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Great Seal Visits to the U.S. by Foreign Heads of State and Government--1983

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Date Visitor Country Description
January 4-7, 1983President Yitzhak NavonIsraelOfficial working visit; visited Baltimore. Private visit Afterward to Boston.
January 17-20, 1983Prime Minister Yasuhiro NakasoneJapanOfficial working visit.
January 26-31, 1983President Hosni MubarakEgyptOfficial working visit.
February 2-4, 1983Chancellor Bruno KreiskyAustriaOfficial working visit. Private visit afterwards to New York City.
February 16-18, 1983Prime Minister Kaare I. WillochNorwayOfficial working visit.
February 21-23, 1983Prime Minister Edward SeagaJamaicaPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan February 22.
February 26- March 7, 1983Queen Elizabeth IIUnited KingdomOfficial visit to San Diego, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, and Yosemite National Park (California), and Seattle (Washington).
March 14-16, 1983Prime Minister Rudolphus F. M. (Ruud) LubbersNetherlandsOfficial working visit.
March 29- April 2, 1983President Kenneth D. KaundaZambiaOfficial working visit.
April 7-9, 1983President Osvaldo Hurtado LarreaEcuadorOfficial working visit.
April 10-14, 1983Prime Minister Ranasinghe PremadasaSri LankaPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan April 13.
April 11-15, 1983Sultan Qaboos bin SaidOmanState visit.
April 14-15, 1983Chancellor Helmut KohlGermany, Federal Republic ofOfficial working visit.
April 27-28, 1983Prime Minister Pierre Elliott TrudeauCanadaOfficial working visit.
May 11-14, 1983Prime Minister George C. PriceBelizeOfficial working visit
May 25-28, 1983Prime Minister Amintore FanfaniItalyOfficial working visit.
May 26-28, 1983Prime Minister Yasuhiro NakasoneJapanOfficial working visit.
May 28-31, 1983Prime Minister Margaret ThatcherUnited KingdomAttended Economic Summit Meeting, Williamsburg (Virginia).
May 28-31, 1983Chancellor Helmut KohlGermany, Federal Republic ofAttended Economic Summit Meeting, Williamsburg (Virginia).
May 28-31, 1983President Francois MitterrandFranceAttended Economic Summit Meeting, Williamsburg.
May 28-31, 1983Prime Minister Yasuhiro NakasoneJapanAttended Economic Summit Meeting, Williamsburg.
May 28-31, 1983Prime Minister Amintore FanfaniItalyAttended Economic Summit Meeting, Williamsburg.
May 28-31, 1983Prime Minister Pierre Elliott TrudeauCanadaAttended Economic Summit Meeting, Williamsburg.
June 6-9, 1983President Felix Houphouet-BoignyIvory CoastState visit; visited New York City. Departed U.S. June 20.
June 11-15, 1983Prime Minister Robert J. L. HawkeAustraliaOfficial working visit. Private visit to New York City afterward.
June 16-18, 1983President Alvaro MaganaEl SalvadorOfficial working visit.
June 20-22, 1983President Felipe GonzalezSpainOfficial working visit. Private visit to New York City afterward.
July 17-22, 1983Amir Sulman al-KhalifaBahrainState visit.
July 19-23, 1983President Amin GemayelLebanonOfficial working visit. Private visit to Houston afterward.
August 2-6, 1983President Mobutu Sese SekoZaireOfficial working visit.
August 9-12, 1983President Abdou DioufSenegalOfficial working visit.
September 12-14, 1983Prime Minister Robert MugabeZimbabweOfficial working visit. Private visit to Detroit (Michigan) afterward.
September 14-17, 1983President Antonio dos Santos Ramalho EanesPortugalState visit; visited New York City. Departed the U.S. September 20.
September 24-27, 1983President Mauno H. KoivistoFinlandOfficial working visit.
September 28-30, 1983Prime Minister Margaret ThatcherUnited KingdomOfficial working visit.
September 29-October 3, 1983President Hosni MubarakEgyptOfficial working visit.
October 3-7, 1983President Aristides Maria PereiraCape VerdePrivate visit. Met with President Reagan October 3.
October 3-6, 1983President Kurt CarstensGermany, Federal Republic ofState visit. Addressed Joint Session of U.S. Congress October 5. Visited Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), St. Louis (Missouri), El Paso and Dallas (Texas), Grand Canyon (Arizona), Las Vegas (Nevada), Seattle (Washington), New York City, and New Haven (Connecticut). Departed U.S. October 14.
October 19-21, 1983Prime Minister Bettino CraxiItalyOfficial working visit. Private visit to New York City afterward.
October 22-26, 1983President Gnassingbe EyademaTogoPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan October 24.
October 24-26, 1983Prime Minister Hussain Mohammad ErshadBangladeshOfficial working visit. Private visit to Houston (Texas) afterward.
October 25-26, 1983Prime Minister Maria Eugenia CharlesDominicaPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan October 25
November 5-8, 1983Prime Minister Edward SeagaJamaicaPrivate visit. Met with President Reagan November 6.
November 19-22, 1983President Jaafar NimeiriSudanOfficial working visit. Private visit afterward. Departed U.S. December 1.
November 16-23, 1983President Chaim HerzogIsraelPrivate visit. Addressed UN General Assembly. Met with President Reagan November 22.
November 27-30, 1983Prime Minister Yitzhak ShamirIsraelOfficial working visit. Private visit to New York City afterward.
November 30-December 3, 1983President Amin GemayelLebanonOfficial working visit.
December 5-10, 1983King BirendraNepalState visit; visited Orlando (Florida), Dallas (Texas), New York City, and Boston (December 10-13). Private visit afterward to Atlanta (Georgia), San Francisco, and Honolulu (Hawaii).
December 15-16, 1983Prime Minister Pierre Elliott TrudeauCanadaPrivate visit. Discussed proposals for nuclear arms limitations.

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