The Order of Zayed () is the United Arab Emirates' highest civil decoration named after the first president of the UAE, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
The Order is a necklace made of pure gold, featuring an elaborate design that reflects luxury and appreciation. The main medal 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 necklace 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.
Recipients RecipientCountryDateReferences Naruhito, Crown Prince of JapanJapan23 January 1995YukoUpi Sepp BlatterSwitzerland27 November 2003 Abdoulaye WadeSenegal22 February 2004 Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Crown Prince of QatarQatar13 June 2004 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of BahrainBahrain2 February 2005 Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of KuwaitKuwait13 March 2006 Pervez MusharrafPakistan25 January 2007 Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of KuwaitKuwait29 January 2007 Ali Abdullah SalehYemen30 January 2007 Maumoon Abdul GayoomMaldives3 November 2007 Gurbanguly BerdimuhamedowTurkmenistan26 August 2007www.turkmenistan.ru Vladimir PutinRussia10 September 2007Protocolo George W. Bush, President of the United StatesUnited States13 January 2008WamAlamy Bashar al-AssadSyria31 May 2008 Michel SuleimanLebanon10 February 2009Lebanese Presidency website, Decorations page, showing a photo of the decoration Nursultan NazarbaevKazakhstan17 March 2009 Angela MerkelGermany26 May 2010 Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realmsUnited Kingdom25 November 2010 - website of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lee Myung-bakSouth Korea14 March 2011 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of DubaiUnited Arab Emirates2 December 2012 Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Ruler of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates2 December 2012 Mohammed VI, King of MoroccoMorocco6 May 2015 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia3 December 2016Article Xi JinpingChina20 July 2018 Abiy AhmedEthiopia24 July 2018The National Isaias AfwerkiEritrea24 July 2018 Narendra ModiIndia24 August 2019 Abdel Fattah el-SisiEgypt14 November 2019 Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia7 December 2021 Emmanuel Macron, President of FranceFrance18 July 2022 Haitham bin Tariq, Sultan of OmanOman27 September 2022 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of TurkeyTurkey19 July 2023 Abdullah II, King of JordanJordan1 November 2023 Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of KuwaitKuwait5 March 2024 Prabowo Subianto, Minister of Defence of IndonesiaIndonesia13 May 2024 Fatih BirolTurkey22 May 2024 Joko Widodo, President of IndonesiaIndonesia17 July 2024 Sergio Mattarella, President of ItalyItaly23 February 2025https://www.quirinale.it/elementi/128585/ Donald Trump, President of the United StatesUnited States15 May 2025 Edi Rama, Prime Minister of AlbaniaAlbania13 January 2026
References