Order of Zayed

The Order of Zayed (Arabic: وسام زايد) is the United Arab Emirates' highest civil decoration named after the first president of the UAE, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.^[2]

Order of Zayed
Awarded by  United Arab Emirates
Type	Order
Established	15 August 1987[1]
Status	Currently constituted
Grades	Collar
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Ribbon bar of the order

The Order is a necklace made of pure gold, featuring an elaborate design that reflects luxury and appreciation. The main necklace bears the name “Zayed”, the founder of the United Arab Emirates, surrounded by decorative details that express the cultural and heritage character of the Emirates. The medal consists of a ring engraved with the flag of the United Arab Emirates and another ring engraved with the official emblem of the country, in addition to 14 other rings decorated with the most important historical and cultural landmarks in the country.^[3][4]

Recipients

Recipient	Country	Date	References
Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan	Japan	23 January 1995	[5][6]
Sepp Blatter	Switzerland	27 November 2003	[7]
Abdoulaye Wade	Senegal	22 February 2004	[8]
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar	Qatar	13 June 2004	[9]
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain	Bahrain	2 February 2005	[citation needed]
Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait	Kuwait	13 March 2006
Pervez Musharraf	Pakistan	25 January 2007	[10]
Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of Kuwait	Kuwait	29 January 2007	[11]
Ali Abdullah Saleh	Yemen	30 January 2007	[12]
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom	Maldives	3 November 2007
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow	Turkmenistan	26 August 2007	[13]
Vladimir Putin	Russia	10 September 2007	[14]
George W. Bush	United States	13 January 2008	[15][16]
Bashar al-Assad	Syria	31 May 2008	[17]
Michel Suleiman	Lebanon	10 February 2009	[18]
Nursultan Nazarbayev	Kazakhstan	17 March 2009	[19]
Angela Merkel	Germany	26 May 2010	[20]
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms	United Kingdom	25 November 2010	[21]
Lee Myung-bak	South Korea	14 March 2011	[22]
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2 December 2012	[23]
Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	2 December 2012	[23]
Mohammed VI, King of Morocco	Morocco	6 May 2015	[24]
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	3 December 2016	[25]
Xi Jinping	China	20 July 2018	[26]
Abiy Ahmed	Ethiopia	24 July 2018	[27]
Isaias Afwerki	Eritrea	24 July 2018	[28]
Narendra Modi	India	24 August 2019	[29]
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi	Egypt	14 November 2019	[30]
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	7 December 2021	[31]
Emmanuel Macron	France	18 July 2022	[32]
Haitham bin Tariq, Sultan Of Oman	Oman	27 September 2022	[33]
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Turkey	19 July 2023	[34][35]
Abdullah II, King of Jordan	Jordan	1 November 2023	[36]
Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Kuwait	5 March 2024	[37]
Prabowo Subianto, Minister of Defence of Indonesia	Indonesia	13 May 2024	[38]
Fatih Birol	Turkey	22 May 2024	[39][40]
Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia	Indonesia	17 July 2024	[41]
Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy	Italy	23 February 2025	[42]