VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Following is a list of the main world leaders who have so far said they will attend Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday in Saint Peter’s Square.
ALBANIA – President Bajram Bega.
ANGOLA – President Joao Lourenco.
ARGENTINA – President Javier Milei.
AUSTRIA – President Alexander Van der Bellen, Chancellor Christian Stocker.
BANGLADESH – Chief Adviser (interim leader) Muhammad Yunus.
BELGIUM – King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
BRITAIN – Prince William and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
BRAZIL – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and first lady Janja Lula da Silva.
BULGARIA – Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – President Faustin-Archange Touadera.
CROATIA – President Zoran Milanovic.
CYPRUS – President Nikos Christodoulides.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – President Felix Tshisekedi.
CZECH REPUBLIC – Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – President Luis Abinader.
ESTONIA – President Alar Karis.
EUROPEAN UNION – Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Council President Antonio Costa, Parliament President Roberta Metsola.
EAST TIMOR – President Jose Ramos-Horta.
ECUADOR – President Daniel Noboa.
FINLAND – President Alexander Stubb.
FRANCE – President Emmanuel Macron.
GABON – President Brice Oligui Nguema.
GERMANY – President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz.
GEORGIA – President Mikheil Kavelashvili.
GREECE – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
HONDURAS – President Xiomara Castro.
HUNGARY – President Tamas Sulyok, Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
ICELAND – President Halla Tomasdottir.
ITALY – President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
IRELAND – President Michael D. Higgins, Prime Minister Micheal Martin.
INDIA – President Droupadi Murmu.
INDONESIA – President Joko Widodo.
JORDAN – King Abdullah and his wife Queen Rania.
KENYA – President William Ruto.
LATVIA – President Edgars Rinkevics.
LEBANON – President Joseph Aoun.
LESOTHO – King Letsie III.
LITHUANIA – President Gitanas Nauseda.
LUXEMBOURG – Prime Minister Luc Frieden.
MACEDONIA – President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova.
MADAGASCAR – President Andry Rajoelina.
MALTA – President Myriam Spiteri Debon.
MOLDOVA – President Maia Sandu.
MONACO – Prince Albert and his wife Princess Charlene.
MONTENEGRO – President Jakov Milatovic.
MOROCCO – Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch.
MOZAMBIQUE – President Daniel Chapo.
NETHERLANDS – Prime Minister Dick Schoof.
NEW ZEALAND – Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
NORWAY – Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
PALESTINE – Prime Minister Mohamed Mustafa.
PHILIPPINES – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
POLAND – President Andrzej Duda.
PORTUGAL – President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro.
QATAR – Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
ROMANIA – Interim President Ilie Bolojan.
SERBIA – Prime Minister Djuro Macut.
SEYCHELLES – President Wavel Ramkalawan.
SIERRA LEONE – President Julius Maada Bio.
SPAIN – King Felipe and Queen Letizia.
SLOVAKIA – President Peter Pellegrini.
SLOVENIA – President Natasa Pirc Musar.
SWEDEN – King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
SWITZERLAND – President Karin Keller-Sutter.
TOGO – President Faure Gnassingbe.
UKRAINE – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
UNITED STATES – President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.
(Compiled by Giulia Segreti and Crispian Balmer, Editing by Timothy Heritage, Andrew Heavens and Alex Richardson)
