List of 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.{{efn|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.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}}}

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| 16 May 1974 || 5 April 1976 || 27 June 1976 || {{ayd|1976|4|5|1976|6|27|}}||Helmut Schmidt || {{flagicon|GER}} Chancellor of West Germany

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| 20 April 1968 || 27 June 1976{{efn|Canada 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.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}}} || 4 June 1979 || {{ayd|1976|6|27|1979|6|4|}} ||Pierre Trudeau || {{flagicon|CAN}} Prime Minister of Canada

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| 16 May 1974 || 4 June 1979 || 3 March 1980 || {{ayd|1979|6|4|1980|3|3|}} || Helmut Schmidt || {{flagicon|GER}} Chancellor of West Germany

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| 20 April 1968{{efn|Trudeau first served as Prime Minister of Canada from 20 April 1968 to 4 June 1979, and then again from 3 March 1980 to 30 June 1984.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}}} || 3 March 1980 || 30 June 1984 || {{ayd|1980|3|3|1984|6|30|}} || Pierre Trudeau || {{flagicon|CAN}} Prime Minister of Canada

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| 4 May 1979 || 30 June 1984 || 28 November 1990 || {{ayd|1984|6|30|1990|11|28|}} || Margaret Thatcher || {{flagicon|UK}} Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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| 10 May 1981 || 28 November 1990 || 17 May 1995 || {{ayd|1990|11|28|1995|5|17|}} || François Mitterrand || {{flagicon|FRA}} President of France

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| 1 October 1982 || 17 May 1995 || 27 October 1998 || {{ayd|1995|5|17|1998|10|27|}} || Helmut Kohl || {{flagicon|GER}} Chancellor of Germany

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| 10 July 1991 || 27 October 1998 || 31 December 1999 || {{ayd|1998|10|27|1999|12|31|}} || Boris Yeltsin || {{flagicon|RUS}} President of Russia

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| 20 January 1993 || 31 December 1999 || 20 January 2001 || {{ayd|1999|12|31|2001|1|20|}} || Bill Clinton || {{flagicon|USA}} President of the United States

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| 4 November 1993 || 20 January 2001 || 12 December 2003 || {{ayd|2001|1|20|2003|12|12|}} || Jean Chrétien || {{flagicon|CAN}} Prime Minister of Canada

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| 17 May 1995 || 12 December 2003 || 16 May 2007 || {{ayd|2003|12|12|2007|5|16|}} || Jacques Chirac || {{flagicon|FRA}} President of France

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| 2 May 1997 || 16 May 2007 || 27 June 2007 || {{ayd|2007|5|16|2007|6|27|}} || Tony Blair || {{flagicon|UK}} Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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| 7 May 2000 || 27 June 2007 || 7 May 2008 || {{ayd|2007|6|27|2008|5|7|}} || Vladimir Putin || {{flagicon|RUS}} President of Russia

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| 20 January 2001 || 7 May 2008 || 20 January 2009 || {{ayd|2008|5|7|2009|1|20|}} || George W. Bush || {{flagicon|USA}} President of the United States

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| 10 May 1994{{efn|Berlusconi first served as Prime Minister of Italy 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.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}}}|| 20 January 2009 || 16 November 2011 || {{ayd|2009|1|20|2011|11|16|}} || Silvio Berlusconi || {{flagicon|ITA}} Prime Minister of Italy

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| 22 November 2005 || 16 November 2011 || 7 May 2012 || {{ayd|2011|11|16|2012|5|7|}} || Angela Merkel || {{flagicon|GER}} Chancellor of Germany

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| 7 May 2000{{efn|Putin first served as President of Russia from 2000 to 2008.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}}} || 7 May 2012 || 24 March 2014 || {{ayd|2012|5|7|2014|3|24|}} || Vladimir Putin || {{flagicon|RUS}} President of Russia

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| 22 November 2005 || 24 March 2014 || 8 December 2021 || {{ayd|2014|3|24|2021|12|8}} || Angela Merkel || {{flagicon|GER}} Chancellor of Germany

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| 4 November 2015 || 8 December 2021 || 14 March 2025 || {{ayd|2021|12|8|2025|3|14}} || Justin Trudeau || {{flagicon|CAN}} Prime Minister of Canada

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| 14 May 2017 || 14 March 2025 || Incumbent || {{ayd|2025|3|14}} || Emmanuel Macron || {{flagicon|FRA}} President of France

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• 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.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
• 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.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
• 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.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
• Silvio Berlusconi currently holds the record of G8 Summit hosting, having hosted summits in Italy three times.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

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