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| Visits to the U.S. by Foreign Heads of State and Government--1996 |
| Date | Visitor | Country | Description |
| January 28-February 2, 1996 | Prime Minister Viktor S. Chernomyrdin | Russia | Met with President Clinton and IMF officials; attended Meeting of U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation. Later visited New York City. |
| January 31-February 2, 1996 | President Jacques R. Chirac | France | State Visit. Addressed Joint Session of Congress. Later visited Chicago. |
| February 20-22, 1996 | President Leonid Kuchma | Ukraine | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| February 23, 1996 | Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto | Japan | Informal meeting in Santa Monica (California). |
| February 27-March 1, 1996 | Emir Jabir al-Sabah | Kuwait | Working visit. |
| March 6-30, 1996 | King Hussein | Jordan | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. At Mayo Clinic March 4-6. |
| March 14-16, 1996 | Prime Minister John Bruton | Ireland | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| March 19-22, 1996 | President Rene Preval | Haiti | Official working visit. |
| March 27-30, 1996 | President Suleyman Demirel | Turkey | Working visit. |
| April 1-3, 1996 | President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro | Italy | State Visit. Afterwards addressed the UN General Assembly |
| April 7-10, 1996 | Prime Minister Konstandinos Simitis | Greece | Working visit. |
| April 9-11, 1996 | Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa | Croatia | Attended funeral service for Commerce Secretary Brown. |
| April 25, 1996 | President Elias Hrawi | Lebanon | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. Addressed the UN General Assembly April 23; medical treatment in Boston (Massachusetts) April 28. |
| April 28-30, 1996 | Prime Minister Shimon Peres | Israel | Signed missile defense cooperation and anti- terrorism agreements. Met with PLO Chairman Arafat. |
| May 7-10, 1996 | President Konstandinos Stephanopoulos | Greece | State Visit. Afterwards visited Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Chicago. |
| May 14, 1996 | President Kresimir Zubac | Bosnian Federation | Met with President Clinton after a meeting of the Federation Forum. |
| May 14, 1996 | Prime Minister Izudin Kapetanovic | Bosnian Federation | Met with President Clinton after a meeting of the Federation Forum. |
| May 14, 1996 | Prime Minister Hasan Muratovic | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Met with President Clinton after a meeting of the Federation Forum. |
| May 18-21, 1996 | President Alberto K. Fujimori | Peru | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| May 21, 1996 | Prime Minister Mahathir bin Muhammad | Malaysia | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| May 22-23, 1996 | Chancellor Helmut Kohl | Germany | Official working visit in Milwaukee and Washington |
| June 8-14, 1996 | King Hussein | Jordan | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| June 12, 1996 | Prime Minister Romano Prodi | Italy | Attended U.S.-European Union Summit Meeting. |
| June 12-15, 1996 | President Mary Robinson | Ireland | State Visit. |
| June 16-18, 1996 | President Glafcos Clerides | Cyprus | Working visit. |
| June 23-26, 1996 | President Islom Karimov | Uzbekistan | Inaugurated a new embassy during a private visit. |
| June 23-27, 1996 | President Sixto Duran-Ballen Cordovez | Ecuador | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| June 25-27, 1996 | President Lennart Meri | Estonia | Working visit. Afterwards visited New York City. |
| June 25-27, 1996 | President Guntis Ulmanis | Latvia | Working visit. Afterwards visited New York City. |
| June 25-27, 1996 | President Algirdas Brazauskas | Lithuania | Working visit. Afterwards visited New York City. |
| July 9-10, 1996 | President Aleksander Kwasniewski | Poland | Working visit. |
| July 9-11, 1996 | Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu | Israel | Official working visit. Addressed Joint Session of Congress. Later visited New York City. Departed the U.S. July 13. |
| July 28-31, 1996 | President Hosni Mubarak | Egypt | Official working visit. |
| August 1-2, 1996 | President Franjo Tudjman | Croatia | Working visit. |
| August 5-6, 1996 | Prime Minister Goran Persson | Sweden | Official working visit. |
| September 6, 1996 | Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu | Israel | Private visit. Afterwards visited New York City. |
| September 8-12, 1996 | Prime Minister John Bruton | Ireland | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. Addressed joint session of Congress. |
| September 24, 1996 | Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto | Japan | Met with President Clinton at the UN General Assembly. |
| September 30-October 1, 1996 | Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus | Czech Republic | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| September 30- October 2, 1996 | King Hussein | Jordan | Attended Middle East Summit Meeting. |
| September 30- October 2, 1996 | Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu | Israel | Attended Middle East Summit Meeting. |
| October 16-19, 1996 | Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri | Lebanon | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| December 4-5, 1996 | President Carlos Saul Menem | Argentina | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| December 15-18, 1996 | Prime Minister John Bruton | Ireland | Working visit. Attended U.S.-European Union Summit Me
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