | Riyadh | Accompanied President Trump. | May 20–22, 2017 |
| Rex W. Tillerson | Jeddah | Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and the Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. | July 11–12, 2017 |
| Rex W. Tillerson | Riyadh | Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. Attended the first meeting of the Saudi Arabia-Iraq Coordination Council. | October 21–22, 2017 |
| Michael R. Pompeo | Riyadh | Met with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. | April 28–29, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir regarding the investigation into the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi. | October 15–17, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo | Jeddah | Met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud. | June 23–24, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo | Jeddah | Met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud. | September 18, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo | Riyadh | Discussed regional and bilateral issues with Saudi leadership. | February 19–21, 2020 |
| Michael R. Pompeo | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. | November 22, 2020 |
| Antony John Blinken | Jeddah | Accompanied President Biden to a Summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council. | July 15–16, 2022 |
| Antony John Blinken | Jeddah, Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, participated in a U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministerial, and co-hosted a Ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. | June 6–8, 2023 |
| Antony John Blinken | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman. | October 14–15, 2023 |
| Antony John Blinken | Al ‘Ula | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. | January 8, 2024 |
| Antony John Blinken | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman. | February 5, 2024 |
| Antony John Blinken | Jeddah | Met with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. | March 20–21, 2024 |
| Antony John Blinken | Riyadh | Met with Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. Participated in a Ministerial meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Attended special meeting of the World Economic Forum. | April 29, 2024 |
| Antony John Blinken | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al Saud. | October 23–24, 2024 |
| Marco Rubio | Riyadh | Met with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. Also met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Aide to the President Yuri Ushakov, along with National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff. | February 17–19, 2025 |