12th G7 summit

1986 international leader meeting in Japan July 2026 12th G7 summit 2019 Akasaka Palace 02.jpg State Guesthouse, Akasaka PalaceCabinet Office, Government of Japan; State Guest House, Akasaka Palace https://web.archive.org/web/20131104230447/http://www8.cao.go.jp/geihinkan/akasaka/akasaka-e.html November 4, 2013 ; retrieved June 19, 2013. Japan May 4–6, 1986 Tokyo Akasaka Palace 11th G7 summit 13th G7 summit The 12th G7 Summit was held in Tokyo, Japan between May 4 and 6, 1986. The venue for the summit meetings was the State Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): Summit Meetings in the Past. The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada (since 1976),Saunders, Doug. "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders," https://web.archive.org/web/20081011063004/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080704.wG8-analysis05/BNStory/International/columnists October 11, 2008 Globe and Mail (Toronto). July 5, 2008 -- n.b., the G7 becomes the Group of Eight (G7) with the inclusion of Russia starting in 1997. and the President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981).Reuters: "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?", July 3, 2008. The summits were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a mild rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was a part of the genesis of cooperation between France's president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and West Germany's chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations, p. 205. Leaders at the summit thumb|Summit leaders at the Tokyo Imperial Palace Gardens: (left to right) Jacques Delors, Bettino Craxi, Ruud Lubbers, Helmut Kohl, Ronald Reagan, Yasuhiro Nakasone, François Mitterrand, Margaret Thatcher, and Brian Mulroney The G7 is an unofficial annual forum for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The 12th G7 summit was the last summit for Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi. Participants These summit participants are the current "core members" of the international forum:Rieffel, Lex. "Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV)," https://web.archive.org/web/20100603074840/http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0327_global_governance_rieffel.aspx June 3, 2010 Brookings. March 27, 2009; "core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site). https://web.archive.org/web/20100602190742/http://g8.gc.ca/about/member-states/ June 2, 2010 MOFA: Summit (12); European Union: "EU and the G8" https://web.archive.org/web/20070226165606/http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php February 26, 2007 Core G7 membersHost state and leader are shown in bold text. Member Represented by Title CAN Canada Brian Mulroney Prime Minister FRA 1974 France François Mitterrand President West Germany West Germany Helmut Kohl Chancellor Italy Italy Bettino Craxi Prime Minister Japan 1947 Japan Yasuhiro Nakasone Prime Minister UK United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister US United States Ronald Reagan President European Union European Community Jacques Delors President of the Commission Netherlands Ruud Lubbers President of the Council Issues The summit was intended as a venue for resolving differences among its members. As a practical matter, the summit was also conceived as an opportunity for its members to give each other mutual encouragement in the face of difficult economic decisions. Gallery of participating leaders Core G7 participants See also G8 Notes 2 References Bayne, Nicholas and Robert D. Putnam. (2000). Hanging in There: The G7 and G8 Summit in Maturity and Renewal. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing. 978-0-7546-1185-1; OCLC 43186692( https://web.archive.org/web/20121110194051/http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/43186692 November 10, 2012 2009-04-29) Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations. London: Routledge. 978-0-415-16486-3; 978-0-203-45085-7; 39013643 External links No official website is created for any G7 summit prior to 1995 -- see the 21st G7 summit. University of Toronto: G8 Research Group, G8 Information Centre G7 1986, delegations & documents G7 summit Category:1986 in international relations G7 summit Category:1986 in Tokyo G7 summit 1986 G7 summit 1986 1986 Category:Political history of Tokyo Category:May 1986 in Asia G7 summit 1986 G7 summit 1986 Category:Foreign policy of the Reagan administration