Order of the Republic of Serbia

Order of the Republic of Serbia Орден Републике Србије
Awarded by  Republic of Serbia
Type	State order
Eligibility	Heads of state
Awarded for	Special merits in developing international relations between Serbia and other countries, i.e. international organizations, as well as for outstanding merits in developing and strengthening peaceful cooperation and friendly relations between Serbia and other states.
Status	Active
Statistics
First induction	2009
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Next (lower)	Order of the Serbian Flag
1st class 2nd class Ribbon bars of the order

Order of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Орден Републике Србије, romanized: Orden Republike Srbije) is the highest state order of Serbia. The order is awarded by the decree of the President of the Republic on special occasions, typically at the ceremonies held on the Statehood Day. It is awarded for special merits in developing international relations between the Republic of Serbia and other countries, i.e. international organizations, as well as for outstanding merits in developing and strengthening peaceful cooperation and friendly relations between the Republic of Serbia and other states. It is awarded in the first class on a large necklace (heads of states), and in the second class on a ribbon (heads of states or head of governments).^[1]

Ranks

Order of the Republic of Serbia has two classes.

1st class	2nd class

Recipients

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1st class

• 2022 – Viktor Orbán^[4]
• 2021 – Milorad Dodik^[5]
• 2021 – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow^[6]
• 2018 – Nursultan Nazarbayev
• 2016 – Xi Jinping^[7]
• 2013 – Vladimir Putin^[8]

2nd class

• 2024 – Markus Söder^[9]
• 2022 – Abdel Fattah el-Sisi^[10]
• 2022 – Shinzo Abe^[11]
• 2022 – Željka Cvijanović^[12]
• 2021 – Nana Akufo-Addo^[13]
• 2021 – Sebastian Kurz^[14]
• 2021 – Prokopis Pavlopoulos^[15]
• 2021 – Yury Borisov
• 2020 – Xavier Bettel^[16]
• 2020 – Albert II, Prince of Monaco^[17]
• 2020 – Miloš Zeman^[18]
• 2019 – Boyko Borisov^[19]
• 2018 – Nicos Anastasiades
• 2017 – Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa^[20]
• 2017 – Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
• 2016 – Catherine Samba-Panza
• 2016 – Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
• 2016 – Yoweri Museveni
• 2016 – Beji Caid Essebsi
• 2016 – Omar al-Bashir
• 2016 – James Michel
• 2016 – Manuel Pinto da Costa
• 2016 – Paul Kagame
• 2016 – Muhammadu Buhari
• 2016 – Hage Geingob
• 2016 – Filipe Nyusi
• 2016 – Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
• 2016 – Mohammed VI of Morocco
• 2016 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
• 2016 – Hery Rajaonarimampianina
• 2016 – Denis Sassou Nguesso
• 2016 – Joseph Kabila
• 2016 – Uhuru Kenyatta
• 2016 – Paul Biya
• 2016 – Salva Kiir Mayardit
• 2016 – Jacob Zuma
• 2016 – Robert Mugabe
• 2016 – Jorge Carlos Fonseca
• 2016 – Edgar Lungu
• 2016 – Mulatu Teshome
• 2016 – Isaias Afwerki
• 2016 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
• 2016 – Ian Khama
• 2016 – José Eduardo dos Santos
• 2016 – Abdelaziz Bouteflika
• 2015 – Fidel Castro^[21]
• 2015 – Portia Simpson-Miller^[21]
• 2015 – Pietro Parolin
• 2013 – Hugo Chávez (posthumously)^[22]
• 2013 – Serzh Sargsyan
• 2013 – Ilham Aliyev
• 2013 – Alexander Lukashenko
• 2013 – Demetris Christofias
• 2013 – Mikheil Saakashvili
• 2013 – Karolos Papoulias
• 2013 – Nursultan Nazarbayev
• 2013 – Almazbek Atambayev
• 2013 – Nicolae Timofti
• 2013 – Traian Băsescu
• 2013 – Ivan Gašparovič
• 2013 – Mariano Rajoy^[23]
• 2013 – Emomali Rahmon
• 2013 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
• 2013 – Viktor Yanukovych
• 2013 – Islam Karimov

See also

• Orders, decorations and medals of Serbia

References

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