Joseph "Sepp" Blatter (born 10 March 1936) is a Swiss sports administrator who, from 1998 to 2015, served as the eighth president of FIFA, the world governing body of association football. Before being banned from football for eight years in 2015, Blatter has received numerous honours and awards from nation states, sport governing bodies, special interest groups, universities, and cities.
Individual honours Individual honours awarded to Blatter include the American Global Award for Peace, and the title of "International Humanitarian of the Year" and the "Golden Charter of Peace and Humanitarianism" from the International Humanitarian League for Peace and Tolerance.
Blatter's efforts for peace have also won him a limited edition watch, the "Dove of Geneva" made by the Swiss watchmakers Quinting.
Blatter has also received Soccerex's "Tenth Anniversary Soccerex Merit Award" and the 'Best World Sports award' from the Graduate School of Business Administration in Zurich, Switzerland, and the South African Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality's 'Golden Key Recognition Trophy'.
Foreign honours Appointments Country Date Ribbon Appointment Ref. Jordan Date unknown Order of Independence Bolivia Date unknown Medalla al Mérito Deportivo South Africa 1998 Order of Good Hope Liberia 1999 Humane Order of African Redemption Tunisia 2001 Grand Cordon de l'Ordre de la République Tunisienne UAE 2003 Order of Zayed Morocco 2004 Grand Officer, Order of the Throne Yemen 2004 Award of Merit France 2004 Knight of the French Legion of Honour Central African Republic 2005 Commander, Ordre de la Médaille de la Reconnaissance Sudan 2005 Order of the Two Niles Djibouti 2005 Commander, L'Ordre National du 27 Juin 1977 Germany 2006 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit Ukraine 2007 Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Grade V Uzbekistan 2007 Order of Friendship Kyrgyzstan 2007 Order of Danaker India 2007 Crown of Peace Venezuela 2007 Order of Francisco de Miranda - First Class Bahrain 2008 Bahrain, Medal of the First Degree Palestine 2008 Wissam Al-Qods (Order Jerusalem), with distinction Japan 2009 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun Kazakhstan 2009 Order of Friendship South Korea 2010 Order of Merit for Sports South Africa 2010 Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo Malaysia 2011 Dato' Sri – First Class Grand Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of the Sri Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang
Honorary degrees University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, 2011 De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom, 2005 withdrawn 22 December 2015 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 2006 International University, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007 Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Training and Sport, Baku, Azerbaijan An honorary diploma from the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.
Honorary citizenships East Timor made Blatter an honorary citizen in 2011. Blatter has also been awarded honorary citizenships from the cities of Bangkok (2006), Guatemala City and Managua in 2011. Blatter was appointed an honorary citizen of Visp, his hometown in southwestern Switzerland, in 2006.
Sports association honours Honours from sport governing bodies and associations awarded to Blatter include the Order of Olympic Merit from the International Olympic Committee, the 'Global Award for Peace' from the International Amateur Athletic Association, and honorary memberships of the German Football Association, Swiss Football Association, the Swiss Olympic Association, and Real Madrid C.F. Blatter has also been awarded the 'Necklace of Honour' from the Ecuadorian Football Federation in 2010, the Asian Football Confederation's Diamond of Asia Award in 2006 and UEFA's Order of Merit in Diamond in 2004.
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