2008 G20 Washington summit
Core participants
The following participants of the Washington summit include the core members of the G20, which comprises 19 countries and the European Union which is represented by its two governing bodies, the European Council and the European Commission, as well as other nations and regional organizations invited to take part.

2008 G20 Washington summit

Section Title: Core participants
Table Section Text: The following participants of the Washington summit include the core members of the G20, which comprises 19 countries and the European Union which is represented by its two governing bodies, the European Council and the European Commission, as well as other nations and regional organizations invited to take part.

Core G20 members Host nation and leader are indicated in bold text.

Member	Represented by	Title

Argentina	Argentina	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner	President

Australia	Australia	Kevin Rudd	Prime Minister

Brazil	Brazil	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	President

Canada	Canada	Stephen Harper	Prime Minister

China	China	Hu Jintao	President

France	France	Nicolas Sarkozy	President

Germany	Germany	Angela Merkel	Chancellor

India	India	Manmohan Singh	Prime Minister

Indonesia	Indonesia	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	President

Italy	Italy	Silvio Berlusconi	Prime Minister

Japan	Japan	Tarō Asō	Prime Minister

Mexico	Mexico	Felipe Calderón	President

Russia	Russia	Dmitry Medvedev	President

Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz	King

South Africa	South Africa	Kgalema Motlanthe	President

South Korea	South Korea	Lee Myung-bak	President

Turkey	Turkey	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Prime Minister

United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Gordon Brown	Prime Minister

United States	United States	George W. Bush	President

European Union	European Union European Commission	Jose Manuel Barroso	President

Netherlands European Council (Netherlands)	Jan Peter Balkenende	Prime Minister

Spain European Council (Spain)	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	Prime Minister

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George W. Bush was the President of the United States.

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