List of dignitaries at the funeral of Pope John Paul II

Map indicating countries that sent official 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 one of the largest gathering of statesmen and world leaders in history.^[1] 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 five people, except for the Polish delegation which, being John Paul II's homeland, was allowed ten people, and the delegation from Italy, that is granted precedence being the Pope the Bishop of Rome and being Italy regarded as the "Home of the Church". 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 Congress of the United States 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^[2] and arranged according to diplomatic protocol.

Contents:	Official delegations: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z International organizations Religious leaders Unofficial delegations External links

List of official delegations (in alphabetical order, incomplete)

A

Country	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
Albania	Alfred Moisiu Fatos Nano Sali Berisha Rexhep Meidani Mirella Moisiu	President of the Republic Prime Minister Former President of the Republic Former President of the Republic Daughter of the President of the Republic
Algeria	Abdelaziz Bouteflika Bouabdalla Ghoulamallah Mokhtar Reguieg	President of the Republic Minister of Religious Affairs Ambassador
Andorra	Joan Enric Vives Sicília Jacques Chirac Marc Forné Molné Maria Lluisa Gispert de Forné Juli Minoves-Triquell Josep Angel Mortès Pons	Co-Prince 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	Carl Roberts	Ambassador
Argentina	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	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	Michael Jeffery Marlena Jeffery Maria Cicutto Robert Hunter Ted Knez	Governor-General of Australia Wife of the Governor-General Embassy Counsellor
Austria	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	Official delegation	Title
Bangladesh	Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf	Food and Disaster Management Minister
Belarus	Gennady Novitsky Vladimir Korolev Aleksei Skripko	President of the Council of the Republic of Belarus Ambassador to the Vatican Ambassador
Belgium	King Albert II Queen Paola Guy Verhofstadt Didier Reynders Herman De Croo	King of the Belgians Queen Consort Prime Minister of Belgium Deputy Prime Minister President of the Lower House
Bοlivia	Carlos Mesa Elvira Salinas de Mesa José Ignacio Siles	Former president Former First Lady Ambassador
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Borislav Paravac Šefik Džaferović Bariša Čolak	President of the Presidency President of Parliament Deputy Prime Minister
Brazil	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Fernando Henrique Cardoso Itamar Franco José Sarney Marisa Letícia da Silva Renan Calheiros Severino Cavalcanti Nelson Jobim	President of the Republic Former President Former President Former President First Lady President of the Senate President of the Chamber of Deputies President of the Supreme Federal Court
Bulgaria	Georgi Parvanov	President of the Republic

C

Country	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Canada		Paul Martin Sheila Martin Stephen Harper Phil Fontaine	Prime Minister of Canada Wife of the Prime Minister Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition Head of the Assembly of First Nations
Chile		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
China^[1]		Chen Shui-bian Chen Tang-san	President Minister of Foreign Affairs
Colombia		Francisco Santos Calderon María Victoria Santos	Vice-President of the Republic Spouse of Vice-President of the Republic
Congo	flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	Joseph Kabila Jean-Pierre Bemba	President of the Republic Vice-President of the Republic
Costa Rica		Abel Pacheco Roberto Tovar Faja	President of the Republic Minister of Foreign Affairs
Croatia		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
Czech Republic		Václav Klaus Cyril Svoboda	President of the Republic Minister of Foreign Affairs

D

Country	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Denmark		Queen Margrethe II Prince Henrik Anders Fogh Rasmussen	Queen of Denmark Prince Consort Prime Minister of Denmark
Dominican Republic		Margarita Cedeño de Fernández Alejandrina Germán Carlos Rafael Marión-Landais	First Lady Secretary of Education Ambassador to the Holy See

E

Country	Official delegation	Title
Ecuador	Lucio Gutiérrez Ximena Bohórquez Patricio Zuquilanda	President of the Republic First Lady Minister of Foreign Affairs
Egypt	Farouk Hosni	Minister of Culture
El 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
Equatorial Guinea	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo	President of the Republic
Estonia	Arnold Rüütel	President of the Republic

F

Country	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Finland		Matti Vanhanen	Prime Minister of Finland
France		Jacques Chirac Bernadette Chirac	President of the French Republic Wife of the President of the French Republic

G

Country	Official delegation	Title
Germany	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
Ghana	John Kufuor	President of the Republic
Greece	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	Sidibé Fatoumata Kaba	Minister of Foreign Affairs

H

Country	Official delegation	Title
Haiti	Gérard Latortue	Prime Minister
Honduras	Ricardo Maduro	President of the Republic
Hungary	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	Official delegation	Title
India	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	Alwi Shihab Maftuh Basyuni Freddy Numberi	Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Minister of Religious Affairs Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, former Ambassador to Italy
Iran	Mohammad Khatami	President of Iran
Iraq	Ayad Allawi	Prime Minister of Iraq
Ireland	Mary McAleese Bertie Ahern Mary Harney	President of Ireland Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Tánaiste (Deputy-Prime Minister)
Israel	Moshe Katsav Silvan Shalom	President of Israel Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Italy	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 Wife of the President 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	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Japan		Yoriko Kawaguchi	Advisor to the Prime Minister
Jordan		King Abdullah II Queen Rania	King of Jordan Queen Consort

K

Country	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Kenya		Chirau Ali Mwakwere	Minister of foreign affairs
Kuwait		Jaber Al Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah	Member of the royal family

L

Country	Official delegation	Title
Latvia	Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga	President of the Republic
Lebanon	Émile Lahoud Omar Karami Issam Fares Nabih Berri	President of the Republic Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister Speaker of Parliament
Lesotho	King Letsie III Monyane Moleleki	King of Lesotho Minister of Foreign Affairs
Liechtenstein	Prince Hans-Adam II Princess Marie Prince Nikolaus Princess Margaretha	The Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein Princess Consort Ambassador to the Holy See wife of the ambassador to the Holy See
Lithuania	Valdas Adamkus	President of the Republic
Luxembourg	Grand Duke Henri Grand Duchess Maria Teresa Jean-Claude Juncker	Grand Duke of Luxembourg Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (consort) Prime Minister of Luxembourg

M

Country	Official delegation	Title
Macedonia	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
Mauritius	Paul Bérenger	Prime Minister
Mexico	Vicente Fox Marta Sahagún	President of Mexico First Lady of Mexico
Monaco ^[2]	Patrick Leclercq	Minister of State
Morocco	Prince Moulay Rachid	Prince and brother of King Muhammad VI

N

Country	Official delegation	Title
Netherlands	Jan Peter Balkenende	Prime Minister of the Netherlands
New Zealand	Dame Silvia Cartwright Peter Cartwright	Governor-General of New Zealand Spouse of the Governor General
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	Queen Sonja Kjell Magne Bondevik	Queen Consort Prime Minister of Norway

P

Country	Official delegation	Title
Pakistan	Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq	Minister of Religious Affairs
Palestine (Palestinian National Authority)	Ahmed Qurei Ghazi Hanania Afif Safieh Nimer Hammad Mustafa Abu El-Rub	Prime Minister of Palestine Spokesman for the Legislative Council Director of the Diplomatic Representation to the Holy See General Delegate in Italy Assistant to the Prime Minister
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
Peru	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 Philippines Presidential Daughter SS chairman (former ambassador to Cambodia) wife of House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. former Ambassador to the Holy See
Poland	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

Q

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

R

Country	Official delegation	Title
Romania	Traian Băsescu Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu King Michael I Emil Constantinescu Ion Iliescu	President of the Republic Prime Minister former King of Romania former President of the Republic former President of the Republic
Russia	Mikhail Fradkov	Prime Minister of Russia
Rwanda	Charles Murigande	Minister of Foreign Affairs

S

Country	Official delegation	Title
San Marino	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
Saudi Arabia	Abdulmohsin bin Abdulaziz Al-Akkas Hamad Al-Hajri Ibrahim Al-Manie	Minister of Social Affairs
Senegal	Abdoulaye Wade	President of the Republic
Serbia and Montenegro	Svetozar Marović Vuk Drašković Boris Tadić Filip Vujanović Darko Tanasković	President of the Republic Minister of Foreign Affairs President of Serbia President of Montenegro Ambassador to the Holy See
Singapore	Shunmugam Jayakumar Walter Woon Alexander Lim	Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Law Ambassador to the Holy See First Secretary
Slovakia	Ivan Gašparovič Pavol Hrušovský Eduard Kukan	President of the Republic President of Parliament Minister of Foreign Affairs
Slovenia	Janez Drnovšek Janez Janša	President of the Republic Prime Minister
South Africa	Jacob Zuma Lenin Shope N.J. Baloyi	Vice President of the Republic Ambassador Vice President's advisor
South Korea	Lee Hai-chan	Prime Minister
Spain	King Juan Carlos I Queen Sofía José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Miguel Ángel Moratinos Mariano Rajoy	King of Spain Queen Consort Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs Leader of the Opposition
Sri Lanka	Mahinda Rajapakse Milroy Fernando	Prime Minister Minister of Christian Affairs
Sweden	King Carl XVI Gustaf Queen Silvia Göran Persson	King of Sweden Queen Consort Prime Minister of Sweden
Switzerland	Samuel Schmid	President of the Confederation
Syria	Bashar al-Assad Asma al-Assad	President of the Republic First Lady

T

Country	Official delegation	Title
Tanzania	George Kahama	Minister for Cooperative Development
Thailand	Surakiart Sathirathai	Deputy Prime Minister
Tunisia	Mohamed Ghannouchi	Prime Minister
Turkey	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Mehmet Aydin	Prime Minister Minister of State

U

Country	Official delegation	Title
Uganda	Gilbert Bukenya	Vice-President of the Republic
Ukraine	Viktor Yushchenko Kateryna Yushchenko	President First Lady
United Arab Emirates	Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Minister of Information
United Kingdom	Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales Tony Blair Cherie Blair Michael Howard Charles Kennedy	Heir-apparent, Prince of Wales Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Spouse of the Prime Minister Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition Liberal Democrat leader
United States	George W. Bush Laura Bush Condoleezza Rice George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton	President of the United States of America First Lady Secretary of State of the United States of America Former President Former President
Uruguay	María Auxiliadora Delgado de Vázquez	First Lady

V

Country	Flag	Official delegation	Title
Venezuela	Flag of 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

^ "China" used here refers to the Republic of China (ROC) and commonly known as Taiwan, rather than the People's Republic of China (PRC), which does not have diplomatic relations with the Holy See and did not receive any invitations to the funeral. Although the ROC Government lost control of Mainland China at the end of the Chinese Civil War, the Holy See still recognizes the ROC, but not the PRC, as the legitimate representative for the government of "China". [3]
^ 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	Flag	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	File:FAO logo.svg	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
Bishop 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

Canada

All representing Quebec

Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal
Louise Harel, Representative of the Parti Québécois
Mario Dumont, Member of the National Assembly of Quebec

Germany

Angela Merkel, Party leader of the CDU
Edmund Stoiber, Minister-President of Bavaria

Philippines

Leonida Vera, ambassador to the Holy See
Hermilando Mandanas, Batangas congressman

United States

Members of Congress and other dignitaries (not part of the official delegation, thus no VIP treatment):

John Kerry, Senator from Massachusetts
Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader, Republican, from Tennessee
Ted Kennedy, Senator from Massachusetts, last living brother of John F. Kennedy (the only Catholic to be a US President).
White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card
New York Governor George Pataki
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Notes and references

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External links

Official (Religious and Political) Delegations in attendance

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