Honorary Patrons

As a European Union institution and Cultural Ambassador, the EUYO's Honorary Patrons are formed from the EU's highest rank of Presidents and Commissioners, as well as from the Heads of State and the Heads of Government of all 27 EU Member States.

Honorary Patrons

David Sassoli

President of the European Parliament

Honorary President of the EUYO

Ursula von der Leyen*

President of the European Commission

Head of the Honorary Patrons

Josep Borrell Fontelles

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission

Honorary Patron

Charles Michel

President of the European Council

Honorary Patron

Karl-Heinz Lambertz

President of the European Committee of the Regions

Honorary Patron

Heads of State / Heads of Government

Austria
	Alexander van der Bellen	Federal President
	Brigitte Bierlein	Federal Chancellor

Belgium
	His Majesty Philippe, King of the Belgians
	Sophie Wilmès	Prime Minister

Bulgaria
	Rumen Radev	President of the Republic
	Boyko Borisov	Prime Minister

Croatia
	Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović*	President of the Republic
	Andrej Plenković	Prime Minister

Cyprus
	Nicos Anastasiades	President of the Republic

Czech Republic
	Miloš Zeman	President of the Republic
	Andrej Babiš*	Prime Minister

Denmark
	Her Majesty Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark


Estonia
	Kersti Kaliulaid	President of the Republic
	Jüri Ratas	Head Minister

Finland
	Sauli Niinistö	President of the Republic
	Sanna Marin*	Prime Minister

France
	Emmanuel Macron	President of the Republic
	Édouard Philippe*	Prime Minister

Germany

	Angela Merkel	Federal Chancellor

Greece
	Prokopīs Paulopoulos*	President of the Republic
	Kyriakos Mitsotakis*	Prime Minister

Hungary
	János Áder	President of the Republic
	Viktor Orbán	Prime Minister

Ireland
	Michael D. Higgins	President of the Republic
	Leo Varadkar	Taoiseach

Italy
	Sergio Mattarella	President of the Republic
	Giuseppe Conte	President of the Council of Ministers

Latvia
	Egils Levits	President of the Republic
	Krišjānis Kariņš*	Prime Minister

Lithuania
	Gitanas Nausėda*	President of the Republic
	Saulius Skvernelis	Minister-President

Luxembourg
	His Royal Highness Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
	Xavier Bettel	Prime Minister

Malta
	George Vella	President of the Republic
	Joseph Muscat	Prime Minister

Netherlands
	Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands**
	Mark Rutte	Minister-President

Poland
	Andrzej Duda	President of the Republic
	Mateusz Morawiecki*	Prime Minister

Portugal
	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa	President of the Republic
	António Costa	Prime Minister

Romania
	Klaus Iohannis	President of the Republic
	Ludovic Orban*	Prime Minister

Slovakia
	Zuzana Čaputová*	President of the Republic
	Peter Pellegrini	Chairman of the Government

Slovenia
	Borut Pahor	President of the Republic
	Marjan Šarec*	President of the Government

Spain
	His Majesty Felipe VI, King of Spain
	Pedro Sánchez	Prime Minister

Sweden
	His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden
	Stefan Löfven*	Minister of the State