This is a list of people who have received a state funeral.
Africa
Algeria Ahmed Ben Bella (2012) Abdelaziz Bouteflika (2021)
Angola Agostino Neto (1979) José Eduardo dos Santos (2022)
Botswana Sir Seretse Khama (1980) Ruth Williams Khama (2002) Gladys Olebile Masire (2014) Sir Ketumile Masire (2017) Festus Mogae (2026)
Burundi
Melchior Ndadaye (1993) Cyprien Ntaryamira (1994) Pierre Nkurunziza (2020) Pierre Buyoya (2020)
Cameroon Marc-Vivien Foe (2003)
Central African Republic David Dacko (2003) Ange-Félix Patassé (2011) André Kolingba (2010)
Chad Idriss Déby (2021)
Democratic Republic of the Congo Laurent-Desire Kabila (2001)
Republic of the Congo Marien Ngouabi (1977)
Egypt Syed Hossain (1949) Gamal Abdel Nasser (1 October 1970) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (30 July 1980), Shah of Iran who died in exile in Egypt Anwar Sadat (8 October 1981) Hosni Mubarak (26 February 2020)
Ethiopia Meles Zenawi (2012) Sylvia Pankhurst (1960) Tilahun Gessesse (2009)
Gabon Edith Lucie Bongo (2009) Omar Bongo (2009)
Ghana
Ivory Coast Hamed Bakayoko (2021)
Kenya Mzee Jomo Kenyatta (1978) Lucy Kibaki (2016) Wangari Maathai (2011) Wahome Gakuru (2017) Joyce Laboso (2019) Daniel arap Moi (2020) Mwai Kibaki (2022) Raila Odinga (2025)
Liberia Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1876) William Tubman (1971) Prince Johnson (2024)
Malawi Kamuzu Banda (1997) Ethel Mutharika (2007) Bingu wa Mutharika (2012) Saulos Chilima (2024)
Mali Moussa Traoré (2020) Amadou Toumani Touré (2020)
Morocco
Soldiers killed in the 1971 Moroccan coup attempt
Mozambique Samora Machel (1986) Afonso Dhlakama (2018) Luísa Diogo (2026)
Namibia Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (2017) Theo-Ben Gurirab (2018) Nickey Iyambo (2019) Hage Geingob (2024) Sam Nujoma (2025)
Sierra Leone Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (2014)
Somalia Hassan Abshir Farah (2020) Nur Hassan Hussein (2020)
South Africa
South Sudan Gordon Muortat Mayen (2008) John Garang (2005)
Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa (2020) John Magufuli (2021) Ali Hassan Mwinyi (2024) Julius Nyerere (1999)
Togo Gnassingbé Eyadéma (2005)
Tunisia Beji Caid Essebsi (2019)
Uganda Godfrey Binaisa (2010) Mutesa II of Buganda (1969) Milton Obote (2005) Jacob Oulanyah (2022)
Zambia Levy Mwanawasa (2008) Frederick Chiluba (2011) Betty Kaunda (2013) Michael Sata (2014) Kenneth Kaunda (2021) Rupiah Banda (2022) Guy Scott (2026)
Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo (1999) Simon Muzenda (2003) Joseph Msika (2009) John Nkomo (2013) Oliver Mtukudzi (2019) Robert Mugabe (2019)
Americas Argentina
Eva Perón (1952), first ladyOrtiz. Raúl Alfonsín (2009), former president Néstor Kirchner (2010), former president Diego Maradona (2020), football legend
The Bahamas Sir Lynden Pindling, (4 September 2000), former prime minister, in Nassau Sir Clifford Darling (5 January 2012), former governor-general, in Nassau
Barbados Grantley Adams, former Barbados Premier and West Indies Federation Prime Minister (1971) Tom Adams, former Barbados Prime Minister (1985) Errol Barrow, former Barbados Prime Minister (1987) Harold Bernard St. John, former Barbados Prime Minister (2004) David Thompson, former Barbados Prime Minister (2010) Owen Arthur, former Barbados Prime Minister (2020) Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, former Barbados Prime Minister (2023)
Brazil
Maria I, Queen of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1816) Maria Leopoldina, Empress consort (1826) Princess Paula (1833) Afonso, Prince Imperial (1847) Pedro Afonso, Prince Imperial (1850) The Marquis of Paraná, Prime Minister (1856) Deodoro da Fonseca, former president (1892) Afonso Pena, President (1909) Artur Bernardes, former president (1955) Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, former president (1967)BR RJANRIO EH.0.FIL, CJI.296 - Cinejornal Informativo n. 71 Artur da Costa e Silva, former president (1969) Tancredo Neves, President-elect who died before taking office (1985) Ayrton Senna, (3, 4 and 5 May 1994), racing driver José Alencar, former vice president (2011) Oscar Niemeyer, architect (2012) LaMia Flight 2933, Chapecoense plane crash (2016) Pelé, footballer (2022)
Canada
In August 2011, in a rare circumstance, Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered a state funeral for his political adversary and Leader of the Opposition, Jack Layton. Layton died of cancer three months after his New Democratic Party became the official opposition, for the first time in his party's history. In 2014, former finance minister Jim Flaherty received a state funeral after his death. In 2024, former prime minister Brian Mulroney received a state funeral after his death.
Chile Salvador Allende (4 September 1990), former president Patricio Aylwin (22 April 2016), former president Sebastián Piñera (9 February 2024), former president
Colombia In Colombia, state funerals are held in the capital, Bogotá, and include a military display, ceremonial pomp, and religious observance. As the highest posthumous honor bestowed upon a person, a state funeral is granted to a sitting or former president of Colombia, a president-elect, and other individuals designated by the Senate. Administered by the Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of the National Defense, state funerals are heavily influenced by protocol, rooted in tradition, and often reflect the choices of the president or their family, who typically handle the planning.
State funerals have been held in Bogotá for: Alfonso López Pumarejo (1959) Guillermo León Valencia (1971) Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1975) Carlos Lleras Restrepo (1994) Julio César Turbay Ayala (2005) Alfonso López Michelsen (2007) Fernando Botero (2023) Miguel Uribe Turbay (2025)
Cuba Fidel Castro (4 December 2016), state funeral of former president of Cuba.
Dominica Crispin Sorhaindo (18 January 2010), former president
Ecuador León Febres Cordero (17 December 2008) Sixto Durán Ballén (16 November 2016)
Grenada George Brizan (16 March 2012)
Haiti Emmanuel Sanon (22 February 2008), footballer
Jamaica Bob Marley (21 May 1981), Reggae singer. The funeral combined elements of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafari tradition. Hugh Shearer (18 July 2004) Edward Seaga (23 June 2019)
Mexico The most recent state funeral held for a president of Mexico was that of Miguel de la Madrid in April 2012. Novelist Carlos Fuentes received a state funeral on 16 May 2012, with his funeral cortege briefly stopping traffic in Mexico City.
Saint Lucia Sir William George Mallet (28 October 2010)
United States
In the United States, state funerals are held in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., and involve military spectacle, ceremonial pomp, and religious observance. As the highest possible honor bestowed upon a person posthumously, state funerals are an entitlement offered to a sitting or former president of the United States, a President-elect, as well as other people designated by the president. Administered by the Military District of Washington (MDW), state funerals are greatly influenced by protocol, steeped in tradition, and rich in history. However, the overall planning as well as the decision to hold a state funeral, is largely determined by the president before his death and the First Family.
State funerals have been held in Washington D.C. for: William Henry Harrison (1841) Zachary Taylor (1850) Abraham Lincoln (1865) Thaddeus Stevens (1868) James A. Garfield (1881) William McKinley (1901) Warren G. Harding (1923) the Unknown Soldier of World War I (1921) William Howard Taft (1930) John J. Pershing (1948) the Unknown Soldiers of World War II and the Korean War (1958) John F. Kennedy (1963) Douglas MacArthur (1964) Herbert Hoover (1964) Dwight D. Eisenhower (1969) Lyndon B. Johnson (1973) Ronald Reagan (2004) Gerald Ford (2006–2007) George H. W. Bush (2018) Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2020) Jimmy Carter (2025)
Uruguay Tabaré Vázquez (December 2020), former president José Mujica (15 May 2025), former president Rubén Rada (27 August 2026), musician
Venezuela
Francisco Linares Alcántara (1878) Juan Vicente Gómez (1935) Carlos Delgado Chalbaud (1950) Rómulo Gallegos (1969) Raúl Leoni (1972) Eleazar López Contreras (1973) Rómulo Betancourt (1981) Hugo Chávez (2013)
Asia
Azerbaijan
Former president Abulfaz Elchibey (2000) Former president Heydar Aliyev (2003)
Bangladesh Kazi Nazrul Islam (1976) Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani (1976) Ziaur Rahman (1981) Abdus Sattar (1985) Khondaker Mostaq Ahmed (1996) Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem (1997) Mohammad Mohammadullah (1999) Sufia Kamal (1999) Zillur Rahman (2013) Hussain Muhammad Ershad (2019) Shahabuddin Ahmed (2022) Begum Khaleda Zia (2025)
Cambodia King Norodom Suramarit (1960) King Norodom Sihanouk (2012)
People's Republic of China Dong Biwu (1975) Zhou Enlai (1976) Zhu De (1976) Mao Zedong (1976) Soong Ching-ling (1981) Hu Yaobang (1989) Deng Xiaoping (1997) Hua Guofeng (2008) Qiao Shi (2015) Wan Li (2015) Li Peng (2019) Jiang Zemin (2022) Li Keqiang (2023) Wu Bangguo (2024) Zhu Rongji (2026)
Republic of China By the Parliament of the Republic of China Cai E (1917) Huang Xing (April 15, 1917) Sun Yat-sen (June 1, 1929) By the Canton Military Government Cheng Biguang (March 2, 1918) Li Zhonglin (1920) Lin Xiumei (1921) Wu Tingfang (December 3, 1924) Liao Zhongkai (August 1925, 1935) By the Nanking Nationalist Government Tan Yankai (1930) Lu Shidi (1930) Li Yuanhong (1935) Duan Qirui (2 November 1936) Hu Hanmin (17 June 1936) Shao Yuanchong (9 March 1937) Zhu Peide (13 March 1937) Tang Jiyao (25 December 1937) Liu Xiang (14 February 1938) Xie Chi (6 May 1939) Lin Sen (August 1943) Zhang Zizhong (May 28, 1940) Tong Linge (28 July 1946) Bo Wenwei, Chen Qimei, Zhang Ji, Hao Mengling, Li Jiayu, Qin Zhen (19 May 1948) Dai Jitao (April 1949) By the Government of Republic of China (Taiwan) Hu Shih (1962) Chen Cheng (1965) Chiang Kai-shek (1975) Chiang Ching-kuo (1988) Yen Chia-kan (22 January 1994) Teresa Teng (28 May 1995) 8 soldiers who died in the UH-1 tragedy (11 April 2007) 8 soldiers who died in 2020 ROCAF UH-60M crash, including Shen Yi-ming (14 January 2020) Lee Teng-hui (7 October 2020)
Hong Kong
British Hong Kong Cai Yuanpei was given Hong Kong's first state funeral in March 1940. Edward Youde was given Hong Kong's second state funeral in 1986; died in Beijing and state funeral held in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong post-1997 Ann Tse-kai (2000) - Hong Kong former Legislative Councillor, Executive Councillor of Hong Kong, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Basic Law Committee, Hong Kong Affairs Advisor Henry Fok Ying-tung (2006) - died in Beijing and state funeral held in Hong Kong; Hong Kong businessman Chuang Shih-ping (2007) - Hong Kong banker Tung Chee Hwa (2026) - Hong Kong businessman and politician, first Chief Executive of Hong Kong
India
Presidents of India (died in office) Zakir Husain (1969) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1977)
Vice presidents of India (died in office) Krishan Kant (2002)
Prime Ministers of India (died in office) Jawaharlal Nehru (1964) Lal Bahadur Shastri (1966) Indira Gandhi (1984)
Former presidents of India Rajendra Prasad (1963) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2015) Pranab Mukherjee (2020)
Former prime ministers of India Charan Singh (1987) Rajiv Gandhi (1991) Morarji Desai (1995) Gulzarilal Nanda (acting prime minister) (1998) P. V. Narasimha Rao (2004) Chandra Shekhar (2007) V. P. Singh (2008) Inder Kumar Gujral (2012) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (2018) Manmohan Singh (2024)
Union Cabinet Ministers (died in office) Ananth Kumar (2018)
Former Union Cabinet Ministers Arun Jaitley (2019)
Chief Ministers of India (died in office) Gopinath Bordoloi, Chief Minister of Assam (1950) Ravishankar Shukla, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (1956) Shri Krishna Sinha, Chief Minister of Bihar (1961) Bidhan Chandra Roy, Chief Minister of West Bengal (1962)