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The Vatican on Thursday said at least 130 foreign delegations had confirmed their attendance at Pope Francis’s funeral, including 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs.<\/p>\n
Here is a list of VIP guests whose offices have confirmed they will be in Rome on Saturday.<\/p>\n
ARGENTINA: President Javier Milei.<\/p>\n
BRAZIL: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Janja.<\/p>\n
HONDURAS: President Xiomara Castro.<\/p>\n
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.<\/p>\n
UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump and his wife Melania.<\/p>\n
AUSTRIA: Chancellor Christian Stocker.<\/p>\n
BELGIUM: King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, with Prime Minister Bart De Wever.<\/p>\n
BULGARIA: Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov.<\/p>\n
CROATIA: President Zoran Milanovic, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic.<\/p>\n
CZECH REPUBLIC: Prime Minister Petr Fiala.<\/p>\n
DENMARK: Queen Mary.<\/p>\n
ESTONIA: President Alar Karis.<\/p>\n
EUROPEAN UNION: EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa.<\/p>\n
FINLAND: President Alexander Stubb.<\/p>\n
FRANCE: President Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n
GERMANY: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz will not attend.<\/p>\n
GREECE: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.<\/p>\n
HUNGARY: President Tamas Sulyok and Prime Minister Viktor Orban.<\/p>\n
IRELAND: President Michael Higgins and his wife Sabina, plus Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheal Martin.<\/p>\n
KOSOVO: President Vjosa Osmani.<\/p>\n
LATVIA: President Edgars Rinkevics.<\/p>\n
LITHUANIA: President Gitanas Nauseda.<\/p>\n
MOLDOVA: President Maia Sandu.<\/p>\n
MONACO: Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene.<\/p>\n
THE NETHERLANDS: Prime Minister Dick Schoof, Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp.<\/p>\n
NORTH MACEDONIA: President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova.<\/p>\n
NORWAY: Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.<\/p>\n
POLAND: President Andrzej Duda and his wife.<\/p>\n
PORTUGAL: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro.<\/p>\n
ROMANIA: Interim President Ilie Bolojan.<\/p>\n
RUSSIA: Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova.<\/p>\n
SLOVAKIA: President Peter Pellegrini.<\/p>\n
SLOVENIA: President Natasa Pirc Musar and Prime Minister Robert Golob.<\/p>\n
SPAIN: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.<\/p>\n
SWEDEN: King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.<\/p>\n
UKRAINE: President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska.<\/p>\n
UNITED KINGDOM: Prince William representing head of state King Charles III and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n
ISRAEL: Yaron Sideman, Ambassador to the Holy See.<\/p>\n
CAPE VERDE: President Jose Maria Neves.<\/p>\n
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: President Faustin-Archange Touadera.<\/p>\n
INDIA: President Droupadi Murmu.<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: President Ferdinand Marcos and first lady Liza Marcos.<\/p>\n
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