Notable Attendees
Aside from celebrities participating in the ceremonies and members of the International Olympic Committee, the following notable people were in attendance:
- Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy
- Luca di Montezemolo, President and CEO of Ferrari and chairman of FIAT
- Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, with son, Prince Carl Philip
- Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City
- Mario Andretti, Italian-American race car driver
- Andrea Casiraghi, older son of the heir to the throne of Monaco, Caroline, Princess of Hanover
- Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
- Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada with spouse Jean-Daniel Lafond and their daughter Marie-Éden.
- Peter MacKay, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia, the host province of the 2010 Winter Olympics
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