Brazil is the current president of the G20, a group that brings together the world’s main economies, and will host the leaders’ summit this year. The country took command of the bloc in December 2023.
The Presidency of the G20 is rotating, with members separated into five groups, generally regionally, and have a one-year mandate. All countries in a group are eligible to lead the bloc.
Each group has one turn to assume the Presidency of the G20. After the event takes place in a nation belonging to one group, command is passed to another, who decides internally who will assume leadership.
THE negotiation and consensus among the members is the criteria for selecting who will host the next G20 summit.
As president of the bloc, a country must organize the leaders’ summit, define the debated agenda and lead discussions during the year in command.
Who will be the next president of the G20?
Before this year’s summit, which will be hosted in Rio de Janeiro, group 3, formed by Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, assumed the Presidency of the G20 in 2018.
Argentina took command, since Mexico had already been host in 2012 and Brazil refused to lead the bloc.
After Brazil, South Africa will be responsible for holding the event in 2025, assuming the Presidency on December 1st of this year.
This content was originally published in How is the G20 president defined? on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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