List of G7 leaders

This is a list of the heads of government of the Group of Seven nations at each G6, G7, G8 summit since the organisation's creation in 1975.

List of G7 Leaders
 Summit(Host) State  Canada  France   Germany   Italy  Japan   Russia   United Kingdom   United States   European Union CommissionCouncil1st — 1975 Had not joinedValéry Giscard d'EstaingHelmut SchmidtAldo MoroTakeo MikiHad not joinedHarold WilsonGerald FordHad not joined2nd — 1976 Pierre TrudeauJames Callaghan3rd — 1977 Giulio AndreottiTakeo FukudaJimmy CarterRoy Jenkins James Callaghan4th — 1978  Helmut Schmidt5th — 1979  Joe Clark Masayoshi ŌhiraMargaret Thatcher Valéry Giscard d'Estaing6th — 1980 Pierre Trudeau Francesco Cossiga Saburo Okita Francesco Cossiga7th — 1981 François MitterrandGiovanni SpadoliniZenkō SuzukiRonald Reagan Gaston Thorn Margaret Thatcher8th — 1982   Wilfried Martens9th — 1983 Helmut Kohl Amintore FanfaniYasuhiro Nakasone Helmut Kohl10th — 1984 Bettino Craxi François Mitterrand11th — 1985 Brian Mulroney Jacques Delors Bettino Craxi12th — 1986   Ruud Lubbers13th — 1987  Amintore Fanfani  Wilfried Martens14th — 1988 Ciriaco De Mita Noboru Takeshita Helmut Kohl15th — 1989 Sōsuke UnoGeorge H. W. Bush François Mitterrand16th — 1990 Giulio AndreottiToshiki Kaifu Giulio Andreotti17th — 1991 John Major  Ruud Lubbers18th — 1992  Giuliano AmatoKiichi Miyazawa John Major19th — 1993  Kim Campbell Carlo Azeglio CiampiBill Clinton Henning Christophersen  Jean-Luc Dehaene20th — 1994 Jean ChrétienSilvio BerlusconiTomiichi Murayama Jacques Delors Helmut Kohl21st — 1995 Jacques Chirac Lamberto Dini Jacques Santer Jacques Chirac22nd — 1996 Romano ProdiRyutaro Hashimoto Romano Prodi23rd — 1997 Boris YeltsinTony Blair  Wim Kok24th — 1998  Tony Blair25th — 1999 Gerhard SchröderMassimo D'AlemaKeizō Obuchi Manuel Marín Gerhard Schröder26th — 2000 Giuliano AmatoYoshirō MoriVladimir Putin Romano Prodi Jacques Chirac27th — 2001 Silvio BerlusconiJunichirō KoizumiGeorge W. Bush  Guy Verhofstadt28th — 2002   José María Aznar29th — 2003   Costas Simitis30th — 2004 Paul Martin  Bertie Ahern31st — 2005  José Manuel Barroso Tony Blair32nd — 2006 Stephen HarperAngela MerkelRomano Prodi  Matti Vanhanen33rd — 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy Shinzō Abe Angela Merkel34th — 2008 Silvio Berlusconi Yasuo FukudaDmitry MedvedevGordon Brown Nicolas Sarkozy35th — 2009  Tarō AsōBarack Obama  Fredrik Reinfeldt36th — 2010 Naoto KanDavid Cameron José Manuel Barroso Herman Van Rompuy37th — 2011 38th — 2012 François Hollande Mario Monti Yoshihiko Noda39th — 2013  Enrico LettaShinzō Abe Vladimir Putin40th — 2014 Matteo RenziSuspended41st — 2015  Jean-Claude Juncker Donald Tusk42nd — 2016 Justin Trudeau43rd — 2017 Emmanuel Macron Paolo GentiloniTheresa MayDonald Trump44th — 2018 Giuseppe Conte45th — 2019 Boris Johnson46th — 2020  Ursula von der Leyen Charles Michel47th — 2021 Mario Draghi Yoshihide Suga Joe Biden48th — 2022Olaf ScholzFumio Kishida49th — 2023Giorgia MeloniRishi Sunak50th — 202451st — 2025Mark CarneyFriedrich MerzShigeru IshibaKeir StarmerDonald TrumpAntónio Costa52nd — 2026Sanae Takaichi

List of Senior G7 Leaders

The following is a list of senior G7 leaders in order from the founding of the G6 to the present.Canada did not join the organization until 1976 while Russia did not join until 1997.  Therefore, Canadian leaders prior to 1976 and Russian leaders before 1997 are not included in this list. Senior G7 leaders are current leaders from the G7 who have been the incumbent leader of their country the longest. The current G7 senior leader is President Emmanuel Macron who has been president since 2017.

 Entered office asHead of Stateor Government  Began time assenior G8 leader  Ended time assenior G8 leader  TermLength  Person  Office 16 October 1964Wilson first served as Prime Minister from 16 October 1964 to 19 June 1970, and then again from 4 March 1974 to 5 April 1976.  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 1976Canada joined the organization on this date. Trudeau had been in office longer than any of the other leaders and so took the title of senior G8 leader from Schmidt.  4 June 1979   Pierre Trudeau   Prime Minister of Canada 16 May 1974  4 June 1979  3 March 1980    Helmut Schmidt   Chancellor of West Germany 20 April 1968Trudeau first served as Prime Minister from 20 April 1968 to 4 June 1979, and then again from 3 March 1980 to 30 June 1984.  3 March 1980  30 June 1984    Pierre Trudeau   Prime Minister of Canada 4 May 1979  30 June 1984  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 7 May 2000  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 1994Berlusconi first served as Prime Minister from 10 May 1994 to 17 January 1995, then again from 11 June 2001 to 17 May 2006, and then again from 8 May 2008 to 16 November 2011. 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 7 May 2000Putin first served as President of Russia from 2000 to 2008.  7 May 2012  24 March 2014    Vladimir Putin   President of Russia  22 November 2005  24 March 2014  8 December 2021    Angela Merkel   Chancellor of Germany 4 November 2015  8 December 2021  14 March 2025    Justin Trudeau   Prime Minister of Canada  14 May 2017  14 March 2025  Incumbent    Emmanuel Macron   President of France 

 List of seniority of current G7 leaders 

 Leader  Office  In Office Since  Term Length  Emmanuel Macron    President of France  14 May 2017   Donald Trump   President of the United States  20 January 2025 Trump previously served as President of the United States from 2017 to 2021.   Giorgia Meloni   Prime Minister of Italy  22 October 2022    Keir Starmer   Prime Minister of the United Kingdom  5 July 2024   Mark Carney   Prime Minister of Canada  14 March 2025     Friedrich Merz   Chancellor of Germany  6 May 2025    Sanae Takaichi   Prime Minister of Japan  21 October 2025   

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