Order of the Golden Eagle

Not to be confused with Golden Medal of the Eagle.

Order of the Golden Eagle
Star of the order
Type	State order
Awarded for	Outstanding service to the Republic of Kazakhstan
Presented by	the  Kazakhstan
Eligibility	Kazakh and foreign citizens
Status	active
Established	1995
Ribbon of the order
Precedence
Next (higher)	None (highest)
Next (lower)	Hero of Kazakhstan[1]

Star and collar of the order

The Order of the Golden Eagle or "Altyn Qyran" Order (Kazakh: Алтын Қыран ордені, Altyn Qyran ordenı; Russian: Орден Золотого орла) is the highest order of Kazakhstan. The order is awarded by the President of Kazakhstan. Established in 1995, the order recognizes outstanding service to Kazakhstan. The Order of the Golden Eagle may be awarded to individuals who have previously been awarded orders by Kazakhstan or the Soviet Union.^[1] The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan becomes a Commander special class of the Order of Altyn Kyran.^[2]

Notable recipients

• Boris Yeltsin, President of the Russian Federation (1997)
• Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan (1997)
• Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People's Republic of China (1997)
• Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine (1999)
• Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (2000)
• Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of Germany (2003)
• Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (2004)
• Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (2008)
• Akihito, Emperor of Japan (2008)
• Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Emir of Abu Dhabi and President of the UAE (2009)
• Tarja Halonen, President of Finland (2009)^[3]
• Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea (2009)
• Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France (2009)
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey (2012)^[4]
• Abdullah Gül, President of Turkey (2012)
• Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (2013)
• Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan (2019)
• Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan (2022)^[5]
• Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People's Republic of China (2022)^[6][7]
• Salman of Saudi Arabia, King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (2022)
• Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan (2023)^[8]
• Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan (2024)^[9]

See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of Kazakhstan

References

1. "Awards and orders of the Republic of Kazakhstan". Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
2. "Symbols of power". Personal page of Nursultan Nazarbayev. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
3. "Елбасы Финляндияның жоғары ордендерімен марапатталды". ontustik.gov.kz (in Kazakh). 25 March 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
4. "Erdoğan'a 'Altın Kıran Nişanı' verildi". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 11 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
5. "И.Г. Алиевті «Алтын Қыран» орденімен наградтау туралы". akorda.kz (in Kazakh). 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
6. Виктор Николаев (14 September 2022). ""I value this order very much": how the award ceremony for Xi Jinping was held" "Я очень дорожу этим орденом": как прошла церемония награждения Си Цзиньпина. Nur.kz [ru]. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022.
7. Wang, Qingyun (2022-09-15). "Chinese leader awarded highest Kazakh honor". China Daily. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
8. "Kazakh President awards Emomali Rahmon with The Order of Golden Eagle". el.kz. 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
9. "Kassym-Jomart Tokayev awards Shavkat Mirziyoyev with Altyn Qyran Order". inform.kz. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-08.