22 Facts About State funeral

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State funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honour people of national significance.

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State funeral's held the title of Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina, granted by the Congress of Argentina.

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State funeral was the fifth Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1980 to 1989, and the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party from 1974 to 2005.

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In rare occasions a Commonwealth state funeral is offered to people outside politics but who made a significant contribution to the nation, for example Sir Douglas Mawson was granted a Commonwealth state funeral in 1958.

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State funeral's family was offered a state funeral by NSW premier Morris Iemma.

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At the discretion of the premier, a state funeral can be offered to other prominent Victorians; for example, broadcaster Peter Evans, Australian Rules football player Ted Whitten, race-car driver Peter Brock, actor Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Australian Rules football player and charity worker Jim Stynes, Australian Rules football player and media personality Lou Richards, and cricketer Shane Warne .

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The State funeral procession commenced from his home at Theberton [Thebarton], passed through the Adelaide Park Lands to a service in Holy Trinity Church, North Terrace, Adelaide, and thence to burial in Light Square, with military honours.

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In Indonesia, a state funeral is conducted with military protocols and ceremonial process involving the playing of the patriotic song "Gugur Bunga" and the attendance of high-ranking officials of the government and ambassadors of foreign countries.

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The offer of a state funeral was refused by the family of former Prime Minister David Lange.

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Funerals, and who appears on official State funeral committees, are considered important cues on power hierarchies of North Korean politics.

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State funeral was arranged for the following people on their deathbed on the respective date:.

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State funeral was arranged for the following people on their deathbed on the respective date:.

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On 29 August 1945, two years after the German occupation force in Denmark had dissolved the Danish army and navy, a state funeral was held for 106 killed members of the Danish resistance at their execution site which was thus inaugurated as the memorial cemetery that would later become Ryvangen Memorial Park.

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State funeral was held for the former President Vaclav Havel in 2011.

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The largest state funeral was held in 2004 for President Boris Trajkovski and the funeral was attended by 47 foreign delegations.

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When, after Brezhnev's death in 1982, Yuri Andropov was elected chairman of the committee in charge of Brezhnev's State funeral, this was seen as a first sign by First World commentators that Andropov might be the most likely candidate for the position of General Secretary.

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Two officers led the State funeral parade, carrying a large portrait of the deceased, followed by a group of numerous soldiers carrying red floral wreaths.

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State funeral was the first Russian leader and head of state in 113 years to be buried in a church ceremony, after Emperor Alexander III of Russia.

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State funeral was held for the former President Michal Kovac in 2016.

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Many of the features of a state funeral are shared by other types of funerals—a royal ceremonial funeral often has a lying in state and Westminster Abbey service.

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Massive state funeral was held for the late President Josip Broz Tito on 8 May 1980 in Belgrade, the capital city of the SFR Yugoslavia.

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State funeral's death came in the moment when Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ended American-Soviet detente.

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