Order of Ismoili Somoni

The Order of Ismoili Somoni () is Tajikistan's highest distinction. It is named after Isma'il ibn Ahmad, also known as Ismoili Somoni.

Recipients

Tajiks

Public servants

• Abdulmajid Dostiev

Military

• Sherali Khayrulloyev, former Minister of Defence of Tajikistan

Politicians

• Oqil Oqilov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan
• 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)
• Ahmad Shah Massoud, 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)
• Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (2010)
• Abdulaziz Kamilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan (2018)
• Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
• Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (2007)
• Viktor Yanukovych, former President of Ukraine (2011)
• Valdis Zatlers, former President of Latvia (2009)

Rest of the world

• Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Ekmeleddin Ä°hsanoğlu, former Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
• Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, former Emir of Kuwait

References