List of awards and honours received by Hassanal Bolkiah

Hassanal Bolkiah at BRIDEX 2013

This is a comprehensive list of awards, honours, and recognitions received by Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th and current Sultan of Brunei, and 1st and current Prime Minister of Brunei.

Honours of Brunei

Country	Date	Appointment	Ribbon	Post-nominal letters	Ref
Brunei	15 August 1982	Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei		DKMB	[1]
	24 January 1963	Royal Family Order of Laila Utama of Brunei, 1st Class		DK I	[2]
	1 August 1968	Royal Family Order of Seri Utama of Brunei, 2nd Class		DK II	[3]
		Order of the Islam Religion of the State of Brunei, 1st Class		PSSUB
		Order of Splendid Valour, 1st Class		DPKG
		Order of Famous Valour, 1st Class		DPKT
		Order of the Hero of the State of Brunei, 1st Class		PSPNB
		Order of Loyalty to the State of Brunei, 1st Class		PSNB
		Order of Merit of Brunei, 1st Class		PSLJ
		Order of the Crown of Brunei, 1st Class		SPMB
		Order of Gallantry of the State of Brunei, 1st Class		PANB

Foreign honours

Country		Date	Appointment	Ribbon	Post-nominal letters	Reff
Bahrain		24 September 1988	Order of Khalifa			[4]
East Timor		21 May 2024	Grand Collar of the Order of Timor-Leste			[5]
Egypt		17 December 1984	Collar of the Order of the Nile			[1]
France		16 December 1996	Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour			[4]
Germany		30 March 1998	Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany			[6]
Indonesia		22 October 1984	First Class (Adipurna) of the Star of the Republic of Indonesia			[1]
Japan		3 April 1984	Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum			[1]
Jordan		19 December 1984	Grand Cordon of the Order of al-Hussein bin Ali			[1]
Kuwait		18 May 2015	Collar of the Order of Mubarak the Great			[7]
Kosovo		5 May 2025	Order of Independence			[8]
Laos		29 November 2004	Medal of Phoxay Lane Xang			[6]
Malaysia		9 July 1980	Honorary Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm		DMN	[9] [1]
		28 October 1986	Gallant Commander of the Order of Warriors of the Military Forces		PGAT	[1]
		30 July 2019	Recipient of the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal			[10]
		20 July 2024	Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal			[11]
Malaysia	Johor	19 September 1969	First Class of the Royal Family Order of Johor		DK I	[12] [3]
		12 September 2023	First Class of the Order of Sultan Ibrahim of Johor		SMIJ	[13]
		23 March 2015	Recipient of Sultan Ibrahim Ismail Coronation Medal - First Class of Gold Medal			[14]
	Kelantan	10 July 1968	Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Kelantan		DK	[15] [4]
		25 April 2004	Recipient of Sultan Ismail Petra Silver Jubilee Medal			[16]
	Kedah	1 April 2002	Member of the Royal Family Order of Kedah		DK	[6]
		27 October 2018	Recipient of the Sultan Sallehuddin Installation Medal			[17]
	Negeri Sembilan	16 April 1981	Member of the Royal Family Order of Negeri Sembilan		DKNS	[1]
	Pahang	19 May 1984	Member 1st class of the Family Order of the Crown of Indra of Pahang		DK I	[18] [19] [1]
	Perak	15 August 1988	Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Perak		DK	[4]
		14 February 2009	Recipient of the Sultan Azlan Shah Silver Jubilee Medal			[20]
		9 May 2015	Recipient of the Sultan Nazrin Shah Installation Medal			[21]
	Perlis	10 August 1988	Recipient of the Perlis Family Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Putra Jamalullail		DK	[4]
		17 April 2025	Recipient of Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail Silver Jubilee Medal			[22]
	Selangor	23 November 1987	First Class of the Royal Family Order of Selangor		DK I	[1]
	Terengganu	4 October 1992	Member of the Supreme Royal Family Order of Terengganu		DKT	[4]
	Sabah	18 September 2001	Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu		SPDK	[6]
Sarawak	9 March 1989	Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak		DUBS	[4]
Morocco		16 September 1988	Collar of the Order of Muhammad			[4]
Netherlands		21 January 2013	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Oman		15 December 1984	The Civil Order of Oman, First Class			[1]
Pakistan		18 September 1992	Nishan-e-Pakistan		NPk	[4]
Peru		12 November 2024	Grand Collar of the Order of the Sun of Peru			[23]
Philippines		29 August 1988	Grand Collar of the Order of Sikatuna		GCS	[4]
		5 March 1998	Chief Commander of the Philippine Legion of Honor		CCLH	[6]
		30 January 2009	Grand Collar of the Order of Lakandula			[6]
Saudi Arabia		3 January 1999	Collar of the Order of Badr Chain			[6]
Singapore		12 February 1990	First class of the Order of Temasek		DUT	[24] [4]
			Military Distinguished Service Order		DUBC	[24] [4]
South Korea		6 April 1984	Grand Order of Mugunghwa			[1]
Sweden		7 February 2004	Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim		RSerafO	[6]
Thailand		1 November 1988	Knight of the Order of Rajamitrabhorn		KRM	[4]
Ukraine		8 March 2004	Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 1st Class			[6]
		27 January 2007	Order of Danylo Halytsky			[6]
United Kingdom		1 August 1968	Honorary Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George		CMG	[3]
		29 February 1972	Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George		GCMG	[3]
		4 November 1992	Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath		GCB	[4]
		6 February 2012	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
		6 February 2022	Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal

Military rank

• Honorary Admiral in the Royal Navy
• Honorary General in the British Army
• Honorary Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Air Force

Honorary degrees

• Brunei:
  • Honorary Litt.D. degree from the Universiti Brunei Darussalam (21 September 1989)
  • Honorary Ph.D. degree in Engineering from the Universiti Teknologi Brunei (30 September 2017) ^[25]
• China:
  • Honorary Ph.D. degree in International Relations from Beijing Foreign Studies University (20 October 2001)
• Indonesia:
  • Honorary doctorate of Humanities and Culture from Gadjah Mada University ^[26]
  • Honorary doctorate of Philosophy and Humanities from the University of Indonesia (21 April 2011) ^[27]
• Malaysia:
  • Honorary Ph.D. degree in Political Science from the International Islamic University Malaysia (2 October 2001) ^[28]
  • Honorary LL.D. degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia (5 November 2014) ^[29]
  • Honorary doctorate (Islamic Leadership) from the MARA University of Technology (23 March 2019) ^[30]
• Russia:
  • Honorary doctorate from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (2005) ^[31]
• Scotland:
  • Honorary Litt.D. degree from the University of Aberdeen (1995)
• Singapore:
  • Honorary LL.D. degree from National University of Singapore (27 January 2005) ^[32]
• Thailand:
  • Honorary Doctor of Political Science from Chulalongkorn University (28 August 2002)
• United Kingdom:
  • Honorary LL.D. degree from King's College London (2011) ^[33]
  • Honorary D.C.L. degree from the University of Oxford (1993)

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