USA Africa Dialogue Series - Over 100 World Leaders in S. Africa will Bid Mandela a Befitting Farewell

Here is the confirmed list (so far) of  government representatives  attending the funeral of the departed icon - Nelson Mandela. The memorial heralding the life of an  unparalleled  Leader among Leaders,  as never been seen, is drawing personalities from all ranks: from former presidents or prime ministers, the likes of  Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, U2's Bono to the common man on the street.  Former  US Presidents Carter, Clinton, GW Bush will make it as well as Britain's Blair and France's Sarkozy. Note:  More representatives may confirm. This absence of a  country on the list does not necessarily indicate which country  is honoring the moment interwoven in the history of times. For example, Egypt ordered its flag lowered in honor of Mandela.  Afghanistan: His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President Algeria: His Excellency Mr Abdelkader Bensalah, Speaker of the Council of the Nation (Senate) – rank above the Prime Minister Angola: His Excellency Mr Manuel Vicente, Vice President Argentina: Mr Amado Boudou, Acting President of Argentina Australia: His Excellency Mr Tony Abbott, MP, Prime Minister Bahamas: Right Honourable Perry Christie, Prime Minister Bangladesh: His Excellency Mr Md. Abdul Hamid MD ABDUL, President Belgium: His Royal Highness King Philippe Benin: His Excellency Boni Yayi, President Botswana: His Excellency Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama, President Brazil: Her Excellency Dilma Rousseff, President Burundi: His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President Canada: His Excellency Stephen Harper, Prime Minister Chad: His Excellency Mr Idriss Deby Itno, President China: His Excellency Li Yuanchao, Vice President, Comores: His Excellency Dr Ikiliou Dhoinine, President Congo (Republic of the Congo): His Excellency Mr Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo): His Excellency Joseph Kabila, President Cote d Ivoire: His Excellency President Allassane Ouattara, President Croatia: His Excellency Josipovic Ivo, President Cuba: His Excellency Raul Castro Ruz, President Denmark: His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Federick Djibouti: His Excellency Ismail Omar Guelleh, President Ethiopia: His Excellency Ato Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister Equatorial Guinea: His Excellency Mr Obiang Mbasogo, President France: His Excellency, Francois Hollande, President Finland: His Excellency Sauli Niinisto, President Gabon: His Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba, President The Gambia: His Excellency Prof Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, President Sheikh Ghana: His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, President Germany: His Excellency Joachim Gauck, President Guyana: His Excellency Donald Ramotar, President Guinea: His Excellency Prof Alpha Conde, President India: His Excellency Pranab Mukherjee, President Ireland: His Excellency Michael D Higgins, President Italy: His Excellency Enrico Letta, Prime Minister Japan: His Imperial Highness, Crown Prince Naruhito Jamaica: Her Excellency, Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister Jordan: Her Royal Highness, Queen Rania Al Abdullah and His Excellency Prime Minister Dr Abdullah Ensour Kenya: His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President Korea (South): His Excellency Hongwon Chung, Prime Minister Lebanon: His Excellency Mr Najib Mikati, Prime Minister Lesotho: His Excellency, T Thabane, Prime Minister Liberia: Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President Mozambique: President of Mozambique, HE Armando Emilio Guebuza Namibia: His Excellency Hifikepunye Pohamba, President Niger: His Excellency Issoufou Mahamdou, President New Zealand: Right Hon John Key, Prime Minister Nigeria: His Excellency Goodluck Jonathan, President Niger: His Excellency Mahamadou, President of Niger Norway: His Royal Highness Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway Pakistan: His Excellency Mr Mamnoon Hussain, President Palestinian State: His Excellency Mahmoud Abbas, President Portugal: His Excellency, Anibal Cavaco Silva, President Saudi Arabia: His Royal Highness Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince Saharawi Republic: His Excellency Mr Mohamed Abdelaziz, President Senegal: His Excellency Macky Sall, President Serbia: His Excellency Tomislav Nikolic, President Seychelles: His Excellency Mr James Alix MICHEL Spain: His Royal Highness Felipe de Borbon, The Prince of Asturias Sri Lanka: His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, President Sudan: His Excellency Bakri Hassan Salih, Vice President Suriname: His Excellency Desire Delano Bouterse, President Slovenia: His Excellency Pahor, President South Sudan: His Excellency General Salva Kir Mayardit, President Sweden: His Excellency Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria. Switzerland: His Excellency Mr Ulrich Maurer, President Swaziland: His Excellency Dr Sibusiso Dlamini, Prime Minister Suriname: His Excellency Desire Delano Bouterse, President Tanzania: His Excellency Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President Timor-Leste: His Excellency Kay Rala Xanana, Prime Minister Tunisia: His Excellency Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, President Trinidad and Tobago: His Excellency Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister Uganda: His Excellency Yoweri Kagota Museveni, President United Arab Emirates: His Excellency Sheikh Nayahan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture – Special Envoy of the Emir United Kingdom: His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Prime Minister David Cameron United States of America: His Excellency Barack Obama, President Venezuela: His Excellency Nicolas Maduro Moros, President Zimbabwe: His Excellency Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President Zambia: His Excellency Michael Sata, President Arab States League: His Excellency Amb Samir Hosny, Minister African Union Commission: Her Excellency Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson Commonwealth: His Excellency, Mr Kamalesh Sharma European Council: His Excellency Mr Herman van Rompuy, President Mexico: His Excellency Enrique Pena Nieto President of Mexico Mauritius: His Excellency Dr the Honourable Navinchandra, Prime Minister Mauritania: His Excellency Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President Malawi: Her Excellency Joyce Banda, President Grand Duchy of Luxenbourg: His Royal Highness Henry of Luxembourg, The Grand Duke