List of honours received by Sepp Blatter

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Joseph "Sepp" Blatter (born 10 March 1936) is a Swiss sports administrator who, from 1998 to 2015, served as the eighth president of FIFA, the world governing body of association football. Before being banned from football for eight years in 2015, Blatter has received numerous honours and awards from nation states, sport governing bodies, special interest groups, universities, and cities.

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Individual honours

Individual honours awarded to Blatter include the American Global Award for Peace, and the title of "International Humanitarian of the Year" and the "Golden Charter of Peace and Humanitarianism" from the International Humanitarian League for Peace and Tolerance. [1]

Blatter's efforts for peace have also won him a limited edition watch, the "Dove of Geneva" made by the Swiss watchmakers Quinting. [2]

Blatter has also received Soccerex's "Tenth Anniversary Soccerex Merit Award" and the 'Best World Sports award' from the Graduate School of Business Administration in Zurich, Switzerland, and the South African Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality's 'Golden Key Recognition Trophy'. [1] [3]

Foreign honours

Appointments
CountryDateRibbonAppointmentRef.
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Date unknown Order of Independence Jordan.svg Order of Independence [1]
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia Date unknown Medalla al Merito Deportivo (Bolivia) - ribbon bar.gif Medalla al Mérito Deportivo [1]
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1998 Ord.GoodHope-ribbon.gif Order of Good Hope [4]
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 1999 Humane Order of African Redemption (Liberia) - ribbon bar.gif Humane Order of African Redemption [5]
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 2001 Order of the Republic (Tunisia) - ribbon bar.gif Grand Cordon de l'Ordre de la République Tunisienne [1] [6]
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE 2003 Order Zayed rib.png Order of Zayed [7]
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 2004
MAR Order of the Throne - 1st Class BAR.png
Grand Officer, Order of the Throne [1]
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 2004Award of Merit [1]
Flag of France.svg France 2004 Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg Knight of the French Legion of Honour [8]
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 2005 Ordre de la reconnaissance centrafricaine - chevalier.svg Commander, Ordre de la Médaille de la Reconnaissance [1]
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 2005 Order of the Two Niles (Sudan) - ribbon bar.gif Order of the Two Niles [1]
Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 2005 Djibouti - National Order of June 27 - ribbon.png Commander, L'Ordre National du 27 Juin 1977 [1]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2006 GER Bundesverdienstkreuz 6 GrVK Stern Band.svg Grand Cross of the Order of Merit [9]
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 2007 Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 1st 2nd and 3rd Class of Ukraine.png Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Grade V [1]
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 2007 Dustlik rib.png Order of National Friendship, or Do'stlik [1]
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 2007 KRG Order Danaker.png Order of Danaker [10]
Flag of India.svg India 2007Crown of Peace [1]
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 2007 VEN Order Francisco de Miranda - Knight BAR.png Order of Francisco de Miranda - First Class [1]
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 2008 Bahrain - medal - ribbon.png Bahrain, Medal of the First Degree [1] [11]
Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 2008Wissam Al-Qods (Order Jerusalem), with distinction [12]
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2009 JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 1Class BAR.svg Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun [1]
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 2009 Order Dostik 1kl rib.png Order of Friendship [1]
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 2010 ROK Order of Sports Merit Cheongnyong (1st Class) ribbon.png Order of Merit for Sports [1]
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2010 Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo (ribbon bar).gif Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo [13]
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 2011 MY-PAH Grand Royal Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - SDSA.svg Dato' Sri – First Class Grand Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of the Sri Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang [1]

Honorary degrees

Honorary citizenships

East Timor made Blatter an honorary citizen in 2011. [1] Blatter has also been awarded honorary citizenships from the cities of Bangkok (2006), Guatemala City and Managua in 2011. [1] Blatter was appointed an honorary citizen of Visp, his hometown in southwestern Switzerland, in 2006. [1]

Sports association honours

Honours from sport governing bodies and associations awarded to Blatter include the Order of Olympic Merit from the International Olympic Committee, the 'Global Award for Peace' from the International Amateur Athletic Association, and honorary memberships of the German Football Association, Swiss Football Association, the Swiss Olympic Association, and Real Madrid C.F. [14] [1] Blatter has also been awarded the 'Necklace of Honour' from the Ecuadorian Football Federation in 2010, [1] the Asian Football Confederation's Diamond of Asia Award in 2006 [1] and UEFA's Order of Merit in Diamond in 2004. [1]

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