List of longest-serving G8 leaders
Chronology of longest serving G8 Leaders
Columns: Entered office as Head of State or Government | Began time as senior G8 leader | Ended time as senior G8 leader | Person | Office
16 October 1964 | 15 November 1975 | 5 April 1976 | Harold Wilson | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 16 May 1974 | 5 April 1976 | 27 June 1976 | Helmut Schmidt | Chancellor of West Germany | 20 April 1968 | 27 June 1976 | 4 June 1979 | Pierre Trudeau | Prime Minister of Canada | 16 May 1974 | 4 June 1979 | 1 October 1982 | Helmut Schmidt | Chancellor of West Germany | 4 May 1979 | 1 October 1982 | 28 November 1990 | Margaret Thatcher | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 10 May 1981 | 28 November 1990 | 17 May 1995 | François Mitterrand | President of France | 1 October 1982 | 17 May 1995 | 27 October 1998 | Helmut Kohl | Chancellor of Germany | 10 July 1991 | 27 October 1998 | 31 December 1999 | Boris Yeltsin | President of Russia | 20 January 1993 | 31 December 1999 | 20 January 2001 | Bill Clinton | President of the United States | 4 November 1993 | 20 January 2001 | 12 December 2003 | Jean Chrétien | Prime Minister of Canada | 17 May 1995 | 12 December 2003 | 16 May 2007 | Jacques Chirac | President of France | 2 May 1997 | 16 May 2007 | 27 June 2007 | Tony Blair | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 31 December 1999 | 27 June 2007 | 7 May 2008 | Vladimir Putin | President of Russia | 20 January 2001 | 7 May 2008 | 20 January 2009 | George W. Bush | President of the United States | 10 May 1994 | 20 January 2009 | 16 November 2011 | Silvio Berlusconi | Prime Minister of Italy | 22 November 2005 | 16 November 2011 | 7 May 2012 | Angela Merkel | Chancellor of Germany