The following is a list of accolades and honors conferred upon the sixth chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Helmut Kohl .
The following is a list of accolades and honors conferred upon the sixth chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Helmut Kohl .
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^1 – Given on 9 November 1992, the third anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to Kohl, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. [2]
^2 – Received on 11 December 1998 at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna. The only other honorary citizenship of Europe was given to Jean Monnet in 1976. [2] [3]
| Year | Accolade | Institution | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Order of Merit of the Italian Republic [4] |  | |
| 1984 | Grand-Cross of the Order of Christ [5] |  | |
| 1988 | Grand-Cross of the Order of Prince Henry [6] | | |
| Charlemagne Prize [7] |  | For "distinguished service on behalf of European unification", joint recipient with François Mitterrand. | |
| 1990 | Coudenhove-Kalergi-Europapreis [8] |  | |
| 1991 | Europe Price for Statesmanship [4] | | |
| 1993 | Deutscher Medienpreis (de) [9] | | Laudation by Jens Feddersen (de). |
| 1994 | Bavarian Order of Merit [4] | | Laudation by Edmund Stoiber. |
| Konrad-Adenauer-Freiheitspreis [4] | | For life achievement towards freedom, peace and unity. Laudation by Otto von Habsburg. | |
| 1995 | Concord-Preis [4] | | For merit towards a German-American partnership. |
| 1996 | Presidential Gold Medal [4] |  | Laudation by Shimon Peres. |
| European of the Year [4] |  | Laudation by Jacques Delors. | |
| Order of Ouissam Alaouite [4] |  | Received from Hassan II of Morocco. | |
| Eric M. Warburg Award [10] | | Laudation by George H. W. Bush. [4] | |
| Honorary membership [4] |  | ||
| Prince of Asturias Award in International Cooperation [11] |  | Received from Felipe VI of Spain, then Prince of Asturias. | |
| 1997 | Leo-Baeck-Preis [12] | | Laudation by George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld. [4] |
| The George C. Marshall Foundation Award [13] | | Received from Madeleine Albright at a Gala Dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Marshall Plan Speech in Washington, D.C. [14] | |
| Europäischer St.-Ulrichs-Preis (de) [15] | | Laudation by Theo Waigel. [4] | |
| Vision for Europe Award [4] |  | For "tireless commitment in the interest of European integration". | |
| 1998 | Order of the White Eagle [4] |  | Received from Aleksander Kwaśniewski. |
| Grand Cross in Special Design of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany [16] | | Only the second - after Konrad Adenauer - to receive this honour. Received from Roman Herzog. | |
| 1999 | Order of the Netherlands Lion [4] |  | Recognised as "Chancellor of Europe", received from Wim Kok. |
| Order of Leopold [4] |  | Received from Jean-Luc Dehaene. | |
| Presidential Medal of Freedom [17] | | Received from Bill Clinton. | |
| Statesman of the Decade [18] | | Laudation by Henry Kissinger. Ceremony attended by George H. W. Bush and Kofi Annan. | |
| Goldene Henne (de) [19] | | ||
| St.-Liborius-Medaille für Einheit und Frieden (de) [20] | | ||
| Olympic Order [21] [22] |  | ||
| 2000 | Millennium Medal [4] |  | Received from Viktor Orbán. |
| Preis des Westfälischen Friedens (de) [23] | | ||
| 2001 | Elsie-Kühn-Leitz-Preis (de) [24] | | For "an active contribution towards German-French relations". |
| 2003 | Order of Merit [4] | | |
| 2004 | International Adalbert Prize [25] | | Laudation by Władysław Bartoszewski. |
| Alcide de Gasperi Prize [4] | Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Alcide de Gasperi. | ||
| 2005 | Global Leadership Award [26] | | |
| Point-Alpha-Preis (de) [27] | | First recipient, joint with George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. | |
| Franz Josef Strauß-Preis (de) [28] | | Laudation by Theo Waigel. | |
| Quadriga [29] | | Laudation by Mikhail Gorbachev. | |
| 2006 | Special award of the Konrad Adenauer Prize for Municipal Politics [30] | | Laudation by Roland Koch. [4] |
| Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana [31] |  | Received from Prime Minister Andrus Ansip. | |
| Carlos V. European Award [32] [33] | | Received from Juan Carlos I of Spain. | |
| Honorary membership [4] | | For "promoting the remembrance of the military resistance" in National Socialism. | |
| 2007 | Médaille d'or [34] |  | Received from Micheline Calmy-Rey. |
| Prize for Understanding and Tolerance [35] | | Laudation by Salomon Korn, Vice-President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. | |
| 2009 | BILD Osgar (de) [36] | | Joint recipient with George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. |
| Distinguished Leadership Award [37] | | Joint recipient with George H. W. Bush. | |
| Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize [38] | | Laudation by Jean-Claude Juncker. | |
| Millennium Bambi Award [39] | | ||
| 2010 | Roland Berger Preis für Menschenwürde (de) [40] | | |
| Grand Order of Queen Jelena [4] |  | Received in Ludwigshafen. | |
| 2011 | Henry A. Kissinger Prize [41] | | Laudations by Bill Clinton and Robert B. Zoellick. Remarks by Angela Merkel and Philip D. Murphy. |
| Special Prize "Golden Bridge of Dialogue 2010" [42] | | For "extraordinary merit toward German-Polish reconciliation". | |
| Pfälzer Löwe [43] | | Laudation by Philipp Mißfelder. |
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