| 9th G7 summit | |
|---|---|
 Governor's Palace in Williamsburg | |
| Host country | United States |
| Dates | May 28–29, 1983 |
| Venue(s) | Colonial Capitol Building |
| Cities | Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Follows | 8th G7 summit |
| Precedes | 10th G7 summit |
The 9th G7 Summit was held at Williamsburg, Virginia, United States between May 28 and 30, 1983. The venue for the summit meetings was Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.[1]
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),[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 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and West Germany's chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.[4]
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