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List of current honorary knights and dames of the Order of St Michael and St George

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This is a list of current honorary knights and dames of the Order of St Michael and St George.

Honorary knights and dames

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Grand cross (GCMG)

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Star and collar of honorary GCMG worn by Serbian Field Marshal Živojin Mišić
Name Post-nominals Known for Year
appointed
Zanzibar Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar GCMG Sultan of Zanzibar 1963[1]
Iceland Vigdís Finnbogadóttir GCB GCMG Former President of Iceland 1982
Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei GCB GCMG Sultan of Brunei 1984
Qatar Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani GCMG Member of the Qatari royal family 1985
Nepal Gyanendra of Nepal GCMG Former King of Nepal 1986
Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski GCB GCMG Former President of Poland 1996
Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom GCMG Former President of the Maldives 1997[2]
Pakistan Nawaz Sharif GCMG Former Prime Minister of Pakistan 1997[2]
Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani GCB GCMG Former Emir of Qatar 1997[2]
Mexico Ernesto Zedillo GCMG Former President of Mexico 1998[2]
Hungary János Martonyi GCMG Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary 1999[2]
Jordan Abdullah II of Jordan GCB GCMG KCVO King of Jordan 1999[2]
Denmark Friis Arne Petersen GCMG Former Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark 2000[2]
Italy Giuliano Amato GCMG Former Prime Minister of Italy 2000[2]
Italy Lamberto Dini GCMG Former Prime Minister of Italy 2000[2]
Italy Umberto Vattani GCMG Former Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy 2000[2]
Romania Emil Constantinescu GCMG Former President of Romania 2000[2]
South Africa Thabo Mbeki GCB GCMG Former President of South Africa 2000[2]
Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev GCMG Former President of Kazakhstan 2000[2]
Jordan Ali Abu al-Ragheb GCMG Former Prime Minister of Jordan 2001[2]
Croatia Stjepan Mesić GCMG Former President of Croatia 2001[3]
Hong Kong Anson Chan GCMG CBE JP Former Chief Secretary of Hong Kong 2002[4]
Mexico Vicente Fox GCMG Former President of Mexico 2002[2]
East Timor Xanana Gusmão GCMG CNZM Former Prime Minister of East Timor 2003[2]
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai GCMG Former President of Afghanistan 2003[2]
Albania Alfred Moisiu GCMG Former President of Albania 2003[2]
Poland Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz GCMG Former Prime Minister of Poland 2004[2]
Italy Gianfranco Fini GCMG Former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy 2005[2]
United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum GCMG GBE Ruler of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates 2010[5]
United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan GCMG President of the United Arab Emirates 2010[5]
France Manuel Valls GCMG Former Prime Minister of France 2014[6]
Malta Marie Louise Coleiro Preca GCMG Former President of Malta 2015[7]
Oman Haitham bin Tariq GCMG GCVO Sultan of Oman 2021[8]

Commander (KCMG/DCMG)

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Knight Commander star of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Name Post-nominals Known for Year
appointed
Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa KCMG King of Bahrain 1979
Brazil Frederico Cezar de Araujo KCMG Brazilian diplomat 1997[2]
Brazil Gelson Fonseca KCMG Brazilian diplomat 1997[2]
Brazil Affonso Emilio de Alencastro Massot KCMG Brazilian diplomat 1997[2]
Japan Takekazu Kawamura KCMG Japanese diplomat 1998[2]
Germany Henrik Schmiegelow KCMG German diplomat 1998[2]
Sweden Carl Bildt KCMG Former Prime Minister of Sweden & High Representative for Bosnia 1998[2]
Hungary József Szájer KCMG Former Chairman of the European Integration Select Committee 1999[2]
Denmark Jan Marcussen KCMG Danish diplomat 2000[2]
Italy Carmela Decaro Bonella DCMG Former Deputy Director General and Director of the President of Italy's Office 2000[2]
Italy Luigi Guidobono Cavalchini Garofoli KCMG Former Private Secretary to the Foreign Minister of Italy 2000[2]
Italy Francesco Olivieri KCMG Former Diplomatic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Italy 2000[2]
Spain Javier Solana KCMG Former Secretary General of NATO 2000[2]
United States Richard Armitage KCMG CNZM AC Former United States Deputy Secretary of State 2005[2]
Germany Klaus Schwab KCMG World Economic Forum head 2006[2][9][10]
Netherlands Jaap de Hoop Scheffer KCMG Former Secretary General of NATO 2010[11]
Greece Efthymios Mitropoulos KCMG Former Secretary-General of International Maritime Organization 2012[12]
Indonesia Marzuki Alie KCMG Former Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives 2012[12]
Indonesia Irman Gusman KCMG Former Speaker of the Indonesian House of Regional Representatives 2012[12]
Indonesia Marty Natalegawa KCMG Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia 2012[12]
United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan KCMG Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE 2013[13]
South Korea Yun Byung-se KCMG Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea 2013[13]
United States Angelina Jolie DCMG American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian 2014[6]
France Laurent Fabius KCMG Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France 2014[6]
France Laurent Stefanini KCMG Former Ambassador, Chief of Protocol to President Hollande 2014[6]
Singapore Grace Fu DCMG Former Second Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore 2014[6]
Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen KCMG Former Prime Minister of Denmark & Secretary General of NATO 2015[7]
Mexico José Antonio Meade Kuribreña KCMG Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico 2015[7]
Malta Joseph Muscat KCMG Former Prime Minister of Malta 2015[7]
Malta George Vella KCMG Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta now President of Malta 2018[14]
Jordan Zeid Raad Al Hussein KCMG Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 2019[15]
Kuwait Khaled Al-Duwaisan GCVO KCMG Kuwaiti diplomat 2022[16]

References

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  1. ^ Galloway, Peter, The Order of St. Michael and St. George. Published by Third Millennium Publishing for the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, U.K. (2000). ISBN 0953696952
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Honorary Knighthoods Awarded 1997-2006". data.parliament.uk. 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ^ "The Court Circular - December 2001". The Royal Household. December 2001. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. ^ "H.K.'s ex-No. 2 leader Anson Chan honored by Queen Elizabeth". Findarticles. 11 November 2002. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Honorary awards" (PDF). gov.uk. 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Honorary awards" (PDF). gov.uk. 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d "Honorary awards" (PDF). gov.uk. 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  8. ^ AGENCY (ONA), OMAN NEWS (2021-12-16). "Queen Elizabeth II confers on HM the Sultan honorary Knight Grand Cross". Oman Observer. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  9. ^ "Klaus Schwab biography", World Economic Forum: "He was also knighted by Queen Elizabeth II – Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG)."
  10. ^ "WEF Professor Klaus Schwab factsheet", World Economic Forum: "2006 Knighted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II: Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG)"
  11. ^ "Hoge Britse ridderorde voor De Hoop Scheffer" (in Dutch). 10 February 2010.
  12. ^ a b c d "Honorary awards" (PDF). gov.uk. 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Honorary awards" (PDF). gov.uk. 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Honorary awards". gov.uk. 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Honorary awards". gov.uk. 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Honorary awards". gov.uk. 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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