United Kingdom[]
- Queen Elizabeth II, monarch who celebrated Silver Jubilee in 1977.
- Sean Manning, Prime Minister who succeed Catherine Wright in 1998.
- Catherine Wright, Prime Minister from 1997 to 1998; resigned after falling into a temporary coma.
Canada[]
- Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada.
Cuba[]
Eire[]
- Mary McAleese, President of Eire.
- Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Eire
The Hellenic Republic[]
- Kostas Simitis, President of the Hellenic Republic.
India[]
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India.
France[]
- Jacques Chirac, President of France.
Germany[]
- Helmut Kohl, Christian Democratic Chancellor from 1982 to 1998
- Gerhard Schröder SPD Chancellor since 1998
Indonesia[]
- Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, President of Indonesia.
The United States of America[]
- Bill Clinton, US President since 1993.
The USSR[]
- Boris Yeltsin, President of the Russian Federation from its creation to 1999
- Vladimir Putin,President of the Russian Federation since 2000
The Vatican[]