List of awards and honours bestowed upon Muammar Gaddafi explained

This is a comprehensive list of awards, honours and other recognitions bestowed on Muammar Gaddafi.

Honours

National honours

Award or decoration CountryDatePlaceNoteRef
Order of the Republic Libya1 September 1969[1] [2] [3]
Order of Courage Libya1 September 1969Military order, awarded to members of the armed forces active during and following the 1 September Revolution.[4] [5] [6] [7]
Order of the Grand Conqueror Libya1 September 1969[8] [9] [10]

Foreign honours

Award or decoration CountryDatePlaceNoteRef
Honorary Member of the Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika Malta5 December 1975VallettaFormer highest decoration of the Republic of Malta, now second highest honour. Revoked.[11] [12]
Order of the Balkan Mountains17 June 1978SofiaBulgarian highest order of merit.[13]
Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the People's Republic of PolandJune 1978Warsaw[14]
Collar of the Order of the White Lion1982PragueCzechoslovakian highest order.[15]
Hero of the Republic1982PyongyangSecond highest title of North Korea.[16]
Order of the National Flag, First Class1982PyongyangSecond highest order of North Korea.
Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic Nigeria11 May 1997AbujaNigerian highest honour.[17] [18]
Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope South Africa29 October 1997TripoliFormer South African highest order.[19] [20]
Great Chain of Badr Saudi Arabia3 June 1999SirteHighest honour of Saudi Arabia.[21]
Great Star of the Order of the Yugoslav Star18 November 1973BelgradeHighest order of merit in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[22]
26 October 1999TripoliSecond highest order of merit in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Only person to be awarded this decoration twice.[23]
Collar of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise Ukraine11 October 2003Ukrainian third highest order.[24] [25]
Collar of the National Order of Merit Malta8 February 2004Republic of Malta highest order. Revoked.
Order of Katonga Uganda20 May 2004TripoliUgandan highest military order.[26] [27]
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky Ukraine4 April 2008[28] [29]
Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of the Gambia Gambia22 July 2009BanjulGambian highest decoration.[30]
Grand Collar of the Order of the Liberator28 September 2009Isla MargaritaFormer Venezuelan highest distinction.[31] [32]

Honorary degrees

University of Khartoum Honorary doctorate, 1996 (revoked on 7 March 2011).[33]

Myongji University Honorary doctorate, 29 March 2000.[34]

University of Algiers Honorary doctorate, 27 March 2005.[35]

Megatrend University Honorary doctorate, March 2007.[36] [37]

Carthage University-National Institute of Applied Science and Technology Honorary doctorate in Arabic and Islamic Civilisation, 12 October 2008.[38]

Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics Honorary doctorate, 2010.[39]

Eponyms

Other honours

Notes and References

  1. News: DCAF. قرار لسنة 1972 بشأن الأوسمة والأنواط العسكرية. ar. 1972 resolution on military medals and medals. 31 May 2021.
  2. News: DCAF. قرار لسنة 1978 بإعادة تنظيم الأوسمة العسكرية. ar. 1972 resolution on military medals and medals. 31 May 2021.
  3. News: DCAF. قانون رقم (5) لسنة 1978 بشأن تعديل بعض أحكام القوانين العسكرية. ar. Law No. (5) of 1978 on amending some provisions of military laws. 31 May 2021.
  4. Web site: Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: Order of Courage. Medals of the World. en. 31 May 2021.
  5. News: DCAF. قرار لسنة 1972 بشأن الأوسمة والأنواط العسكرية. ar. 1972 resolution on military medals and medals. 31 May 2021.
  6. News: DCAF. قرار لسنة 1978 بإعادة تنظيم الأوسمة العسكرية. ar. 1972 resolution on military medals and medals. 31 May 2021.
  7. News: DCAF. قانون رقم (5) لسنة 1978 بشأن تعديل بعض أحكام القوانين العسكرية. ar. Law No. (5) of 1978 on amending some provisions of military laws. 31 May 2021.
  8. News: DCAF. قرار لسنة 1972 بشأن الأوسمة والأنواط العسكرية. ar. 1972 resolution on military medals and medals. 31 May 2021.
  9. News: DCAF. قرار لسنة 1978 بإعادة تنظيم الأوسمة العسكرية. ar. 1972 resolution on military medals and medals. 31 May 2021.
  10. News: DCAF. قانون رقم (5) لسنة 1978 بشأن تعديل بعض أحكام القوانين العسكرية. ar. Law No. (5) of 1978 on amending some provisions of military laws. 31 May 2021.
  11. http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2011-03-01/news/reply-on-gaddafi-being-stripped-of-national-order-of-merit-awards-expected-soon-288513/ Reply On Gaddafi being stripped of National Order of Merit awards expected soon
  12. Web site: PERSUNI LI NGĦATAW SĦUBIJA ONORARJA FL-ORDNIJIET NAZZJONALI U D-DATA TA' META NGĦATAW L-GĦOTJIET . opm.gov.mt . 12 March 2021 . mt .
  13. News: bg:Орденът на Кадафи бил от чисто злато. http://paper.standartnews.com/bg/article.php?d=2007-04-04&article=184427. Standart. 4 April 2007. 19 June 2013. bg.
  14. News: Kaczyński odznaczył Mubaraka. Newsweek. 10 April 2011. 19 June 2013. pl.
  15. News: From Libya, with love. Gaddafi's camels in Eastern Bloc. Expats.cz. 1 March 2011. 12 June 2013.
  16. Book: Daily Report: Asia & Pacific, Issues 211-230. 1982. The Service. D–2.
  17. News: Nigerian Medal to Qaddafi. New York Times. 11 May 1997. 13 June 2013.
  18. News: How Gaddafi died bearing GCFR title. Atom Lim. Daily Times of Nigeria. 17 November 2011. 13 June 2013.
  19. http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/orders/recipients/1997.htm 1997 National Orders awards
  20. News: Gaddafi defiant over Lockerbie bomb trial. BBC. 29 October 1997. 12 June 2013.
  21. https://www.al-jazirah.com/1999/19990603/fu1.htm سمو ولي العهد قلّد القذافي قلادة بدر الكبرى
  22. 19 November 1973 . СВЕЧАНА ВЕЧЕРА У ЧАСТ ПРЕДСЕДНИКА ЛИБИЈСКЕ РЕПУБЛИКЕ . Borba . 3.
  23. http://www.alb-net.com/kcc/102699.htm#5 Gaddafi Given Yugoslavia's Top Medal By Milosevic
  24. http://zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1177/2003 У К А З ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ Про нагородження орденом князя Ярослава Мудрого
  25. https://centrasia.org/newsA.php?st=1065979260 Последний герой джамахирии. Кучма наградил Каддафи орденом Ярослава Мудрого
  26. News: Museveni decorates Qaddaffi. Grace Naisamura. Mail-archive.com. 22 May 2004. 16 June 2013.
  27. News: War Debt: Gaddafi Gets Tough With Uganda. Wairagala Wakabi. Mail-archive.com (The EastAfrican). 7 June 2004. 16 June 2013.
  28. http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/300/2008 У К А З ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ Про нагородження М. Каддафі орденом Богдана Хмельницького
  29. http://rian.com.ua/ukraine_news/20080409/77914399.html Ющенко наградил ливийского лидера Каддафи орденом Богдана Хмельницкого
  30. Web site: Our disturbing relationship with Gaddafi . 2013-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160419181841/http://gambiajournal.blogspot.com.es/2011/09/our-disturbing-relationship-with.html . 2016-04-19 . dead .
  31. News: Chávez impone a Gadafi el collar de la Orden del Libertador. El Universal (Caracas). 28 September 2009. 12 June 2013. es.
  32. http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/92523/chavez-y-gadaffi-se-reunen-en-margarita-para-su-encuentro-bilateral/ Condecoró a Gadafi con la Orden del Libertador y le dio una réplica de la espada
  33. News: Khartoum University revokes honorary Gaddafi Phd. The New Age. 8 March 2011. 14 June 2013.
  34. https://web.archive.org/web/20160318215319/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65519898.html Qadafi to Be Given Honorary Doctorate by Myongji University.
  35. News: Gaddafi awarded Doctorate Honoris Causa by Algiers University. China Daily. Reuters. 28 March 2005. 14 June 2013.
  36. http://www.megatrend-edu.net/vest_strana.php?v=542&language=1 Gaddafi awarded an honorary doctorate of Megatrend University
  37. News: Serbian University Defends Qaddafi Honorary Doctorate. Radio Free Europe. 3 March 2011. 14 June 2013.
  38. News: 'Dr. Muammar Gaddafi' Buys His Ways To A Ph. D . Degree In Islamic Studies. Esinislam.com. 12 October 2008. 14 June 2013.
  39. https://web.archive.org/web/20101229180019/http://www.bsuir.by/online/showpage.jsp?PageID=87178&resID=100229&lang=ru&menuItemID=115808 Почетные доктора Белорусского государственного университета информатики и радиоэлектроники
  40. http://www.mccannmission.org/broadband/newsletter29.html McCann Mission Today, Newsletter # 29 - October 2010
  41. News: President Koroma Prays with Muslims at Gaddafi Mosque. State House - The Republic of Sierra Leone. 3 August 2012. 18 June 2013.
  42. News: Ramadan: Islam in Rwanda. Theafricapaper.com. 7 August 2012. 18 June 2013.
  43. News: Patriotism: 1,000 students camp in Gaddafi barracks. The Observer. 4 June 2013. 22 June 2013.
  44. News: Corradino Road becomes Dom Mintoff Road, Gaddafi Gardens renamed. 30 March 2016. Times of Malta. 30 March 2016.
  45. Web site: Al Gadafi recibe la llave de oro del Ayuntamiento de Madrid. 19 December 2007. 21 November 2021. El Mundo. es.
  46. Web site: Gaddafi: the man who would be king of Africa. Adebajo. Adekeye. 2011. The Guardian. en. 20 February 2019. dmy-all.