12th G7 summit
# 12th G7 summit

The 12th G7 Summit was held in Tokyo, Japan between May 4 and May 6, 1986. The venue for the summit meetings was the State Guesthouse.

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), and the President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981). 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.

## Leaders at the summit

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:

Core G7 members Host state and leader are shown in bold text. :

| Member | Represented by | Title |
| - | - | - |
| Canada | Brian Mulroney | Prime Minister |
| France | François Mitterrand | President |
| West Germany | Helmut Kohl | Chancellor |
| Italy | Bettino Craxi | Prime Minister |
| Japan | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Prime Minister |
| United Kingdom | Margaret Thatcher | Prime Minister |
| United States | Ronald Reagan | President |
| European Community | Jacques Delors | President of the Commission |
| European Community | 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

* Canada Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister
* France François Mitterrand, President
* Germany Helmut Kohl, Chancellor
* Italy Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister
* Japan Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister
* United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister
* United States Ronald Reagan, President
* European Community Jacques Delors, Commission President
* European Community Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, rotating Council President
