Several world leaders will attend the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, April 26.
Here is the list:
Africa
Angola – Joâo Manuel Gonçalves, President
Cape Verde – Jose Maria Neves, President
Central African Republic – Faustin-Archange Touadera, President
Democratic Republic of Congo – Felix Tshisekedi, President
Equatorial Guinea – Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, Vice President
Gabon – Brice Nguema, President
Kenya – William Samoei Ruto, President
Lesotho – King Letsie III
Madagascar – Andry Rajoelina, President
Morocco – Aziz Akhannouch, Prime Minister
Mozambique – Daniel Chapo, President
Nigeria – H.E Senator Godswill Akpabio Senate President
Seychelles – Wavel Ramkalawan, President
Sierra Leone – Julius Maada Bio, President
Tanzania – Philip Isdor Mpango, Vice President
Togo – Faure Gnassingbé, President
Zimbabwe – Constantino Chiwenga, Vice President
Foreign Ministers: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Namibia, South Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia
Asia
Armenia – Vahagn Khachaturyan, President
Bangladesh – Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser
China – Chin-Jen Chen, Former Vice President
Cyprus – Nikos Christodoulides, President
East Timor – Jose Ramos-Horta, President
India – Droupadi Murmu, President
Iraq (Kurdistan Region) – Nechirvan Barzani, President
Israel – Yaron Sideman, Ambassador
Lebanon – Joseph Khalil Aoun, President
Palestine – Mohamed Mustafa, Prime Minister
Philippines – Ferdinand Marcos Jr., President
Turkey – Numan Kurtulmus, Speaker of the National Assembly
Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Japan – Foreign Ministers
Jordan – King Abdullah II
Europe
Albania – Bajram Begaj, President
Austria – Christian Stocker, Chancellor
Belgium – Bart De Wever, Prime Minister; King Philippe and Queen Mathilde
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Zeljka Cvijanović, Chairman
Croatia – Zoran Milanovic, President
Czech Republic – Petr Fiala, Prime Minister
Estonia – Alar Karis, President
Finland – Alexander Stubb, President
France – Emmanuel Macron, President
Georgia – Mikheil Kavelashvili, President
Germany – Frank-Walter Steinmeier & Olaf Scholz
Greece – Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister
Hungary – Tamas Sulyok & Viktor Orbán
Iceland – Halla Tómasdóttir, President
Ireland – Micheal D. Higgins & Micheal Martin
Italy – Sergio Mattarella & Giorgia Meloni
Latvia – Edgars Rinkevics, President
Lithuania – Gitanas Nauseda, President
Macedonia – Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, President
Malta – Myriam Spiteri Debono, President
Moldova – Maia Sandu, President
Montenegro – Jakov Milatović, President
Netherlands – Dick Schoof, Prime Minister
Poland – Andrzej Duda, President
Portugal – Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa & Luis Montenegro
Romania – Ilie Bolojan, Interim President
San Marino – Denise Bronzetti, Captain Regent
Serbia – Duro Macut, Prime Minister
Slovakia – Peter Pellegrini, President
Slovenia – Natasa Pirc Musar & Robert Golob
Sweden – Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister; King Carl XVI Gustaf & Queen Silvia
Switzerland – Karin Keller-Sutter, President
Ukraine – Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President
United Kingdom – Keir Starmer, Prime Minister; Prince William
Liechtenstein – Prince Alois and Princess Sophie
Luxembourg – Grand Duke Henri & Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
Monaco – Prince Albert and Princess Charlene
Denmark – Queen Mary
Norway – Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette-Marit
Leaders of Institutions (Europe-based): Bjorn Berge (Council of Europe), Ursula von der Leyen (European Commission), Roberta Metsola (European Parliament), Antonio Costa (Council of the EU), Kaja Callas (EU Foreign Affairs), Pia Kauma (OSCE Parliamentary Assembly)
North America
United States – Donald Trump (President) & Melania Trump; Joe Biden (Former President) & Jill Biden
Belize – Froyla Tzalam, Governor General
Canada – Mary Simon, Governor General
Mexico – Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Secretary of the Interior
Cuba – Salvador Valdés Mesa, Vice President
Dominican Republic – Luis Abinader, President
El Salvador – Félix Ulloa Garay, Vice President
Honduras – Xiomara Castro, President
South America
Argentina – Javier Milei, President
Brazil – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President
Chile – Manuel José Ossandon, Senator
Ecuador – Daniel Noboa, President
Paraguay – Raúl Latorre, President of the Chamber of Deputies
Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela – Foreign Ministers
Oceania
Australia – Sam Mostyn, Governor General
New Zealand – Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister
International Organizations
United Nations – Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General; Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General
European Commission – Ursula von der Leyen, President
Council of the European Union – Antonio Costa, President
European Parliament – Roberta Metsola, President
European Union Foreign Affairs – Kaja Kallas, High Representative
Council of Europe – Bjorn Berge, Secretary-General
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) – Pia Kauma, President of the Parliamentary Assembly
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) – Álvaro Lario, President