G8 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
=G8=The Group of Eight (G8) is the coalition of eight of the world's leading industrialized nations: the United Kingdom, France, Germany (West Germany to 1991), Italy, Japan, and the United States, (the G6, 1975), Canada (the G7, 1976), and Russia (first known as the G7+1, 1998), as well as the European Union. The hallmark of the G8 is an annual economic and political summit of the heads of state with international officials, though there are numerous subsidiary meetings and policy research.
The G8 leaders as of September 30, 2004 were:
- Canada - Paul Martin
- France - Jacques Chirac
- Germany - Gerhard Schröder
- Italy - Silvio Berlusconi
- Japan - Junichiro Koizumi
- Russia - Vladimir Putin
- United Kingdom - Tony Blair
- United States - George W. Bush
- European Union - President of the European Council, President of the European Commission and President of the European Parliament
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2 Future G8 Summits 3 Links to unofficial G8-related websites (alternative or protest) 4 See also |
| number | date | country | place | official website |
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| 31st | 2005, July 6-July 8 | United Kingdom | Gleneagles, Perthshire, Scotland | http://www.perthshireg8.org.uk |
| 32nd | 2006 | Russia | ||
| 33rd | 2007 | Germany | ||
| 34th | 2008 | Japan | ||
| 35th | 2009 | Italy | ||
| 36th | 2010 | Canada |
=Group of Eight (unrelated, Australia)=
The Group of Eight is an association of Australia's leading universities.
=Gang of Eight (unrelated, Canada)=
G8 can also signify the Gang of Eight, a group of Canadian premiers who precipitated a constitutional crisis.
=Other=
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