List of awards and honours received by Muammar Gaddafi
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This is a comprehensive list of awards, honours and other recognitions bestowed on Muammar Gaddafi.
National honours
| Award or decoration | Country | Date | Place | Note | Ref | |
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Order of the Republic | .svg){kind=small} Libya |
1 September 1969 | [1][2][3] | ||
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Order of Courage | Libya |
1 September 1969 | Military order, awarded to members of the armed forces active during and following the 1 September Revolution.[4] | [5][6][7] | |
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Order of the Grand Conqueror | Libya |
1 September 1969 | [8][9][10] | ||
Foreign honours
| Award or decoration | Country | Date | Place | Note | Ref | |
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Honorary Member of the Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika |  Malta |
5 December 1975 | Valletta | Former highest decoration of the Republic of Malta, now second highest honour. Revoked. | [11][12] |
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Order of the Balkan Mountains |  Bulgaria |
17 June 1978 | Sofia | Bulgarian highest order of merit. | [13] |
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Grand Star of Peoples' Friendship |  East Germany |
26 June 1978 | [14] | ||
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Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Poland |  Poland |
June 1978 | Warsaw | [15] | |
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Collar of the Order of the White Lion |  Czechoslovakia |
1982 | Prague | Czechoslovak highest order. | [16] |
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Hero of the Republic |  North Korea |
1982 | Pyongyang | Second highest title of North Korea. | [17] |
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Order of the National Flag, First Class | North Korea |
1982 | Pyongyang | Second highest order of North Korea. | [17] |
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Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic |  Nigeria |
11 May 1997 | Abuja | Nigerian highest honour. | [18][19] |
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Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope |  South Africa |
29 October 1997 | Tripoli | Former South African highest order. | [20][21] |
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Great Chain of Badr |  Saudi Arabia |
3 June 1999 | Sirte | Highest honour of Saudi Arabia. | [22] |
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Great Star of the Order of the Yugoslav Star |  Yugoslavia |
18 November 1973 | Belgrade | Highest order of merit in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. | [23] |
 Yugoslavia |
26 October 1999 | Tripoli | Second highest order of merit in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Only person to be awarded this decoration twice. | [24] | ||
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Collar of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise |  Ukraine |
11 October 2003 | Ukrainian third highest order. | [25][26] | |
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Collar of the National Order of Merit | Malta |
8 February 2004 | Republic of Malta highest order. Revoked. | [11][12] | |
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Order of Katonga |  Uganda |
20 May 2004 | Tripoli | Ugandan highest military order. | [27][28] |
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Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky | Ukraine |
4 April 2008 | [29][30] | ||
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Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of the Gambia |  Gambia |
22 July 2009 | Banjul | Gambian highest decoration. | [31] |
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Grand Collar of the Order of the Liberator |  Venezuela |
28 September 2009 | Isla Margarita | Former Venezuelan highest distinction. | [32][33] |
Honorary degrees
Sudan: University of Khartoum Honorary doctorate, 1996 (revoked on 7 March 2011).[34]
South Korea: Myongji University Honorary doctorate, 29 March 2000.[35]
Algeria: University of Algiers Honorary doctorate, 27 March 2005.[36]
Serbia: Megatrend University Honorary doctorate, March 2007.[37][38]
Tunisia: Carthage University-National Institute of Applied Science and Technology Honorary doctorate in Arabic and Islamic Civilisation, 12 October 2008.[39]
Belarus: Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics Honorary doctorate, 2010.[40]
Eponyms
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- Gaddafi National Mosque, the biggest mosque in Kampala, Uganda.
- Gaddafi Mosque, in Dodoma, Tanzania.[41]
- Gaddafi Mosque, in Freetown, Sierra Leone.[42]
- Gaddafi Mosque, in Kigali, Rwanda.[43]
- Gaddafi Barracks, an Ugandan Army military base in Jinja, Uganda.[44]
- Gaddafi Stadium, the fourth largest cricket stadium in Pakistan, situated in Lahore. The complex also has a mosque and a bus station named after Gaddafi.
- Gaddafi Hockey Stadium, the biggest field hockey stadium in the world, located in Lahore, Pakistan.
- Gaddafi Soccer Stadium, a soccer stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.
- Gaddafi International Foundation for Charity Associations, an international NGO.
- Gaddafi Gardens, a garden in Paola, Malta (renamed Mediterranean Garden in 2016).[45]
- Muammar Gaddafi Playground, a children's playground along the Miljacka river in Stari Grad, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina.
Other honours
- In December 2007, Gaddafi was awarded the Golden Key to the City of Madrid by then-Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón.[46]
- In August 2008, an assembly of African monarchs and chieftains bestowed Gaddafi with the title "King of Kings" of Africa.[47]