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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.
 * LIST OF DIGNITARIES ASSISTED THE “MANDELA” CEREMONIES - THE 10-DAY SERIES OF STATE MOURNING EVENTS

Events schedule
Memorial service: December 10th, 2013 (Johannesburg) + Lying in state : December 6th, 2013 to December 14th, 2013 (Cape Town) + Funeral: December 15th, 2013 (Qunu) 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.
 * 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.

Quick facts about the memorial service

 * 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.

Kings, queens and royalty guests

 * 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

 * 🇿🇦 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

 * 🇧🇿 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
(Representatives from some other organizations such as NEPAD, Group of 77,... as well as some United Nations Human Rights Commission Members was also presented).
 * Samir Hosny, President of the Arab League
 * Nabil Elataby, Secretary General of the Arab League
 * Flag of Maghreb.svg 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
 * FAO logo.svg Jose Graziano da Silva, President of the FAO
 * Flag of ILO.svg Guy Ryder, Director General of the ILO
 * Flag of ILO.svg 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
 * Flag of the Red Cross.svg 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
 * OSCE logo.svg Lamberto Zannier, Secretary General of OSCE
 * OECD logo.svg Jose Angel Gurria, Secretary General of OECD
 * Flag of SADC.svg Stergenomena Tax, President of the Southern African Development Community
 * Flag of SADC.svg Sindiso Ngwenya, Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
 * Flag of SADC.svg Mahboub Maalim, Secretary General of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development
 * UN_General_Assembly_hall.jpg John William Ashe, President of the United Nations General Assembly
 * UN_General_Assembly_hall.jpg 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
 * World Bank logo.svg Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank
 * World Food Programme Logo Simple.svg Ertharin Cousin, President of the WFP

First ladies (partial list)

 * 🇿🇦 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

 * 🇿🇦 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

 * 🇦🇺 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

 * 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
Had they been alive, the following guests may also attend the service :
 * 🇹🇭 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
 * 🇱🇾 Muammar Gaddafi, President of Libya
 * Yasser Arafat, former President of Palestine
 * 🇧🇷 Itamar Franco, former President of Brazil

Declined invitation
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.

Summary

 * 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).