List of United States presidential visits to Mexico

Fifteen presidents of the United States have made thirty-four presidential visits to Mexico. The first visit by an incumbent president to Mexico was made in 1909 by William Howard Taft. It was only the second time in U.S. history that a president left the country while in office.

Table of visits PresidentDatesLocationsKey details William Howard Taft Ciudad Juárez Part of an exchange of visits with President Porfirio Díaz across the border. Franklin D. Roosevelt Monterrey Part of an exchange of visits with President Manuel Ávila Camacho across the border. Harry S. Truman México, D. F. State visit; met with President Miguel Alemán Valdés. Also visited the monument to the "Niños Héroes" of Chapultepec. Dwight D. Eisenhower Nueva Ciudad Guerrero Dedication of Falcon Dam, with President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines. Acapulco Informal meeting with President Adolfo López Mateos. Ciudad Acuña Informal visit; met with President López Mateos. John F. Kennedy México, D. F. State visit; met with President López Mateos. Lyndon B. Johnson México, D. F. Informal visit; met with President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. Ciudad Acuña Informal meeting with President Díaz Ordaz. Inspected construction of Amistad Dam. Ciudad Juárez Attended transfer of El Chamizal from the US. to Mexico and conferred with President Díaz Ordaz. Richard M. Nixon Ciudad Acuña Dedication of Amistad Dam with President Díaz Ordaz. Puerto Vallarta Official visit; met with President Díaz Ordaz. Gerald R. Ford Nogales,Magdalena de Kino Met with President Luis Echeverría and laid a wreath at the tomb of Padre Eusebio Kino. Jimmy Carter México, D. F. State visit; met with President José López Portillo and addressed the Mexican Congress.Ronald Reagan Ciudad Juárez Met with President López Portillo. (Visit made as President-elect.) Cancún Attended 22-nation North–South Summit meeting on Cooperation and Development. Met with the Heads of state and government of Algeria, Bangladesh, Canada, China, France, Guyana, India, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Tanzania, the United Kingdom, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia. Tijuana Exchange of visits with President-elect Miguel de la Madrid. La Paz Informal meeting with President de la Madrid. Mexicali Informal meeting with President de la Madrid. Mazatlán Informal meeting with President de la Madrid. George H. W. Bush Monterrey,Agualeguas State Visit; met with President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.Bill Clinton México, D. F.,Tlaxcala State Visit; met with President Ernesto Zedillo. Mérida State Visit; met with President Zedillo.George W. Bush San Cristóbal Met with President Vicente Fox. Monterrey Attended the International Conference on Financing for Development and met with President Fox. Los Cabos Attended the 14th APEC Summit Meeting. Monterrey Attended the Special Summit of the Americas. Cancun,Chichen-Itza Attended the 2nd North American Leaders' Summit with President Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper; visited the Chichen-Itza archaeological site. Mérida, Uxmal Met with President Felipe Calderón; visited the Maya ruin complex of Uxmal.Barack Obama Mexico City Met with President Calderón. Guadalajara Attended the 5th North American Leaders' Summit with President Calderón and Prime Minister Harper. Los Cabos Attended the G-20 Summit meeting. Mexico City Met with President Enrique Peña Nieto. Toluca Attended the 7th North American Leaders' Summit with President Peña and Prime Minister Harper. Joe Biden Mexico City Attended the 10th North American Leaders' Summit with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

See also Mexico–United States relations Foreign policy of the United States Foreign relations of the United States

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