G20: List of countries and leaders taking part in the summit

Here is the list of participants at the G20 summit, which must meet Thursday in London, leaders of major developed countries and emerging countries as leaders of international institutions to discuss the fight against the economic crisis.

•     SOUTH AFRICA
      President Kgalema Motlanthe
      
      GERMANY
      Chancellor Angela Merkel
      
      SAUDI ARABIA
      King Abdullah
      
      ARGENTINA
      President Cristina Kirchner
      
      AUSTRALIA
      Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
      
      BRAZIL
      President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
      
      CANADA
      Prime Minister Stephen Harper
      
      CHINA
      President Hu Jintao
      
      SOUTH KOREA
      President Lee Myung-Bak
      
      UNITED STATES
      President Barack H. Obama
      
      FRANCE
      President Nicolas Sarkozy
      
      INDIA
      Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
      
      INDONESIA
      President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
      
      ITALY
      Council President Silvio Berlusconi
      
      JAPAN
      Prime Minister Taro Aso
      
      MEXICO
      President Felipe Calderon
      
      UNITED KINGDOM
      Prime Minister Gordon Brown
      
      RUSSIA
      President Dmitri Medvedev
      
      TURKEY
      Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
      
      EUROPEAN UNION
      Chairman Mirek Topolanek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
      The European Commission is represented by President José Manuel Barroso
      
      In addition to these members of the G20, two European countries must participate in the summit:
      
      SPAIN
      Head of government José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
      
      NETHERLANDS
      Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
      
      Seven international organizations are also represented:
      
      ASEAN
      Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, represents the 10 member nations of the Association of Southeast Asia.
      
      WORLD BANK
      President Robert Zoellick
      
      INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
      Director General Dominique Strauss-Kahn
      
      FINANCIAL STABILITY FORUM
      Chairman Mario Draghi
      
      WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
      Director-General Pascal Lamy
      
      UNITED NATIONS
      Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
      
      NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT (NEPAD) President Meles Zenawi (Prime Minister of Ethiopia)
      
      
  Ennaharonline / AFP