BANGKOK — Dozens of foreign dignitaries, royals and heads of state are due to attend King Rama IX’s cremation next week.
Traveling from more than 40 countries, they are slated to attend the Oct. 26 cremation, according to a list released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Here’s a preliminary list of expected so far.
Royals
1 Prince Andrew, Duke of York
2 Prince Akishino Fumihito and Princess Kiko of Japan
3 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Jetsun Pema of Bhutan
4 Nazrin Shah of Perak and Deputy King of Malaysia with Tuanku Zara Salim
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5 King Letsie III and Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho
6 Queen Silvia of Sweden
7 Queen Sofia of Spain
8 Queen Maxima of the Netherlands
9 Queen Mathilde of Belgium
10 Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
11 Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
12 Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
13 Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein
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14 King Tupou IV and Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho of Tonga
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15 Thani bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, brother of the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
16 Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia
17 James Mattis, US Secretary of Defense
18 President Halimah Yacob of Singapore and Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee
19 Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh of Vietnam
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20 President Htin Kyaw of Myanmar and Su Su Lwin
21 President Bounnhang Vorachith of Laos
22 M. J. Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs of India
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23 Vice Speaker Park Ju-seon of the National Assembly of South Korea
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24 Alan Peter Cayetano, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
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25 Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and Musarrat Asif
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26 Tilak Marapana, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka and Stella Marapana
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27 Giambattista Diquattro, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal
Photo: Giambattista Diquattro – Apostolic Nunciature in India and Nepal / Facebook
28 Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini of Swaziland
29 Sir Peter Cosgrove, Governor-General of Australia and Lynne Cosgrove
Photo: Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
30 Julie Payette, Governor-General of Canada
31 Jean-Marc Ayrault, former Prime Minister of France and Brigitte Terrien
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32 Christian Wulff, former President of Germany
33 Joseph Deiss, former President of the Swiss Confederation
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34 Olga Epifanova, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
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35 Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng, Brunei Darussalam’s Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
36 Megawati Sukarnoputri, former President of Indonesia
37 Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain
38 James Brendan Bolger, former Prime Minister of New Zealand
39 Zhang Gaoli, Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China
40 Mohammed Shahriar Alam, State Minister of Foreign Affairs
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41 Bhimsen Das Pradhan, Minister of Defense of Nepal
42 Fikri Işık, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
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