Group of Seven

Table columns:
Date
Host
Host leader
Location held
Website
Notes

Table rows:
cells: 1st
15–17 November 1975
France
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Rambouillet (Castle of Rambouillet)
G6 Summit
cells: 2nd
27–28 June 1976
United States
Gerald R. Ford
Dorado, Puerto Rico[31]
Also called "Rambouillet II". Canada joined the group, forming the G7[31]
cells: 3rd
7–8 May 1977
United Kingdom
James Callaghan
London
President of the European Commission was invited to join the annual G-7 summits
cells: 4th
16–17 July 1978
West Germany
Helmut Schmidt
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
cells: 5th
28–29 June 1979
Japan
Masayoshi Ōhira
Tokyo
Prime Minister Ōhira died in office on 12 June; Foreign Minister Saburō Ōkita led the delegation which represented Japan.
cells: 6th
22–23 June 1980
Italy
Francesco Cossiga
Venice
cells: 7th
20–21 July 1981
Canada
Pierre E. Trudeau
Montebello, Québec
cells: 8th
4–6 June 1982
France
François Mitterrand
Versailles
cells: 9th
28–30 May 1983
United States
Ronald Reagan
Williamsburg, Virginia
cells: 10th
7–9 June 1984
United Kingdom
Margaret Thatcher
London
cells: 11th
2–4 May 1985
West Germany
Helmut Kohl
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
cells: 12th
4–6 May 1986
Japan
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Tokyo
cells: 13th
8–10 June 1987
Italy
Amintore Fanfani
Venice
cells: 14th
19–21 June 1988
Canada
Brian Mulroney
Toronto, Ontario
cells: 15th
14–16 July 1989
France
François Mitterrand
Paris
cells: 16th
9–11 July 1990
United States
George H. W. Bush
Houston
cells: 17th
15–17 July 1991
United Kingdom
John Major
London
cells: 18th
6–8 July 1992
Germany
Helmut Kohl
Munich, Bavaria
cells: 19th
7–9 July 1993
Japan
Kiichi Miyazawa
Tokyo
cells: 20th
8–10 July 1994
Italy
Silvio Berlusconi
Naples
cells: 21st
15–17 June 1995
Canada
Jean Chrétien
Halifax, Nova Scotia
[32]
cells: 22nd
27–29 June 1996
France
Jacques Chirac
Lyon
International organizations' debut to G7 Summits periodically. The invited ones here were: United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization.[33]
cells: 23rd
20–22 June 1997
United States
Bill Clinton
Denver
[34]
Russia joins the group, forming G8
cells: 24th
15–17 May 1998
United Kingdom
Tony Blair
Birmingham
[35]
cells: 25th
18–20 June 1999
Germany
Gerhard Schröder
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
[36]
First Summit of the G-20 major economies at Berlin
cells: 26th
21–23 July 2000
Japan
Yoshiro Mori
Nago, Okinawa
[37]
Formation of the G8+5 starts, when South Africa was invited. Until the 38th G8 summit in 2012, it has been invited to the Summit annually without interruption. Also, 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.[33]
cells: 27th
20–22 July 2001
Italy
Silvio Berlusconi
Genoa
[38]
Leaders from Bangladesh, Mali and El Salvador accepted their invitations here.[33] Demonstrator Carlo Giuliani is shot and killed by police during a violent demonstration. One of the largest and most violent anti-globalization movement protests occurred for the 27th G8 summit.[39] Following those events and the September 11 attacks two months later in 2001, the G8 have met at more remote locations.
cells: 28th
26–27 June 2002
Canada
Jean Chrétien
Kananaskis, Alberta
[40]
Russia gains permission to officially host a G8 Summit.
cells: 29th
2–3 June 2003
France
Jacques Chirac
Évian-les-Bains
The G8+5 was unofficially made, when China, India, Brazil, and Mexico were invited to this Summit for the first time. South Africa has joined the G8 Summit, since 2000, until the 2012 edition. Other first-time nations that were invited by the French president included: Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Switzerland.[33]
cells: 30th
8–10 June 2004
United States
George W. Bush
Sea Island, Georgia
[41]
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.[33] Also, the state funeral of former president Ronald Reagan took place in Washington during the summit.
cells: 31st
6–8 July 2005
United Kingdom
Tony Blair
Gleneagles
[42]
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. Nations that were invited for the first time were Ethiopia and Tanzania. The African Union and the International Energy Agency made their debut here.[33] During the 31st G8 summit in United Kingdom, 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.[43]
cells: 32nd
15–17 July 2006
Russia (only G8 member, not G7)[44]
Vladimir Putin
Strelna, St. Petersburg
First G8 Summit on Russian soil. Also, the International Atomic Energy Agency and UNESCO made their debut here.[33]
cells: 33rd
6–8 June 2007
Germany
Angela Merkel
Heiligendamm, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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.[33]
cells: 34th
7–9 July 2008
Japan
Yasuo Fukuda
Toyako (Lake Toya), Hokkaido
[45]
Nations that accepted their G8 Summit invitations for the first time are: Australia, Indonesia and South Korea.[33]
cells: 35th
8–10 July 2009
Italy
Silvio Berlusconi
La Maddalena (cancelled) L'Aquila, Abruzzo (re-located)[46]
[3]
This G8 Summit was originally planned to be 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. Nations that accepted their invitations for the first time were: Angola, Denmark, Netherlands and Spain.[47] A record of TEN (10) international organizations were represented in this G8 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.[48]
cells: 36th
25–26 June 2010[49]
Canada
Stephen Harper
Huntsville, Ontario[50]
[51]
Malawi, Colombia, Haiti, and Jamaica accepted their invitations for the first time.[52]
cells: 37th
26–27 May 2011
France
Nicolas Sarkozy
Deauville,[53][54] Basse-Normandie
Guinea, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire and Tunisia accepted their invitations for the first time. Also, the League of Arab States made its debut to the meeting.[55]
cells: 38th
18–19 May 2012
United States
Barack Obama
Chicago (cancelled) Camp David (re-located)[56]
The summit was originally planned for Chicago, along with the NATO summit, but it was announced officially on 5 March 2012, that the G8 summit will be held at the more private location of Camp David and at one day earlier than previously scheduled.[57] Also, this is the second G8 summit, in which one of the core leaders (Vladimir Putin) declined to participate. This G8 summit concentrated on the core leaders only; no non-G8 leaders or international organizations were invited.
cells: 39th
17–18 June 2013
United Kingdom
David Cameron
Lough Erne, County Fermanagh[58]
[4]
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.[59]
cells: 40th
4–5 June 2014
European Union Belgium
Herman Van Rompuy and José Manuel Barroso
Brussels (re-located from Sochi, Russia)
G7 summit as an alternative meeting without Russia in 2014 due to association with Crimean crisis.[60] G8 summit did not take place in Sochi, Russia. G7 summit relocated to Brussels, Belgium.[61]
cells: 41st
7–8 June 2015
Germany
Angela Merkel
Schloss Elmau, Bavaria[62]
[5]
Summit dedicated to focus on the global economy as well as on key issues regarding foreign, security and development policy.[63] Global Apollo Programme was also on the agenda.[64]
cells: 42nd
26–27 May 2016 [65][66]
Japan
Shinzō Abe
Shima, Mie Prefecture[67]
[6]
The G7 leaders aim 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 on 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".[68] Commitment to an EU–Japan Free Trade Agreement
cells: 43rd
26–27 May 2017[69]
Italy
Paolo Gentiloni
Taormina, Sicily[70]
[7]
G7 leaders emphasized common endeavours: to end the Syrian crisis, to fulfill the UN mission in Libya and reducing the presence of ISIS, ISIL and Da'esh in Syria and Iraq. North Korea was urged to comply with UN resolutions, Russian responsibility was stressed for Ukrainian conflict. 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.[71]
cells: 44th
8–9 June 2018
Canada [72]
Justin Trudeau
La Malbaie, Québec
cells: 45th
TBD, 2019
France [73]
Emmanuel Macron
TBD
cells: 46th
TBD, 2020
United States [73]
Donald Trump
TBD
cells: 47th
TBD, 2021
United Kingdom[74]
Theresa May
TBD

Questions about this table:
originalText: the g-7 foreign ministers meeting has started in which country
answer: answerTexts: Puerto Rico