Visits to the U.S. by Foreign Heads of State and Government--1988
| Date | Visitor | Country | Description |
| January 12-15, 1988 | Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita | Japan | Official Working Visit. |
| January 26, 1988 | President Vigdis Finbogadottir | Iceland | Met with President Reagan during a private visit. |
| January 26-29, 1988 | President Hosni Mubarak | Egypt | State Visit; visited Dallas January 30. |
| February 17-19, 1988 | Chancellor Helmut Kohl | Germany, Federal Republic of | Official Working Visit. |
| February 23-25, 1988 | Prime Minister Anibal Antonio Cavaco e Silva | Portugal | Official Working Visit. |
| March 14-17, 1988 | Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir | Israel | Official Working Visit. Private visit to Los Angeles afterwards. |
| March 24-25, 1988 | President Joaquin Videla Balaguer | Dominican Republic | Official Working Visit. Private visit afterwards to Boston (Massachusetts) and Texas. |
| April 13, 1988 | Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew | Singapore | Met with President Reagan during a private visit. |
| April 26-28, 1988 | Prime Minister Martin Brian Mulroney | Canada | Official Visit. |
| May 2, 1988 | Prime Minister Harri H. Holkeri | Finland | Met with President Reagan during a private visit. |
| June 13-16, 1988 | Prime Minister Luigi Ciriaco De Mita | Italy | Official Working Visit. Private Visit to Bar Harbor (Maine) afterward. |
| June 22-24, 1988 | Prime Minister Robert J. L. Hawke | Australia | Official Working Visit. Addressed joint meeting of U.S. Congress June 23. Private visit to Texas afterward. |
| June 26-30, 1988 | President Kenan Evren | Turkey | State Visit; visited New York City, June 30-July 3. |
| July 10-16, 1988 | Prime Minister Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah | Kuwait | Official Working Visit. |
| July 26-28, 1988 | Prime Minister Karoly Grosz | Hungary | Official Working Visit. |
| August 9-13, 1988 | Prime Minister Thorstein Palsson | Iceland | Official Working Visit. Private visit to Orlando (Florida) afterward. |
| September 13, 1988 | President H. Desmond Hoyte | Guyana | Discussed bilateral relations and trade preferences under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. |
| September 26, 1988 | Amir Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah | Kuwait | Met with President Reagan while attending UN General Assembly in New York City. |
| September 29, 1988 | President Francois Mitterrand | France | Official Working Visit. |
| October 5-9, 1988 | President Moussa Traore | Mali | State Visit; (October 9) visited Dayton, Wilberforce, and Columbus (Ohio). |
| October 20, 1988 | President Roh Tae-woo | Korea | Official Working Visit. |
| November 15-17, 1988 | Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher | United Kingdom | Official Visit. |
| November 15, 1988 | Chancellor Helmut Kohl | Germany, Federal Republic of | Official Working Visit. |
| November 22, 1988 | President-Elect Carlos Salinas de Gortari | Mexico | Met with President-elect Bush in Houston (Texas). |
| December 7, 1988 | President Mikhail S. Gorbachev | USSR | Met with President Reagan in New York City. |
| December 14-16, 1988 | Prime Minister Luigi Ciriaco De Mita | Italy | Met with President Reagan during a private visit. Previously visited Los Angeles. |
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