List of international presidential trips made by Mário Soares

His Excellency
Mário Soares
His Excellency Mário Soares
President of the Portuguese Republic
	In office; 9 March 1986 – 9 March 1996
Preceded by	Ramalho Eanes
Succeeded by	Jorge Sampaio
Personal details
Residence	Belém Palace
Website	fmsoares.pt

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

First term (1986-1991)[edit]

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

Country	Locations	Date	Details
Brazil	São Paulo	28 March-April 5	Received a honoris causa by the São Paulo State University (UNESP).
Soviet Union	Moscow, Yerevan, Baku	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, Salamanca, Barcelona, Seville	14-19 December

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

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, Lyon, Bordeaux	16-21 October	Meeting with the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand.
Guinea-Bissau		20-24 November
Côte d'Ivoire		24-26 November
Zaire		26-30 November

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

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	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

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

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

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, visited the Museum of the Holocaust; attended the funeral of Yitzhak Rabin.
Palestinian Authority	Gaza	4-5 November	Meeting with the President of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat; he was in Gaza when the Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, was murdererd.
South Africa		17-24 November
Seychelles		4-5 November	Meeting with President France Albert René.