A Look At World Leaders Who Will Attend Pope Francis’s Funeral

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    A Look At World Leaders Who Will Attend Pope Francis’s Funeral



    A Look At World Leaders Who Will Attend Pope Francis’s Funeral


    Paris:

    The Vatican on Thursday said at least 130 foreign delegations had confirmed their attendance at Pope Francis’s funeral, including 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs.

    Here is a list of VIP guests whose offices have confirmed they will be in Rome on Saturday.

    Americas 

    ARGENTINA: President Javier Milei.

    BRAZIL: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Janja.

    HONDURAS: President Xiomara Castro.

    UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

    UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump and his wife Melania.

    Europe 

    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: EU Commission chief 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.

    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.

    THE NETHERLANDS: Prime Minister Dick Schoof, 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.

    PORTUGAL: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro.

    ROMANIA: Interim President Ilie Bolojan.

    RUSSIA: Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova.

    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, 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 

    ISRAEL: Yaron Sideman, Ambassador to the Holy See.

    Africa 

    CAPE VERDE: President Jose Maria Neves.

    CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: President Faustin-Archange Touadera.

    Asia 

    INDIA: President Droupadi Murmu.

    PHILIPPINES: President Ferdinand Marcos and first lady Liza Marcos.

    (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)


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