List of G8 leaders
Chronology of longest serving 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.

List of G8 leaders

Section Title: Chronology of longest serving G7 Leaders
Table Section Text: 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 of State or Government	Began time as senior G8 leader	Ended time as senior G8 leader	Term Length	Person	Office

16 October 1964	15 November 1975	5 April 1976	142 days	Harold Wilson	United Kingdom Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

16 May 1974	5 April 1976	27 June 1976	83 days	Helmut Schmidt	Germany Chancellor of West Germany

20 April 1968	27 June 1976	4 June 1979	2 years, 342 days	Pierre Trudeau	Canada Prime Minister of Canada

16 May 1974	4 June 1979	3 March 1980	273 days	Helmut Schmidt	Germany Chancellor of West Germany

20 April 1968	3 March 1980	30 June 1984	4 years, 119 days	Pierre Trudeau	Canada Prime Minister of Canada

4 May 1979	30 June 1984	28 November 1990	6 years, 151 days	Margaret Thatcher	United Kingdom Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

10 May 1981	28 November 1990	17 May 1995	4 years, 170 days	François Mitterrand	France President of France

1 October 1982	17 May 1995	27 October 1998	3 years, 163 days	Helmut Kohl	Germany Chancellor of Germany

10 July 1991	27 October 1998	31 December 1999	1 year, 65 days	Boris Yeltsin	Russia President of Russia

20 January 1993	31 December 1999	20 January 2001	1 year, 20 days	Bill Clinton	United States President of the United States

4 November 1993	20 January 2001	12 December 2003	2 years, 326 days	Jean Chrétien	Canada Prime Minister of Canada

17 May 1995	12 December 2003	16 May 2007	3 years, 155 days	Jacques Chirac	France President of France

2 May 1997	16 May 2007	27 June 2007	42 days	Tony Blair	United Kingdom Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

7 May 2000	27 June 2007	7 May 2008	315 days	Vladimir Putin	Russia President of Russia

20 January 2001	7 May 2008	20 January 2009	258 days	George W. Bush	United States President of the United States

10 May 1994	20 January 2009	16 November 2011	2 years, 300 days	Silvio Berlusconi	Italy Prime Minister of Italy

22 November 2005	16 November 2011	7 May 2012	173 days	Angela Merkel	Germany Chancellor of Germany

7 May 2000	7 May 2012	24 March 2014	1 year, 321 days	Vladimir Putin	Russia President of Russia

22 November 2005	24 March 2014	Incumbent	4 years, 239 days	Angela Merkel	Germany Chancellor of Germany

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The longest period anyone has been the senior G7 leader is the six years, 151 days of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher.

final_sentence: The longest period anyone has been the senior G7 leader is the six years, 151 days of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher.