This is a list of the heads of state and heads of government of the Group of Seven nations at each G6, G7, or G8 summit since the organisation's inception in 1975. The Group currently consists of the seven largest industrialized democracies, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, and also formerly Russia. The European Union is also a member since 1977, represented by the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Council, who before 2009 was the leader of the state holding the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, also sometimes coinciding with a G7/8 nation, and is since 2009 a permanent position. The G7 holds an annual summit, which each nation's head of government attends. Each year the heads of government take turns assuming the presidency, whose job it is to set the agenda for and host the annual summit.
While the current G7 consists of seven nations, it has not always done so. The group was formed as the Group of Six, G6, including all of today's members except Canada. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Canada joined in the second year of the group's existence, 1976, forming the Group of Seven, G7. Russia joined the Group of Eight, G8, in 1997, under the leadership of President Boris Yeltsin. Russia was suspended in March 2014 after the Russian annexation of Crimea, the group being thereafter again referred to as the Group of Seven.
Summit(Host) State Canada France Germany Italy Japan Russia United Kingdom United States European Union CommissionCouncil1st — 1975 Had not joinedValéry Giscard d'EstaingHelmut SchmidtAldo MoroTakeo MikiHad not joinedHarold WilsonGerald FordHad not joined2nd — 1976 Pierre TrudeauJames Callaghan3rd — 1977 Giulio AndreottiTakeo FukudaJimmy CarterRoy Jenkins James Callaghan4th — 1978 Helmut Schmidt5th — 1979 Joe Clark Masayoshi ŌhiraMargaret Thatcher Valéry Giscard d'Estaing6th — 1980 Pierre Trudeau Francesco Cossiga Saburo Okita Francesco Cossiga7th — 1981 François MitterrandGiovanni SpadoliniZenkō SuzukiRonald Reagan Gaston Thorn Margaret Thatcher8th — 1982 Wilfried Martens9th — 1983 Helmut Kohl Amintore FanfaniYasuhiro Nakasone Helmut Kohl10th — 1984 Bettino Craxi François Mitterrand11th — 1985 Brian Mulroney Jacques Delors Bettino Craxi12th — 1986 Ruud Lubbers13th — 1987 Amintore Fanfani Wilfried Martens14th — 1988 Ciriaco De Mita Noboru Takeshita Helmut Kohl15th — 1989 Sōsuke UnoGeorge H. W. Bush François Mitterrand16th — 1990 Giulio AndreottiToshiki Kaifu Giulio Andreotti17th — 1991 John Major Ruud Lubbers18th — 1992 Giuliano AmatoKiichi Miyazawa John Major19th — 1993 Kim Campbell Carlo Azeglio CiampiBill Clinton Henning Christophersen Jean-Luc Dehaene20th — 1994 Jean ChrétienSilvio BerlusconiTomiichi Murayama Jacques Delors Helmut Kohl21st — 1995 Jacques Chirac Lamberto Dini Jacques Santer Jacques Chirac22nd — 1996 Romano ProdiRyutaro Hashimoto Romano Prodi23rd — 1997 Boris YeltsinTony Blair Wim Kok24th — 1998 Tony Blair25th — 1999 Gerhard SchröderMassimo D'AlemaKeizō Obuchi Manuel Marín Gerhard Schröder26th — 2000 Giuliano AmatoYoshirō MoriVladimir Putin Romano Prodi Jacques Chirac27th — 2001 Silvio BerlusconiJunichirō KoizumiGeorge W. Bush Guy Verhofstadt28th — 2002 José María Aznar29th — 2003 Costas Simitis30th — 2004 Paul Martin Bertie Ahern31st — 2005 José Manuel Barroso Tony Blair32nd — 2006 Stephen HarperAngela MerkelRomano Prodi Matti Vanhanen33rd — 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy Shinzō Abe Angela Merkel34th — 2008 Silvio Berlusconi Yasuo FukudaDmitry MedvedevGordon Brown Nicolas Sarkozy35th — 2009 Tarō AsōBarack Obama Fredrik Reinfeldt36th — 2010 Naoto KanDavid Cameron Herman Van Rompuy37th — 2011 38th — 2012 François Hollande Mario Monti Yoshihiko Noda39th — 2013 Enrico LettaShinzō Abe Vladimir Putin40th — 2014 Matteo RenziSuspended41st — 2015 Jean-Claude Juncker Donald Tusk42nd — 2016 Justin Trudeau43rd — 2017 Emmanuel Macron Paolo GentiloniTheresa MayDonald Trump44th — 2018 Giuseppe Conte45th — 2019 Boris Johnson46th — 2020 Ursula von der Leyen Charles Michel47th — 2021 Mario Draghi Yoshihide Suga Joe Biden48th — 2022Olaf ScholzFumio Kishida49th — 2023Giorgia MeloniRishi Sunak50th — 202451st — 2025Mark CarneyFriedrich MerzShigeru IshibaKeir StarmerDonald TrumpAntónio Costa52nd — 2026Sanae Takaichi53rd — 2027TBDAndy BurnhamTBD
List of senior G7 leaders
The following is a chronology of senior G7 leaders from the founding of the G6 (a precursor organization to the G8) to the present.
Entered office as head ofstate or government Began time assenior G8 leader Ended time assenior G8 leader Term length Leader Office 16 October 1964 15 November 1975 5 April 1976 Harold Wilson Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 16 May 1974 5 April 1976 27 June 1976 Helmut Schmidt Chancellor of West Germany 20 April 1968 27 June 1976 4 June 1979 Pierre Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada 16 May 1974 4 June 1979 3 March 1980 Helmut Schmidt Chancellor of West Germany 20 April 1968 3 March 1980 30 June 1984 Pierre Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada 4 May 1979 30 June 1984 28 November 1990 Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 10 May 1981 28 November 1990 17 May 1995 François Mitterrand President of France 1 October 1982 17 May 1995 27 October 1998 Helmut Kohl Chancellor of Germany 10 July 1991 27 October 1998 31 December 1999 Boris Yeltsin President of Russia 20 January 1993 31 December 1999 20 January 2001 Bill Clinton President of the United States 4 November 1993 20 January 2001 12 December 2003 Jean Chrétien Prime Minister of Canada 17 May 1995 12 December 2003 16 May 2007 Jacques Chirac President of France 2 May 1997 16 May 2007 27 June 2007 Tony Blair Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 7 May 2000 27 June 2007 7 May 2008 Vladimir Putin President of Russia 20 January 2001 7 May 2008 20 January 2009 George W. Bush President of the United States 10 May 1994 20 January 2009 16 November 2011 Silvio Berlusconi Prime Minister of Italy 22 November 2005 16 November 2011 7 May 2012 Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany 7 May 2000 7 May 2012 24 March 2014 Vladimir Putin President of Russia 22 November 2005 24 March 2014 8 December 2021 Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany 4 November 2015 8 December 2021 14 March 2025 Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada 14 May 2017 14 March 2025 Incumbent Emmanuel Macron President of France
List of seniority of current G7 Leaders
Leader Office In office since Term lengthto date Emmanuel Macron President of France 14 May 2017 Donald Trump President of the United States 20 January 2025 Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister of Italy 22 October 2022 Mark Carney Prime Minister of Canada 14 March 2025 Friedrich Merz Chancellor of Germany 6 May 2025 Sanae Takaichi Prime Minister of Japan 21 October 2025 Andy Burnham Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 20 July 2026
G7 tenure The longest period anyone has been the senior G7 leader is the 7 years, 259 days of Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, who was Chancellor for sixteen years. The shortest period any past G7 leader has been the senior G7 leader is the 42 days of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair in 2007. Although Japan was a founding member of the G6 (which later became the G7, and then the G8), no Japanese Prime Minister has ever become the Senior G7 Leader. Silvio Berlusconi currently holds the record of G8 Summit hosting, having hosted summits in Italy three times.
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