Nations index: A-K

Austrian President Dr. Heinz Fischer joined the distinguished group of world leaders who have planted trees in this special grove when he planted an olive tree there.

His Excellency Dr. Alfred Gusenbauer, Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria, planted a tree at the KKL-JNF Jerusalem Forest Grove of the Nations.

Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria Mr. Werner Faymann told guests gathered in the intimate ceremony that he welcomed the occasion to plant his second tree in Israel.

Mr. Yves Leterme, the prime minister of Belgium, has joined the honorable ranks of the heads of state who have expressed their connection to the State of Israel through the symbolic act of planting a tree in the Grove of Nations on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

Mr. Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, the President of Brazil, became the 40th head of state to plant an olive tree in the Grove of Nations on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem since KKL-JNF began the unique project in cooperation with the Foreign Ministry.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Honorable Boyko Borissov, had come to plant a tree in Jerusalem's Forest Grove of the Nations, in the custom of heads of states on official visits to Israel.

His Excellency Dr. Oscar Rafael de Jesus Arias Sanchez, President of Costa Rica, planted an olive tree in the KKL-JNF Grove of Nations.

Croatian President Stjepan Mesic planted an olive sapling in the Grove of Nations on the edges of Mount Herzl and the Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem.

The Prime Minister of Croatia, the Honorable Jadranka Kosor, planted a carob tree in KKL-JNF’s Forest Grove of the Nations tree-planting site in Jerusalem.

The president of Cyprus, Mr. Demetris Christofias, was invited to plant an olive tree in the Forest Grove of the Nations.

The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Jan Fischer, planted an olive tree at KKL-JNF’s Grove of Nations tree-planting site in Jerusalem.

The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Nečas, planted an olive tree at KKL-JNF’s Grove of Nations tree-planting site in Jerusalem.

fter a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, the President of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Leonel Fernandez Reyna, planted an olive tree in the Grove of Nations in Jerusalem Forest, which is located just beneath the memorial.

The President of El Salvador, Elias Antonio Saca Gonzalez, planted a tree in the earth of Jerusalem – despite his packed schedule during his first visit to Israel.

Ms. Tarja Halonen, the President of Finland, planted an olive sapling at KKL-JNF’s Grove of Nations in the Jerusalem Forest.

Dr. Karolos Papoulias, the president of Greece, planted and watered an olive tree sapling at KKL-JNF's Grove of the Nations tree planting site.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou planted an olive tree in the KKL-JNF Grove of Nations in the Jerusalem Forest.

The President of Italy, His Excellency Mr. Giorgio Napolitano, planted an olive tree at KKL-JNF’s Grove of the Nations tree-planting site in Jerusalem.

The Prime Minister of Italy, Professor Romano Prodi, planted a tree at the KKL-JNF Grove of the Nations in the Jerusalem Forest, becoming the twentieth Head of State to participate in the tradition.