Pope Francis's funeral: who's attending?

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Published On: 26 Apr 2025, 10:16

VATICAN CITY, April 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - World leaders will be in Rome on Saturday for Pope Francis's funeral, in one of the largest diplomatic gatherings of recent times.

Here is a list of heads of state and government, world royalty and senior ministers 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 NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

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 and Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheal Martin

ITALY: President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

KOSOVO: President Vjosa Osmani

LATVIA: President Edgars Rinkevics

LIECHTENSTEIN: Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary 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 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 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

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Cardinal Stephen Brislin, president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference

TOGO: President Faure Gnassingbe

- Asia-Pacific -

AUSTRALIA: Governor-General Sam Mostyn

BANGLADESH: Interim leader Muhammad Yunus

EAST TIMOR: President Jose Ramos Horta

INDIA: President Droupadi Murmu

INDONESIA: former president Joko Widodo

NEW ZEALAND: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

PHILIPPINES: President Ferdinand Marcos

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