List of international presidential trips made by Jair Bolsonaro

This is a list of international presidential trips made by Jair Bolsonaro, the 38th President of Brazil. President Bolsonaro has made 13 international trips to 12 countries since he assumed the presidency in January 2019. The official residence of the Brazilian president is the Palácio da Alvorada and principal workplace is the Palácio do Planalto, both in Brasília.

The number of visits per country where he traveled are:

• One visit to China, Chile, Israel, India, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay
• Two visits to Argentina and Japan
• Four visits to United States

Map of countries visited by Jair Bolsonaro as President:

  One visit

  Two visits

  Three visits

  Four visits

  Brazil

2019

The following are the international trips made by President Bolsonaro in 2019.

Bolsonaro with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, March 2019

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	January 22–25, 2019	Switzerland	Davos	Attendance to the World Economic Forum. Met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, President Ueli Maurer, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Colombian President Iván Duque, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.[1]
2	March 18–20, 2019	United States	Washington, D.C.	Working visit. Met with President Donald Trump. Nomination of Brazil as Major non-NATO ally.[2]
3	March 21–23, 2019	Chile	Santiago	State visit. Met with President Sebastián Piñera. Attendance to the first PROSUR summit.[3]
4	March 31–April 4, 2019	Israel	Tel Aviv Jerusalem	State visit. Met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Announcement of the opening of a business office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, and possible transfer of the Brazilian embassy to the city. First Brazilian President to visit the Western Wall.[4]
5	May 14–16, 2019	United States	Dallas	Awarded as the Person of the Year of Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce. Met with Former President George W. Bush.[5]
6	June 6–7, 2019	Argentina	Buenos Aires	State visit. Met with President Mauricio Macri.[6]
7	June 27–29, 2019	Japan	Osaka	Attendance to the G20 Osaka summit. Met with U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Announcement of the European Union–Mercosur free trade agreement.[7]
8	July 17, 2019	Argentina	Santa Fe	Attendance to the Mercosur summit. Met with President Mauricio Macri.[8]
9	September 23–24, 2019	United States	New York City	Attendance to the United Nations General Assembly. Met with President Donald Trump and UN Secretary-General António Guterres.[9]
10	October 21–24, 2019	Japan	Tokyo	Attendance to the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito. Met with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, British Prince of Wales Charles and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.[10]
	October 24–26, 2019	China	Beijing	State visit. Met with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Chairman Li Zhanshu. Announcement of the end of the need for visas for Chinese and Indian entry into Brazil.[11]
	October 26–27, 2019	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	State visit. Met with Abu Dhabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Announcement of a cooperation program for the joint development of defense materials, in addition to an exchange of information against terrorist organizations.[10]
	October 28, 2019	Qatar	Doha	State visit. Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.[10]
	October 28–30, 2019	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	State visit. Met with King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Saudi Arabia's announcement of a US$10 billion investment in Brazil in the area of infrastructure. Attendance to the Future Investment Initiative summit.[10]

2020

The following are the international trips made by President Bolsonaro in 2020.

Bolsonaro with U.S. President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, March 2020

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
11	January 24–27, 2020	India	New Delhi Agra	State visit. Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President Venkaiah Naidu. Chief guest to the 2020 Republic Day celebrations and signature of 15 cooperation agreements in different areas.[12]
12	March 1, 2020	Uruguay	Montevideo	Attendance to the inauguration of President Luis Lacalle Pou. Met with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera.[13]
13	March 7–10, 2020	United States	Miami Mar-a-Lago Doral Jacksonville	Working visit. Met with President Donald Trump, discussed the U.S.-led effort to oust Venezuelan disputed President Nicolás Maduro, a future trade deal and peace for the Middle East. Trump reaffirmed his interest in upgrading the American military alliance with Brazil, suggesting give to the country a full NATO membership. Visited the U.S. Southern Command.[14][15]

Future trips

The following international trips are scheduled to be made by President Bolsonaro over the next several months.

Dates	Country	Locations	Known details
November 21–22, 2020	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Scheduled to attend the G20 summit.[16]
November, 2020	United States	Camp David	Scheduled to attend the G7 summit.[17][18]
November, 2020	Russia	Saint Petersburg	Scheduled to attend the BRICS summit.[19]

Unscheduled trips

The following unscheduled trips may be made over the next several months.

Country	Known details
Italy	Trip scheduled for April 2020 and temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]
Poland
Hungary
Kuwait	Trip scheduled for 2020 and temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[21]
Bahrain
United Kingdom	Meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[22]
Portugal	Meet with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.[23]
Ukraine	Meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky.[24]
Guatemala	Meet with President Alejandro Giammattei.[25]

Multilateral meetings

The following multilateral meetings are scheduled to take place during President Bolsonaro's 2019–2022 term in office.

Group	Year
	2019	2020	2021	2022
BRICS	November 13–14, Brasília	November 17, Saint Petersburg	TBD,  India	TBD,  China
G20	June 28–29, Osaka	November 21–22, Riyadh	TBD,  Italy	TBD,  India
MERCOSUR	July 17, Santa Fe	July 2,[lower-alpha 1] Encarnación	TBD,  Uruguay	TBD,  Brazil
UNGA	September 23–30, New York City	September 22–29,[lower-alpha 2] New York City	TBD, New York City	TBD, New York City
WEF	January 22–25, Davos	January 21–24, Davos	TBD, Davos	TBD, Davos
G7		November, Camp David
PROSUR	March 22, Santiago
██ = Future event; ██ = Did not attend; ██ = Canceled event.

See also

• 2018 Brazilian general election
• President of Brazil
• Foreign relations of Brazil
• Brazil–United States relations
• Brazil–China relations
• Brazil–Russia relations
• Brazil–Japan relations
• Brazil–India relations
• Brazil–Israel relations

References

1. Virtual meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[26]
2. Virtual speech due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[27]

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20. "Bolsonaro suspende viagem à Polônia, Hungria e Itália por causa de epidemia de coronavírus". Estadão (in Portuguese). March 5, 2020.
21. "Eduardo: Presidente deve visitar Bahrein e Kuwait no ano que vem". R7 (in Portuguese). September 11, 2020.
22. "Bolsonaro parabeniza Boris Johnson e fala em manter histórica parceria". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). January 16, 2020.
23. "Bloco de Esquerda português pede cancelamento de visita de Bolsonaro". Exame (in Portuguese). August 1, 2019.
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26. "Bolsonaro participa nesta quinta de cúpula do Mercosul; reunião será por vídeo pela primeira vez". G1. July 2, 2020.
27. "Somos vítimas de campanha brutal de desinformação, diz Bolsonaro; leia discurso". CNN Brasil. September 22, 2020.