The China Mail - Pope Francis's funeral: who's attending?

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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