List of VIP guests to attend Pope Francis' funeral

The Vatican said at least 130 foreign delegations had confirmed their attendance at Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, including around 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs.

Here is a list of VIP guests whose offices have confirmed they will be in Rome, as of Friday 20:30 (GMT+3).

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 plus Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheal Martin
• ITALY: President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
• KOSOVO: President Vjosa Osmani
• LATVIA: President Edgars Rinkevics
• LIECHTENSTEIN: Prince Alois and 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 head of state King Charles III, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Middle East

• IRAN: Culture Minister Abbas Salehi, representing President Masoud Pezeshkian
• ISRAEL OCCUPATION: 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 Clotaire 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: Prime Minister Muhammad Yunus
• EAST TIMOR: President Jose Ramos Horta
• INDIA: President Droupadi Murmu
• INDONESIA: President Joko Widodo
• KENYA: President William Ruto
• NEW ZEALAND: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
• PHILIPPINES: President Ferdinand Marcos