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G-8 work session; July 20-22, 2002.

The Group of Eight (G8) is 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 (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:

European Union - President of the European Council, President of the European Commission and President of the European Parliament

The annual summits are often the focus of anti-globalization movement protests.

Past G7/G8 Summits

The location of thesummit meetings rotate anually among member countries in the following order: France, United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada.

number	date	country	place	official website
1st	1975, November 15-November 17	France	Rambouillet
2nd	1976, June 27-June 28	United States	San Juan, Puerto Rico
3rd	1977, May 7-May 8	United Kingdom	London, England
4th	1978, July 16-July 17	Germany	Bonn
5th	1979, June 28-June 29	Japan	Tokyo
6th	1980, June 22-June 23	Italy	Venice
7th	1981, July 20-July 21	Canada	Montebello, Ottawa, Ontario
8th	1982, June 4-June 6	France	Versailles
9th	1983, May 28-May 30	United States	Williamsburg, Virginia
10th	1984, June 7-June 9	United Kingdom	London, England
11th	1985, May 2-May 4	Germany	Bonn
12th	1986, May 4-May 6	Japan	Tokyo
13th	1987, June 8-June 10	Italy	Venice
14th	1988, June 19-June 21	Canada	Toronto, Ontario
15th	1989, July 14-July 16	France	Paris
16th	1990, July 9-July 11	United States	Houston, Texas
17th	1991, July 15-July 17	United Kingdom	London, England
18th	1992, July 6-July 8	Germany	Munich, Bayern
19th	1993, July 7-July 9	Japan	Tokyo
20th	1994, July 8-July 10	Italy	Naples
21st	1995, June 15-June 17	Canada	Halifax, Nova Scotia
-	1996, April 19-April 20	Russia	Moscow (Special summit on nuclear security)
22nd	1996, June 27-June 29	France	Lyon
23rd	1997, June 20-June 22	United States	Denver, Colorado
24th	1998, May 15-May 17	United Kingdom	Birmingham, England (First G8 official Summit)
25th	1999, June 18-June 20	Germany	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
26th	2000, July 21-July 23	Japan	Okinawa
27th	2001, July 20-July 22	Italy	Genoa
28th	2002, June 26-June 27	Canada	Kananaskis, Alberta	http://www.g8.gc.ca/
29th	2003, June 2-June 3	France	�vian-les-Bains	http://www.g8.fr/
30th	2004, June 8-June 10	United States	Sea Island, Georgia	http://g8usa.gov/

Future G8 Summits

number	date	country	place	official website
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