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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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| | location = [[Indpendance Avenue]] oppsite [[Cabinet Office]]
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| | established = January 31, 1848
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| | visitation_year = 2015
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| | designation1_offname = Embassy park / Presidential park memorial site
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| '''Embassy Park''' is the official presidential burial and 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. | |
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| ==Levy Mwanawasa 2008== | | ==Levy Mwanawasa 2008== |
