List of international presidential trips made by Mário Soares

His Excellency
Mário Soares
President of the Portuguese Republic
In office
9 March 1986 (1986-03-09) – 9 March 1996 (1996-03-09)
Preceded byRamalho Eanes
Succeeded byJorge Sampaio
Personal details
ResidenceBelém Palace
Websitefmsoares.pt

Below is a list of international presidential trips made by Mário Soares as President of the Portuguese Republic.[1]

First term (1986-1991)

1986

Country Locations Date Details
 São Tomé and Príncipe[2] São Tomé, Príncipe 5-8 December
 Cape Verde[2] Praia, Tarrafal 8-11 December

1987

Country Locations Date Details
 Brazil São Paulo[3] 28 March-April 5 Received a honoris causa by the São Paulo State University (UNESP).
 Soviet Union Moscow,[4] Yerevan,[2] Baku[2] 22-29 November Meeting with the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev and with activist Andrei Sakharov.
 Spain Madrid,[5] Salamanca,[5] Barcelona,[2] Seville[5] 14-19 December

1988

Country Locations Date Details
 West Germany 18-23 April
 Luxembourg 16-18 May
  Switzerland 18-21 May
 Greece 12-17 December

1989

Country Locations Date Details
 British Hong Kong and Macau 27 February-5 March
 Italy 5-12 April
 Hungarian People's Republic 27 September-2 October
 Netherlands 2-4 October
 France Paris,[5] Lyon,[3] Bordeaux[2] 16-21 October Meeting with the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand.[1]
 Guinea-Bissau 20-24 November
 Côte d'Ivoire 24-26 November
 Zaire 26-30 November

1990

Country Locations Date Details
 Sovereign Military Order of Malta 19-20 February
 Vatican City 26-29 April
 Morocco 15-20 May
 Sweden 9-11 October

Second term (1991-1996)

1992

Country Locations Date Details
 Oman Muscat 23-24 January Meeting with the Sultan of Oman, Qaboos Bin Said.
 India (New Delhi, Jaipur, Kochi, Mumbai, Pangim, Pondá, Daman, Diu)[5] 24 January-2 February Meeting with the President of India, Ramaswamy Venkataraman during the Indian Republic Day (26 January).
 Denmark 6-9 May
 Turkey 21-27 October

1993

Country Locations Date Details
 United Kingdom 27 April-2 May
 Ireland 1-4 June
 Iceland 4-6 June
 Chile 9-14 July
 Japan 18-27 October
 British Hong Kong and Macau 28-31 October

1994

Country Locations Date Details
 Bulgaria 13-16 September
 Malta 9-11 October
 Egypt 11-16 October
 Latvia 17-18 October
 Poland 18-20 October
 Czech Republic 16-17 November

1995

Country Locations Date Details
 Tunisia 7-8 March
Macau 6-10 April
 People's Republic of China Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai 10-17 April
 Pakistan 17-19 April
 Israel Jerusalem 31 October-4 November Attended the Knesset,[6] visited the Museum of the Holocaust;[7] attended the funeral of Yitzhak Rabin.[8]
 Palestinian Authority Gaza 4-5 November Meeting with the President of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat;[9][10] he was in Gaza when the Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated.[8]
 South Africa 17-24 November
 Seychelles 4-5 december Meeting with President France Albert René.[11]

1996

Country Locations Date Details
 Angola 8-11 January
 São Tomé and Príncipe 11 January

Sources

See also

References

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  10. ^ "Yasser Arafat | Biography, History, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
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