List of awards and honours received by Angela Merkel

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Merkel received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. president Barack Obama in 2011. Merkel an Obama Presidential Medal of Freedom.jpg
Merkel received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. president Barack Obama in 2011.

Angela Merkel has received awards and honours from national governments, universities, and other non-governmental organisations. Merkel was the chancellor of Germany from 2005 until 2021, a length of tenure only exceeded by that of Helmut Kohl, [1] and was the first female German chancellor. [2] During her chancellorship, she was widely considered the de facto leader of the European Union. [3] [4] [5] Forbes named Merkel the world's second most powerful person in 2012 [6] and 2015, [7] and the world's most powerful woman fourteen times. [8] [9] Merkel has also commonly been described as the leader of the free world. [10]

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Awards and honours received by Merkel include a special issue of the Grand Cross First Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, and twenty-one doctorates honoris causa . [11]

State honours

German honours

On 17 April 2023, Merkel received the third-ever special issue of the Grand Cross 1st Class Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (German : Großkreuz in besonderer Ausführung) from President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier. [12] [13] The special issue had previously been awarded to then-chancellors Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl in 1954 and 1998, respectively, making Merkel the first woman to receive the honour. [14] [15] Steinmeier lauded Merkel's ambition, intelligence, passion, and commitment to her responsibilities as chancellor of Germany. [12] Many observers praised Merkel's achievements, particularly in international diplomacy and shaping the politics of Germany. Some critics questioned the decision to bestow the award on Merkel due to her controversial legacy. [16]

Foreign honours

Foreign honours received by Angela Merkel
YearImageAwarding countryForeign honourRef(s)
2006 ITA OMRI 2001 GC BAR.svg Italy Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic [17]
2007 Den kongelige norske fortjenstorden storkors stripe.svg Norway Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit [18]
2008 PER Order of the Sun of Peru - Grand Cross BAR.png Peru Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru [19]
2009 PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Collar BAR.png Portugal Collar of the Order of Infante Henry [20]
2010 Ribbon bar of the Order of Zayed.svg United Arab Emirates Collar of the Order of Zayed [21]
2010 BUL Order Stara planina ribbon.svg Bulgaria Order For Bravery, 1st Class [22] [23]
2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom (ribbon).svg United States Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom [24]
2014 Israel president's medal.jpg Israel Recipient of the President's Medal [25]
2015 AUT Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria - 2nd Class BAR.svg Austria Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria [26]
2015 MD Orden of Republicl Rib.png Moldova Member of the Order of the Republic [27]
2017 LTU Order of Vytautas the Great - Grand Cross BAR.svg Lithuania Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great [28]
2019 SVK Rad Bieleho Dvojkriza 1 triedy BAR.svg Slovakia Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross [29]
2019 LVA Order of the Three Stars - Commander BAR.png Latvia Grand Officer of the Order of the Three Stars [30]
2021 EST Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana - 1st Class BAR.svg Estonia Member 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana [31]
2021 Order of Freedom of Ukraine.png Ukraine Recipient of the Order of Liberty [32]
2021 Order for Exceptional Merits (Slovenia).svg Slovenia Recipient of the Order for Exceptional Merits [33]
2021 BEL - Order of Leopold - Grand Cordon bar.svg Belgium Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold [34] [35]
2021 LUX Ordre de Merite du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg - Grand'Croix BAR.svg Luxembourg Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg [36]
2021 JOR Order of the Renaissance GC.SVG Jordan Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance [37] [38]
2021 Legion Honneur GC ribbon.svg France Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour [39]
2021 PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Collar BAR.png Portugal Collar of the Order of Infante Henry [20]
2022 Order of the Netherlands Lion ribbon - Knight Grand Cross.svg Netherlands Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion [40] [41]

Honorary degrees

Merkel received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern in 2015. Angela Merkel nimmt ihr Ehrendoktorat entgegen (2015).jpg
Merkel received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern in 2015.
Merkel received an honorary doctorate from HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management while visiting the university in 2019 to give a speech. Merkelunileipzigdr.jpg
Merkel received an honorary doctorate from HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management while visiting the university in 2019 to give a speech.

All honorary degrees received by Merkel have been doctorates honoris causa.

Honorary degrees received by Angela Merkel
YearCountryInstitutionRef(s)
2007 Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem [42]
2008 Germany Leipzig University [43]
2008 Poland Wrocław University of Science and Technology [44]
2009 United States The New School [45] [46]
2009 Switzerland University of Bern [47]
2010 Bulgaria University of Ruse [48]
2010 Romania Babeș-Bolyai University [49] [50] [51]
2010 South Korea Ewha Womans University [52]
2011 Israel Tel Aviv University [53]
2013 Netherlands Radboud University Nijmegen [54]
2014 Slovakia Comenius University [55]
2015 Hungary University of Szeged [56] [57]
2016 China Nanjing University [58]
2017 Belgium Jointly by Ghent University and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven [59] [60]
2017 Finland University of Helsinki [61] [62]
2018 Israel University of Haifa [63] [64]
2019 United States Harvard University [65]
2019 Germany HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management [66]
2021 United States Johns Hopkins University (JHU) [67]
2021 Israel Technion – Israel Institute of Technology [68]
2023 France Sciences Po [69]

Awards and other significant honours

Merkel was awarded the 2009 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 2011. Pratibha Devisingh Patil confers Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for the year 2009 to the German Chancellor, Ms. Angela Merkel, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. The President.jpg
Merkel was awarded the 2009 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 2011.
In 2021, King Felipe VI awarded Merkel the Charles V European Award. Premio Europeo Carlos V a Angela Merkel 08.jpg
In 2021, King Felipe VI awarded Merkel the Charles V European Award.
The North Rhine-Westphalian State Prize was awarded to Merkel in 2023. Verleihung des Staatspreises des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen an Angela Merkel-2276.jpg
The North Rhine-Westphalian State Prize was awarded to Merkel in 2023.
Awards and other significant honours received by Angela Merkel
YearAwardRef(s)
2006 Vision for Europe Award [70] [71]
2008 B'nai B'rith Europe Award of Merit [72]
2008 Charlemagne Prize [73] [74]
2010King Charles II Medal from the Royal Society [75]
2010Global Leadership Award from the American-German Institute at JHU [76]
2010 Leo Baeck Medal [77] [78]
2011 Light unto the nations Prize from the American Jewish Committee [79]
20112009 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding [80] [81]
2011Prize for Understanding and Tolerance from the Jewish Museum Berlin [82]
2012 Heinz Galinski Award [83]
2013Lord Jakobovits Prize for European Jewry from the Conference of European Rabbis [84]
2013 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize [85]
2015 Time Person of the Year [86]
2015 Abraham-Geiger Prize [87]
2016 Four Freedoms Award [88] [89]
2017 Elie Wiesel Award [90]
2017International Gender Equality Prize from the Finnish Government [91]
2019 Fulbright Prize for International Understanding [92]
2020 Henry A. Kissinger Prize [93]
2020 Buber-Rosenzweig Medal [94]
2021 Charles V European Award [95]
2022 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize [96]
2022 Nansen Refugee Award [97]
2023 North Rhine-Westphalian State Prize [98] [99]
2023 Bavarian Order of Merit [100]

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