Leaders and dignitaries attending Winter Olympics opening ceremony
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Olympics organizers say the following heads of state and dignitaries will attend the opening ceremony of the winter games, according to the Russia news agency RIA-Novosti. The Associated Press has not been able to independently verify each person listed as attending.
Thomas Bach, President, International Olympic Committee.
Prince Feisal Bin Al Hussein, Jordan.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Grand Duke Henri, Luxembourg.
Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar.
Prince Albert, Monaco.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Crown Prince Frederick, Denmark.
Filip Vujanovic, president of Montenegro.
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ban Ki-moon, U.N. general-secretary.
Tomislav Nikolic, president of Serbia.
Xi Jinping, president of China.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Algirdas Butkevicius, prime minister of Lithuania.
Andris Berzins, president of Latvia.
Plamen Oresharski, prime minister of Bulgaria.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Najib Mikati, caretaker prime minister of Lebanon.
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, president of Mongolia.
Sauli Niinisto, president of Finland.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Adrian Hasler, prime minister of Liechtenstein.
Andrus Ansip, prime minister of Estonia.
Milos Zeman, president of the Czech Republic.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kim Yong Nam, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea.
Karolos Papoulias, president of Greece.
Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan.
Serge Sarkisian, president of Armenia.
Abdelilah Benkirane, prime minister of Morocco.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Iurie Leanca, prime minister of Moldova.
Thorbjorn Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe.
Didier Burkhalter, president of Switzerland.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Victor Ponta, prime minister of Romania.
Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of Kazakhstan.
Gjorge Ivanov, president of Macedonia.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ivo Josipovic, president of Croatia.
Almazbek Atambayev, president of Kyrgyzstan.
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, IOC member.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mark Rutte, prime minister of the Netherlands.
Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, president of Turkmenistan.
Werner Faymann, chancellor of Austria.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Shinzo Abe, prime minister of Japan.
Enrico Letta, prime minister of Italy.
Emomali Rahmon, president of Tajikistan.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Viktor Yanukovych, president of Ukraine.
Janos Ader, president of Hungary.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prime minister of Turkey.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus.
Ivan Gasparovic, president of Slovakia.
King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Erna Solberg, prime minister of Norway.
Jyrki Katainen, prime minister of Finland.
King Harald V of Norway.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ivica Dacic, prime minister of Serbia.
Rosen Plevneliev, president of Bulgaria.
Islam Karimov, president of Uzbekistan.