List of dignitaries at the state funeral of John F. Kennedy
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This is a list of dignitaries at the state funeral of John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, and the funeral took place on November 25, 1963, in Washington, D.C..
The gathering of dignitaries was considered the largest gathering of foreign statesmen in the history of the United States.[1][2] It was also the largest gathering of foreign dignitaries at a state funeral since that of King Edward VII in London in 1910. Although the state funerals of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1969 and Ronald Reagan in 2004 had large gatherings of foreign dignitaries, the funeral of Kennedy was the largest gathering of foreign dignitaries at any funeral in the United States, drawing 220 foreign dignitaries from 92 foreign nations, including 19 heads of state and government.[3] Eisenhower's drew 191 from 78 nations,[4] while Reagan's drew 218 from 165 nations.[5]
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List of official delegations[edit]
A[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |  |
Abdelkadir Chanderil Abdelaziz Bouteflika El Hadj Benalla Amar Ouzegane Cherif Guellal |
President of the Republic President of the National Assembly Foreign Minister Minister of State Ambassador |
| Argentina |  |
Carlos Humberto Perette Miguel Ángel Zavala Ortiz Brigadier Ignacio Avalos |
Vice President Minister of Foreign Relations Secretary of War |
| Australia |  |
Sir Alister McMullin | President of the Australian Senate |
| Austria |  |
Alfons Gorbach | Federal Chancellor |
B[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahamas |  |
Roland Theodore Symonette | Premier-designate |
| Belgium |  |
Baudouin I Paul-Henri Spaak |
King of Belgium Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Bolivia |  |
Enrique Sánchez de Lozada | Ambassador |
| Brazil |  |
João Augusto de Araújo Castro Auro Mora Andrade Zitorino Freire Antonio Carlos Konder Reis Roberto de Oliveira Campos |
Foreign Minister President of the Senate Majority Leader of the Senate Minority Leader of the Senate Ambassador |
| Bulgaria |  |
Miliko Tarabanov | Deputy Foreign Minister |
C[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia |  |
Prince Norodom Kantol | President of the Council of Ministers |
| Cameroon |  |
Benoît Balla-Ondoux | Foreign Minister |
| Canada |  |
Lester B. Pearson Paul Martin |
Prime Minister Secretary of State for External Affairs |
| Chile |  |
Carlos Martínez | Representative to the United Nations |
| Republic of China |  |
Tsiang Tingfu | Ambassador |
| Colombia |  |
Alberto Lleras Camargo | Former President |
| Republic of the Congo |  |
E.D. Dadet | Ambassador |
| Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) |  |
Jacques Masangu | Deputy Premier |
| Costa Rica |  |
José Figueres Ferrer | Former President |
| Czechoslovakia |  |
Jiří Hájek | Representative to the United Nations |
D[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark |  |
Jens Otto Krag | Prime Minister |
E[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador |  |
Neftali Ponce Miranda | Foreign Minister |
| El Salvador |  |
Héctor Escobar Serrano | Foreign Minister |
| Ethiopia |  |
Haile Selassie I Ras Andare Atchew Massai Commander Iskander Desta Tefara-Woro Kidane-Wold Lij Kassa Wolde-Mariam |
Emperor |
F[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland |  |
Veli Merikoski | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| France |  |
Charles de Gaulle Maurice Couve de Murville General Charles Ailleret Étienne Burin des Roziers |
President Minister of Foreign Affairs Chief of the Defence Staff Secretary General of the President |
G[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Republic of Germany |  |
Heinrich Lübke Ludwig Erhard Gerhard Schröder Kai-Uwe von Hassel Willy Brandt |
President Chancellor Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Defense Mayor of West Berlin |
| Ghana |  |
Miguel A. Ribeiro K. Armah Alex Quaison-Sackey |
Ambassador High Commissioner in London Representative to the United Nations |
| Greece |  |
Frederica of Hanover Sofoklis Venizelos |
Queen consort of the Hellenes Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister |
| Guatemala |  |
Alberto Herrarte González José de Dios Agular |
Foreign Minister Private Secretary to the Government |
| Guinea |  |
Saifonlaye Diallo Leon Maka Alessane Dioh |
Minister of State President of the National Assembly Minister of Communications |
H[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary |  |
Péter Mód | First Deputy Foreign Minister |
I[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland |  |
Guðmundur Í. Guðmundsson and wife | Foreign Minister |
| India |  |
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | Delegate to the United Nations |
| Indonesia |  |
Gen. Abdul Haris Nasution Dr. Sudjarwo Tjondronegoro |
Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Deputy Foreign Minister |
| Iran |  |
Prince Gholam Reza Abbas Aram |
Brother of the Shah of Iran Foreign Minister |
| Ireland |  |
Éamon de Valera Frank Aiken Major Vivion de Valera |
President Minister of External Affairs |
| Israel |  |
Zalman Shazar Golda Meir |
President Foreign Minister |
| Italy |  |
Attilio Piccioni Piero Vinci Guerino Roberti Gen. Emiliano Scotti |
Foreign Minister Foreign Ministry chef du cabinet Assistant Chief of Protocol Military Counselor to the President |
| Ivory Coast |  |
Phillipe Yace Camille Alliali |
President of the National Assembly Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs |
J[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica |  |
Sir Alexander Bustamante Brigadier Paul Cook James Lloyd Noel Crosswell |
Prime Minister Chief of Staff Permamnent Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs Chief of Police |
| Japan |  |
Hayato Ikeda Masayoshi Ōhira |
Prime Minister Foreign Minister |
| Jordan |  |
Antone Atallah | Foreign Minister |
K[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republic of Korea (South Korea) |  |
Park Chung-hee | Acting President |
L[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laos |  |
Tiao Khampan Sisouk na Champassak |
Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador to India |
| Lebanon |  |
Ibrahim Ahdab George Hakim |
Ambassador Representative to the United Nations |
| Liberia |  |
William R. Tolbert, Jr. J. Rudolph Grimes |
Vice-President Secretary of State |
| Libya |  |
Wahbi al-Bouri | Representative to the United Nations |
| Luxembourg |  |
Jean Eugène Schaus |
Hereditary Grand Duke Foreign Minister |
M[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malagasy Republic |  |
Louis Rakotomaleia | Permanent Representative to the United Nations |
| Mexico |  |
Manuel Tello Baurraud | Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
| Morocco |  |
Moulay Abdallah Ahmed Reda Guedira Mohammad Ziani Abdelkader Benjelloun Ali Benjelloun Ahmed Taibi Benhima Badir din Senoussi Gen. Mohammad Ameziane Col. Moulay Hafid |
Prince Foreign Minister Attaché to the Cabinet of the Foreign Minister Minister of Justice Ambassador Permanent Representative to the United Nations Attaché to the Royal Cabinet Inspector General of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces Director General of Royal Protocol |
N[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands |  |
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld Princess Beatrix Joseph Luns |
Husband of Queen Juliana Crown Princess Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Nicaragua |  |
Luis Somoza Debayle Alfonso Ortega Urbina |
Senator and Former President Foreign Minister |
| Norway |  |
Harald Einar Gerhardsen |
Crown Prince Prime Minister |
P[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan |  |
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Panama |  |
Galileo Solís Arturo Morgan Morales |
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Peru |  |
Víctor Andrés Belaúnde | Permanent Representative to the United Nations |
| Philippines |  |
Diosdado Macapagal Eva Macapagal |
President First Lady |
| Poland |  |
Stanisław Kulczyński Piotr Jaroszewicz |
Deputy Chairman of the Polish Council of State Deputy Prime Minister |
| Portugal |  |
Luís Supico Pinto | President of the Corporative Chamber |
R[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania |  |
M. Milita | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
S[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia |  |
Rashad Pharaon Abdallah Hababi |
Ambassador to France Chargé d'affaires in Washington |
| Sierra Leone |  |
John Karefa-Smart | Minister of External Affairs |
| Somalia |  |
Mohammed Ali Daar | Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs |
| Spain |  |
Agustín Muñoz Grandes | First Vice President of the Government |
| Sweden |  |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland Tage Erlander Olof Palme |
Prime Minister Minister Without Portfolio |
| Switzerland |  |
Friedrich Traugott Wahlen Pierre Michell |
Chief of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs |
T[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanganyika |  |
Chief Erasto A.M. Mangyenya | Permanent Representative to the United Nations |
| Thailand |  |
Thanat Khouman | Foreign Minister |
| Tunisia |  |
Bahi Ladgham Mongi Slim Taieb Slim Habib Bourguiba, Jr. Hachemi Quanes |
Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs Permanent Representative to the United States Ambassador unknown |
| Turkey |  |
İsmet İnönü Feridun Cemal Erkin |
Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs |
U[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda |  |
Apollo Kironde | Ambassador |
| United Arab Republic |  |
Mahmoud Fawzi | Minster of Foreign Affairs |
| United Kingdom |  |
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Sir Alec Douglas-Home Elizabeth Douglas-Home Harold Wilson Jo Grimond |
Consort of Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister Spouse of the Prime Minister Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Liberal Party |
| USSR |  |
Anastas Mikoyan | First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR |
| Uruguay |  |
Juan Felipe Yriart | Ambassador |
V[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vatican City |  |
Rev. Egidio Vagnozzi | Apostolic Delegate |
| Venezuela |  |
Rolando Leandro Mora Gen. Antonio Briceño Linares |
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Defense |
| South Vietnam |  |
Tran Chanh Thanh | Ambassador-designate |
Y[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia |  |
Koča Popović Petar Stambolić |
Foreign Minister Prime Minister |
International organizations[edit]
| Country | Flag | Official delegation | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations |  |
 U Thant Ralph Bunche Paul G. Hoffman Maurice PateDavid Vaughan Carlos Sosa Rodríguez and wife Sir Patrick Dean Dr. Louis Alvarado David Blanchard |
Secretary-General of the United Nations Undersecretary for Political Affairs Managing Director of the United Nations Special Fund Executive Director of UNICEF Director of General Services President of the General Assembly and wife President of the United Nations Security Council International Labour Organization International Labour Organization |
| European Coal and Steel Community |  |
Albert Coppé Jean Monnet |
Vice President Former President |
| European Economic Community |  |
Jean Rey |
President |
| European Atomic Energy Community | |
E.M.J.A. Sassen | Member of the Council |
Sources[edit]
Inline citations[edit]
- ^ Frankel, Max (November 25, 1963). "Officials of Nearly 100 Lands in U.S.—They Will Meet Johnson". The New York Times. p. 1.
- ^ Duscha, Julius (November 25, 1963). "Kings, Presidents and Premiers Here". The Washington Post. p. A1.
- ^ Wicker, Tom (November 26, 1963). "Kennedy Laid to Rest in Arlington". The New York Times. p. 1.
- ^ Belair Jr., Felix (April 1, 1969). "World's Leaders Join in Services for Eisenhower". The New York Times. p. 1. "The half-hour service in the cathedral brought 191 dignitaries...from 78 nations."
- ^ Ross, Sonya (June 12, 2004). "World leaders share tears, memories and Jelly Bellies". Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal–Gazette. Associated Press. p. 9A. "Among the grieving were...U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, 167 ambassadors, 25 current leaders, 14 foreign ministers, and 11 former heads of state."
Bibliography[edit]
- United Press International; American Heritage Magazine (1964). Four Days. New York: American Heritage Pub. Co. pp. 140–141.
- "List of Dignitaries Expected at Kennedy's Funeral". The New York Times. November 25, 1963. p. 6.
- "Additional List of Dignitaries at President Kennedy's Funeral". The New York Times. November 26, 1963. p. 6.
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