dignitaries

List of dignitaries at the funeral of Pope John Paul II

This is a list of dignitaries at the funeral of Pope John Paul II. After the death of Pope John Paul II on April 2, 2005 in Vatican City, and before official invitations were sent by the College of Cardinals, almost 200 countries expressed interest in sending representatives to the funeral of Pope John Paul II. The funeral took place on April 8, 2005, and was the largest gathering of statesmen in history. Some of the dignitaries later attended the installation of Pope Benedict XVI on April 24, 2005.

In order to accommodate all interested parties wishing to receive a seat during the Mass of Requiem, the Holy See limited the number of members in each official diplomatic delegation to only five people, except for the Polish delegation which, being John Paul II's homeland, was allowed ten people, and the delegation from Italy. The limit did not exclude other people of any nationality from attaining individual invitations, unrelated to the individual's country's delegation: for example, the attendance of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil, had no connection with the Brazilian delegation. In addition to a country's official delegation, any number of government officials were permitted to attend as pilgrim travellers, remaining outside the basilica during the Mass of Requiem with the general public. For example, the United States delegation included the president and first lady, two former presidents, and the secretary of state, and they all had seats in the basilica during the Mass of Requiem. Dozens of members of the U.S. Congress attended the Mass of Requiem, congregating among the general public outside the basilica.

At the funeral, the dignitaries were seated alphabetically according to the French spelling of their country's name and arranged according to diplomatic protocol.

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List of official delegations (in French alphabetical order, incomplete)

A

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Titles
Afghanistan	Hamid Karzai Abdullah Abdullah Zalmay Rasul Mostapha Zaher Mohammad Nadir Hatami	President of the Republic Minister of Foreign Affairs Counsellor for National Security Ambassador First Secretary
South Africa (Afrique du sud)	Jacob Zuma Lenin Shope N.J. Baloyi	Vice President of the Republic Ambassador Vice President's advisor
Albania (Albanie)	Alfred Moisiu Fatos Nano Sali Berisha Rexhep Meidani Mirella Moisiu	President of the Republic Prime Minister Former resident of the Republic Former resident of the Republic Daughter of the President of the Republic
Algeria (Algérie)	Abdelaziz Bouteflika Bouabdalla Ghoulamallah Mokhtar Reguieg	President of the Republic Minister of Religious Affairs Ambassador
Germany (Allemagne)	Horst Köhler Wolfgang Thierse Gerhard Schröder Joschka Fischer Dieter Althaus	President President of the Bundestag Chancellor Minister of Foreign Affairs Vice-President of the Bundesrat
Andorra (Andorre)	Joan Enric Vives Sicília Marc Forné Molné Maria Lluisa Gispert de Forné Juli Minoves-Triquell Josep Angel Mortès Pons	Co-Prince Head of Government Consort of the Head of Government Minister of Foreign Affairs Vice-President of Parliament
Angola	José Eduardo dos Santos Ana Paula Dos Santos João Bernardo de Miranda Boaventura da Silva Cardoso José Filipe	President of the Republic Consort of the President of the Republic Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Culture Chief of Protocol of the Presidency
Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua et Barbuda)	Carl Roberts	Ambassador
Saudi Arabia (Arabie Saoudite )	Abdulmohsin bin Abdulaziz Al-Akkas Hamad Al-Hajri Ibrahim Al-Manie	Minister of Social Affairs
Argentina (Argentine)	Daniel Scioli Rafael Bielsa Guillermo Rodolfo Oliveri	Vice-President of the Republic Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Religious Affairs Secretary of State for Religious Affairs
Armenia (Arménie)	Andranik Markaryan Edward Nalbandian Rouben Shugarian Armen Bayburtian Gevorg Hakobian	Prime Minister Ambassador to the Holy See Ambassador Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs First Assistant to the Prime Minister
Australia (Australie)	Michael Jeffery Marlena Jeffery Maria Cicutto Robert Hunter Ted Knez	Governor-General Consort of the Governor-General Embassy Counsellor
Palestinian National Authority (Autorité nationale palestinienne)	Ahmed Qurei Ghazi Hanania Afif Safieh Nimer Hammad Mustafa Abu El-Rub	Prime Minister Spokesman for the Legislative Council Director of the Diplomatic Representation to the Holy See General Delegate in Italy Assistant to the Prime Minister
Austria (Autriche)	Heinz Fischer Margit Fischer Wolfgang Schüssel Hubert Gorbach Andreas Khol	Federal President First Lady Federal Chancellor Vice-Chancellor President of the Chamber of Deputies

B

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
Bangladesh	Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf	Food and Disaster Management Minister
Belgium (Belgique)	H.M. King Albert II H.M. Queen Paola Guy Verhofstadt Didier Reynders Herman De Croo	King of the Belgians Queen Consort Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister President of the Lower House
Burma (Birmanie)	Khin Maung Aye Charles Bo	Ambassador Archbishop of Rangoon
Bοlivia	Carlos Mesa Valentín Abecia	President of the Republic Ambassador
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnie-Herzégovine)	Borislav Paravac Šefik Džaferović Bariša Čolak	President of the Presidency President of Parliament Deputy Prime Minister
Brazil (Brésil)	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Fernando Henrique Cardoso Itamar Franco José Sarney Marisa Letícia da Silva Renan Calheiros Severino Cavalcante Nelson Jobim	President of the Republic Former President Former President Former President First Lady President of the Senate President of the House of Representatives President of the Supreme Court
Bulgaria (Bulgarie)	Georgi Parvanov	President of the Republic

C

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
Canada	Paul Martin Sheila Martin Stephen Harper Phil Fontaine	Prime Minister Wife of the Prime Minister Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition Head of the Assembly of First Nations
Chile (Chili)	Ignacio Walker Sergio Romero José Antonio Viera Gallo Gabriel Ascencio Pablo Longueira	Minister of Foreign Affairs President of the Senate Socialist senator President of the Chamber of Deputies UDI deputy
Republic of China (Taiwan) (listed as Chine)	Chen Shui-bian Chen Tang-san	President Minister of Foreign Affairs
Colombia (Colombie)	Francisco Santos María Victoria Santos	Vice-President of the Republic Spouse of Vice-President of the Republic
Congo (Democratic Republic)	Joseph Kabila Jean-Pierre Bemba	President of the Republic Vice-President of the Republic
South Korea (Corée du Sud)	Lee Hai-chan	Prime Minister
Costa Rica	Abel Pacheco Roberto Tovar Faja	President of the Republic Minister of Foreign Affairs
Croatia (Croatie)	Stipe Mesić Ivo Sanader	President of the Republic Prime Minister
Cuba	Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada Caridad Diego Raúl Roa Kourí	president of the National Assembly Chief of Religious Affairs of the Communist Party of Cuba Ambassador to the Holy See
Cyprus	Tassos Papadopoulos George Poulides Tasos Tzionis	President of the Republic Ambassador to the Holy See Director of the Diplomatic Office of the President

D

Country (order per French spelling)	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Denmark (Danemark)		H.M. Queen Margrethe II HRH Prince Henrik Anders Fogh Rasmussen	Queen of Denmark Prince Consort Prime Minister of Denmark
Dominican Republic (République dominicaine)		Margarita Cedeño de Fernández Alejandrina Germán Carlos Rafael Marión-Landais	First Lady Secretary of Education Ambassador to the Holy See

E

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
Egypt (Égypte)	Farouk Hosni	minister of Culture
United Arab Emirates (Émirats arabes unis)	Abdullah ibn Zayed Al Nahayan	minister of Information
Spain (Espagne)	HM King Juan Carlos I HM Queen Sofía José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Miguel Ángel Moratinos Mariano Rajoy	King of Spain Queen President of the Government Minister of Foreign Affairs leader of the opposition
Estonia (Estonie)	Arnold Rüütel	president of the Republic
Ecuador (Équateur)	Lucio Gutiérrez Ximena Bohórquez Patricio Zuquilanda	president of the Republic "first lady" minister of foreign affairs
United States (États-Unis d'Amérique)	George W. Bush Laura Bush Condoleezza Rice George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton	President of the United States First Lady U.S. Secretary of State Father of the current, and also a former President former President

F

Country (order per French spelling)	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Finland (Finlande)		Matti Vanhanen	prime minister
France		Jacques Chirac Bernadette Chirac	president of the Republic spouse of the president of the Republic

G

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
Ghana	John Kufuor	president of the Republic
Greece (Grèce)	Karolos Papoulias Panagiotis Skandalakis Konstantinos Georgiou	President of the Republic Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs General Secretary of the Presidency
Guatemala	Óscar Berger Wendy de Berger Jorge Briz Abularach Rigoberta Menchú	president of the Republic "first lady" minister of foreign affairs Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1992
Guinea (Guinée)	Sidibé Fatoumata Kaba	minister of foreign affairs
Equatorial Guinea (Guinée équatoriale)	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo	president of the Republic

H

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
Haiti (Haïti)	Gérard Latortue	prime minister
Honduras	Ricardo Maduro	president of the Republic
Hungary (Hongrie)	Ferenc Mádl Dalma Mádl Ferenc Gyurcsány Viktor Orbán Katalin Szili	president of the Republic "first lady" prime minister former prime minister president of parliament

I

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
India (Inde)	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat P.R. Kyndiah Oscar Fernandes	Vice President of India Minister of Tribal Issues and the Development of the North-East Minister of Relations with the Parliament
Indonesia (Indonésie)	Maftuh Basyuni Freddy Numberi Alwi Shihab	minister of religious affairs minister of fisheries and maritime affairs minister for people's welfare
Iran	Mohammad Khatami	President of Iran
Republic of Ireland (Irlande)	Mary McAleese Bertie Ahern Mary Harney	Uachtarán na hÉireann (President) Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Tánaiste (Deputy-Prime Minister)
Israel (Israël)	Moshe Katsav Silvan Shalom	President of Israel deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs
Italy (Italie)	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Franca Ciampi Silvio Berlusconi Gaetano Gifuni Antonio Puri Purini Gianfranco Mazzuoli Marcello Pera Pier Ferdinando Casini Piero Alberto Capotosti Gianfranco Fini	President of the Italian Republic "first lady" Prime minister of Italy Counsellor of State, General Secretary of the Presidency Diplomatic Counsellor to the Presidency Counsellor Coordinator at the Presidency President of the Senate President of the Chamber of Deputies President of the Constitutional Court minister of foreign affairs

J

Country (order per French spelling)	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Japan (Japon)		Yoriko Kawaguchi	advisor to the prime minister
Jordan (Jordanie)		Abdullah II Queen Rania	king queen

K

Country (order per French spelling)	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Kenya		Chirau Ali Mwakwere	minister of foreign affairs
Kuwait (Koweït)		Jaber Al Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah	member of the royal family

L

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
Lesotho	Letsie III Monyane Moleleki	king minister of foreign affairs
Latvia (Lettonie)	Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga	president of the Republic
Lebanon (Liban)	Émile Lahoud Omar Karami Issam Fares Nabih Berri	president of the Republic prime minister deputy prime minister speaker of parliament
Liechtenstein	HSH Prince Hans-Adam II HSH Princess Marie HSH Prince Nikolaus	The Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein Princess Consort Prince of Liechtenstein
Lithuania (Lituanie)	Valdas Adamkus	president of the Republic
Luxembourg	HRH Grand Duke Henri HRH Grand Duchess Maria Teresa Jean-Claude Juncker	Grand Duke of Luxembourg Grand Ducal Consort Prime Minister of Luxembourg

M

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
Macedonia (Macédoine)	Branko Crvenkovski	president
Madagascar	Marc Ravalomanana	president
Malta	Eddie Fenech Adami Mary Fenech Adami Lawrence Gonzi Kate Gonzi Michael Frendo Guido de Marco Violet de Marco Anton Tabone Alfred Sant	President of Malta First Lady of Malta Prime Minister of Malta Spouse of the Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs Former President of Malta Former First Lady Speaker of the Parliament Leader of the Opposition
Morocco (Maroc)	Prince Moulay Rachid	prince and brother of king Muhammad VI
Mauritius (Maurice)	Paul Bérenger	prime minister
Mexico (Mexique)	Vicente Fox Marta Sahagún de Fox	President of Mexico First lady of Mexico
Monaco	Patrick Leclercq	minister of state

N

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
Nicaragua	Enrique Bolaños Norman José Caldera Cardenal Armando Luna José Cuadra	president of the Republic minister of foreign affairs ambassador to the Holy See ambassador to Italy
Nigeria	Olusegun Obasanjo	president
Norway (Norvège)	H.M. Queen Sonja Kjell Magne Bondevik	Queen Consort Prime Minister of Norway
New Zealand (Nouvelle-Zélande)	Dame Silvia Cartwright Peter Cartwright	governor-general Spouse of governor general

O

Country (order per French spelling)	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Uganda (Ouganda)		Gilbert Bukenya	vice-president of the Republic

P

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
Pakistan	Mohammad Ejaz-ul-Haq	minister of religious affairs
Panama	Martín Torrijos Vivian Fernández de Torrijos	president First lady
Paraguay	Luis Castiglioni Leila Rachid de Cowles	vice-president of the Republic minister of foreign affairs
Netherlands (Pays-Bas)	Jan Peter Balkenende	prime minister
Peru (Pérou)	Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros Eliane Karp Eduardo Salhuana Antero Flores Aráoz	Minister of Foreign Affairs First Lady Minister of Justice President of the Congress of the Republic
Philippines	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Evangelina Lourdes Arroyo Thelmo Cunanan Georgina de Venecia Howard Dee	president of the Republic "first daughter" SSS chairman (former ambassador to Cambodia) wife of House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. former ambassador to the Holy See
Poland (Pologne)	Aleksander Kwaśniewski Jolanta Kwaśniewska Lech Wałęsa Danuta Wałęsa Marek Belka Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz Longin Pastusiak Hanna Suchocka Tadeusz Mazowiecki Wiesław Chrzanowski	president of the Republic "first lady" former president of the Republic former "first lady" prime minister marshal of the Sejm marshal of the Senate ambassador to the Holy See former prime minister former marshal of the Sejm
Portugal	Jorge Sampaio Maria Jose Ritta Diogo Freitas do Amaral António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes	president of the Republic "first lady" minister of foreign affairs former president of the Republic
Puerto Rico (U.S.)	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Luisa Gándara	Governor of Puerto Rico "First Lady"

Q

Country	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Qatar		Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani	Emir

R

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
Romania (Roumanie)	Traian Băsescu Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Michael of Romania Emil Constantinescu Ion Iliescu	president of the Republic prime minister former king former president of the Republic former president of the Republic
United Kingdom (Royaume-Uni)	HRH The Prince of Wales Tony Blair Cherie Blair Michael Howard Charles Kennedy	The Prince of Wales Prime minister Spouse of Prime Minister Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition Liberal Democrat leader
Russia (Russie)	Mikhail Fradkov	prime minister
Rwanda	Charles Murigande	minister of foreign affairs

S

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
San Marino (Saint-Marin)	Fausta Simona Morganti Cesare Antonio Gasperoni Fabio Berardi Giovanni Galassi Marcello Beccari	Captain Regent Captain Regent secretary of state for foreign and political affairs ambassador to the Holy See chief of state Protocol
El Salvador (Salvador)	Francisco Laínez Ana Ligia de Saca René Figueroa Roberto Simán María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila	minister of foreign affairs "first lady" minister of the Interior former ambassador to the Holy See former minister of foreign affairs
Senegal	Abdoulaye Wade	president of the Republic
Serbia and Montenegro (Serbie-et-Monténégro)	Svetozar Marović Vuk Drašković Boris Tadić Filip Vujanović Ibrahim Rugova Bajram Kosumi Nexhat Daci	president of the Republic minister of foreign affairs president of Serbia president of Montenegro president of Kosovo prime minister of Kosovo president of parliament of Kosovo
Singapore	Shunmugam Jayakumar Walter Woon Alexander Lim	deputy prime minister, minister of Law ambassador to the Holy See first secretary
Slovakia (Slovaquie)	Ivan Gašparovič Pavol Hrušovský Eduard Kukan	president of the Republic president of Parliament minister of foreign affairs
Slovenia (Slovénie)	Janez Drnovšek Janez Janša	president of the Republic prime minister
Sri Lanka	Mahinda Rajapakse Milroy Fernando	prime minister minister of Christian affairs
Sweden (Suède)	H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf H.M. Queen Silvia Göran Persson	King of Sweden Queen Consort Prime Minister of Sweden
Switzerland (Suisse)	Samuel Schmid	president of the Confederation
Syria (Syrie)	Bashar al-Assad Asma al-Assad	president of the Republic "first lady"

T

Country (order per French spelling)	Official delegation	Title
Tanzania (Tanzanie)	George Kahama	Minister for Cooperative Development
Czech Republic (République Tchèque)	Václav Klaus Cyril Svoboda	president of the Republic minister of foreign affairs
Thailand (Thaïlande)	Surakiart Sathirathai	deputy prime minister
Tunisia (Tunisie)	Mohamed Ghannouchi	prime minister
Turkey (Turquie)	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Mehmet Aydin	prime minister minister of state

U

Country	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Ukraine		Viktor Yushchenko Kateryna Yushchenko	president "first lady"
Uruguay		María Auxiliadora Delgado de Vázquez	"first lady"

V

Country	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Venezuela		Alí Rodríguez Jorge Giordanni Rodrigo Chávez Roy Chaderton	minister of foreign affairs minister of planning ambassador to Italy ambassador to France

Z

Country	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Zimbabwe		Robert Mugabe Herbert Murerwa Mr Bimha Mr Chihuri Mary Margaret Muchada	president minister of advanced education secretary to foreign affairs, ambassador personal assistant to the President ambassador

Notes

Commonly known as Taiwan: "China" refers to the Government of the Republic of China (ROC), rather than the Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which does not have relations with the Holy See and did not receive any invitations to the funeral. Although the ROC Government resettled on Taiwan at the end of the Chinese Civil War, the Holy See still recognizes the ROC, but not the PRC, as "China".
The low representation of Monaco is due to the death of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. Monaco's head of state died two days before the funeral of the Pope.

International organizations

Organization	Official delegation	Title
Sovereign Military Order of the Knights of Malta	Fra' Andrew Bertie Fra Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto Count Jacques de Liedekerke Marquis Gian Luca Chiavari Jean Pierre Mazery	Grand Master Grand Commander Grand Chancellor Receiver of the Common Treasure Member of the Sovereign Council
Council of Europe	Terry Davis Adam Daniel Rotfeld Rene van der Linden Giovanni di Stasi	secretary-general président du Comité des ministres président de l'Assemblée parlementaire président du Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux
Arab League	Amr Moussa Mohamed Ali Nasser Hala Gad	secretary-general Chief of Protocol, Ambassador Member of the Office of the Secretary General
United Nations	Kofi Annan Nane Annan Donald Patterson	secretary-general Spouse of the Secretary General
European Union	José Manuel Barroso Jean-Claude Juncker Josep Borrell Danuta Hübner Franco Frattini Benita Ferrero-Waldner	president of the European Commission president of the European Council president of the European Parliament commissioner in charge of Regional Policy commissioner in charge of Justice commissioner in charge of external relations
NATO	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Jeannine de Hoop Scheffer Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo	secretary-general Consort of the Secretary General Vice-Secretary General, Ambassador
OSCE	Dimitrij Rupel Ján Kubis Tatjana Pirc	foreign minister of Slovenia, acting president of the OSCE secretary general of the OSCE second secretary of the ministry of foreign affairs of Slovenia
ILO	Juan Somavia Dominique Peccoud Maria Angelica Ducci	Director General Coordinator for Relations with the Holy See Office Head
FAO	Jacques Diouf David Harsharik Michel Savini	Director General Adjunct Director General Head of the Office of the Director General
UNESCO	Koïchiro Matsuura Krista Pikkat	Director General Office Member
IFAD	Lennart Båge Ewa Westman Båge Cyril Enweze	President Consort of the President Vice-President
Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees	Kamel Morjane Walter Irvine Michele Manca di Nissa	Assistant to the High Commissioner Delegate for Italy, Malta, San Marino and the Holy See Vice-Delegate for Italy, Malta, San Marino and the Holy See
World Food Programme	James T. Morris John Powell Susana Malcorra	Executive Director Adjunct Executive Director Adjunct Executive Director
U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime	Antonio Maria Costa	Executive Director of UNODC

Religious leaders

Unofficial delegations

A selection of dignitaries not seated in the section for official national delegations during the funeral:

Brazil

Individually invited (by the Holy See):

Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil
Itamar Franco, Brazilian Ambassador to Italy; former President of Brazil
Father Odilo Scherer, secretary-general of the CNBB (Assembly of the Brazilian Bishops)

Presidential delegation (invited by the President, but did not seat for Mass of Requiem):

José Sarney, Brazilian senator; former President of Brazil and former president of the Brazilian Senate
Henry Sobel, leading Rabbi of the Brazilian Jewish community
Sheik Armando Hussein Saleh, of the "Brazilian Mosque" (representing the Muslims of Brazil)
Rolf Schunemann, of the Brazilian Lutheran Church (representing the Protestants of Brazil)
Father João Áviz, Archbishop of Brasília
Father José Ernanne, representing the Brazilian clergy