LIST: World figures at Pope Francis’ funeral
Pope Francis greets the crowd during an audience to the Padre Pio Prayer Groups in Vatican on February 6, 2016. (File photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
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World leaders will be in Rome on Saturday for Pope Francis’ funeral, in one of the largest diplomatic gatherings of recent times.
Here is a list of heads of state and government as well as global royals in attendance, according to the Vatican.
Americas
ARGENTINA: President Javier Milei
BELIZE: Governor General Froyla Tzalam
BRAZIL: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
CANADA: Governor General Mary Simon
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: President Luis Abinader
ECUADOR: President Daniel Noboa Azin
HONDURAS: President Xiomara Castro
UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump. Former President Joe Biden is also attending.
Europe
ALBANIA: President Bajram Begaj
ANDORRA: Co-Prince Joan-Enric Vives Sicilia
ARMENIA: President Vahagn Khachaturyan
AUSTRIA: President Alexander Van der Bellen, Chancellor Christian Stocker
BELGIUM: King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, with Prime Minister Bart De Wever
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: President Zelika Cvijanovic
BULGARIA: Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov
CROATIA: President Zoran Milanovic, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic
CYPRUS: President Nikos Christodoulides
CZECH REPUBLIC: Prime Minister Petr Fiala
DENMARK: Queen Mary
ESTONIA: President Alar Karis
EUROPEAN UNION: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Antonio Costa
FINLAND: President Alexander Stubb
FRANCE: President Emmanuel Macron
GEORGIA: President Mikheil Kavelashvili
GERMANY: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz
GREECE: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
HUNGARY: President Tamas Sulyok and Prime Minister Viktor Orban
ICELAND: President Halla Tomasdottir
IRELAND: President Michael Higgins plus Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheal Martin
ITALY: President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
KOSOVO: President Vjosa Osmani
LATVIA: President Edgars Rinkevics
LIECHTENSTEIN: Prince Alois and Princess Sophie
LITHUANIA: President Gitanas Nauseda
LUXEMBOURG: Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Prime Minister Luc Frieden
MALTA: President Myriam Spiteri Debono
MOLDOVA: President Maia Sandu
MONACO: Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene
MONTENEGRO: President Jakov Milatovic
NETHERLANDS: Prime Minister Dick Schoof
NORTH MACEDONIA: President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
NORWAY: Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide
POLAND: President Andrzej 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 Queen Silvia, as well as Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson
SWITZERLAND: President Karin Keller-Sutter
UKRAINE: President Volodymyr Zelensky
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
ISRAEL: Yaron Sideman, Ambassador to the Holy See
JORDAN: King Abdullah II and Queen Rania
LEBANON: President Joseph Aoun
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa
QATAR: Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
Africa
ANGOLA: President Joao Lourenco
BURUNDI: Vice President Prosper Bazombanza
CAPE VERDE: President Jose Maria Neves
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: President Faustin-Archange Touadera
DR CONGO: President Felix Tshisekedi
GABON: President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema
KENYA: President William Ruto
LESOTHO: King Letsie III
MADAGASCAR: President Andry Rajoelina
MOROCCO: Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch
MOZAMBIQUE: President Daniel Chapo
SEYCHELLES: President Wavel Ramkalawan
SIERRA LEONE: President Julius Maada Bio
TOGO: President Faure Gnassingbe
Asia-Pacific
AUSTRALIA: Governor General Sam Mostyn
BANGLADESH: Prime Minister Muhammad Yunus
EAST TIMOR: President Jose Ramos Horta
INDIA: President Droupadi Murmu
INDONESIA: President Joko Widodo
NEW ZEALAND: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
PHILIPPINES: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
International
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Cardinal Stephen Brislin, president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference
