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[[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Masayoshi Ohira]] suffered a fatal heart attack on Jume 12th, only days before the summit; and his colleague, the Foreign Minister, led the delegation which represented Japan in his place. Others joining Foreign Minister Okita in Venice were [[Minister of Finance (Japan)|Finance Minister]] [[Noboru Takeshita]] and the head of the [[Ministry of International Trade and Industry]].<ref>Stokes, Henry Scott. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60E14F83B5C12728DDDAB0994DE405B8084F1D3&scp=1&sq=Masayoshi%20Ohira%20death&st=cse "Japan's Prime Minister Ohira Dies At 70 as a Critical Election Nears; Japan's Prime Minister Dies at 70 After Heart Attack Plans for Venice Meeting,"] ''New York Times.'' June 12, 1980.</ref> |
[[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Masayoshi Ohira]] suffered a fatal heart attack on Jume 12th, only days before the summit; and his colleague, the Foreign Minister, led the delegation which represented Japan in his place. Others joining Foreign Minister Okita in Venice were [[Minister of Finance (Japan)|Finance Minister]] [[Noboru Takeshita]] and the head of the [[Ministry of International Trade and Industry]].<ref>Stokes, Henry Scott. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60E14F83B5C12728DDDAB0994DE405B8084F1D3&scp=1&sq=Masayoshi%20Ohira%20death&st=cse "Japan's Prime Minister Ohira Dies At 70 as a Critical Election Nears; Japan's Prime Minister Dies at 70 After Heart Attack Plans for Venice Meeting,"] ''New York Times.'' June 12, 1980.</ref> |
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| 6th G7 summit | |
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 San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice | |
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | June 22-23 |
The 6th G7 Summit was held at Venice, Italy between June 22 and 23rd, 1980. The venue for the summit meetings was the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in the Venetian lagoon.[1]
The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada (since 1976)[2] and the President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981).[3] 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 Giscard d'Estaing and Germany's Chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.[4]
Leaders at the summit
Canada - Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.[1]
France - President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.[1]
West Germany - Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.[1]
Italy - Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga
Japan - Foreign Affairs Minister Saburo Okita.[1]
United Kingdom - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.[1]
United States - President Jimmy Carter.[1]
Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira suffered a fatal heart attack on Jume 12th, only days before the summit; and his colleague, the Foreign Minister, led the delegation which represented Japan in his place. Others joining Foreign Minister Okita in Venice were Finance Minister Noboru Takeshita and the head of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.[5]
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.[4]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): Summit Meetings in the Past.
- ^ Saunders, Doug. "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders," 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.
- ^ Reuters: "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?", July 3, 2008.
- ^ a b Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations, p. 205.
- ^ Stokes, Henry Scott. "Japan's Prime Minister Ohira Dies At 70 as a Critical Election Nears; Japan's Prime Minister Dies at 70 After Heart Attack Plans for Venice Meeting," New York Times. June 12, 1980.
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. 10-ISBN 0-754-61185-X; 13-ISBN 978-0-754-61185-1; OCLC 43186692
- Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations. London: Routledge. 10-ISBN 0-415-16486-9; 13-ISBN 978-0-415-16486-3
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
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