List of VIP guests to attend Pope Francis' funeral
The Vatican said at least 130 foreign delegations had confirmed their attendance at Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, including around 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs.
Here is a list of VIP guests whose offices have confirmed they will be in Rome, as of Friday 17:12 (GMT+3).
Americas
ARGENTINA: President Javier Milei
BRAZIL: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife, Janja
CANADA: Governor General Mary Simon and her husband, Whit Fraser
HONDURAS: President Xiomara Castro
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, as well as former president Joe Biden and his wife, Jill
Europe
ALBANIA: President Bajram Begaj
AUSTRIA: Chancellor Christian Stocker
BELGIUM: King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, with Prime Minister Bart De Wever
BULGARIA: Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov
CROATIA: President Zoran Milanovic, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic
CZECH REPUBLIC: Prime Minister Petr Fiala
DENMARK: Queen Mary
ESTONIA: President Alar Karis
EUROPEAN UNION: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president Antonio Costa
FINLAND: President Alexander Stubb
FRANCE: President Emmanuel Macron
GERMANY: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz will not attend
GREECE: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
HUNGARY: President Tamas Sulyok and Prime Minister Viktor Orban
ICELAND: President Halla Tomasdottir and Foreign Minister Thorgardur Kathrin Gonnarsdottir
IRELAND: President Michael Higgins and his wife, Sabina, plus Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheal Martin
KOSOVO: President Vjosa Osmani
LATVIA: President Edgars Rinkevics
LITHUANIA: President Gitanas Nauseda
MOLDOVA: President Maia Sandu
MONACO: Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene
MONTENEGRO: President Jakov Milatovic
THE NETHERLANDS: Prime Minister Dick Schoof and Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp
NORTH MACEDONIA: President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
NORWAY: Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide
POLAND: President Andrzej Duda and his wife, Agata Kornhauser-Duda
PORTUGAL: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro
ROMANIA: Interim president Ilie Bolojan
RUSSIA: Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova
SERBIA: Prime Minister Djuro Macut
SLOVAKIA: President Peter Pellegrini
SLOVENIA: President Natasa Pirc Musar and Prime Minister Robert Golob
SPAIN: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia
SWEDEN: King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife, Queen Silvia, as well as Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson
UKRAINE: President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska
UNITED KINGDOM: Prince William representing head of state King Charles III, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Middle East
IRAN: Culture Minister Abbas Salehi, representing President Masoud Pezeshkian (according to state news agency IRNA)
ISRAELI OCCUPATION: Yaron Sideman, Ambassador to the Holy See
Africa
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