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	Country	Date	Place	Note	Ref
	Order of the Republic	Libya	1 September 1969			^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
	Order of Courage	Libya	1 September 1969		Military 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	Libya	1 September 1969			^[8] ^[9] ^[10]

Foreign honours

Award or decoration	Country	Date	Place	Note	Ref
	Honorary Member of the Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika	Malta	5 December 1975	Valletta	Former highest decoration of the Republic of Malta, now second highest honour. Revoked.	^[11] ^[12]
	Order of the Balkan Mountains		17 June 1978	Sofia	Bulgarian highest order of merit.	^[13]
	Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Poland		June 1978	Warsaw		^[14]
	Collar of the Order of the White Lion		1982	Prague	Czechoslovakian highest order.	^[15]
	Hero of the Republic		1982	Pyongyang	Second highest title of North Korea.	^[16]
	Order of the National Flag, First Class		1982	Pyongyang	Second highest order of North Korea.
	Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic	Nigeria	11 May 1997	Abuja	Nigerian highest honour.	^[17] ^[18]
	Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope	South Africa	29 October 1997	Tripoli	Former South African highest order.	^[19] ^[20]
	Great Chain of Badr	Saudi Arabia	3 June 1999	Sirte	Highest honour of Saudi Arabia.	^[21]
	Great Star of the Order of the Yugoslav Star		18 November 1973	Belgrade	Highest order of merit in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.	^[22]
			26 October 1999	Tripoli	Second 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	Ukraine	11 October 2003		Ukrainian third highest order.	^[24] ^[25]
	Collar of the National Order of Merit	Malta	8 February 2004		Republic of Malta highest order. Revoked.
	Order of Katonga	Uganda	20 May 2004	Tripoli	Ugandan highest military order.	^[26] ^[27]
	Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky	Ukraine	4 April 2008			^[28] ^[29]
	Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of the Gambia	Gambia	22 July 2009	Banjul	Gambian highest decoration.	^[30]
	Grand Collar of the Order of the Liberator		28 September 2009	Isla Margarita	Former Venezuelan highest distinction.	^[31] ^[32]

Honorary degrees

• Sudan

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

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

• Algeria

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

• Serbia

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

• Tunisia

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

• Belarus

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

Eponyms

• Gaddafi National Mosque, the biggest mosque in Kampala, Uganda.
• Gaddafi Mosque, in Dodoma, Tanzania.^[40]
• Gaddafi Mosque, in Freetown, Sierra Leone.^[41]
• Gaddafi Mosque, in Kigali, Rwanda.^[42]
• Gaddafi Barracks, an Ugandan Army military base in Jinja, Uganda.^[43]
• Gaddafi Stadium, the fourth largest cricket stadium in Pakistan, situated in Lahore. The complex also has a mosque and a bus station named after Gaddafi.
• Gaddafi Hockey Stadium, the biggest field hockey stadium in the world, located in Lahore, Pakistan.
• Gaddafi Soccer Stadium, a soccer stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.
• Gaddafi International Foundation for Charity Associations, an international NGO.
• Gaddafi Gardens, a garden in Paola, Malta (renamed Mediterranean Garden in 2016)^[44]
• Muammar Gaddafi Playground, a children's playground along the Miljacka river in Stari Grad, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina.

Other honours

• In December 2007, Gaddafi was awarded the Golden Key to the City of Madrid by then-Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón.^[45]
• In August 2008, an assembly of African monarchs and chieftains bestowed Gaddafi with the title "King of Kings" of Africa.^[46]

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.