Order of the Republic of Serbia

Order of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Орден Републике Србије, romanized: Orden Republike Srbije) is the highest state order of Serbia. The order is awarded by the decree of the President of the Republic on special occasions, typically at the ceremonies held on the Statehood Day. It is awarded for special merits in developing international relations between the Republic of Serbia and other countries, i.e. international organizations, as well as for outstanding merits in developing and strengthening peaceful cooperation and friendly relations between the Republic of Serbia and other states. It is awarded in the first class on a large necklace (heads of states), and in the second class on a ribbon (heads of states or head of governments).

Order of the Republic of Serbia Орден Републике Србије
Awarded by Republic of Serbia
Type	State order
Eligibility	Heads of state
Awarded for	Special merits in developing international relations between Serbia and other countries, i.e. international organizations, as well as for outstanding merits in developing and strengthening peaceful cooperation and friendly relations between Serbia and other states.
Status	Active
Statistics
First induction	2009
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Next (lower)	Order of the Serbian Flag
1st class 2nd class Ribbon bars of the order

Ranks

Order of the Republic of Serbia has two classes.

1st class	2nd class

Recipients

1st class

2022 – Viktor Orbán
2021 – Milorad Dodik
2021 – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
2018 – Nursultan Nazarbayev
2016 – Xi Jinping
2013 – Vladimir Putin

2nd class

2025 – Radovan Višković
2024 – Markus Söder
2022 – Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
2022 – Shinzo Abe
2022 – Željka Cvijanović
2021 – Nana Akufo-Addo
2021 – Sebastian Kurz
2021 – Prokopis Pavlopoulos
2021 – Yury Borisov
2020 – Xavier Bettel
2020 – Albert II, Prince of Monaco
2020 – Miloš Zeman
2019 – Boyko Borisov
2018 – Nicos Anastasiades
2017 – Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
2017 – Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
2016 – Catherine Samba-Panza
2016 – Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
2016 – Yoweri Museveni
2016 – Beji Caid Essebsi
2016 – Omar al-Bashir
2016 – James Michel
2016 – Manuel Pinto da Costa
2016 – Paul Kagame
2016 – Muhammadu Buhari
2016 – Hage Geingob
2016 – Filipe Nyusi
2016 – Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
2016 – Mohammed VI of Morocco
2016 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
2016 – Hery Rajaonarimampianina
2016 – Denis Sassou Nguesso
2016 – Joseph Kabila
2016 – Uhuru Kenyatta
2016 – Paul Biya
2016 – Salva Kiir Mayardit
2016 – Jacob Zuma
2016 – Robert Mugabe
2016 – Jorge Carlos Fonseca
2016 – Edgar Lungu
2016 – Mulatu Teshome
2016 – Isaias Afwerki
2016 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
2016 – Ian Khama
2016 – José Eduardo dos Santos
2016 – Abdelaziz Bouteflika
2015 – Fidel Castro
2015 – Portia Simpson-Miller
2015 – Pietro Parolin
2013 – Hugo Chávez (posthumously)
2013 – Serzh Sargsyan
2013 – Ilham Aliyev
2013 – Alexander Lukashenko
2013 – Demetris Christofias
2013 – Mikheil Saakashvili
2013 – Karolos Papoulias
2013 – Nursultan Nazarbayev
2013 – Almazbek Atambayev
2013 – Nicolae Timofti
2013 – Traian Băsescu
2013 – Ivan Gašparovič
2013 – Mariano Rajoy
2013 – Emomali Rahmon
2013 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
2013 – Viktor Yanukovych
2013 – Islam Karimov

Ranks

Recipients

1st class

2nd class

See also