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The state funeral began inside the marble halls of the presidential palace. The red carpet leading to his casket was strewn with white rose petals, flown in from France. In a eulogy, Bongo's son and defence minister, Ali Bongo said: "You leave a peaceful, free and fair Gabon". [12] Bongo was privately buried in his native village on 18 June ...
Death and state funeral of Omar Bongo This page was last edited on 3 March 2023, at 14:18 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 January 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. Bongo was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon's first President Léon M'ba in the 1960s, before being elected the second vice-president in his ...
The palace was considered to have been costly and extravagant when it was built in 1977. [3] [4]The body of Omar Bongo was laid in state at the palace until the state funeral on 16 June 2009. [5]
He will lie in state there until Jan. 9. The state funeral will be held at the National Cathedral at 10 a.m. that day. President Biden is expected to deliver a eulogy for the late president.
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The nation will say goodbye to former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday. Carter's remains will be taken to the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., after lying in state at the ...
PLAINS, Ga. − The official state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will be held Jan. 9 at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., the White House confirmed Monday.. The ...