32nd G8 Summit - Composition of Summit Leaders

Composition of Summit Leaders

The G8 is an unofficial annual forum for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The G8 summit was the first for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and West German Chancellor Angela Merkel; and it was the last G8 summit for French President Jacques Chirac and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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