Order of Zayed

Order of Zayed
Awarded by  United Arab Emirates
Type	Order
Status	Currently constituted
Grades (w/ post-nominals)	Collar
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Ribbon bar of the order

The Order of Zayed is the United Arab Emirates' highest civil decoration.

Recipients

• Sepp Blatter, in 2003 ^[1]
• Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar on January 6, 2005.^[2]
• Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain on February 2, 2005.^[3]
• Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait on March, 13 2006.^[4]
• Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan in 2007.
• General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's President on January 25, 2007.^[5]
• Vladimir Putin, Russia's President on September 10, 2007.^[6]
• Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other territories, on November 25, 2010.^[7]
• General Michel Suleiman, President of the Republic of Lebanon on February 10, 2009.^[8]
• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on 9 January 2012.^[9]

References

1. "Maktoum awards Zayed Order to Blatter". Emirates News Agency. November 28, 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
2. Royal Ark
3. Royal Ark
4. Royal Ark
5. Musharraf, Pervez (2007-01-25). "Khalifa confers Musharraf". gulfnews.com.
6. Protocolo
7. Johnson, Alice (2010-11-26). "Khalifa, Queen Elizabeth II exchange orders". gulfnews.com.
8. Lebanese Presidency website, Decorations page, showing a photo of the decoration
9. H.H Sheikh Khalifa welcomes HM Queen Beatrix of Netherlands - website of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs