APPENDIX: LEADERS AND GUESTS, G20 2021 SUMMIT MEETING
The G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union. It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.
At its 2009 summit, the G20 declared itself the primary venue for international economic and financial cooperation. The group’s stature has risen during the subsequent decade, and it is recognized by analysts as exercising considerable global influence; it is also criticized for its limited membership, lack of enforcement powers, and its alleged undermining of existing international institutions. Summits are often met with protests, particularly by anti-globalization groups.
Per Peter H. Henley and Niels M. Blokker, “The Group of 20: A Short Legal Anatomy”, Melbourne Journal of International Law. 14: 568: Spain’s peculiar but seemingly secure position within the G20 . . . appears to have facilitated their greater participation in the G20’s work: Spain is the only outreach participant to have made policy commitments comparable to those of G20 members proper at summits since Seoul. Spain therefore appears to have become a de facto member of the G20.
(Notes Spain’s Foreign Ministry: Spain is not a member of G20, although it has participated in its seven extraordinary summits of the Group and in several ordinary meetings, and is therefore considered a permanent guest member. Spain is a founding member of the OECD.)
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G20 2021 Summit Meeting, Rome
Participating leaders
(Heads of government and state + the EU Presidents of the European Commission and Council)
Argentina: Alberto Fernández, President
Australia: Scott Morrison, Prime Minister
Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro, President
Canada: Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister
China: Xi Jinping, President
France: Emmanuel Macron, President
Germany: Angela Merkel, Chancellor
India: Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Indonesia: Joko Widodo, President
Italy: Mario Draghi, Prime Minister (Host)
Japan: Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister
South Korea: Moon Jae-in, President
Mexico: Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President
Russia: Vladimir Putin, President
Saudi Arabia: Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King
South Africa: Cyril Ramaphosa, President
Turkey: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President
United Kingdom: Boris Johnson, Prime Minister
United States: Joe Biden, President
European Union: Charles Michel, President of the European Council
European Union: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez
Invited guests
Brunei: Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan, 2021 Chairperson of Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Félix Tshisekedi, President, 2021 Chairperson of the African Union
Netherlands: Mark Rutte, Prime Minister
Rwanda: Paul Kagame, President, 2020 Chairperson of NEPAD
Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister
Spain: Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister, Permanent guest invitee
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Source: Wikipedia
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