List of foreign dignitaries, close friends attending Mr Lee Kuan Yew's funeral
PUBLISHED ONMarch 28, 2015 2:45 PM
The state funeral for Singapore's founding prime minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew will take place tomorrow afternoon.
It will begin at 12.30pm with a procession from Parliament House to the University Cultural Centre at the National University of Singapore. The funeral service will take place there from 2pm to 5.15pm, and be attended by Mr Lee's family, Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam, cabinet ministers, the judiciary, MPs, and foreign leaders.
Here is the list of foreign dignitaries and close friends of Mr Lee's who will be attending the funeral service:
Australia: Prime Minister Tony Abbott
Brunei: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
Bhutan: King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuk
Cambodia: Prime Minister Hun Sen
Canada: Governor-General David Johnston
China: Vice-President Li Yuanchao
Hong Kong: Former chief executive Tung Chee Hwa
India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Indonesia: President Joko Widodo and his wife Iriana
Israel: President Reuven Rivlin
Japan: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; Hiromasa Yonekura and his wife; Yoshihide Fujii
Kazakhstan: Prime Minister Karim Massimov
Laos: Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong
Malaysia: King Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah
Myanmar: President U Thein Sein
Netherlands: Ms Ankie Aeyelts Averink-Winsemius and Professor Pieter-Winsemius
New Zealand: Governor-General Jerry Mateparae
Philippines: President of the Senate Franklin Drilon
South Korea: President Park Geun-hye
Qatar: Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Russia: First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov
Taiwan: Mr Hau Pei-Tsun and his daughter; Mr Lien Chan; Mr Vincent Siew and his wife; Mr Su Tseng-Chang and his wife
Thailand: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his wife
UK: First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons William Hague; Lord Powell of Bayswater
US: Former president Bill Clinton, former national security advisor Tom Donilon, former US ambassador to Singapore Steven Green, former Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger
Vietnam: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung