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
PALESTINE: 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
Source: BSS
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
