PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is expected to join more than 70 heads of State and government at funeral events for former South African President Nelson Mandela, with most due to attend a huge memorial service at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg today.
After what has been billed as one of the largest gatherings of global leaders in recent history, only a handful of dignitaries would go to Sunday’s State burial in Mandela’s ancestral home of Qunu in the Eastern Cape. Below is a list of confirmed dignitaries.
Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai. Mozambique — President Armando Guebuza. Algeria — Abdelkader Bensalah (Speaker of the Senate). Namibia – President Hifikepunye Pohamba. Angola — Vice President Manuel Vicente
Niger — President Issoufou Mahamdou . Argentina — Acting President Amado Boudou New Zealand — Prime Minister John Key. Australia — Prime Minister Tony Abbott Nigeria — President Goodluck Jonathan.
Bahamas – Prime Minister Perry Christie Niger — President Mahamadou Issoufou. Bangladesh — President Md Abdul Hamid MD ABDUL Norway — Crown Prince Haakon. Belgium — King Philippe
Pakistan — President Mamnoon Hussain Benin — President Boni Yayi Palestinian State — President Mahmoud Abbas. Botswana – President Ian Khama Portugal — President Anibal Cavaco Silva.
Brazil — President Dilma Rousseff Saudi Arabia – Crwon Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. Burundi – President Pierre Nkurunziza Saharawi Republic — President Mohamed Abdelaziz. Canada – Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Senegal — President Macky Sall. Chad – President Idriss Deby. Serbia – President Tomislav Nikolic China — Vice-President Li Yuanchao. Seychelles – President James Alix Michel.
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Comores – President Ikiliou Dhoinine. Spain – The Prince of Asturias Felipe de Borbon. Congo Brazzaville – President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Sri Lanka — President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sudan — Vice-President Bakri Hassan Salih.
DR Congo — President Joseph Kabila. Suriname — President Desire Delano Bouterse Ivory Coast – President Allassane Ouattara. Slovenia – President Borut Pahor. Croatia – President Josipovic Ivo.
South Sudan — President Salva Kir. Cuba — President Raul Castro Sweden — Crown Princess Victoria Denmark — Crown Prince Federick. Switzerland — President Ulrich Maurer .
Djibouti — President Ismail Omar Guelleh. Swaziland — Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini. Ethiopia — Prime Minister Ato Hailemariam Dessalegn. Equatorial Guinea — President Obiang Mbasogo. Tanzania — President Jakaya Kikwete.
France — President Francois Hollande. Timor-Leste — Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana. Finland — President Sauli Niinisto. Tunisia — President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki. Gabon — President Ali Bongo Ondimba.
Trinidad and Tobago — Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. The Gambia — President Yahya Jammeh. Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni. Ghana — President John Mahama. United Arab Emirates — Minister of Culture Sheikh Nayahan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan.
Germany — President Joachim Gauck. United Kingdom — Prince Charles and Prime Minister David Cameron. United States — President Barack Obama. Guyana — President Donald Ramotar. Venezuela – President Nicolas Maduro.
Guinea — President Alpha Conde Zimbabwe — President Robert Mugabe. India — President Pranab Mukherjee. Zambia — President Michael Sata Ireland — President Michael Higgins.
Arab States League — Minister Amb Samir Hosny. Italy — Prime Minister Enrico Letta. African Union Commission — Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Japan — Crown Prince Naruhito. Commonwealth — Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma.
Jamaica — Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. European Council — President Herman van Rompuy Jordan — Queen Rania Al Abdullah and Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour. Mexico — President Enrique Pena Nieto. Kenya — President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Mauritius — Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam South Korea — Prime Minister Hongwon Chung. Mauritania — President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Lebanon — Prime Minister Najib Mikati. Malawi — President Joyce Banda
Lesotho — Prime Minister T Thabane. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg — The Grand Duke Liberia – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
