The Order of Ismoili Somoni is Tajikistan's highest distinction. It is named after Isma'il ibn Ahmad, also known as Ismoili Somoni.
Recipients
Tajiks Public servants •
Abdulmajid Dostiev Military •
Sherali Khayrulloyev, former
Minister of Defence of Tajikistan Politicians •
Oqil Oqilov, former
Prime Minister of Tajikistan •
Ahmad Shah Massoud, former
Minister of Defense of the
Islamic State of Afghanistan and head of the
Northern Alliance (2021)
Post-Soviet •
Ilham Aliyev,
President of Azerbaijan •
Abdulla Aripov,
Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (2018) •
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow,
President of Turkmenistan (2010) •
Abdulaziz Kamilov,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan (2018) •
Nursultan Nazarbayev,
President of Kazakhstan •
Vladimir Putin,
President of Russia (2007) •
Valdis Zatlers, former
President of Latvia (2009)
Rest of the world •
Ban Ki-moon, former
Secretary-General of the United Nations •
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, former
Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation •
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, former
Emir of Kuwait ==References==