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Pope Francis's funeral: who's attending?
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.
- 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)
ISRAEL: Yaron Sideman, Ambassador to the Holy See
- Africa -
ANGOLA: President Joao Lourenco
CAPE VERDE: President Jose Maria Neves
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: President Faustin-Archange Touadera
DR CONGO: President Felix Tshisekedi
GABON: President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Cardinal Stephen Brislin, president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference
- Asia -
INDIA: President Droupadi Murmu
PHILIPPINES: President Ferdinand Marcos and first lady Liza Marcos
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