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Foreign dignitaries, close friends to attend Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s state funeral

SINGAPORE — Several foreign dignitaries will be attending the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s State Funeral Service this Sunday (March 29), which will be held at the University Cultural Centre at National University of Singapore.

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, is accompanied by Ho Ching, right, wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, as he pays his respects to the late Lee Kuan Yew, on Saturday, March 28, 2015, in Singapore. Photo: AP

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, is accompanied by Ho Ching, right, wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, as he pays his respects to the late Lee Kuan Yew, on Saturday, March 28, 2015, in Singapore. Photo: AP

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SINGAPORE — Several foreign dignitaries will be attending the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s State Funeral Service this Sunday (March 29), which will be held at the University Cultural Centre at National University of Singapore.

The full list is as follows:

Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott

Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah

Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuk

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo and his wife

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov

Lao PDR’s Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong

Malaysia’s King Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah

Myanmar’s President U Thein Sein

New Zealand’s Governor-General Jerry Mateparae

Canada’s Governor-General David Johnston

Philippines’ President of the Senate Franklin Drilon

China’s Vice-President Li Yuanchao

South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha with his wife

UK’s First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons William Hague

US former President Bill Clinton and former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung

 

Other attendees also include several close friends of the late Mr Lee, including former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee Hwa, former chairman of Sumitomo Chemical Hiromasa Yonekura with his wife, Prof Pieter-Winsemius and Ms Ankie Aeyelts Averink-Winsemius from the Netherlands and former leaders from Taiwan, Hau Pei-Tsun, Lien Chan, Vincent Siew and Su Tseng-Chang.

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