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.
The following is a list of senior G7 leaders in order from the founding of the G6 to the present.[5] 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 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who has been prime minister since 2015.
Entered office as Head of State or Government |
Began time as senior G8 leader |
Ended time as senior G8 leader |
Term Length |
Person | Office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 October 1964[6] | 15 November 1975 | 5 April 1976 | 142 days | Harold Wilson | ![]() |
16 May 1974 | 5 April 1976 | 27 June 1976 | 83 days | Helmut Schmidt | ![]() |
20 April 1968 | 27 June 1976[7] | 4 June 1979 | 2 years, 342 days | Pierre Trudeau | ![]() |
16 May 1974 | 4 June 1979 | 3 March 1980 | 273 days | Helmut Schmidt | ![]() |
20 April 1968[8] | 3 March 1980 | 30 June 1984 | 4 years, 119 days | Pierre Trudeau | ![]() |
4 May 1979 | 30 June 1984 | 28 November 1990 | 6 years, 151 days | Margaret Thatcher | ![]() |
10 May 1981 | 28 November 1990 | 17 May 1995 | 4 years, 170 days | François Mitterrand | ![]() |
1 October 1982 | 17 May 1995 | 27 October 1998 | 3 years, 163 days | Helmut Kohl | ![]() |
10 July 1991 | 27 October 1998 | 31 December 1999 | 1 year, 65 days | Boris Yeltsin | ![]() |
20 January 1993 | 31 December 1999 | 20 January 2001 | 1 year, 20 days | Bill Clinton | ![]() |
4 November 1993 | 20 January 2001 | 12 December 2003 | 2 years, 326 days | Jean Chrétien | ![]() |
17 May 1995 | 12 December 2003 | 16 May 2007 | 3 years, 155 days | Jacques Chirac | ![]() |
2 May 1997 | 16 May 2007 | 27 June 2007 | 42 days | Tony Blair | ![]() |
7 May 2000 | 27 June 2007 | 7 May 2008 | 315 days | Vladimir Putin | ![]() |
20 January 2001 | 7 May 2008 | 20 January 2009 | 258 days | George W. Bush | ![]() |
10 May 1994[9] | 20 January 2009 | 16 November 2011 | 2 years, 300 days | Silvio Berlusconi | ![]() |
22 November 2005 | 16 November 2011 | 7 May 2012 | 173 days | Angela Merkel | ![]() |
7 May 2000[10] | 7 May 2012 | 24 March 2014 | 1 year, 321 days | Vladimir Putin | ![]() |
22 November 2005 | 24 March 2014 | 8 December 2021 | 7 years, 259 days | Angela Merkel | ![]() |
4 November 2015 | 8 December 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 55 days | Justin Trudeau | ![]() |
Person | Office | In Office Since | Term Length |
---|---|---|---|
Justin Trudeau | ![]() |
4 November 2015 | 8 years, 89 days |
Emmanuel Macron | ![]() |
14 May 2017 | 6 years, 263 days |
Joe Biden | ![]() |
20 January 2021 | 3 years, 12 days |
Fumio Kishida | ![]() |
4 October 2021 | 2 years, 120 days |
Olaf Scholz | ![]() |
8 December 2021 | 2 years, 55 days |
Giorgia Meloni | ![]() |
22 October 2022 | 1 year, 102 days |
Rishi Sunak | ![]() |
25 October 2022 | 1 year, 99 days |