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- LIST OF DIGNITARIES ASSISTED THE “MANDELA” CEREMONIES - THE 10-DAY SERIES OF STATE MOURNING EVENTS
A tribute to Nelson Rodrihiala Mandela (July 18th, 1918 - 8:05 pm, December 5th, 2013) - The first President of the Republic of South Africa (1994-1999) - and his 95-year life.
Events schedule
[edit]Memorial service: December 10th, 2013 (Johannesburg) + Lying in state : December 6th, 2013 to December 14th, 2013 (Cape Town) + Funeral: December 15th, 2013 (Qunu)
- Cities of Johannesburg, Cape Town and Qunu, Republic of South Africa - December 6th, 2013 to December 15th, 2013
- Note
- Nelson Mandela's body did not appear on the First National Bank Stadium, City of Johannesburg during the December 10th, 2013 memorial service.
This is also the 20th anniversary of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize awarding, which Mandela won. The service also coincided with the 2013 United Nations Human Rights Day celebrations.
Quick facts about the memorial service
[edit]- More than 80,000 people turn in for the service, along with over 8,000 national and international VIP guests.
- The service was the largest gathering of world leaders (outside a United Nations summit) in international and African history (surpassing the Funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005). It was also the largest funeral in world and African history.
- The memorial service lasts for 4 hours, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (11:00 to 15:00).
- About 210 different states (South Africa and all of the sovereign states that this country recognizes) were represented at the service, along with 60 leaders of international organizations.
- A majority of the heads of state and government arrived at Johannesburg before the service. After the service, some of the leaders remained in South Africa to attend the lie in state and funeral in Qunu and Cape Town between December 11th, 2013 and December 15th, 2013.
- Most of the leaders were accompanied by their spouses.
List of dignitaries
[edit]Kings, queens and royalty guests
[edit]Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Emir of the Kingdom of Fujairah
Philippe and Mathilde, King and Queen of Belgium
Willem-Alexander and Maxima, King and Queen of the Netherlands
Letsie III, King of Lesotho
Mswati III, King of Swaziland
Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Prince of Bahrain
Sulfri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei
Norodom Ranariddh, Prince of Cambodia
Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark
Rania, Queen of Jordan
Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of Kuwait
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Ahmad Shah, Prince of Malaysia
Albert II and Charlene, Prince and Princess of Monaco
Moulay Rachid, Crown Prince of Morocco
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar
Haitham bin Tariq, Crown Prince of Oman
Rosa Zafferani, Captain Regent of San Marino
Muqrin, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
Felipe VI and Letizia, Crown Prince and Princess of Spain
Charles and Camilla, Hereditary Prince and Princess of Wales
William, Prince and Duke of Cambridge
Harry, Member of the English Royal Family
Pietro Parolin, Special Representative of the Pope
Presidents and vice presidents
[edit]Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa
Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
Bujar Nishani, President of Albania
Heinz Fischer, President of Austria
Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh
Thomas Boni Yayi, President of Benin
Zeljko Komsic, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Seretse Ian Khama, President of Botswana
Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi
Paul Biya, President of Cameroon
Jorge Carlos Fonseca, President of Cape Verde
Idriss Deby, President of Chad
Ikililou Dhoinine, President of Comoros
Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of Congo
Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia
Laura Chinchilla, President of Costa Rica
Ivo Josipovic, President of Croatia
Raul Castro Ruz, President of Cuba
Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus
Joseph Kabila, President of Democratic Congo
Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti
Charles A. Savarin, President of Dominica
Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea
Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea
Sauli V. Niinisto, President of Finland
Francois Hollande, President of France
Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon
Yahya Jammeh, President of The Gambia
Mikhail Saakashvili, President of Georgia
Joachim Gauck, President of Germany
John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana
Alpha Conde, President of Guinea
Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, President of Guinea-Bissau
Donald Ramotar, President of Guyana
Michel Martelly, President of Haiti
Porfirio Lobo Sosa, President of Honduras
Janos Ader, President of Hungary
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland
Pranab Mukherjee, President of India
Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran
Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland
Alassane Dramane Ouattara, President of the Ivory Coast
Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya
Almazbek Atambayev, President of Kyrgyzstan
Andris Berzins, President of Latvia
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia
Andry Rajoelina, President of Madagascar
Joyce Banda, President of Malawi
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of Mauritania
Enrique Pena Nieto, President of Mexico
Filip Vujanovic, President of Montenegro
Armando Guebuza, President of Mozambique
Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of Namibia
Baron Waqa, President of Nauru
Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger
Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria
Mamnoon Hussain, President of Pakistan
Johnson Toribiong, President of Palau
Mahmood Abbas, President of the State of Palestine
Ricardo Martinelli, President of Panama
Anibal Cavaco Silva, President of Portugal
Dragan Covic, President of Republika Srpska
Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
Mohammed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Republic
Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, President of Samoa
Macky Sall, President of Senegal
Tomislav Nikolic, President of Serbia
James Michel, President of Seychelles
Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone
Tony Tan, President of Singapore
Borut Pahor, President of Slovenia
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia
Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of South Sudan
Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka
Desire Bouterse, President of Suriname
Ueli Maurer, President of Switzerland
Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania
Faure Gnassingbe, President of Togo
Moncef Marzouki, President of Tunisia
Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
Barack Obama, President of the United States of America
Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela
Michael Sata, President of Zambia
Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
Cyril Ramaphosa, Vice President of South Africa
Manuel Vicente, Vice President of Angola
Amado Boudou, Vice President of Argentina
Anatoly Bibinov, Vice President of Belarus
Alvaro Garcia Linera, Vice President of Bolivia
Li Yuanchao, Vice President of China
Milan Stech, Vice President of the Czech Republic
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Vice President of the Dominican Republic
Salvador Sanchez Ceren, Vice President of El Salvador
Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria, Vice President of Guatemala
Khodair al-Khozaei, Vice President of Iraq
Stevo Pendarovski, Vice President of Macedonia
Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, Vice President of the Maldives
Hilda Heine, Vice President of the Marshall Islands
Alik Alik, Vice President of Micronesia
Moises Omar Halleslevens Acevedo, Vice President of Nicaragua
Mariano Gonzalez, Vice President of Paraguay
Marisol Espinoza, Vice President of Peru
Jejomar Binay, Vice President of the Philippines
Bakri Hassan Saleh, Vice President of Sudan
Rasit Meredow, Vice President of Turkmenistan
Guy Scott, Vice President of Zambia
Governor generals, prime ministers and heads of government
[edit]Colville Young, Governor General of Belize
Michael Ogio, Governor General of Papua New Guinea
Neville Cenac, Governor General of Saint Lucia
Frank Kabui, Governor General of the Solomon Islands
Iakoba Italeli, Governor General of Tuvalu
Valentina Matviyenko, President of the Federation Council of Russia
Abdelkader Bensalah, President of the National Council of Algeria
Antoni Marti, Prime Minister of Andorra
Tigran Sargsyan, Prime Minister of Armenia
Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia
Perry Christie, Prime Minister of Bahamas
Elio Di Rupo, Prime Minister of Belgium
Luc-Adolphe Tiao, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
Henry Puna, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister of Denmark
Xanana Gusmao, Prime Minister of East Timor
Hazim Al Bablawi, Prime Minister of Egypt
Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji
Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany (*)
Antonis Samaras, Prime Minister of Greece
Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada
Laurent Lamothe, Prime Minister of Haiti
Enrico Letta, Prime Minister of Italy
Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica
Abdullah Ensour, Prime Minister of Jordan
Serik Akhmetov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Najib Mikati, Prime Minister of Lebanon
Tom Thabane, Prime Minister of Lesotho
Ali Zeidan, Prime Minister of Libya
Adrian Hasler, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
Algirdas Butkevicius, Prime Minister of Lithuania
Oumar Tatam Ly, Prime Minister of Mali
Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta
Navin Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius
Norovyn Altankhuyag, Prime Minister of Mongolia
Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand
Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway
Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland
Victor Ponta, Prime Minister of Romania
Gabriel Costa, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia
Jung Hong-won, Prime Minister of South Korea
Mariano Rajoy, Prime Minister of Spain
Sibusiso Dlamini, Prime Minister of Swaziland
Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden
Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Mykola Azarov, Prime Minister of Ukraine
Ham Lini, Prime Minister of Vanuatu
Carwyn Jones, Prime Minister of Wales
Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Leaders of international organizations
[edit]Samir Hosny, President of the Arab League
Nabil Elataby, Secretary General of the Arab League
Taïeb Baccouche, Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Moussa Faki, Vice Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi, President of the Pan-African Parliament
Akinwumi Adesina, Vice President of the African Development Bank
Ntumba Luaba, Executive Secretary of the Conference on the Great Lakes Region
Richard Sezibera, Secretary General of the East African Community
Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, Chairperson of the ECOWAS
Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of ASEAN
Irwin LaRocque, Secretary General of the Carribean Community
Sergei Lebedev, Secretary General of CIS
Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations
Patricia Scotland, Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations
Alan Haselhurst, President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Louise Martin, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Games Federation
Nikos Dendias, Ministerial President of the Council of Europe
Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council
Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament
Gianni Pittella, Vice President of the European Parliament
Olli Rehn, Vice President of the European Commission
Roeland van der Geer, African Commissioner of the European Union
Abdou Diouf, Secretary General of La Francophonie
Jose Graziano da Silva, President of the FAO
Guy Ryder, Director General of the ILO
Gilbert Houngbo, Vice President of the IFAD
Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee
Olav Fykse Tveit, Secretary General of the World Council of Churches
William Lacy Swing, President of the International Migration Organization
George Mavrikos, Secretary General of the WFTU
Vladimir Norov, President of Socialist International
Albert R. Ramdin, Deputy Secretary General of OAS
Simonetta Sommaruga, President of the ICRC
Alan Wolff, Deputy Director General of WTO
Albrecht von Boeselager, Leader of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO
Lamberto Zannier, Secretary General of OSCE
Jose Angel Gurria, Secretary General of OECD
Stergenomena Tax, President of the Southern African Development Community
Sindiso Ngwenya, Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Mahboub Maalim, Secretary General of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development
John William Ashe, President of the United Nations General Assembly
Remigiusz Henczel, President of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Richard Burton, Representative of the UN Commissioner for Refugees
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations
Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, President of the UN Women
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the UN International Monetary Fund
Yuri Fedotov, President of the UNODC
Navi Pillay, Human Rights Commissioner of the United Nations
Ali Rodriguez Araque, Secretary General of UNASUR
Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO
Margaret Chan, Director General of WHO
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank
Ertharin Cousin, President of the WFP
(Representatives from some other organizations such as NEPAD, Group of 77,... as well as some United Nations Human Rights Commission Members was also presented).
First ladies (partial list)
[edit]Gertrude Sizakele Khumalo, First Lady of South Africa
Angelica Rivera, First Lady of Mexico
Laureen Harper, First Lady of Canada
Valérie Trierweiler, First Lady of France
Daniela Schadt, First Lady of Germany
Gianna Fregonara, First Lady of Italy
Suvra Mukherjee, First Lady of India
Margaret Kenyatta, First Lady of Kenya
Salma Kikwete, First Lady of Tanzania
Samantha Cameron, First Lady of the United Kingdom
Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States of America
Grace Mugabe, First Lady of Zimbabwe
Governmental representatives and other politicians
[edit]David Mabuza, Second Vice President of South Africa
Baleka Mbete, National Chairperson of the African National Congress
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Foreign Minister of South Africa
Max Sisulu, President of the National Assembly of South Africa
M. J. Mahlangu, Chairperson of National Council of Provinces of South Africa
Collins Chabane, President of the Organizing Committee for the Funeral of Nelson Mandela
Clayson Monyela, Spokesman of the Government of South Africa
All members of the Parliament of South Africa
All members of the National Council of Provinces of South Africa
Alison Redford, Premier of Alberta
Gaston Browne, Deputy Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
Colin Murdoch, Special Envoy of the Antigua and Barbuda Government
Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition of Australia
Michael Spindelegger, Vice Chancellor of Austria
Elmar Mammadyarov, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan
Maxine McClean, Foreign Minister of Barbados
Viktor Guminsky, First Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Belarus
Didier Reynders, Foreign Minister of Belgium
Charles Michel, President of the Mouvement Réformateur
Kris Peeters, Belgian Minister President of Flanders
Rudy Demotte, Belgian Minister President of Wallonia
David Bert, Deputy Premier of Bermuda
Rinzin Dorji, Foreign Minister of Bhutan
Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, Foreign Minister of Brazil
Andrew Fahie, Deputy Premier of the Virgin Islands
Angel Velichkov, Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Tom Mulcair, Leader of the LDP of Canada
John Baird, Foreign Minister of Canada
Shawn Atleo, Chairman of the Assembly of Canadian First Nations
Many members of the Parliament of Canada
Samuel Rangba, Deputy Prime Minister of Central African Republic
Teodoro Ribera, Foreign Minister of Chile
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Foreign Minister of Cuba
Yiannakis Omirou, President of the Parliament of Cyprus
Jan Kohout, Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark
Luis Abinader, Leader of the Opposition of Dominican Republic
Mohammed Faiq, President of the Egyptian Council for Human Rights
Jaime Miranda, Foreign Minister of El Salvador
Urmas Paet, Foreign Minister of Estonia
Surafius Mhreteab Abed, Minister of State of Ethiopia
Laurent Fabius, Foreign Minister of France
Christiane Taubira, Justice Minister of France
Robert Hue, President of the French Progessive Movement
Claude Hoarau, Representative of the Communist Party of France
Guido Westerwelle, Vice Chancellor of Germany
James Dutton, Governor of Gibraltar
Dimitris Avramopoulos, Defense Minister of Greece
Elvin Nimrod, Deputy Prime Minister of Grenada
Josh Tenorio, Deputy Governor of Guam
Peter Turkson, Deputy Secretary of State of the Holy See
Mireya Aguero, Foreign Minister of Honduras
Leung Chun-ying, Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Zsolt Semjen, Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary
Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson of the National Security Council of India
Anand Sharma, Industry Minister of India
Sushma Swaraj, Leader of the Opposition of India
Some Representatives of the Parliament of India
Agung Laksono, Welfare Minister of Indonesia
Mohammad Shariatmadari, Sports Minister of Iran
Eamon Gilmore, Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland
Gerry Adams, President of the Sinn Fein of Ireland
Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, President of the Knesset of Israel
Five official members of the Knesset of Israel
Laura Boldrini, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
Toshimitsu Motegi, Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan
Representatives of the Government of Kiribati
Saleumxay Kommasith, Foreign Minister of Laos
Mohlabi Tsekoa, Foreign Minister of Lesotho
Aurelia Frick, Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein
Gitanas Nausėda, Deputy Prime Minister of Lithuania
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
Jean Asselborn, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg
Ho Iat Seng, Speaker of the Government of Macau
Ephraim Chiume, Foreign Minister of Malawi
Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
Maximus Ongkili, Energy Minister of Malaysia
Anifah Aman, Foreign Minister of Malaysia
José Antonio Meade, Foreign Affairs Secretary of Mexico
Natalia Gherman, Foreign Minister of Moldova
U Win Mynt, Foreign Minister of Myanmar
Marcus Stephen, Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru
Madhav Prasad Ghimire, Foreign Minister of Nepal
Frans Timmermans, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands
David Cunliffe, President of the New Zealand Labor Party
Pita Sharples, Maori Affairs Minister of New Zealand
Hone Harawira, Leader of the Mana Party of New Zealand
Young Vivian, Honorary Member of the Government of Niue
Viola Onwuliri, Foreign Minister of Nigeria
Ri Su Yong, Deputy Foreign Minister of North Korea
Martin McGuinness, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
Stephen McNeil, Premier of Nova Scotia
Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Salim Al Futaisi, Transportation Minister of Oman
Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, Foreign Affairs Secretary of Oman
Winnie Kiap, High Commissioner of the Papua New Guinean Government
Radoslaw Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland
Rui Machete, Foreign Minister of Portugal
Irwin Cotler, Special Representative of the State of Quebec
Philip J. Pierre, Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy Minister of Scotland
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
Miroslav Lajcak, Foreign Minister of Slovakia
Milner Tozaka, Foreign Minister of the Solomon Islands
Ahmad Tu’mah, Interim Minister of Syria
Frank Hsieh, Representative of the Government of Taiwan
Mahlubkhon Davlatov, Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan
Bernard Membe, Foreign Minister of Tanzania
Surapong Tovichakchaikul, Foreign Minister of Thailand
Representatives of the Tibetan region
Semisi Sika, Minister of the Cabinet of Tonga
Besir Atalay, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
Keith Rowley, Opposition Leader of Trinidad and Tobago
Farris Al-Rawi, Opposition Senator of Trinidad and Tobago
Margaret Parillon, Foreign Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Khafra Kambon, Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Emancipation Support Committee
Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Culture Minister of the United Arab Emirates
Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Ed Miliband, Leader of the Opposition of the United Kingdom
Jeremy Hunt, Health Minister of the United Kingdom
Roy Wallace, Leader of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Tim Farron, Leader of the Liberal Democrats of the United Kingdom
William Hague, Foreign Minister of the United Kingdom
Thirteen members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States of America
Susan Rice, National Security Advisor of the United States of America
William J. Burns, Deputy Secretary of State of the United States of America
Ted Cruz, Leader of the Senate Delegation of the United States of America
Jesse Jackson, Senator from the United States of America
Aaron Schock, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America
Paul Lewis, Representative of the Government of the United States of America
Twenty-six members of the Congress of the United States of America
Donna Christian Christensen, Deputy Minister of the US Virgin Islands
Luis Almagro, Foreign Minister of Uruguay
Ogtay Asadov, President of the Parliament of Uzbekistan
Jorge Arreaza, Foreign Minister of Venezuela
Đào Việt Trung, Chairman of the Presidential Office of Vietnam
Yahya Ali al-Raee, Speaker of the Parliament of Yemen
Darrell Pasloski, Premier of the Yukon
Wilbur Simuusa, Foreign Minister of Zambia
Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Foreign Minister of Zimbabwe
Former heads of state and government
[edit]Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia
John Howard, former Prime Minister of Australia
John Swan, former Premier of Bermuda
Jose Sarney, former President of Brazil
Fernando Collor de Mello, former President of Brazil
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former President of Brazil
Joe Clark, former Prime Minister of Canada
Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada
Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada
Jean Chretien, former Prime Minister of Canada
Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada
Michaelle Jean, former Governor General of Canada
Ernesto Samper Pizano, former President of Colombia
Andres Pastrana, former President of Colombia
Vaclav Klaus, former President of the Czech Republic
Mari Alkatiri, former Prime Minister of East Timor
Hosni Mubarak, former President of Egypt
Marti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland
Matti Vanhanen, former Prime Minister of Finland
Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France
Alain Juppe, former Prime Minister of France (**)
Lionel Jospin, former Prime Minister of France (**)
Horst Kohler, former President of Germany
Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana
George Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece
Constantine II, former King of Greece
Angelo Sodano, former Prime Minister of the Holy See
Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland
Bertie Ahern, former Prime Minister of Ireland
Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy
Yasuo Fukuda, former Prime Minister of Japan
Joaquim Chissano, former President of Mozambique
Sam Nujoma, former President of Namibia
Jim Bolger, former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Don McKinnon, former Foreign Minister of New Zealand
Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria
Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria
Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway
Jens Stoltenberg, former Prime Minister of Norway
Lech Walesa, former President of Poland
Ion Iliescu, former President of Romania
Emil Constantinescu, former President of Romania
F. W. de Klerk, former State President of South Africa (Apartheid government)
Thabo Mbeki, former President of South Africa
Kgalema Motlanthe, former President of South Africa
Winnie Mandela, former First Lady of South Africa
Zanele Mbeki, former First Lady of South Africa
Mapula Motlanthe, former First Lady of South Africa
Maria Nyerere, former Vice President of Tanzania
John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Norma Major, former First Lady of the United Kingdom
Cherie Blair, former First Lady of the United Kingdom
Sarah Jane Brown, former First Lady of the United Kingdom
John Prescott, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Jack Straw, former Foreign Minister of the United Kingdom
Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States of America
Bill Clinton, former President of the United States of America
George W. Bush, former President of the United States of America
Rosalynn Carter, former First Lady of the United States of America
Hillary Clinton, former First Lady of the United States of America
Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States of America
Chelsea Clinton, former First Daughter of the United States of America
Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State of the United States of America
Tabare Vazquez, former President of Uruguay
Kenneth Kaunda, former President of Zambia
Alpha Oumar Konare, former Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Jean Ping, former Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations
Lakhdar Brahimi, former High Commissioner of the United Nations
Non-political guests
[edit]- All members of the Family of Nelson Mandela
- Bill Gates, President of the Microsoft Group
- Richard Branson, Chairman of the Virgin Company
- All members of the Spice Girls music band
- Naomi Campbell, Model of the United Kingdom
- Francois Pienaar, Member of the South African national rugby team
- Peter Gabriel, Singer of the Great Britain
- Desmond Tutu, Archbishop of South Africa Churches
- Bono, Singer of the U2 Music Band
- Charlize Theron, Film Actor of South Africa
- Oprah Winfrey, Actor of the American film industry
- Annie Lennox, Singer and Songwriter of Great Britain
- Three former Rolling Stone workers from Ireland
- Ahmed Kathrada, Andrew Mlangeni and Walter Sisulu, Former Prisoners of the Apartheid Government of South Africa
Originally expected dignitaries & departed invited dignitaries
[edit]Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand
Pope Francis, Pope of the Holy See
Mohammed Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of Iran
14th Dalai Lama, Leader of the Region of Tibet
Shimon Peres, President of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel
Had they been alive, the following guests may also attend the service :
Muammar Gaddafi, President of Libya
Yasser Arafat, former President of Palestine
Itamar Franco, former President of Brazil
Declined invitation
[edit]The Government of South Africa has sent invitations to all past and present former heads of state and government and leaders of international organizations. However, while many of them came to the service, lots of world leaders declined their invitations due to many different reasons. They were :
Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Javier Perez de Cuellar, former Secretaries General of the United Nations
Jean-Claude Juncker, Future President of the European Commission
Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Aga Khan IV, Leader of the Middle East
Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey
Abdullah Gul, President of Turkey
Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan
Milos Zeman, President of the Czech Republic
Jiri Rusnok, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Ivan Gasparovic, President of Slovakia
Janez Jansa, Prime Minister of Slovenia
Werner Faymann, Chancellor of Austria
Giorgio Napolitano, President of Italy
Jacques Chirac, former President of France
Helmut Kohl and Gerhard Schroeder, former Chancellors of Germany
Richard von Weizsacker, former President of Germany
Enda Kenny, Prime Minister of Ireland
Toomas Henrik Ilves, President of Estonia
Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Dalia Grybauskaite, President of Lithuania
George Abela, President of Malta
Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden and Queen Silvia
Harald V, King of Norway
Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark
Kenny Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
David Johnston, Governor General of Canada
John Turner, former Prime Minister of Canada
Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada
Quentin Bryce, Governor General of Australia
Jerry Mateparae, Governor General of New Zealand
Daniel arap Moi, former President of Kenya
Jose Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola
João Lourenco, Prime Minister of Angola
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister of Algeria
Abdou Diouf, former President of Senegal
Abdoulaye Wade, former President of Senegal
Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso
Xi Jinping, President of China
Li Keqiang, Premier of China
Ma Ying-jeou, President of Taiwan
Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea
Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea
Kim Yong-nam, Head of State of North Korea
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation
Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation
Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union
Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary
Traian Basescu, President of Romania
Plamen Oresharski, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Rosen Plevneliev, President of Bulgaria
Zhelyu Zhelev, former President of Bulgaria
Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania
Bronislaw Komorowski, President of Poland
Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine
Aleksander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
Nicolae Timofti, President of Moldova
Atifete Jahjaga, President of Kosovo (unrecognized by South Africa)
Hashim Thaci, Prime Minister of Kosovo (also unrecognized by South Africa)
Alexander Ankvab, President of Abkhazia (unrecognized by South Africa)
Leonid Tibilov, President of South Ossetia (unrecognized by South Africa)
Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia
Thein Sein, President of Myanmar
Najib Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia
Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore
Bhumibol Aduljadej, King of Thailand
Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
Trương Tấn Sang, President of Vietnam
Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico
Sebastian Pinera, President of Chile
Ricardo Lagos and Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, President of Argentina
Elizabeth II, Queen of the Commonwealth
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Akihito, Emperor of Japan
Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan
Fidel Castro, former President of Cuba
Miguel Diaz-Canel, Prime Minister of Cuba
Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States of America
John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States of America
George H. W. Bush, former President of the United States of America
Barbara Bush, former First Lady of the United States of America
Abdullah II, King of Jordan
Qaboos bin Said Al Said, Sultan of Oman
Orlando Smith, Premier of the Virgin Islands
(*) : Her attendance is disputed.
(**) : Representing former President Jacques Chirac, who did not attend due to health problems.
Numbers and quotes about the attendance
[edit]Summary
[edit]- 8 monarchs, 3 queens, 20 princes and princesses
- 87 presidents, 5 governor generals
- 2 federal council presidents, 49 prime ministers
- 36 foreign ministers, 57 former leaders
“I said to the Secretary General of the United Nations (Ban Ki-Moon), if you wanted to call a General Assembly, you could do it here rather than find another venue. They are all here.” (Collins Chabane, President of the Organizing Committee for the Funeral of Nelson Mandela)
“The Mandela funeral will officially be the biggest ever in history globally” (Clayson Monyela, Spokesman of the Government of South Africa).