G7 - Group of Seven
(the self-proclaimed Global Politburo)
permanent reference page
FULL MEMBERS
Johnson Merkel Suga Draghi J.Trudeau Macron Biden
Boris
Johnson		 Angela
Merkel		 Yoshihide
Suga		 Mario
Draghi		 Justin
Trudeau		 Emmanuel
Macron		 Joseph
Biden
(chairp.-2021) 
 
ALTERNATE MEMBERSSUMMITS
Michelvon der Leyen 
France         G675 1982 1989 1996 G803 G811 2019
USA            1976 1983 1990 G897 G804 G812 2020
UK             1977 1984 1991 G898 G805 G813 2021
Russia                  (1996+)    G806 G814
*Belgium                                2014
Germany        1978 1985 1992 G899 G807 2015 2022
Japan          1979 1986 1993 G800 G808 2016 2023
Italy          1980 1987 1994 G801 G809 2017 2024
Canada         1981 1988 1995 G802 G810 2018 2025
Charles
Michel
(Euro-
council)		 Ursula
von der
Leyen
(Euro-
commission)
SITES
Unfortunately, G7 still has not permanent Internet site. The sites that was created for yearly summits are often deleted or squoted. We have collected above links to archived copies.

We also recommend the site of Toronto University G7/G8 Information Centre with detailed archives of G7/G8 documents, lists of delegations and other stuff.
BRIEF INTRO

Origin: G6/7/8 summits grew out of the seed of 'White House Library Group' - regular finance ministers' consultations of USA, UK, France and West Germany (since 25 March 1973) + Japan (since mid-1973) later described as Group of Five. First G6 Summit (USA, UK, France, West Germany, Japan, Italy) was called at Rambouillet, France, on November, 15-17, 1975. Canada joined in 1976 to form G7. Two European Communities top officials take part since 1977. G7 countries define themselves as 'major industrial democracies'. In 1997-2014 Russia was another full member and G7 was G8. On March 24, 2014 former G7 leaders declared in The Hague Declaration that they will 'suspend (our) participation in the G-8 until Russia changes course and the environment comes back to where the G-8 is able to have a meaningful discussion and will meet again in G-7 format'.

Summits and chairpersons: Every year, usually in May, June or July, G7 convenes top level summits and the country that hosts the summit works as the G7/8 chairperson that year.

Terms of Office:

Joseph Biden - President of the USA since 20.01.2021. Elections due on November 5, 2024.

Boris Johnson - Premier of United Kingdom since 24.07.2019. Elections due on 2 May 2024.

Angela Merkel - German Chancellor since 22.11.2005. Elections due on 26 September 2021.

Yoshihide Suga - Japanese Premier since 16.09.2020. Elections due on or before 22 October 2021.

Mario Draghi - Italian Premier since 13.02.2021. Elections due on or before 28 May 2023.

Justin Trudeau - Premier of Canada since 04.11.2015. Elections on or before October 16, 2023.

Emmanuel Macron - President of France since 14.05.2017. Elections between 10 and 24 April 2022.

Charles Michel - European Council President since 01.12.2019 until 31 May 2022.

Ursula von der Leyen - European Commission President since 01.12.2019 until 30 November 2024.

Maintained by:

The World Government