Order of the Republic of Serbia ( sr, Орден Републике Србије) is the highest state
order
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to:
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
of
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
.
The order is awarded by the decree of the
President of Serbia
The president of Serbia ( sr, Председник Србије, Predsednik Srbije), officially styled as the President of the Republic ( sr, Председник Републике, Predsednik Republike) is the head of state of Serbia.
The curr ...
on special occasions. It is awarded in the first class on a large necklace (to presidents or sovereigns of states), and in the second class on a ribbon (to presidents of states or governments).
Ranks
Order of the Republic of Serbia has two classes.
Recipients
1st class
*''2022'' -
Viktor Orbán
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*''2021'' -
Milorad Dodik
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* ''2021'' -
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
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* ''2018'' -
Nursultan Nazarbayev
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* ''2016'' -
Xi Jinping
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* ''2013'' -
Vladimir Putin
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2nd class
*''2022'' -
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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*''2022'' -
Shinzo Abe
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*''2022'' -
Željka Cvijanović
Željka Cvijanović (; sr-cyr, Жељка Цвијановић, ; born 2 August 1967) is a Bosnian Serb politician who is the 9th and current President of Republika Srpska.
She was the 11th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska from 12 March 2013 ...
* ''2021'' -
Nana Akufo-Addo
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* ''2021'' -
Sebastian Kurz
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Kurz was born and raised in Me ...
* ''2021'' -
Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Prokopios Pavlopoulos ( el, Προκόπιος Παυλόπουλος, ; born 10 July 1950), commonly shortened to Prokopis (Προκόπης), is a Greek lawyer, university professor and politician who served as the president of Greece from 2015 ...
* ''2021'' -
Yury Borisov
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From 2018 to 2022, he ...
* ''2020'' -
Xavier Bettel
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Bett ...
* ''2020'' -
Albert II, Prince of Monaco
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Albert was born at the Prince's Palace of Monaco, and he is the second child and only son of Prince Rai ...
* ''2020'' -
Miloš Zeman
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* ''2019'' -
Boyko Borisov
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* ''2018'' -
Nicos Anastasiades
Nicos Anastasiades ( el, Νίκος Αναστασιάδης ; born 27 September 1946) is a Cypriot politician who is the current president of Cyprus since 2013. He was re-elected in 2018. Previously, he was the leader of Democratic Rally betwe ...
* ''2017'' -
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
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* ''2017'' -
Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
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* ''2016'' -
Catherine Samba-Panza
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* ''2016'' -
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
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* ''2016'' -
Yoweri Museveni
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* ''2016'' -
Beji Caid Essebsi
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James Michel
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Mi ...
* ''2016'' -
Manuel Pinto da Costa
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Life and career
Educated in Eas ...
* ''2016'' -
Paul Kagame
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* ''2016'' -
Muhammadu Buhari
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Buhari is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 Au ...
* ''2016'' -
Hage Geingob
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* ''2016'' -
Filipe Nyusi
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* ''2016'' -
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
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* ''2016'' -
Mohammed VI of Morocco
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Upon ascending to the throne, Moham ...
* ''2016'' -
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
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* ''2016'' -
Hery Rajaonarimampianina
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* ''2016'' -
Denis Sassou Nguesso
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* ''2016'' -
Joseph Kabila
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* ''2016'' -
Uhuru Kenyatta
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Kenyatta was chosen by Daniel Arap Moi as his preferred successor, but Kenyatta was defeated by opposition le ...
* ''2016'' -
Paul Biya
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* ''2016'' -
Salva Kiir Mayardit
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* ''2016'' -
Jacob Zuma
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* ''2016'' -
Robert Mugabe
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* ''2016'' -
Jorge Carlos Fonseca
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* ''2016'' -
Edgar Lungu
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* ''2016'' -
Mulatu Teshome
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Biography
Mulatu was born in the town of Arjo in Welega Province. He was educated in China, rece ...
* ''2016'' -
Isaias Afwerki
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* ''2016'' -
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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* ''2016'' -
Ian Khama
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* ''2016'' -
José Eduardo dos Santos
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* ''2016'' -
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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* ''2015'' -
Fidel Castro
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* ''2015'' -
Portia Simpson-Miller
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* ''2015'' -
Pietro Parolin
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* ''2013'' - ''
Hugo Chávez
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'' (posthumously)
* ''2013'' -
Serzh Sargsyan
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* ''2013'' -
Ilham Aliyev
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The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev, ...
* ''2013'' -
Alexander Lukashenko
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* ''2013'' -
Demetris Christofias
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* ''2013'' -
Mikheil Saakashvili
Mikheil Saakashvili ( ka, მიხეილ სააკაშვილი ; uk, Міхеіл Саакашвілі ; born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist.
* ''2013'' -
Karolos Papoulias
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A member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), he previously ...
* ''2013'' -
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev ( kk, Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев, Nūrsūltan Äbişūlı Nazarbaev, ; born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician and military officer who served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in off ...
* ''2013'' -
Almazbek Atambayev
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* ''2013'' -
Nicolae Timofti
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* ''2013'' -
Traian Băsescu
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* ''2013'' -
Ivan Gašparovič
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Biography
Ivan Gašparovič was ...
* ''2013'' -
Mariano Rajoy
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* ''2013'' -
Emomali Rahmon
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* ''2013'' -
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
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A dentist by profes ...
* ''2013'' -
Viktor Yanukovych
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* ''2013'' -
Islam Karimov
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