Recipients of the awards are as follows:
2025 •
Andrej Plenković – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
John W. Raymond – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
Judy Collins – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award •
Victor Pinchuk – Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership Award •
Stephen Hadley – Distinguished Service Award
2024 •
Klaus Iohannis – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Gina Raimondo – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Christopher G. Cavoli – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
Michelle Yeoh – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award
2023 •
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Avril Haines – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Adena T. Friedman – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Gen. Laura J. Richardson – Distinguished Military Leadership Award • The Women and Girls of
Iran – Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership Award
2022 •
H.E. Mario Draghi – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Claudio Descalzi – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Jamala – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award • The People of
Ukraine – Distinguished Leadership Award
2021 •
Ursula von der Leyen – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Albert Bourla – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Uğur Şahin – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Özlem Türeci – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Dua Lipa – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award
2020 •
Kristalina Georgieva – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Luis Alberto Moreno – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Lionel Richie – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award
2019 •
NATO – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Christine Lagarde – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Frederick W. Smith – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Adrienne Arsht – Distinguished Service Award
2018 •
George W. Bush – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Howard Schultz – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Curtis M. Scaparrotti – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
Gloria Estefan – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award
2017 •
Jens Stoltenberg – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
William Clay Ford Jr. – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Michelle Howard – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
Renée Fleming – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award •
Princess Haya bint Hussein – Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership Award
2016 •
Robert Gates – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Henry Kravis – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Joseph Votel – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
Vittorio Grigolo – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award
2015 •
Ashraf Ghani – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Marillyn Hewson – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Philip Breedlove – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
Toby Keith – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award
2014 •
José Manuel Barroso – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Chuck Hagel – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Thomas Enders – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Joseph Dunford – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
Ruslana Lyzhychko – Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership Award
2013 •
Anders Fogh Rasmussen – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Hillary Clinton – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
John S. Watson – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Tony Bennett – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award •
Juanes – Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership Award
2012 •
Ban Ki-moon – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Paul Polman – Distinguished Business Leadership Award • The Enlisted Men and Women of the
United States Armed Forces – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
Anne-Sophie Mutter – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award •
Prince Harry – Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership Award
2011 •
Joe Biden – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Muhtar Kent – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
James G. Stavridis – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
Plácido Domingo – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award
2010 •
Bill Clinton – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Josef Ackermann – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Stéphane Abrial – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
James Mattis – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
Bono – Humanitarian Leadership Award
2009 •
George H. W. Bush – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Helmut Kohl – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Samuel Palmisano – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
David Petraeus – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
Thomas Hampson – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award
2008 •
Tony Blair – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Rupert Murdoch – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
Michael Mullen – Distinguished Military Leadership Award •
Evgeny Kissin – Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award
2007 •
Alan Greenspan – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
Stephen A. Schwarzman – Distinguished Business Leadership Award •
James L. Jones – Distinguished Military Leadership Award
2006 •
John Warner – Distinguished International Leadership Award
2005 •
Colin Powell – Distinguished International Leadership Award
2004 •
Chuck Hagel – Distinguished International Leadership Award
2003 •
Joseph Ralston – Distinguished International Leadership Award •
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen – Distinguished International Leadership Award
2002 •
Robert Rubin – Distinguished International Leadership Award
2001 •
Henry Kissinger – Distinguished International Leadership Award
2000 •
Brent Scowcroft – Distinguished International Leadership Award
1999 •
Paul Volcker – Outstanding Contribution to National Policy
1998 •
Norman Augustine – Outstanding Contribution to National Security
1996 •
Sam Nunn – Outstanding Contribution to National Security == References ==