Order of Ismoili Somoni

Tajikistan's highest distinction

The Order of Ismoili Somoni (Tajik: Ордени Исмоили Сомонӣ) is Tajikistan's highest distinction.^[1] It is named after Isma'il ibn Ahmad, also known as Ismoili Somoni.^[2]

Recipients

Tajiks

Public servants

• Abdulmajid Dostiev

Military

• Sherali Khayrulloyev, former Minister of Defence of Tajikistan

Politicians

• Oqil Oqilov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan^[3]
• Yahyo Azimov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan
• Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev, former Mayor of Dushanbe

Foreigners

Neighboring nations

• Asif Ali Zardari, former President of Pakistan
• Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan (2021)^[4]
• Ahmad Shah Massoud,^[5][6][7] former Minister of Defense of the Islamic State of Afghanistan and head of the Northern Alliance (2021)

Post-Soviet

• Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
• Abdulla Aripov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (2018)^[8]
• Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (2010)^[9]
• Abdulaziz Kamilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan (2018)
• Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
• Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (2007)^[1]
• Viktor Yanukovych, former President of Ukraine (2011)^[10]
• Valdis Zatlers, former President of Latvia (2009)

Rest of the world

• Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations^[11]
• Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, former Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
• Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, former Emir of Kuwait

References

1. "CSTO: Safe Choice in Central Asia". Eurasia Daily Monitor. 4 (191). 2007.
2. Ст. 11 Закона Республики Таджикистан от 31.07.2001 «О государственных наградах Республики Таджикистан»
3. "Акилов Акил Гайбуллаевич" (in Russian). ЦентрАзия.
4. "Rahmon issues decrees on awarding Burhanuddin Rabbani and Ahmad Shah Massoud the Order of Ismoili Somoni posthumously | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". asiaplustj.info.
5. "Указ Президента Республики Таджикистан о награждении бывшего министра обороны Исламской Республики Афганистан, Национального героя Афганистана Ахмадшаха Масуда орденом «Исмоили Сомони» I степени | Президенти Тоҷикистон - President of Tajikistan - Президент Таджикистана - رئيس جمهورية تاجيكستان". president.tj.
6. "Tajikistan shows support for Panjshir resistance, bestows highest honour on Ahmad Shah Massoud". United News of India. Sep 2, 2021. Archived from the original on Sep 2, 2021.
7. Chaturvedi, Amit (September 2, 2021). "Tajikistan honours Lion of Panjshir Ahmad Shah Massoud after two decades". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on Sep 30, 2022.
8. "Эмомали Рахмон наградил Арипова и Камилова орденами". Podrobno.uz.
9. "Президент Туркменистана награжден орденом Исмоили Сомони первой степени | Интернет-газета Turkmenistan.Ru". www.turkmenistan.ru.
10. "Состоялась церемония вручения государственных наград Президентами Украины и Таджикистана". Официальное интернет-представительство Президента Украины. December 15, 2011. Archived from the original on Jan 26, 2014.
11. Latifi, Latif (27 September 2011). "Tajik FM bestows the Order of Ismoili Somoni on UN Secretary-General". ASIA-Plus. Archived from the original on Apr 15, 2016.