User:Reallynca/sandbox/Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela

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Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela on the eve of his 90th birthday in Johannesburg in May 2008.
Date	5–15 December 2013
Location	Qunu, Eastern Cape

Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela

The casket bearing the body of former President Nelson Mandela lies in state in the Union Buildings
Date	5–15 December 2013
Location	Qunu, Eastern Cape
Participants	Jacob Zuma, Barack Obama, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, foreign dignitaries, and members of the 108th United States Congress

Nelson Mandela

On 9 December the government confirmed that at least 80 foreign Heads of State and Government would travel to South Africa to attend events.. African heads of state confirmed to be attending include, the President of Botswana, the President of Chad, the President of the Republic of the Congo, the President of Côte d'Ivoire, the President of Djibouti, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, the President of Equatorial Guinea, the President of Gabon, the President of The Gambia, the President of Ghana, the President of Guinea, the President of Kenya, the Prime Minister of Lesotho, the President of Mozambique, the President of Namibia, the President of Niger, the President of Nigeria, the President of Niger, the President of Senegal, the President of Seychelles, the Vice President of Sudan, the President of South Sudan, the Prime Minister of Swaziland, the President of Tanzania, the President of Tunisia, the President of Uganda, the President of Zimbabwe, the President of Zambia and the President of Malawi. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will be attending in her capacity as Chairperson of the African Union Commission.

Other notable guests include President of the United States and former presidents of the United States, the Prime Minister of Italy, the President of Brazil, the President of France, the President of Ireland, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the President of Germany, the Prime Minister of Canada, the Prime Minister of Jordan and the President of Afghanistan. Royal dignitaries attending include, the Prince of Wales, the The Prince of Asturias of Spain, the King of Belgium, Crown Prince of Denmark, Crown Princess of Sweden, Crown Prince of Norway and Queen Rania of Jordan.

• Strong Keep and rename to Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela, as per Iselilja. While I certainly understand the reason for proposing deleting the article in it's current state it is really premature. The sheer number of quotes, and thus responses from notable people, is indicative of the notability of this event. I am fairly certain that this will be the biggest funeral of the 21^st century thus far, possibly even the 20^th centenary as well. Based on a quick search the following people have confirmed to be attending the funeral, the US President and his wife, three former US Presidents – Carter, Bush (George W), Clinton and their spouses, and 26 US Congressmen, the Brazilian President, Ms Dilma Rousseff, and four former Heads of State - Sarney, Melo, Cardoso and Lula da Silva. Quen Elizabeth II will not attend to her health, however, Prince Charles will represent the British monarcy. I am currently gather this information to put into the article which should start to address the concerns of those proposing deletion. Reallynca (talk) 21:15, 8 December 2013 (UTC)