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[[File:Zambia mourns Chiluba.jpg|thumb|right|Pallbearers lower the casket for Dr Chiluba into the tomb.]]
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'''Presidential State funerals''' in Zambia are the official funerary rites conducted by the government in the nation's capital, [[Lusaka]] that are offered to a sitting or former president of Zambia or a president-elect. Only four have been held since 2008.  
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'''Embassy Park''' is the official presidential memorial site. It is located along Independence Avenue opposite Cabinet Office and bordered on the other side by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various foreign embassies. The site has its significance cause its is the first ever site where the a Zambian President, sitting or past is buried. At the moment the site is a burial place for the second, third and fifth presidents of the Republic of Zambia [[Frederick Chiluba]], [[Levy Mwanawasa]] and [[Michael Sata]]. These are great sons of the nation who had rendered serevice to Zambia during their living.


==Levy Mwanawasa 2008==
==Levy Mwanawasa 2008==
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=== Funeral ===
=== Funeral ===
[[File:Zambia mourns Mwanawasa.jpg|thumb|right|Levy Mwanawasa's casket]]
Acting President Banda announced state funeral arrangements for Mwanawasa on 21 August. According to this programme, after Mwanawasa's body was returned to Zambia, it would first lie in state at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in [[Lusaka]], the capital. The body would then be moved to different provincial capitals from 25 to 29 August, after which it would again lie in state at Mulungushi International Conference Centre until 2 September. His burial, planned for 3 September, was intended to coincide with his birthday; Mwanawasa would have turned 60 years old on that date.<ref>[http://www.statehouse.gov.zm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=416&Itemid=47 "STATE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE LATE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, DR. LEVY P MWANAWASA SC"], Zambian Presidency website, 21 August 2008.</ref>
Acting President Banda announced state funeral arrangements for Mwanawasa on 21 August. According to this programme, after Mwanawasa's body was returned to Zambia, it would first lie in state at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in [[Lusaka]], the capital. The body would then be moved to different provincial capitals from 25 to 29 August, after which it would again lie in state at Mulungushi International Conference Centre until 2 September. His burial, planned for 3 September, was intended to coincide with his birthday; Mwanawasa would have turned 60 years old on that date.<ref>[http://www.statehouse.gov.zm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=416&Itemid=47 "STATE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE LATE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, DR. LEVY P MWANAWASA SC"], Zambian Presidency website, 21 August 2008.</ref>


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==Frederick Chiluba 2011==
==Frederick Chiluba 2011==
{{Further|Frederick Chiluba}}
{{Further|Frederick Chiluba}}
[[File:Zambia mourns Chiluba.jpg|thumb|left|Pallbearers lower the casket for Dr Chiluba into the tomb.]]
Chiluba died on June 18, 2011,<ref name="lusakatimes.com">[http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/06/18/frederick-chiluba-zambia-s-president-dead "Frederick Chiluba, Zambia ‘s Second President is dead"], Lusaka Times, 18 June 2011</ref> shortly after midnight. His spokesman, [[Emmanuel Mwamba]], announced his death. Mwamba stated that Chiluba had a normal day on June 17, and even had time to meet some of his lawyers. He later complained of stomach ache.<ref name="lusakatimes.com"/>
Chiluba died on June 18, 2011,<ref name="lusakatimes.com">[http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/06/18/frederick-chiluba-zambia-s-president-dead "Frederick Chiluba, Zambia ‘s Second President is dead"], Lusaka Times, 18 June 2011</ref> shortly after midnight. His spokesman, [[Emmanuel Mwamba]], announced his death. Mwamba stated that Chiluba had a normal day on June 17, and even had time to meet some of his lawyers. He later complained of stomach ache.<ref name="lusakatimes.com"/>


==Michael Sata 2014==
==Michael Sata 2014==
{{Further|Michael Sata}}
{{Further|Michael Sata|State funeral of Michael Sata}}
Concerns about Sata's health grew during 2014 and some suggested that he was no longer really running the government due to his condition, although the government denied that. He stopped appearing in public, which seemed jarringly uncharacteristic for the notably extroverted and outspoken president. Observers thought he seemed unwell when he opened parliament on 19 September and over the course of the following month he failed to appear in public again. MMD leader [[Nevers Mumba]] alleged that the government was lying about Sata's health.<ref>[http://mg.co.za/article/2014-10-21-zambia-has-king-cobra-lost-his-bite "Zambia: Has 'King Cobra' lost his bite?"], ''Mail & Guardian'', 17 October 2014.</ref> He also missed a speech at the [[general debate of the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly]] amid rumours he had fallen ill at a New York City hotel.
[[File:Zambia mourns Sata.jpg|thumb|right|Sata is laid to rest]]
President Michael Sata [[died in office]] in 2011.
Concerns about Sata's health grew during 2014 and some suggested that he was no longer really running the government due to his condition, although the government denied that. He stopped appearing in public, which seemed jarringly uncharacteristic for the notably extroverted and outspoken president. Observers thought he seemed unwell when he opened parliament on 19 September and over the course of the following month he failed to appear in public again. MMD leader [[Nevers Mumba]] alleged that the government was lying about Sata's health.<ref>[http://mg.co.za/article/2014-10-21-zambia-has-king-cobra-lost-his-bite "Zambia: Has 'King Cobra' lost his bite?"], ''Mail & Guardian'', 17 October 2014.</ref> He also missed a speech at the general debate of the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly amid rumours he had fallen ill at a New York City hotel.
 
On 19 October, he left the country for what was described as a medical check-up, leaving [[Edgar Lungu]], the Minister of Defense, in charge of the country in his absence.<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29692576 "Zambian President Michael Sata goes for a medical check-up"], BBC News, 20 October 2014.</ref><ref name=Ails>[http://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/5814/Party_rivalries_grow_as_Sata_ails "Party rivalries grow as Sata ails"], ''Africa Confidential'', volume 55, number 21, 24 October 2014.</ref> Given the circumstances, including the sudden nature of the trip, Sata's absence from public view and the fact that the 50th anniversary of Zambian independence was only days away, many believed that Sata was very seriously ill.<ref name=Ails/>
 
Sata died on 28 October in London.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29813612 "Zambian President Michael Sata dies in London"], BBC News – Africa, 29 October 2014.</ref> He was receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. Cabinet Secretary Roland Msiska issued a statement that he died late in the day. "As you are aware the president was receiving medical attention in London. The head of state passed on October 28. President Sata's demise is deeply regretted. The nation will be kept informed on burial arrangements." When he died at 23:00 in King Edward VII Hospital, his wife, Christine Kaseba, son, Mulenga,<ref name="guard">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/29/scott-president-interim-zambia-sata-death</ref> and other family members were with him at the time. Vice-President [[Guy Scott]] was named acting leader until an election, making him the first white leader of a democratically elected African government and the first since F. W. de Klerk in Apartheid South Africa.
 
==Kenneth Kaunda 2021==
{{Further|State funeral of Kenneth Kaunda|Kenneth Kaunda}}


On 19 October, he left the country for what was described as a medical check-up, leaving [[Edgar Lungu]], the Minister of Defense, in charge of the country in his absence.<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29692576 "Zambian President Michael Sata goes for medical check-up"], BBC News, 20 October 2014.</ref><ref name=Ails>[http://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/5814/Party_rivalries_grow_as_Sata_ails "Party rivalries grow as Sata ails"], ''Africa Confidential'', volume 55, number 21, 24 October 2014.</ref> Given the circumstances, including the sudden nature of the trip, Sata's absence from public view and the fact that the 50th anniversary of Zambian independence was only days away, many believed that Sata was very seriously ill.<ref name=Ails/>
On 14 June 2021, Kaunda was admitted to [[Maina Soko Military Hospital]] in Lusaka to be treated for an undisclosed medical condition. The government said medics were doing everything they could to make him recover, though it was not clear what his health condition was. On 15 June 2021, it was revealed that he was being treated for pneumonia, which, according to his doctor, had been a recurring problem in his health. On 17 June 2021, it was confirmed that he died at the age of 97 after that short illness at Maina Soko Military Hospital. Kaunda's funeral took place at Lusaka Show Grounds on 2 July 2021, after his body had its last provincial visit. Ordinary citizens came out to show their last respects as they waved their white handkerchiefs in mourning, an item Kaunda carried with him when he was incarcerated during the struggle for liberation. During the state funeral, a 21-gun salute was given to the former president.
 
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Sata died on 28 October in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zambiareports.com/2014/10/29/president-michael-sata-died/|title=President Michael Sata Has Died|author=Clement Malambo|publisher=Zambia Reports|date=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29813612 "Zambian President Michael Sata dies in London"], BBC News – Africa, 29 October 2014.</ref> He was receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. Cabinet Secretary Roland Msiska issued a statement that he died late in the day. "As you are aware the president was receiving medical attention in London. The head of state passed on October 28. President Sata's demise is deeply regretted. The nation will be kept informed on burial arrangements." When he died at 23:00 in King Edward VII Hospital, his wife, Christine Kaseba, son, Mulenga,<ref name="guard">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/29/scott-president-interim-zambia-sata-death</ref> and other family members were with him at the time. Vice-President [[Guy Scott]] was named acting leader until an election, making him the first white leader of a democratically elected African government and the first since F. W. de Klerk in Apartheid South Africa.
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