Who is – and who is not – attending the World Economic Forum?

Some 2,700 leaders from 130 nations, together with 52 heads of state and authorities, can be attending the annual assembly in Davos.

Individuals arrange the stage on the eve of the opening of the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland, Jan 15, 2023. (AP Picture/Markus Schreiber)

The World Financial Discussion board’s (WEF) Annual Assembly 2023 will happen from January 16 to twenty in Davos, Switzerland.

The occasion brings collectively leaders from authorities, enterprise and civil society to deal with the state of the world and talk about priorities for the 12 months forward.

Established in 1971 by the German economist Klaus Schwab, the assembly was initially generally known as the European Administration Discussion board, till a reputation change in 1987.

The theme this 12 months is “Cooperation in a Fragmented World”.

Who's – and who will not be – attending?

In line with the organisers, greater than 2,700 leaders from 130 nations, together with 52 heads of state and authorities, can be attending the occasion within the alpine resort city.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is the one G7 chief scheduled to attend the occasion. On Sunday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson introduced that the chief wouldn't be attending the occasion on account of an ongoing power disaster within the nation.

Europe:

• Alain Berset – president of the Swiss Confederation 2023 and Federal Councillor of Residence Affairs
• Alexander De Croo – prime minister of Belgium
• Andrzej Duda – president of Poland
• Christine Lagarde – president of the European Central Financial institution
• Sanna Marin – prime minister of Finland
• Roberta Metsola – president of the European Parliament
• Kyriakos Mitsotakis – prime minister of Greece
• Mark Rutte – prime minister of the Netherlands
• Pedro Sánchez – prime minister of Spain
• Maia Sandu – president of the Republic of Moldova
• Olaf Scholz – federal chancellor of Germany
• Leo Varadkar – taoiseach of Eire
• Ursula von der Leyen – president of the European Fee
• Aleksandar Vučić – president of Serbia

Americas:

• Chrystia Freeland – deputy prime minister and minister of finance of Canada
• Avril Haines – US director of nationwide intelligence
• John F Kerry – particular US presidential envoy for local weather
• Katherine Tai – US commerce consultant
• Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego – president of Colombia
• Martin J. Walsh – US secretary of labour

Africa:

• Aziz Akhannouch – head of presidency of Morocco
• Najla Bouden – prime minister of Tunisia
• Samia SuluhuHassan – president of Tanzania
• Félix Tshisekedi – president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Asia:

• Ilham Aliyev – president of Azerbaijan
• Ferdinand Marcos, Jr – president of the Philippines
• Yoon Suk-yeol – president of South Korea

Worldwide:

• Fatih Birol – government director of the Worldwide Power Company
• Mirjana Spoljaric Egger – president of the Worldwide Committee of the Pink Cross
• Antonio Guterres – secretary-general of the United Nations
• Kristalina Georgieva – managing director of the Worldwide Financial Fund
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus – director basic of World Well being Group
• Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – director basic of the World Commerce Group
• Catherine Russell – government director of UNICEF
• Jens Stoltenberg – secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Group