Dignitaries Met: 2000 - 2004
|
Date |
Name of the Person |
Title |
Place of Meeting |
Country of Dignitary |
| Nov. 7, 2004 | Dr. M.G. Buthelezi | President of the South African Inkatha Freedom Party | Durban | South Africa |
| Nov. 5, 2004 | Nelson Mandela | Former President of South Africa | Johannesburg | South Africa |
| Oct. 5, 2004 | Santiago Creel | Secretary of Interior of Mexico | Mexico | Mexico City |
| Oct. 1, 2004 | Maria del Carmen Acena | Minister of Education of Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
| Oct. 1, 2004 | Jorge Briz Abularach | Foreign Minister of Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
| Oct. 1, 2004 | Eduardo Stein Barrillas | Vice President of Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
| Oct. 1, 2004 | Oscar Jose Rafael Berger Perdomo | President of Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
| Sept. 29, 2004 | Francisco Lainez | Foreign Minister of El Salvador | San Salvador | El Salvador |
| Sept. 29, 2004 | Ana Vilma de Escobar | Vice President of El Salvador |
San Salvador | El Salvador |
| Sept. 29, 2004 | Tony Saca | President of El Salvador |
San Salvador | El Salvador |
| Sept. 27, 2004 | Mario Redondo Poveda | Speaker of the Costa Rican Parliament | San Jose | Costa Rica |
| Sept. 27, 2004 | Gerardo Gonzalez Esquivel | President of the Costa Rican Congress | San Jose | Costa Rica |
| Sept. 27, 2004 | Roberto Tova Faja | Foreign Minister of Costa Rica | San Jose | Costa Rica |
| Sept. 27, 2004 | Lineth Sabario | Vice President of Costa Rica |
San Jose | Costa Rica |
| Sept. 27, 2004 | Abel Pacheco | President of Costa Rica |
San Jose | Costa Rica |
| Sept. 26, 2004 | Guido Saenz | Minister of Culture of Costa Rica |
San Jose | Costa Rica |
| Sept. 23, 2004 | Sila Calderon | Governor of Puerto Rico | San Juan | Puerto Rico |
| Sept. 17, 2004 | Jeb Bush | Governor of Florida | Miami | USA |
| July 3, 2004 | Dr. Manmohan Singh | Prime Minister of India | New Delhi | India |
| July 3, 2004 | Sonia Gandhi | Chairperson of the Indian United Progressive Alliance | New Delhi | India |
| May 28, 2004 | Michael Howard | Leader of the U.K. Opposition | London | U.K. |
| May 28, 2004 | H.R.H. Prince Charles | Prince of Wales | London | U.K. |
| May 27, 2004 | Jack Straw | Foreign Secretary of the U.K. |
London | U.K. |
| May 27, 2004 | Dr. Rowan Williams | Archbishop of Canterbury | London | U.K. |
| May 6, 2004 | Dalton McGuinty | Premier of Ontario | Toronto | Canada |
| May 6, 2004 | James Bartelman | Lt. Governor of Ontario | Toronto | Canada |
| April 23, 2004 | Paul Martin | Prime Minister of Canada | Ottawa | Canada |
| April 22, 2004 | Stephen Harper | Leader of the Canadian Conservative Party | Ottawa | Canada |
| April 18, 2004 | Gordon Campbell | Premier of British Columbia | Vancouver | Canada |
| Nov. 28, 2003 | Mikhail Gorbachev | Former President of the U.S.S.R. | Rome | Russia |
| Nov. 27, 2003 | Marcello Pera | President of the Italian Senate | Rome | Italy |
| Nov. 27, 2003 | H.H. Pope John Paul II | Pope | Vatican City | Vatican State |
| Nov. 26, 2003 | Massimo D'Aleama | Former Prime Minister of Italy |
Rome | Italy |
| Nov. 26, 2003 | Pier Ferdinando Casini | President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies | Rome | Italy |
| Nov. 26, 2003 | Margherita Boniver | Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy | Rome | Italy |
| Oct. 15, 2003 | Jean Louis Debre | President of the French National Assembly | Paris | France |
| Oct. 14, 2003 | Christian Poncelet | President of the French Senate | Paris | France |
| Oct. 12, 2003 | Alejandro Toledo | President of Peru | Madrid | Peru |
| Sept. 11, 2003 | Nancy Pelosi | Minority Leader of the U.S. House | Washington | U.S.A. |
| Sept. 10, 2003 | George W. Bush | President of the U.S. | Washington | U.S.A. |
| Sept. 9, 2003 | Colin Powell | U.S. Secretary of State | Washington | U.S.A. |
| Sept. 9, 2003 | Tom Daschle | Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate | Washington | U.S.A. |
| Sept. 9, 2003 | Bill Frist | Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate | Washington | U.S.A |
| Sept. 9, 2003 | Tom Daschle | Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate | Washington | U.S.A. |
| June 6, 2003 | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Prime Minister of Denmark | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| June 4, 2003 | Per Stig Moller | Foreign Minister of Denmark | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| June 3, 2003 | Bjorn Von Sydow | Speaker of the Swedish Parliament | Stockholm | Sweden |
| May 30, 2003 | Joschka Fischer | Foreign Minister of Germany | Berlin | Germany |
| May 30, 2003 | Wolfgang Thierse | President of the German Parliament | Berlin | Germany |
| May 30, 2003 |
Claudia Roth | Commissioner of Human Rights of Germany |
Berlin | Germany |
| May 27, 200 | George Fernandes | Minister of Defence of India |
New Delhi |
India |
| Nov. 7, 2002 | Nambaryn Enkhbayar | Prime Minister of Mongolia | Ulan Bator |
Mongolia |
| Oct. 13, 2002 |
Benita Ferrero-Waldner | Foreign Minister of Austria |
Graz | Austria |
| Oct. 8, 2002 | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | President of India |
New Delhi |
India |
| Oct. 8, 2002 | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Vice President of India |
New Delhi |
India |
| July 8, 2002 | Ivica Racan | Prime Minister of Croatia |
Zagreb |
Croatia |
| July 6, 2002 | Dr. Dimitrij Rupel | Foreign Minister of Slovenia |
Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| July 5, 2002 | Mr. Milan Kucan | President of Slovenia |
Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| July 4, 2002 | Dr. Janez Drnovsek | Prime Minister of Slovenia |
Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| July 4, 2002 | Borut Pahor | President of the Slovenian National Assembly | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| July 2, 2002 |
Vaclav Havel | President of the Czech Republic |
Prague | Czech Republic |
| May 28, 2002 | Jim Anderton | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
Wellington |
New Zealand |
| May 28, 2002 | Phil Goff | Foreign Minister of New Zealand | Wellington |
New Zealand |
| Nov. 30, 2001 | Giovanni Alemanni | Minister of Agriculture & Forestry of Italy |
Pomaia | Italy |
| Nov. 28, 2001 | Jorge Sampaio | President of Portugal |
Lisbon | Portugal |
| Nov. 27, 2001 | H.M. King of Portugal | King of Portugal |
Fatima |
Portugal |
| Oct. 24, 2001 | Nicole Fontaine | President of the European Parliament | Strasbourg |
France |
| Oct. 24, 2001 | Simeon II | Prime Minister of Bulgaria | Strasbourg |
France |
| July 3, 2001 |
Atal Behari Vajpayee | Prime Minister of India |
New Delhi |
India |
| June 24, 2001 | Valdas Adamkus | President of Lithuania | Vilnius |
Lithuania |
| June 23, 2001 | Andris Berzins | Prime Minister of Latvia |
Riga | Latvia |
| June 21, 2001 |
Vaira Vike-Frigbera | President of Latvia | Riga | Latvia |
| June 19, 2001 |
Maart Laar | Prime Minister of Estonia |
Tallinn |
Estonia |
| May 23, 2001 |
George W. Bush | President of the U.S. |
Washington | U.S.A. |
| May 22, 2001 | Colin Powell | U.S. Secretary of State | Washington | U.S.A. |
| May 22, 2001 | Richard Armitage | U.S. Deputy Secretary of State | Washington | U.S.A. |
| May 13, 2001 | John Kitzhaber | Governor of Oregon | Portland | U.S.A. |
| May 10, 2001 | Michael Leavitt | Governor of Utah | Salt Lake City | U.S.A. |
| May 9, 2001 |
Jesse Ventura | Governor of Minnesota | St. Paul | U.S.A. |
| May 6, 2001 | Ruth Dreifuss | Interior Minister of Switzerland |
Basel | Switzerland |
| April 7, 2001 | Chan Chung-hsung | Prime Minister of Taiwan |
Taipei |
Taiwan |
| April 7, 2001 | Hsui-lien Annetta Lu | Vice President of Taiwan |
Taipei |
Taiwan |
| April 5, 2001 | Chen Shui-bian | President of Taiwan |
Taipei |
Taiwan |
| April 2, 2001 | Wang Jin-pyng | Speaker of the Taiwanese Parliament | Taipei |
Taiwan |
| Jan. 29, 2001 | Atal Behari Vajpayee | Prime Minister of India |
New Delhi |
India |
| Oct. 21, 2000 | Mary McAleese | President of Ireland |
Belfast | Northern Ireland |
| Oct. 16, 2000 | Vaclav Havel | President of the Czech Republic |
Prague | Czech Republic |
| Oct. 13, 2000 |
Janos Martonyi | Foreign Minister of Hungary |
Budapest | Hungary |
| Oct. 11, 2000 | Viktor Orban | Prime Minister of Hungary |
Budapest | Hungary |
| July 3, 2000 | Madeline Albright | U.S. Secretary of State | Washington | U.S.A. |
| June 21, 2000 | Richard Holbrooke | U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. | Washington |
U.S.A. |
| June 20, 2000 | Bill Clinton | President of the U.S. |
Washington |
U.S.A. |
| May 23, 2000 | Jens Stoltenberg | Prime Minister of Norway |
Oslo |
Norway |
| May 22, 2000 | Thorbjorn Jagland | Foreign Minister of Norway |
Oslo |
Norway |
| May 22, 2000 | H.M. King Harold | King of Norway |
Oslo | Norway |
| May 21, 2000 |
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | Prime Minister of Denmark |
Copenhagen | Denmark |
| May 17, 2000 | Goran Persson | Prime Minister of Sweden | Stockholm | Sweden |
| May 16, 2000 | Anna Lindh | Foreign Minister of Sweden | Stockholm | Sweden |
| May 16, 2000 | Birgitta Dahl | Speaker of the Swedish Parliament | Stockholm |
Sweden |
| May 11, 2000 | Jerzy Buzek | Prime Minister of Poland |
Warsaw |
Poland |
| May 10, 2000 | Maciej Plazynski | Speaker of the Polish Parliament | Warsaw | Poland |
