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Great Seal Visits to the U.S. by Foreign Heads of State and Government--1981

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Date Visitor Country Description
January 27-29, 1981Prime Minister Edward SeagaJamaicaOfficial visit.
January 28- February 6, 1981President Chun Doo HwanKoreaOfficial visit.
February 25-28, 1981Prime Minister Margaret ThatcherUnited KingdomOfficial visit; visited New York City.
March 15-18, 1981President- designate Roberto E. ViolaArgentinaPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan March 17.
March 30- April 1, 1981Prime Minister Andreas A. M. van AgtNetherlandsOfficial working visit. Met with Vice President Bush
May 6-9, 1981Prime Minister Zenko SuzukiJapanOfficial visit. In U.S. May 4; visited New York City
May 20-23, 1981Chancellor Helmut SchmidtGermany, Federal Republic ofOfficial visit.
June 7-9, 1981President Jose Lopez PortilloMexicoOfficial working visit.
June 15, 1981President Omar BongoGabonMet with President Reagan during a private visit.
June 16-19, 1981Prime Minister Lee Kuan YewSingaporePrivate visit. Met with President Reagan June 19.
June 29-July 1, 1981Prime Minister John Malcolm FraserAustraliaOfficial visit.
July 10-11, 1981Prime Minister Pierre Elliott TrudeauCanadaOfficial working visit.
July 23-25, 1981Prime Minister Robert D. MuldoonNew ZealandPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan July 24; visited New York City.
August 4-9, 1981President Anwar SadatEgyptState visit; visited New York City.
September 8-11, 1981Prime Minister Menachem BeginIsraelOfficial visit; visited New York City. Departed U.S. September 15.
September 17-18, 1981President Jose Lopez PortilloMexicoInformal meeting at the dedication of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and Library, Grand Rapids (Michigan).
September 17-18, 1981Prime Minister Pierre Elliott TrudeauCanadaInformal meeting at the dedication of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and Library, Grand Rapids (Michigan).
September 19- October 1, 1981President Jose Napoleon DuarteEl SalvadorPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan September 21.
September 24-26, 1981President Daniel arap MoiKenyaPrivate visit en route to UN General Assembly. Met with President Reagan September 25.
October 3-10, 1981Prime Minister Prem TinsulanondaThailandPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan October 6.
October 12-16, 1981Prime Minister Seewoosagur RamgoolamMauritiusPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan October 16.
October 12-16, 1981King Juan Carlos ISpainState visit; visited New York City.
October 17-19, 1981President Francois MitterrandFrancePrivate visit. Attended Bicentennial ceremonies at Williamsburg and Yorktown (Virginia).
November 1-5, 1981King HusseinJordanState visit; visited Los Angeles. Departed U.S. November 12.
November 14-21, 1981President Jaafar NimieriSudanPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan November 20.
November 16-19, 1981President Luis Herrera CampinsVenezuelaState visit.
November 22, 1981King Carl XVI GustavSwedenPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan.
November 29- December 8, 1981President Mobutu Sese SekoZairePrivate visit. Met with President Reagan December 1.
December 4-9, 1981President Spyros KyprianouCyprusPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan December 8.

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