Life history of president sata burial service
Life history of president sata burial service
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Death and state funeral of Michael Sata
2014 death of the President of Zambia
Sata (centered) in 2013, the year before his death | |
| Date | 28 October 2014 (death) 11 November 2014 (state funeral) |
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| Location | Lusaka, Zambia |
| Participants | Guy Scott Edgar Lungu |
Michael Sata, the President of Zambia, died on 28 October 2014 in London at the age of 77, after suffering from an undisclosed severe illness.[1] The state funeral took place on 11 November and was attended by nine heads of state, nine foreign representatives, two heads of multilateral organizations and two former African political leaders.
Illness and death
On 19 October 2014, Sata left the country for a medical check-up in the United Kingdom, leaving Defence Minister Edgar Lungu in charge in his absence.[2][3] Sata's absence from public view, given that the fiftieth anniversary of the country's independence was four days away, speculated rumours on the status of Sata's healt