PARIS: The Vatican announced on Thursday that a minimum of 130 foreign delegations have confirmed their presence for Pope Francis’s funeral, which includes 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs.
Below is a list of distinguished guests whose offices have verified their attendance in Rome this Saturday.
Americas
ARGENTINA: President Javier Milei.
BRAZIL: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his wife Janja.
HONDURAS: President Xiomara Castro.
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
UNITED STATES: Former President Donald Trump and his wife Melania.
Europe
AUSTRIA: Chancellor Christian Stocker.
BELGIUM: King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, along with Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
BULGARIA: Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov.
CROATIA: President Zoran Milanović and 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 former Chancellor Olaf Scholz (incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz will not be attending).
GREECE: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
HUNGARY: President Tamás Sulyok and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
IRELAND: President Michael Higgins and his wife Sabina, plus Taoiseach (Prime Minister) 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.
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, along with Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.
POLAND: President Andrzej Duda and his wife.
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 and Queen Silvia, along with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
UKRAINE: President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife 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.
Asia
INDIA: President Droupadi Murmu.
PHILIPPINES: President Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Liza Marcos.