The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political and economic forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States; additionally, the European Union (EU) is a "non-enumerated member". It is organized around shared values of pluralism, liberal democracy, and representative government. G7 members are major IMF advanced economies.
Originating from an ad hoc gathering of finance ministers in 1973, the G7 has since become a formal, high-profile venue for discussing and coordinating solutions to major global issues, especially in the areas of trade, security, economics, and climate change. Each member's head of government or state, along with the EU's Commission president and European Council president, meet annually at the G7 Summit; other high-ranking officials of the G7 and the EU meet throughout the year. Representatives of other states and international organizations are often invited as guests, with Russia having been a formal member (as part of the G8) from 1997 until its expulsion in 2014.
The G7 is not based on a treaty and has no permanent secretariat or office. It is organized through a presidency that rotates annually among the member states, with the presiding state setting the group's priorities and hosting the summit; Canada presides for 2025. While lacking a legal or institutional basis, the G7 is widely considered to wield significant international influence; it has catalyzed or spearheaded several major global initiatives, including efforts to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic, provide financial aid to developing countries, and address climate change through the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, the group has been criticized by observers for its allegedly outdated and limited membership, narrow global representation, and inefficacy. The rise of BRICS+ for example, with its expanded membership and focus on South-South cooperation, reflects a broader shift in global power dynamics, with emerging economies gaining greater influence in international affairs.
The G7 countries have together a population of about 780 million people (or almost 10% of the world population), comprise around 50% of worldwide nominal net wealth and as of 2024 more than 44% of world nominal GDP and about 30% of world GDP by purchasing power parity.
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Canada
Mark Carney,Prime Minister
France
Emmanuel Macron,President
Germany
Friedrich Merz,Chancellor
Italy
Giorgia Meloni,Prime Minister
Japan
Sanae Takaichi,Prime Minister
United Kingdom
Keir Starmer,Prime Minister
United States
Donald Trump,President
European Union
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Formation
25 March 1973(52 years ago) (25 March 1973)(Library Group)15 November 1975(50 years ago) (15 November 1975)(1st G6 summit)
Founder
Library Group: George Shultz Helmut Schmidt Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Anthony Barber 1st G6 summit: Gerald Ford Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Helmut Schmidt Aldo Moro Takeo Miki Harold Wilson
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As the G6
As the G6
#
As the G6
1st
1st
#
1st
Date
15–17 November 1975
Host
France
Host leader
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Location held
Château de Rambouillet, Yvelines
Notes
The first and only G6 summit.
As the G7
As the G7
#
As the G7
2nd
2nd
#
2nd
Date
27–28 June 1976
Host
United States
Host leader
Gerald R. Ford
Location held
Dorado, Puerto Rico
Notes
Also called "Rambouillet II". Canada joined the group, forming the G7.
3rd
3rd
#
3rd
Date
7–8 May 1977
Host
United Kingdom
Host leader
James Callaghan
Location held
London, England
Notes
The president of the European Commission was invited to join the annual G7 summits.
4th
4th
#
4th
Date
16–17 July 1978
Host
West Germany
Host leader
Helmut Schmidt
Location held
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
5th
5th
#
5th
Date
28–29 June 1979
Host
Japan
Host leader
Masayoshi Ōhira
Location held
Tokyo
6th
6th
#
6th
Date
22–23 June 1980
Host
Italy
Host leader
Francesco Cossiga
Location held
Venice, Veneto
Notes
Prime Minister Ōhira died in office on 12 June; Foreign Minister Saburō Ōkita led the delegation that represented Japan.
7th
7th
#
7th
Date
20–21 July 1981
Host
Canada
Host leader
Pierre Trudeau
Location held
Montebello, Québec
8th
8th
#
8th
Date
4–6 June 1982
Host
France
Host leader
François Mitterrand
Location held
Versailles, Yvelines
9th
9th
#
9th
Date
28–30 May 1983
Host
United States
Host leader
Ronald Reagan
Location held
Williamsburg, Virginia
10th
10th
#
10th
Date
7–9 June 1984
Host
United Kingdom
Host leader
Margaret Thatcher
Location held
London, England
11th
11th
#
11th
Date
2–4 May 1985
Host
West Germany
Host leader
Helmut Kohl
Location held
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
12th
12th
#
12th
Date
4–6 May 1986
Host
Japan
Host leader
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Location held
Tokyo
13th
13th
#
13th
Date
8–10 June 1987
Host
Italy
Host leader
Amintore Fanfani
Location held
Venice, Veneto
14th
14th
#
14th
Date
19–21 June 1988
Host
Canada
Host leader
Brian Mulroney
Location held
Toronto, Ontario
15th
15th
#
15th
Date
14–16 July 1989
Host
France
Host leader
François Mitterrand
Location held
Paris, Paris
Notes
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was formed.
16th
16th
#
16th
Date
9–11 July 1990
Host
United States
Host leader
George H. W. Bush
Location held
Houston, Texas
17th
17th
#
17th
Date
15–17 July 1991
Host
United Kingdom
Host leader
John Major
Location held
London, England
18th
18th
#
18th
Date
6–8 July 1992
Host
Germany
Host leader
Helmut Kohl
Location held
Munich, Bavaria
Notes
The first G7 summit in reunified Germany.
19th
19th
#
19th
Date
7–9 July 1993
Host
Japan
Host leader
Kiichi Miyazawa
Location held
Tokyo
20th
20th
#
20th
Date
8–10 July 1994
Host
Italy
Host leader
Silvio Berlusconi
Location held
Naples, Campania
21st
21st
#
21st
Date
15–17 June 1995
Host
Canada
Host leader
Jean Chrétien
Location held
Halifax, Nova Scotia
22nd
22nd
#
22nd
Date
27–29 June 1996
Host
France
Host leader
Jacques Chirac
Location held
Lyon, Rhône
Notes
The first summit to debut international organizations, namely the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization.
As the G8
As the G8
#
As the G8
23rd
23rd
#
23rd
Date
20–22 June 1997
Host
United States
Host leader
Bill Clinton
Location held
Denver, Colorado
Notes
Russia joined the group, forming the G8.
24th
24th
#
24th
Date
15–17 May 1998
Host
United Kingdom
Host leader
Tony Blair
Location held
Birmingham, West Midlands
25th
25th
#
25th
Date
18–20 June 1999
Host
Germany
Host leader
Gerhard Schröder
Location held
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Notes
The first summit of the G20 major economies at Berlin.
26th
26th
#
26th
Date
21–23 July 2000
Host
Japan
Host leader
Yoshirō Mori
Location held
Nago, Okinawa
Notes
South Africa was invited to the summit for the first time, and was thereafter invited annually without interruption until the 38th G8 summit in 2012. With permission from a G8 leader, other nations were invited to the summit on a periodical basis for the first time. Nigeria, Algeria, and Senegal accepted their invitations here. The World Health Organization was also invited for the first time.
27th
27th
#
27th
Date
20–22 July 2001
Host
Italy
Host leader
Silvio Berlusconi
Location held
Genoa, Liguria
Notes
Leaders from Bangladesh, Mali, and El Salvador accepted their invitations here. Demonstrator Carlo Giuliani was shot and killed by the Carabinieri during a violent demonstration. One of the largest and most violent anti-globalization movement protests occurred during the summit. Following those events and the 11 September attacks two months later in 2001, the summits have been held at more remote locations.
28th
28th
#
28th
Date
26–27 June 2002
Host
Canada
Host leader
Jean Chrétien
Location held
Kananaskis, Alberta
Notes
Russia gained permission to officially host a G8 Summit. This was the first Kananaskis G7/G8 Summit; the area hosted it again in 2025.
29th
29th
#
29th
Date
1–3 June 2003
Host
France
Host leader
Jacques Chirac
Location held
Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie
Notes
The G8+5 was unofficially formed when China, India, Brazil, and Mexico were invited to this summit for the first time (the other member of the +5 was South Africa). Other first-time nations that were invited by the French president included Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Switzerland. This was the first Évian-les-Bains G7/G8 Summit; the area will host it again in 2026.
30th
30th
#
30th
Date
8–10 June 2004
Host
United States
Host leader
George W. Bush
Location held
Sea Island, Georgia
Notes
A record number of leaders from 12 different nations accepted their invitations here. Amongst a couple of veteran nations, the others were: Ghana, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen, and Uganda. The state funeral of former President Ronald Reagan took place in Washington during the summit. Many of the G8 leaders attended this funeral, along with 20 other heads of state.
31st
31st
#
31st
Date
6–8 July 2005
Host
United Kingdom
Host leader
Tony Blair
Location held
Gleneagles, Scotland
Notes
The G8+5 was officially formed. On the second day of the meeting, suicide bombers killed 52 people on the London Underground and a bus. Ethiopia and Tanzania were invited for the first time. The African Union and the International Energy Agency made their debut here. 225,000 people took to the streets of Edinburgh as part of the Make Poverty History campaign calling for Trade Justice, Debt Relief and Better Aid. Numerous other demonstrations also took place challenging the legitimacy of the G8.
32nd
32nd
#
32nd
Date
15–17 July 2006
Host
Russia(G8 member, not G7)
Host leader
Vladimir Putin
Location held
Strelna, Saint Petersburg
Notes
The only G8 summit held in Russia. The International Atomic Energy Agency and UNESCO made their debut here.
33rd
33rd
#
33rd
Date
6–8 June 2007
Host
Germany
Host leader
Angela Merkel
Location held
Heiligendamm, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Notes
Seven different international organizations accepted their invitations to this summit. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the Commonwealth of Independent States made their debut here.
34th
34th
#
34th
Date
7–9 July 2008
Host
Japan
Host leader
Yasuo Fukuda
Location held
Tōyako, Hokkaidō
Notes
Australia, Indonesia, and South Korea accepted their G8 summit invitations for the first time.
35th
35th
#
35th
Date
8–10 July 2009
Host
Italy
Host leader
Silvio Berlusconi
Location held
L'Aquila, Abruzzo
Notes
This G8 summit was originally planned to be held in La Maddalena (Sardinia), but was moved to L'Aquila as a way of showing Prime Minister Berlusconi's desire to help the region after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake. With 15 invited countries, it was the most heavily attended summit in the history of the group. Angola, Denmark, Netherlands, and Spain accepted their invitations for the first time. A record of 11 international organizations were represented in this summit. For the first time, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, and the International Labour Organization accepted their invitations.
36th
36th
#
36th
Date
25–26 June 2010
Host
Canada
Host leader
Stephen Harper
Location held
Huntsville, Ontario
Notes
Malawi, Colombia, Haiti, and Jamaica accepted their invitations for the first time.
37th
37th
#
37th
Date
26–27 May 2011
Host
France
Host leader
Nicolas Sarkozy
Location held
Deauville, Calvados
Notes
Guinea, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, and Tunisia accepted their invitations for the first time. The League of Arab States made its debut in the meeting.
38th
38th
#
38th
Date
18–19 May 2012
Host
United States
Host leader
Barack Obama
Location held
Camp David, Maryland
Notes
The summit was originally planned for Chicago, along with the NATO summit, but on 5 March 2012 an official announcement was made that the summit would be held at the more private location of Camp David, and starting one day earlier than previously scheduled. The second summit in which one of the leaders, in this case Vladimir Putin, declined to participate. The summit concentrated on the core leaders only, as no non-G8 leaders or international organizations were invited.
39th
39th
#
39th
Date
17–18 June 2013
Host
United Kingdom
Host leader
David Cameron
Location held
Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Notes
As in 2012, only the core members of the G8 attended this meeting. The four main topics that were discussed here were trade, government transparency, tackling tax evasion, and the ongoing Syrian crisis.
As the G7
As the G7
#
As the G7
40th
40th
#
40th
Date
4–5 June 2014
Host
European Union
Host leader
Herman Van Rompuy José Manuel Barroso
Location held
Brussels, Belgium
Notes
This summit was originally planned to be held in Sochi, Russia, but was relocated, with Russia disinvited, due to the latter's annexation of Crimea. Thus, the grouping reverted from G8 back to G7. (There was an emergency meeting in March 2014 in The Hague.)
41st
41st
#
41st
Date
7–8 June 2015
Host
Germany
Host leader
Angela Merkel
Location held
Schloss Elmau, Bavaria
Notes
The summit was focused on the global economy, as well as on key issues regarding foreign, security, and development policy. The Global Apollo Programme was also on the agenda.
42nd
42nd
#
42nd
Date
26–27 May 2016
Host
Japan
Host leader
Shinzō Abe
Location held
Shima, Mie Prefecture
Notes
The G7 leaders aimed to address challenges affecting the growth of the world economy, like slowdowns in emerging markets and drops in price of oil. The G7 also issued a warning to the United Kingdom that "a UK exit from the EU would reverse the trend towards greater global trade and investment, and the jobs they create and is a further serious risk to growth." Commitment to an EU–Japan Free Trade Agreement.
43rd
43rd
#
43rd
Date
26–27 May 2017
Host
Italy
Host leader
Paolo Gentiloni
Location held
Taormina, Sicily
Notes
The Host leader was the prime minister of Italy, originally Matteo Renzi. He formally resigned on 12 December 2016. The G7 leaders emphasized common endeavours: ending the Syrian crisis, fulfilling the UN mission in Libya, and reducing the presence of ISIS in Syria and Iraq. North Korea was urged to comply with UN resolutions, and Russian responsibility for the Russo-Ukrainian war was stressed. Supporting economic activity and ensuring price stability was demanded, while inequalities in trade and gender were called to be challenged. It was agreed to help countries in creating conditions that address the drivers of migration: ending hunger, increasing competitiveness, and advancing global health security.
44th
44th
#
44th
Date
8–9 June 2018
Host
Canada
Host leader
Justin Trudeau
Location held
La Malbaie, Québec (Charlevoix)
Notes
The summit took place at the Manoir Richelieu. Prime Minister Trudeau announced five themes for Canada's G7 presidency, which began in January 2018. Climate, along with commerce trades, was one of the main themes. "Working together on climate change, oceans and clean energy." The final statement contained 28 points. US president Donald Trump did not agree to the economic section of the final statement. The G7 members also announced to recall sanctions and to be ready to take further restrictive measures against Russian Federation for its failure to implement the Minsk Protocol completely.
45th
45th
#
45th
Date
24–26 August 2019
Host
France
Host leader
Emmanuel Macron
Location held
Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Notes
It was agreed at the summit that the World Trade Organization, "with regard to intellectual property protection, to settle disputes more swiftly and to eliminate unfair trade practices", "to simplify regulatory barriers and modernize international taxation within the framework of the OECD", "to ensure that Iran never acquires nuclear weapons and to foster peace and stability in the region", and "to support a truce in Libya that will lead to a long-term ceasefire". The summit also addressed the Russian military intervention in Ukraine and the 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests.
46th
46th
#
46th
Date
Cancelled
Host
United States (original host, none)
Host leader
Donald Trump (original host figure)
Location held
Camp David, Maryland (cancelled)
Notes
The summit was originally to be held in Camp David, Maryland, but was officially postponed on 19 March 2020 due to the concerns over the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, and was planned to be replaced by a global videoconference, but in the end, no meeting was held.
47th
47th
#
47th
Date
11–13 June 2021
Host
United Kingdom
Host leader
Boris Johnson
Location held
Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England
Notes
The summit reached provisional agreement on a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%.
48th
48th
#
48th
Date
26–28 June 2022
Host
Germany
Host leader
Olaf Scholz
Location held
Schloss Elmau, Bavaria
Notes
Discussed with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy virtually, and the statement on support for Ukraine was issued. Also discussed with invited guests about global food security, gender equality and "Investing in a Better Future" on climate, energy and health, and G7 Leaders' Communiqué was issued after the summit meetings.
49th
49th
#
49th
Date
19–21 May 2023
Host
Japan
Host leader
Fumio Kishida
Location held
Hiroshima
Notes
At the situation of the world facing multiple crises, including Russian invasion of Ukraine, climate crisis, pandemic, and geopolitical crisis, the G7 discussed to counter these crisis. The G7 affirmed to uphold "the free and open international order" based on "the rule of law", and strengthened the G7's outreach to the emerging and developing countries. The long guest list reflects the attempts to woo what many call the "Global South", a term used for developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, all of whom have complex political and economic ties to both Russia and China. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended two sessions as guest and got a lot of attention.
50th
50th
#
50th
Date
13–15 June 2024
Host
Italy
Host leader
Giorgia Meloni
Location held
Fasano, Puglia
Notes
The 50th G7 summit hosted many guest international leaders representing Nations and International organizations such as the UN, IMF, and the World Bank. The summit also hosted Pope Francis of the Vatican in his first appearance at a G7 Summit. The Summit also hosted President Zelensky of Ukraine for the 3rd year since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Indian prime minister too attended the summit. The topics discussed included the ongoing war in Ukraine, The Gaza war, climate change, China, Migration, and the Economy.
51st
51st
#
51st
Date
16–17 June 2025
Host
Canada
Host leader
Mark Carney
Location held
Kananaskis, Alberta
Notes
The summit took place days after the outbreak of the Iran–Israel War, with all leaders signing a statement calling for deescalation. Several bilateral agreements were announced including increased Canadian military support for Ukraine and provisions of a trade deal between the UK and US. President of the United States Donald Trump expressed that it was wrong for the group to have expelled Russia, something he last mentioned at the 45th summit, and later left the summit a day early to deal with the Israel–Iran War.
52nd
52nd
#
52nd
Date
14–16 June 2026
Host
France
Host leader
Emmanuel Macron
Location held
Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie
Notes
At the end of the 51st G7 Summit, French president Emmanuel Macron announced the 52nd G7 Summit will be held in Évian-les-Bains.
53rd
53rd
#
53rd
Date
TBA
Host
United States
Host leader
Donald Trump
Location held
TBA
Ranked list
#
Date
Host
Host leader
Location held
Notes
As the G6
1st
15–17 November 1975
France
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Château de Rambouillet, Yvelines
The first and only G6 summit.
As the G7
2nd
27–28 June 1976
United States
Gerald R. Ford
Dorado, Puerto Rico
Also called "Rambouillet II". Canada joined the group, forming the G7.
3rd
7–8 May 1977
United Kingdom
James Callaghan
London, England
The president of the European Commission was invited to join the annual G7 summits.
4th
16–17 July 1978
West Germany
Helmut Schmidt
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
5th
28–29 June 1979
Japan
Masayoshi Ōhira
Tokyo
6th
22–23 June 1980
Italy
Francesco Cossiga
Venice, Veneto
Prime Minister Ōhira died in office on 12 June; Foreign Minister Saburō Ōkita led the delegation that represented Japan.
7th
20–21 July 1981
Canada
Pierre Trudeau
Montebello, Québec
8th
4–6 June 1982
France
François Mitterrand
Versailles, Yvelines
9th
28–30 May 1983
United States
Ronald Reagan
Williamsburg, Virginia
10th
7–9 June 1984
United Kingdom
Margaret Thatcher
London, England
11th
2–4 May 1985
West Germany
Helmut Kohl
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
12th
4–6 May 1986
Japan
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Tokyo
13th
8–10 June 1987
Italy
Amintore Fanfani
Venice, Veneto
14th
19–21 June 1988
Canada
Brian Mulroney
Toronto, Ontario
15th
14–16 July 1989
France
François Mitterrand
Paris, Paris
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was formed.
16th
9–11 July 1990
United States
George H. W. Bush
Houston, Texas
17th
15–17 July 1991
United Kingdom
John Major
London, England
18th
6–8 July 1992
Germany
Helmut Kohl
Munich, Bavaria
The first G7 summit in reunified Germany.
19th
7–9 July 1993
Japan
Kiichi Miyazawa
Tokyo
20th
8–10 July 1994
Italy
Silvio Berlusconi
Naples, Campania
21st
15–17 June 1995
Canada
Jean Chrétien
Halifax, Nova Scotia
22nd
27–29 June 1996
France
Jacques Chirac
Lyon, Rhône
The first summit to debut international organizations, namely the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization.
As the G8
23rd
20–22 June 1997
United States
Bill Clinton
Denver, Colorado
Russia joined the group, forming the G8.
24th
15–17 May 1998
United Kingdom
Tony Blair
Birmingham, West Midlands
25th
18–20 June 1999
Germany
Gerhard Schröder
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
The first summit of the G20 major economies at Berlin.
26th
21–23 July 2000
Japan
Yoshirō Mori
Nago, Okinawa
South Africa was invited to the summit for the first time, and was thereafter invited annually without interruption until the 38th G8 summit in 2012. With permission from a G8 leader, other nations were invited to the summit on a periodical basis for the first time. Nigeria, Algeria, and Senegal accepted their invitations here. The World Health Organization was also invited for the first time.
27th
20–22 July 2001
Italy
Silvio Berlusconi
Genoa, Liguria
Leaders from Bangladesh, Mali, and El Salvador accepted their invitations here. Demonstrator Carlo Giuliani was shot and killed by the Carabinieri during a violent demonstration. One of the largest and most violent anti-globalization movement protests occurred during the summit. Following those events and the 11 September attacks two months later in 2001, the summits have been held at more remote locations.
28th
26–27 June 2002
Canada
Jean Chrétien
Kananaskis, Alberta
Russia gained permission to officially host a G8 Summit. This was the first Kananaskis G7/G8 Summit; the area hosted it again in 2025.
29th
1–3 June 2003
France
Jacques Chirac
Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie
The G8+5 was unofficially formed when China, India, Brazil, and Mexico were invited to this summit for the first time (the other member of the +5 was South Africa). Other first-time nations that were invited by the French president included Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Switzerland. This was the first Évian-les-Bains G7/G8 Summit; the area will host it again in 2026.
30th
8–10 June 2004
United States
George W. Bush
Sea Island, Georgia
A record number of leaders from 12 different nations accepted their invitations here. Amongst a couple of veteran nations, the others were: Ghana, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen, and Uganda. The state funeral of former President Ronald Reagan took place in Washington during the summit. Many of the G8 leaders attended this funeral, along with 20 other heads of state.
31st
6–8 July 2005
United Kingdom
Tony Blair
Gleneagles, Scotland
The G8+5 was officially formed. On the second day of the meeting, suicide bombers killed 52 people on the London Underground and a bus. Ethiopia and Tanzania were invited for the first time. The African Union and the International Energy Agency made their debut here. 225,000 people took to the streets of Edinburgh as part of the Make Poverty History campaign calling for Trade Justice, Debt Relief and Better Aid. Numerous other demonstrations also took place challenging the legitimacy of the G8.
32nd
15–17 July 2006
Russia(G8 member, not G7)
Vladimir Putin
Strelna, Saint Petersburg
The only G8 summit held in Russia. The International Atomic Energy Agency and UNESCO made their debut here.
33rd
6–8 June 2007
Germany
Angela Merkel
Heiligendamm, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Seven different international organizations accepted their invitations to this summit. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the Commonwealth of Independent States made their debut here.
34th
7–9 July 2008
Japan
Yasuo Fukuda
Tōyako, Hokkaidō
Australia, Indonesia, and South Korea accepted their G8 summit invitations for the first time.
35th
8–10 July 2009
Italy
Silvio Berlusconi
L'Aquila, Abruzzo
This G8 summit was originally planned to be held in La Maddalena (Sardinia), but was moved to L'Aquila as a way of showing Prime Minister Berlusconi's desire to help the region after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake. With 15 invited countries, it was the most heavily attended summit in the history of the group. Angola, Denmark, Netherlands, and Spain accepted their invitations for the first time. A record of 11 international organizations were represented in this summit. For the first time, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, and the International Labour Organization accepted their invitations.
36th
25–26 June 2010
Canada
Stephen Harper
Huntsville, Ontario
Malawi, Colombia, Haiti, and Jamaica accepted their invitations for the first time.
37th
26–27 May 2011
France
Nicolas Sarkozy
Deauville, Calvados
Guinea, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, and Tunisia accepted their invitations for the first time. The League of Arab States made its debut in the meeting.
38th
18–19 May 2012
United States
Barack Obama
Camp David, Maryland
The summit was originally planned for Chicago, along with the NATO summit, but on 5 March 2012 an official announcement was made that the summit would be held at the more private location of Camp David, and starting one day earlier than previously scheduled. The second summit in which one of the leaders, in this case Vladimir Putin, declined to participate. The summit concentrated on the core leaders only, as no non-G8 leaders or international organizations were invited.
39th
17–18 June 2013
United Kingdom
David Cameron
Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
As in 2012, only the core members of the G8 attended this meeting. The four main topics that were discussed here were trade, government transparency, tackling tax evasion, and the ongoing Syrian crisis.
As the G7
40th
4–5 June 2014
European Union
Herman Van Rompuy José Manuel Barroso
Brussels, Belgium
This summit was originally planned to be held in Sochi, Russia, but was relocated, with Russia disinvited, due to the latter's annexation of Crimea. Thus, the grouping reverted from G8 back to G7. (There was an emergency meeting in March 2014 in The Hague.)
41st
7–8 June 2015
Germany
Angela Merkel
Schloss Elmau, Bavaria
The summit was focused on the global economy, as well as on key issues regarding foreign, security, and development policy. The Global Apollo Programme was also on the agenda.
42nd
26–27 May 2016
Japan
Shinzō Abe
Shima, Mie Prefecture
The G7 leaders aimed to address challenges affecting the growth of the world economy, like slowdowns in emerging markets and drops in price of oil. The G7 also issued a warning to the United Kingdom that "a UK exit from the EU would reverse the trend towards greater global trade and investment, and the jobs they create and is a further serious risk to growth." Commitment to an EU–Japan Free Trade Agreement.
43rd
26–27 May 2017
Italy
Paolo Gentiloni
Taormina, Sicily
The Host leader was the prime minister of Italy, originally Matteo Renzi. He formally resigned on 12 December 2016. The G7 leaders emphasized common endeavours: ending the Syrian crisis, fulfilling the UN mission in Libya, and reducing the presence of ISIS in Syria and Iraq. North Korea was urged to comply with UN resolutions, and Russian responsibility for the Russo-Ukrainian war was stressed. Supporting economic activity and ensuring price stability was demanded, while inequalities in trade and gender were called to be challenged. It was agreed to help countries in creating conditions that address the drivers of migration: ending hunger, increasing competitiveness, and advancing global health security.
44th
8–9 June 2018
Canada
Justin Trudeau
La Malbaie, Québec (Charlevoix)
The summit took place at the Manoir Richelieu. Prime Minister Trudeau announced five themes for Canada's G7 presidency, which began in January 2018. Climate, along with commerce trades, was one of the main themes. "Working together on climate change, oceans and clean energy." The final statement contained 28 points. US president Donald Trump did not agree to the economic section of the final statement. The G7 members also announced to recall sanctions and to be ready to take further restrictive measures against Russian Federation for its failure to implement the Minsk Protocol completely.
45th
24–26 August 2019
France
Emmanuel Macron
Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
It was agreed at the summit that the World Trade Organization, "with regard to intellectual property protection, to settle disputes more swiftly and to eliminate unfair trade practices", "to simplify regulatory barriers and modernize international taxation within the framework of the OECD", "to ensure that Iran never acquires nuclear weapons and to foster peace and stability in the region", and "to support a truce in Libya that will lead to a long-term ceasefire". The summit also addressed the Russian military intervention in Ukraine and the 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests.
