# List of G7 leaders

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 | State | State | State | State | State | State | State | State | State |
| Summit (Host) | Canada | France | Germany | Italy | Japan | Russia | United Kingdom | United States | European Union | European Union |
| Summit (Host) | Canada | France | Germany | Italy | Japan | Russia | United Kingdom | United States | Commission | Council |
| 1st — 1975 France | Had not joined | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Helmut Schmidt | Aldo Moro | Takeo Miki | Had not joined | Harold Wilson | Gerald Ford | Had not joined | Had not joined |
| 2nd — 1976 United States | Pierre Trudeau | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Helmut Schmidt | Aldo Moro | Takeo Miki | Had not joined | James Callaghan | Gerald Ford | Had not joined | Had not joined |
| 3rd — 1977 United Kingdom | Pierre Trudeau | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Helmut Schmidt | Giulio Andreotti | Takeo Fukuda | Had not joined | James Callaghan | Jimmy Carter | Roy Jenkins | James Callaghan |
| 4th — 1978 West Germany | Pierre Trudeau | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Helmut Schmidt | Giulio Andreotti | Takeo Fukuda | Had not joined | James Callaghan | Jimmy Carter | Roy Jenkins | Helmut Schmidt |
| 5th — 1979 Japan | Joe Clark | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Helmut Schmidt | Giulio Andreotti | Masayoshi Ōhira | Had not joined | Margaret Thatcher | Jimmy Carter | Roy Jenkins | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
| 6th — 1980 Italy | Pierre Trudeau | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Helmut Schmidt | Francesco Cossiga | Saburo Okita | Had not joined | Margaret Thatcher | Jimmy Carter | Roy Jenkins | Francesco Cossiga |
| 7th — 1981 Canada | Pierre Trudeau | François Mitterrand | Helmut Schmidt | Giovanni Spadolini | Zenkō Suzuki | Had not joined | Margaret Thatcher | Ronald Reagan | Gaston Thorn | Margaret Thatcher |
| 8th — 1982 France | Pierre Trudeau | François Mitterrand | Helmut Schmidt | Giovanni Spadolini | Zenkō Suzuki | Had not joined | Margaret Thatcher | Ronald Reagan | Gaston Thorn | Wilfried Martens |
| 9th — 1983 United States | Pierre Trudeau | François Mitterrand | Helmut Kohl | Amintore Fanfani | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Had not joined | Margaret Thatcher | Ronald Reagan | Gaston Thorn | Helmut Kohl |
| 10th — 1984 United Kingdom | Pierre Trudeau | François Mitterrand | Helmut Kohl | Bettino Craxi | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Had not joined | Margaret Thatcher | Ronald Reagan | Gaston Thorn | François Mitterrand |
| 11th — 1985 West Germany | Brian Mulroney | François Mitterrand | Helmut Kohl | Bettino Craxi | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Had not joined | Margaret Thatcher | Ronald Reagan | Jacques Delors | Bettino Craxi |
| 12th — 1986 Japan | Brian Mulroney | François Mitterrand | Helmut Kohl | Bettino Craxi | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Had not joined | Margaret Thatcher | Ronald Reagan | Jacques Delors | Ruud Lubbers |
| 13th — 1987 Italy | Brian Mulroney | François Mitterrand | Helmut Kohl | Amintore Fanfani | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Had not joined | Margaret Thatcher | Ronald Reagan | Jacques Delors | Wilfried Martens |
| 14th — 1988 Canada | Brian Mulroney | François Mitterrand | Helmut Kohl | Ciriaco De Mita | Noboru Takeshita | Had not joined | Margaret Thatcher | Ronald Reagan | Jacques Delors | Helmut Kohl |
| 15th — 1989 France | Brian Mulroney | François Mitterrand | Helmut Kohl | Ciriaco De Mita | Sōsuke Uno | Had not joined | Margaret Thatcher | George H. W. Bush | Jacques Delors | François Mitterrand |
| 16th — 1990 United States | Brian Mulroney | François Mitterrand | Helmut Kohl | Giulio Andreotti | Toshiki Kaifu | Had not joined | Margaret Thatcher | George H. W. Bush | Jacques Delors | Giulio Andreotti |
| 17th — 1991 United Kingdom | Brian Mulroney | François Mitterrand | Helmut Kohl | Giulio Andreotti | Toshiki Kaifu | Had not joined | John Major | George H. W. Bush | Jacques Delors | Ruud Lubbers |
| 18th — 1992 Germany | Brian Mulroney | François Mitterrand | Helmut Kohl | Giuliano Amato | Kiichi Miyazawa | Had not joined | John Major | George H. W. Bush | Jacques Delors | John Major |
| 19th — 1993 Japan | Kim Campbell | François Mitterrand | Helmut Kohl | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | Kiichi Miyazawa | Had not joined | John Major | Bill Clinton | Henning Christophersen | Jean-Luc Dehaene |
| 20th — 1994 Italy | Jean Chrétien | François Mitterrand | Helmut Kohl | Silvio Berlusconi | Tomiichi Murayama | Had not joined | John Major | Bill Clinton | Jacques Delors | Helmut Kohl |
| 21st — 1995 Canada | Jean Chrétien | Jacques Chirac | Helmut Kohl | Lamberto Dini | Tomiichi Murayama | Had not joined | John Major | Bill Clinton | Jacques Santer | Jacques Chirac |
| 22nd — 1996 France | Jean Chrétien | Jacques Chirac | Helmut Kohl | Romano Prodi | Ryutaro Hashimoto | Had not joined | John Major | Bill Clinton | Jacques Santer | Romano Prodi |
| 23rd — 1997 United States | Jean Chrétien | Jacques Chirac | Helmut Kohl | Romano Prodi | Ryutaro Hashimoto | Boris Yeltsin | Tony Blair | Bill Clinton | Jacques Santer | Wim Kok |
| 24th — 1998 United Kingdom | Jean Chrétien | Jacques Chirac | Helmut Kohl | Romano Prodi | Ryutaro Hashimoto | Boris Yeltsin | Tony Blair | Bill Clinton | Jacques Santer | Tony Blair |
| 25th — 1999 Germany | Jean Chrétien | Jacques Chirac | Gerhard Schröder | Massimo D'Alema | Keizō Obuchi | Boris Yeltsin | Tony Blair | Bill Clinton | Manuel Marín | Gerhard Schröder |
| 26th — 2000 Japan | Jean Chrétien | Jacques Chirac | Gerhard Schröder | Giuliano Amato | Yoshirō Mori | Vladimir Putin | Tony Blair | Bill Clinton | Romano Prodi | Jacques Chirac |
| 27th — 2001 Italy | Jean Chrétien | Jacques Chirac | Gerhard Schröder | Silvio Berlusconi | Junichirō Koizumi | Vladimir Putin | Tony Blair | George W. Bush | Romano Prodi | Guy Verhofstadt |
| 28th — 2002 Canada | Jean Chrétien | Jacques Chirac | Gerhard Schröder | Silvio Berlusconi | Junichirō Koizumi | Vladimir Putin | Tony Blair | George W. Bush | Romano Prodi | José María Aznar |
| 29th — 2003 France | Jean Chrétien | Jacques Chirac | Gerhard Schröder | Silvio Berlusconi | Junichirō Koizumi | Vladimir Putin | Tony Blair | George W. Bush | Romano Prodi | Costas Simitis |
| 30th — 2004 United States | Paul Martin | Jacques Chirac | Gerhard Schröder | Silvio Berlusconi | Junichirō Koizumi | Vladimir Putin | Tony Blair | George W. Bush | Romano Prodi | Bertie Ahern |
| 31st — 2005 United Kingdom | Paul Martin | Jacques Chirac | Gerhard Schröder | Silvio Berlusconi | Junichirō Koizumi | Vladimir Putin | Tony Blair | George W. Bush | José Manuel Barroso | Tony Blair |
| 32nd — 2006 Russia | Stephen Harper | Jacques Chirac | Angela Merkel | Romano Prodi | Junichirō Koizumi | Vladimir Putin | Tony Blair | George W. Bush | José Manuel Barroso | Matti Vanhanen |
| 33rd — 2007 Germany | Stephen Harper | Nicolas Sarkozy | Angela Merkel | Romano Prodi | Shinzō Abe | Vladimir Putin | Tony Blair | George W. Bush | José Manuel Barroso | Angela Merkel |
| 34th — 2008 Japan | Stephen Harper | Nicolas Sarkozy | Angela Merkel | Silvio Berlusconi | Yasuo Fukuda | Dmitry Medvedev | Gordon Brown | George W. Bush | José Manuel Barroso | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| 35th — 2009 Italy | Stephen Harper | Nicolas Sarkozy | Angela Merkel | Silvio Berlusconi | Tarō Asō | Dmitry Medvedev | Gordon Brown | Barack Obama | José Manuel Barroso | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| 36th — 2010 Canada | Stephen Harper | Nicolas Sarkozy | Angela Merkel | Silvio Berlusconi | Naoto Kan | Dmitry Medvedev | David Cameron | Barack Obama | José Manuel Barroso | Herman Van Rompuy |
| 37th — 2011 France | Stephen Harper | Nicolas Sarkozy | Angela Merkel | Silvio Berlusconi | Naoto Kan | Dmitry Medvedev | David Cameron | Barack Obama | José Manuel Barroso | Herman Van Rompuy |
| 38th — 2012 United States | Stephen Harper | François Hollande | Angela Merkel | Mario Monti | Yoshihiko Noda | Dmitry Medvedev | David Cameron | Barack Obama | José Manuel Barroso | Herman Van Rompuy |
| 39th — 2013 United Kingdom | Stephen Harper | François Hollande | Angela Merkel | Enrico Letta | Shinzō Abe | Vladimir Putin | David Cameron | Barack Obama | José Manuel Barroso | Herman Van Rompuy |
| 40th — 2014 European Union | Stephen Harper | François Hollande | Angela Merkel | Matteo Renzi | Shinzō Abe | Suspended | David Cameron | Barack Obama | José Manuel Barroso | Herman Van Rompuy |
| 41st — 2015 Germany | Stephen Harper | François Hollande | Angela Merkel | Matteo Renzi | Shinzō Abe | Suspended | David Cameron | Barack Obama | Jean-Claude Juncker | Donald Tusk |
| 42nd — 2016 Japan | Justin Trudeau | François Hollande | Angela Merkel | Matteo Renzi | Shinzō Abe | Suspended | David Cameron | Barack Obama | Jean-Claude Juncker | Donald Tusk |
| 43rd — 2017 Italy | Justin Trudeau | Emmanuel Macron | Angela Merkel | Paolo Gentiloni | Shinzō Abe | Suspended | Theresa May | Donald Trump | Jean-Claude Juncker | Donald Tusk |
| 44th — 2018 Canada | Justin Trudeau | Emmanuel Macron | Angela Merkel | Giuseppe Conte | Shinzō Abe | Suspended | Theresa May | Donald Trump | Jean-Claude Juncker | Donald Tusk |
| 45th — 2019 France | Justin Trudeau | Emmanuel Macron | Angela Merkel | Giuseppe Conte | Shinzō Abe | Suspended | Boris Johnson | Donald Trump | Jean-Claude Juncker | Donald Tusk |
| 46th — 2020 United States | Justin Trudeau | Emmanuel Macron | Angela Merkel | Giuseppe Conte | Shinzō Abe | Suspended | Boris Johnson | Donald Trump | Ursula von der Leyen | Charles Michel |
| 47th — 2021 United Kingdom | Justin Trudeau | Emmanuel Macron | Angela Merkel | Mario Draghi | Yoshihide Suga | Suspended | Boris Johnson | Joe Biden | Ursula von der Leyen | Charles Michel |
| 48th — 2022 Germany | Justin Trudeau | Emmanuel Macron | Olaf Scholz | Mario Draghi | Fumio Kishida | Suspended | Boris Johnson | Joe Biden | Ursula von der Leyen | Charles Michel |
| 49th — 2023 Japan | Justin Trudeau | Emmanuel Macron | Olaf Scholz | Giorgia Meloni | Fumio Kishida | Suspended | Rishi Sunak | Joe Biden | Ursula von der Leyen | Charles Michel |
| 50th — 2024 Italy | Justin Trudeau | Emmanuel Macron | Olaf Scholz | Giorgia Meloni | Fumio Kishida | Suspended | Rishi Sunak | Joe Biden | Ursula von der Leyen | Charles Michel |
| 51st — 2025 Canada | Mark Carney | Emmanuel Macron | Friedrich Merz | Giorgia Meloni | Shigeru Ishiba | Suspended | Keir Starmer | Donald Trump | Ursula von der Leyen | António Costa |

## 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 of state or government | Began time as senior G8 leader | Ended time as senior G8 leader | Term length | Leader | Office |
| 16 October 1964 | 15 November 1975 | 5 April 1976 | 142 days | Harold Wilson | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| 16 May 1974 | 5 April 1976 | 27 June 1976 | 83 days | Helmut Schmidt | Chancellor of West Germany |
| 20 April 1968 | 27 June 1976 | 4 June 1979 | 2 years, 342 days | Pierre Trudeau | Prime Minister of Canada |
| 16 May 1974 | 4 June 1979 | 3 March 1980 | 273 days | Helmut Schmidt | Chancellor of West Germany |
| 20 April 1968 | 3 March 1980 | 30 June 1984 | 4 years, 119 days | Pierre Trudeau | Prime Minister of Canada |
| 4 May 1979 | 30 June 1984 | 28 November 1990 | 6 years, 151 days | Margaret Thatcher | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| 10 May 1981 | 28 November 1990 | 17 May 1995 | 4 years, 170 days | François Mitterrand | President of France |
| 1 October 1982 | 17 May 1995 | 27 October 1998 | 3 years, 163 days | Helmut Kohl | Chancellor of Germany |
| 10 July 1991 | 27 October 1998 | 31 December 1999 | 1 year, 65 days | Boris Yeltsin | President of Russia |
| 20 January 1993 | 31 December 1999 | 20 January 2001 | 1 year, 20 days | Bill Clinton | President of the United States |
| 4 November 1993 | 20 January 2001 | 12 December 2003 | 2 years, 326 days | Jean Chrétien | Prime Minister of Canada |
| 17 May 1995 | 12 December 2003 | 16 May 2007 | 3 years, 155 days | Jacques Chirac | President of France |
| 2 May 1997 | 16 May 2007 | 27 June 2007 | 42 days | Tony Blair | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| 7 May 2000 | 27 June 2007 | 7 May 2008 | 315 days | Vladimir Putin | President of Russia |
| 20 January 2001 | 7 May 2008 | 20 January 2009 | 258 days | George W. Bush | President of the United States |
| 10 May 1994 | 20 January 2009 | 16 November 2011 | 2 years, 300 days | Silvio Berlusconi | Prime Minister of Italy |
| 22 November 2005 | 16 November 2011 | 7 May 2012 | 173 days | Angela Merkel | Chancellor of Germany |
| 7 May 2000 | 7 May 2012 | 24 March 2014 | 1 year, 321 days | Vladimir Putin | President of Russia |
| 22 November 2005 | 24 March 2014 | 8 December 2021 | 7 years, 259 days | Angela Merkel | Chancellor of Germany |
| 4 November 2015 | 8 December 2021 | 14 March 2025 | 3 years, 96 days | Justin Trudeau | Prime Minister of Canada |
| 14 May 2017 | 14 March 2025 | Incumbent | 2 days | Emmanuel Macron | President of France |

### List of seniority of current G7 leaders

| Leader | Office | In office since | Term length to date |
| Emmanuel Macron | President of France | 14 May 2017 | 7 years, 306 days |
| Donald Trump | President of the United States | 20 January 2025 | 4 years, 55 days |
| Olaf Scholz | Chancellor of Germany | 8 December 2021 | 3 years, 98 days |
| Giorgia Meloni | Prime Minister of Italy | 22 October 2022 | 2 years, 145 days |
| Keir Starmer | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 5 July 2024 | 254 days |
| Shigeru Ishiba | Prime Minister of Japan | 1 October 2024 | 166 days |
| Mark Carney | Prime Minister of Canada | 14 March 2025 | 2 days |

## 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.