WORLD LEADERS AND DIGNITARIES WHO GUESSED NELSON MANDELLA'S MEMORIAL SERVICE(PICTORIAL VIEW)

World leaders and public figures from around the world descended on FNB Stadium just outside Johannesburg to pay their respects to South Africa's iconic anti-apartheid leader and former president Nelson Mandela.Below are pictorial views of some of the world leaders and dignitaries who guessed the occasion.

1. BARACK OBAMA:US President Barack Obama, pictured greeting Mandela's widow Graça Machel, spoke to the cheering crowds as he praised Madiba as a "giant of history".
"To the people of South Africa - people of every race and every walk of life - the world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us", he said. see picture above.

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2.RAUL CASTRO AND DILMA ROUSEFF: Raul Castro the Cuban president also guessed the occasion alongside with the Brazilian president dilma rouseff. see picture above.

3. GEORGE W. BUSH, BILL CLINTON AND HILLARY CLINTON: also in attendance where former us presidents george bush and bill clinton alongside with his wife hillary clinton who was a former secretary of states to obama. see picture above

 

 4.KOFI ANNAN & DESMOND TUTU: former un secretary koffi annan was also there alongside with Mandela's fellow anti-apartheid figurehead and retired Anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu who addressed the crowd in English, Afrikaans and several other South African dialects and said: "Now we are going to promise God that we are going to follow the example of Nelson Mandela". see picture above.

 5. JACOB ZUMA: south african president jacob zuma was also there. President Jacob Zuma provided the keynote speech at the memorial, but the unpopular leader was booed by some parts of the crowd.
Zuma praised Mandela as "truly one of a kind". see picture above.

6. BAN KI-MOON: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was also present. He spoke to the crowd and said the memorial marked both a "sorrow for a mighty loss and celebration of a mighty life". see picture above

7. PRANAB MUKHERJEE: the indian president was also there. India's President Pranab Mukherjee told the crowd: "Nelson Mandela was a visionary. He epitomised uncommon human ways that inspired all of mankind." see picture above

8. WINNIE MADIKIZELA-MANDELA: Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was also there. she kept wiping away  tears during the service. She had remained married to him for all of his 27 years in prison. see picture above

9.  FK DE KLERK: Mandela's Nobel co-laureate, deputy president and South Africa's final apartheid-era president FW De Klerk was also there.picture above shows his gestures during the memorial service.

10. NICHOLAS SARKOZY & FRANCOIS HOLLANDE: French President Francois Hollande talks to his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy during the memorial service. See picture above.

 11.ENRIQUE PENA NIETO: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto was also present. picture above shows him waving as he arrived at the service.

12. TONY ABBOT: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was also present. picture above shows him walking to his seat ahead of the memorial service.

 13. DAVID CAMERON: British Prime Minister David Cameron was also present at the memorial. the picture above shows him speaking to the media before the service.

 

14. STEPHEN HARPER: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper also guessed the memorial. see picture above.

 12. CROWN PRINCE NARUHITO: Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan also guessed the occassion. above is a picture of him along side others sitting in his seat ahead of the service.

 13. BONO & CHARLIZE THERON: This two also guessed the ocassion. Above picture shows the U2 singer and activist Bono chatting to South African Oscar-winner Charlize Theron at the memorial

 14. LAURA BUSH, PRINCESS LETIZIA & GEORGE W. BUSH: Princess Letizia of Spain (centre) speaks with former US first lady Laura Bush as her husband George W Bush looks on. SEE PICTURE ABOVE

15. HAMID KARZAI: Current Afhhan president also guessed the memorial.see picture above where Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy shakes the hand of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, as current French President Francois Hollande touches his back.

 16. JOHN MAYOR: Former British prime minister John Major (centre) greets former US president George W. Bush while his predecessor Bill Clinton gestures. SEE PICTURE ABOVE

 17. MARY ROBINSON: Former Irish president Mary Robinson was also there. picture above shows her sharing a joke with emeritus archbishop Desmond Tutu.

 18. SARAH BROWN, GORDON BROWN: Former British prime minister Gordon Brown (second left) and his wife Sarah (far left) stand with George W Bush. SEE PICTURE ABOVE

 

19. GRACA MACHEL: mandela's widow Graça Machel pays her respects to her late husband at the FNB Stadium. see picture above.

This and many more guessed the Mandela's memorial service.