Pope Francis’s Funeral: Who’s Attending?
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Paris: The Vatican has confirmed that at least 130 foreign delegations will attend the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, including around 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs. Below is a list of confirmed VIP guests attending the ceremony in Rome:
Americas
Argentina: President Javier Milei
Brazil: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and First Lady Janja
Honduras: President Xiomara Castro
United Nations: UN Secretary General António Guterres
United States: Former President Donald Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump
Europe
Austria: Chancellor Christian Stocker
Belgium: King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, and Prime Minister Bart De Wever
Bulgaria: Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov
Croatia: President Zoran Milanović, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković
Czech Republic: Prime Minister Petr Fiala
Denmark: Queen Mary
Estonia: President Alar Karis
European Union: EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António 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 Tamás Sulyok and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
Ireland: President Michael D. Higgins and First Lady Sabina Higgins; Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Kosovo: President Vjosa Osmani
Latvia: President Edgars Rinkēvičs
Lithuania: President Gitanas Nausėda
Moldova: President Maia Sandu
Monaco: Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene
Netherlands: Prime Minister Dick Schoof and Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp
North Macedonia: President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
Norway: Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide
Poland: President Andrzej Duda and First Lady
Portugal: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luís Montenegro
Romania: Interim President Ilie Bolojan
Russia: Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova
Slovakia: President Peter Pellegrini
Slovenia: President Nataša Pirc Musar and Prime Minister Robert Golob
Spain: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia
Sweden: King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson
Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska
United Kingdom: Prince William (representing King Charles III) and Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Middle East
Israel: Yaron Sideman, Ambassador to the Holy See
Africa
Cape Verde: President José Maria Neves
Central African Republic: President Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Gabon: President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema
Asia
India: President Droupadi Murmu
Philippines: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Marcos
