List of Darjah Utama Nila Utama recipients

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This is a list of recipients of the Darjah Utama Nila Utama, the third most prestigious national honour conferred by the President of Singapore.

Recipients

List of Darjah Utama Nila Utama recipients, with the year, grade, and role(s) held

Year	Grade (if any)	Recipient		Role(s)	Notes
1990	First Class		Prince Jefri Bolkiah	Prince of Brunei	[1] [2]
			Toh Chin Chye	Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore	[3] [4]
			Ong Pang Boon	Former Minister of Education Former Minister for Home Affairs	[5] [6]
			E. W. Barker	Former Minister for National Development Former Minister for Law	[5] [6]
			Michael Fam	Chairman, Mass Rapid Transit Corporation	[3] [5]
	Second Class		Yong Nyuk Lin	Former Minister of Health Former Minister of Education	[5] [6]
			Jek Yeun Thong	Former Minister for Labour	[5] [6]
			Othman Wok	Former Minister for Social Affairs Former Minister for Culture	[3] [5]
			Chua Sian Chin	Advocate and solicitor	[5] [6]
1991	Second Class		Ee Peng Liang	President, Singapore Council of Social Service	[7] [8]
2006	First Class		Lim Siong Guan	Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance	[9] [10]
			Philip Yeo	Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology and Research	[9] [10]
2008	First Class		Tommy Koh	Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Special contributions for the Pedra Branca dispute	[11] [12]
	Second Class		Andrew Chew	Chairman, Public Service Commission	[12] [13]
2012	First Class		J. Y. Pillay	Chairman, Council of Presidential Advisers	[14] [15]
2015	First Class		Stephen Lee Ching Yen	Immediate Past President, Singapore National Employers Federation	[16] [17]
2017	First Class		Eddie Teo Chan Seng	Chairman, Public Service Commission	[18] [19]
2019	High Distinction		Lim Chee Onn	Member, Council of Presidential Advisers	[20] [21]
2021	Distinction		Peter Seah Lim Huat	Chairman, DBS Bank Chairman, Laselle College of the Arts Chairman, National Wages Council Chairman, Singapore Airlines Member, Council of Presidential Advisers	[22] [23]
2024	High Distinction		Peter Ho	Chairman, Urban Redevelopment Authority	[24] [25]
2025			Tan Gee Paw	Former chairman, Changi Airport Group	[26] [27]

References

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