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Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, has received numerous honors in recognition of his career in politics. These include:
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Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, has received numerous honors in recognition of his career in politics. These include:
| Country | Date | Decoration | Post-nominal letters |
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 United States | 12 January 2017 | Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction [1] [2] | |
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| Country | Date | Decoration | Post-nominal letters |
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 Estonia | 5 February 2004 | Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (1st Class) [3] | |
 Pakistan | 28 October 2008 | Crescent of Pakistan [4] [5] | |
 Kosovo | 21 May 2009 | Golden Medal of Freedom [6] | |
 Georgia | 22 July 2009 | St. George's Order of Victory [7] | |
 Latvia | 1 April 2011 | Order of the Three Stars (1st Class) [8] | |
 Colombia | 17 November 2016 | Order of Boyaca (Extraordinary Grand Cross) [9] | ODB |
 Ukraine | 17 January 2017 | Member of the Order of Liberty [10] | MOL |
 Montenegro | 22 March 2018 | National Order of the Montenegrin Great Star, First Class [11] | |
 Israel | 14 July 2022 | President's Medal [12] | |
| Ukraine | 22 December 2022 | Cross of Military Merit [13] | |
 Lithuania | 11 July 2023 | Order of Vytautas the Great with the Golden Chain [14] |
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| Location | Date | School | Position |
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 Connecticut | 1975 –1976 | Timothy Dwight College at Yale University | Chubb Fellow [15] |
 Delaware | 1991 –2008 | Widener University Delaware Law School | Adjunct Professor [16] |
 Pennsylvania | 7 February 2017 –present | University of Pennsylvania | Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor [17] [18]
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| Pennsylvania | 7 February 2017 –present | Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania | Senior Fellow [19]
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| Location | Date | Institution | Award |
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 New York | 26 April 1992 | Ellis Island Honors Society | Ellis Island Medal of Honor [61] |
 Georgia (U.S. state) | 2005 | Men Stopping Violence | True Ally Award [62] |
 Maryland | 23 November 2009 | American Speech–Language–Hearing Association | Annie Glenn Award [63] [64] |
 District of Columbia | 3 May 2011 | Atlantic Council | Distinguished International Leadership Award [65] [66] [67] |
| New York | 21 March 2013 | Irish America magazine | Irish America Hall of Fame Inductee [68] |
| Maryland | 2015 | Patient Safety Movement Foundation | Humanitarian Award
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| New York | 17 October 2015 | Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate | Patriarch Athenagoras Humanitarian Award [71] [72] |
 Indiana | 15 May 2016 | University of Notre Dame | Laetare Medal
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| Pennsylvania | 7 June 2016 | Allegheny College | Allegheny College Prize for Civility in Public Life
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 Republic of Ireland | 24 June 2016 | Philosophical Society of Trinity College Dublin | Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage [78] |
| District of Columbia | 6 December 2016 | Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights | Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award
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| District of Columbia | 1 March 2017 | Bipartisan Policy Center | Congressional Patriot Award [82] [83] |
| New York | 16 March 2017 | HELP USA | HELP HERO Humanitarian Award [84] |
| District of Columbia | 5 October 2017 | Center for Strategic and International Studies | Zbigniew Brzezinski Annual Prize [85] [86] |
| New York | 11 October 2017 | New York City Anti-Violence Project | Courage Award [87] |
| New York | 3 November 2017 | United Nations Association of New York | United Nations Day Humanitarian of the Year Award [88] |
| District of Columbia | 10 December 2017 | American Society of Hematology | ASH Public Service Award [89] |
| Delaware | 8 January 2018 | Delaware State Chamber of Commerce | Josiah Marvel Cup Award
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| Delaware | 14 April 2018 | PNC Bank | Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
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| District of Columbia | 23 May 2018 | Freedom House | Freedom House Human Rights Award
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 Ohio | 11 July 2018 | John Glenn College of Public Affairs at Ohio State University | Excellence in Public Service Award [95] [96] |
 Tennessee | 17 October 2018 | National Civil Rights Museum | Hyde Family Foundation Award [97] [98] [99] |
| District of Columbia | 29 November 2018 | Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University | Luminary Leadership Award [100] [101] |
| District of Columbia | 9 April 2019 | National Minority Quality Forum | Lifetime Achievement Award [102] |
| New York | 10 December 2020 | TIME magazine | Time Person of the Year
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25 June 2016: County Louth. [104] [105] |
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