Order of Setia Negara Brunei
Order of Brunei
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The Most Blessed Order of Setia Negara Brunei[1] (Malay: Darjah Setia Negara Brunei Yang Amat Bahagia), also translated as The Most Blessed Order of Loyalty to the State of Brunei,[2] is an order of Brunei Darussalam. It was established on 29 November 1959 by Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III.[2]
| Order of Setia Negara Brunei | |
|---|---|
PSNB neck decoration and sash | |
| Awarded by the Sultan of Brunei | |
| Type | Order of chivalry |
| Established | 1959 |
| Country | Brunei |
| Awarded for | For committed, honourable, faithful, and exceptional service |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Sovereign | Hassanal Bolkiah |
| Grades |
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| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of Pahlawan Negara Brunei |
| Next (lower) | Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa |
Current classes
The four classes of appointment to the Order are, from highest grade to lowest:
| Class | Post-nominal | Title | Ribbon bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Commander | PSNB | Dato Seri Setia | |
| Commander | DSNB | Dato Setia | |
| Companion | SNB | – | |
| Officer | PSB |
Description
The First Class included a 100 millimetres (3.9 inches) sash badge with a long neck riband, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine, and a star and crescent suspension measuring 67 millimetres (2.6 inches).[3]
Recipients
For committed, honourable, faithful, and exceptional service. It is given to non-military personnel.[4]
First Class


- Unknown – Hassanal Bolkiah – Sultan of Brunei[5]
- Unknown – Omar Ali Saifuddien III – Sultan of Brunei[5]
- Unknown – Abdul Rahman Taib – Speaker of Legislative Council[6]
- Unknown – Mustappa Sirat – Minister of Communications[7]
- Unknown – Ali Apong – Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports[8]
- Unknown – Yahya Bakar – Minister of Industry and Primary Resources[9]
- Unknown – Hazair Abdullah – Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports[10]
- Unknown – Zakaria Sulaiman – Minister of Communications[11]
- Unknown – Pengiran Bahrin – Minister of Communications[12]
- Unknown – Pengiran Mohammed Abdul Rahman Piut – Member of Privy Council[13]
- Unknown – Pengiran Anak Siti Saerah – daughter of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin[14]
- 1967 – Yusof Husain – Member of Tujuh Serangkai[15]
- 1976 – Ali Hussain Muhammad – Manteri Istana[16]
- 1976 – Marianne E. Lloyd-Dolbey – Personal Secretary to Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III[17]
- 2002 – Abu Bakar Apong – Minister of Health[18]
- 2002 – Ahmad Jumat – Minister of Development[18]
- 2002 – Al-Sayed Walid Ismail Al-Kurdi – husband of Princess Basma bint Talal[18]
- 2006 – Abdullah Bakar – Minister of Development[19]
- 2006 – Adanan Yusof – Minister of Home Affairs[19]
- 2006 – Suyoi Osman – Minister of Development[19]
- 2006 – Yahya Bakar – Minister of Industry and Primary Resources[19]
- 2006 – Abdul Rahman Ibrahim – Minister of Finance II[19]
- 2006 – Lim Jock Seng – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II[19]
- 2011 – Yasmin Umar – Minister of Energy[20]
- 2011 – Pengiran Mohammad Abdul Rahman – Minister of Religious Affairs[20]
- 2011 – Hazair Abdullah – Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports[20]
- 2016 – Zulkarnain Hanafi – Minister of Health[21]
- 2016 – Bahrin Abdullah – Minister of Development[22]
- 2018 – Isham Jaafar – Minister of Health[23]
- 2018 – Abdul Mokti – Minister at the Prime Minister's Office[23]
- 2018 – Amin Liew – Minister of Finance and Economy II[23]
- 2018 – Erywan Yusof – Minister of Foreign Affairs II[23]
- 2018 – Suhaimi Gafar – Minister of Development[23]
- 2018 – Mat Suny – Minister of Energy and Industry[23]
- 2018 – Hamzah Sulaiman – Minister of Education[23]
- 2018 – Abdul Mutalib Yusof – Minister of Communications[23]
- 2022 – Nazmi Mohamad – Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports[24]
- 2022 – Romaizah Mohd Salleh – Minister of Education[24]
- 2022 – Juanda Abdul Rashid – Minister of Development[24]
- 2022 – Pengiran Shamhary – Minister of Transport and Infocommunications[24]
- 2022 – Ahmaddin Abdul Rahman – Minister of Home Affairs[24]
- 2024 – Abang Abdul Rahman Johari – Premier of Sarawak[25]
Second Class



- Unknown – Marsal Maun – Menteri Besar[26]
- Unknown – Pengiran Muhammad Yusuf – Menteri Besar[27]
- Unknown – Pengiran Abdul Momin Ismail – Menteri Besar[28]
- Unknown – Pengiran Muhammad Ali – Deputy Menteri Besar[29]
- Unknown – Isa Ibrahim – Minister at the Prime Minister's Office[30]
- Unknown – Abbas Al-Sufri – Acting Personal Secretary to Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III[31]
- Unknown – Ibrahim Mohd Jahfar – Speaker of Legislative Council[32]
- Unknown – Pengiran Anak Mohamed Alam – Speaker of Legislative Council
- Unknown – Major General Pengiran Ibnu Basit – Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy[33]
- Unknown – Lieutenant Colonel John Simpson – Commander of the Royal Brunei Malay Regiment[34]
- Unknown – Pengiran Umar – Commissioner of Police[35]
- Unknown – Hussain Mohammad Yusof – Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports[36]
- Unknown – Pengiran Abu Bakar – Speaker of Legislative Council[37]
- Unknown – Abdul Hamid Bakal – Member of the Legislative Council[38]
- Unknown – James Richard Henry Burns – Commissioner of Police[39]
- Unknown – George Edwin Coster – Assistant Commissioner in the Special Branch[40]
- Unknown – James Richard Henry Burns – Commissioner of Police[41]
- Unknown – Ahmad Daud – Member of Privy Council[42]
- Unknown – Abdullah Hanafi – Member of State Council[43]
- 1960 – Pengiran Abu Bakar Salleh – Speaker of Legislative Council[44]
- 1962 – Pengiran Jaya – Commissioner of Police[45]
- 1962 – Eric Ernest Falk Pretty – British Resident to Brunei[46]
- 1966 – Idris Talog Davies – Attorney General of Brunei[47][48]
- 1966 – B. Hanafi[48]
- 1968 – Pengiran Abdul Momin Othman – Member of Privy Council[49]
- 1968 – Pengiran Mokhtar Puteh – Member of Privy Council[50]
- 1971 – William lan Glass – Controller of Civil Aviation and Establishment Officer[51][52]
- 1971 – William John Peel – British Resident to Brunei[53]
- 1973 – Geoffrey Briggs – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam[54]
- 2006 – Abdul Hapidz – Member of the Legislative Council[19]
- 2012 – Samuel Yapp Kai San – Chairman of the RIPAS Clinical Service Committee[55]
Third Class
Typical Bruneian recipients include Permanent Secretaries.
- Unknown – Colonel Abdul Jalil – Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy[56]
- Unknown – Lim Cheng Choo – Member of Privy Council[57]
- Unknown – Yusoff Abdul Hamid – Deputy Minister of Communications[58]
- Unknown – Kifrawi Kifli – Chief Justice of Brunei[59]
- Unknown – Hasrin Sabtu – Brunei Commissioner of Police[60]
- Unknown – Maidin Hashim – Diplomat[61]
- Unknown – Onn Siew Siong – member of Manteri[62]
- Unknown – Lieutenant Colonel Musa – Commander of the Training Institute[63]
- 1970 – Hong Kok Tin – Member of the Legislative Council[64]
- 1991 – Matussin Omar – Director of Brunei Museum[65]
- 1993 – Hamdillah Abdul Wahab – Deputy Minister of Industry and Primary Resources[66]
- 1993 – Dani Ibrahim – Deputy Minister of Home Affairs[67]
- 2000 – Lim Jock Hoi – Secretary-General of ASEAN[68]
- 2001 – Timothy Ong – Founder of Asia Inc Forum[69]
- 2005 – Yakub Othman – Writer[70]
- 2005 – Zainal Abidin Ali – Deputy Managing Director of Brunei Shell Petroleum[70]
- 2005 – Abdul Ghani Metussin – Director of ASEAN-EC Management Centre[70]
- 2005 – Matassim Jibah – Museum Director[70]
- 2005 – Bujang Masu'ut – Director of Information[70]
- 2005 – Nor Jeludin – Ambassador of Brunei to Japan[70]
- 2005 – Omar Khalid – Vice-Chancellor of Institut Teknologi Brunei[70]
- 2010 – Adina Othman – Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports[71]
- 2010 – Rozan Yunos – Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Development[71]
- 2010 – Othman Uking – Member of the Legislative Council[71]
- 2010 – Bahrin Mohd Noor – Assistant Senior Commissioner of Police[71]
- 2010 – Abdul Wahab Omar – Acting Senior Commissioner of Police[71]
- 2010 – Marzuke Mohsin – Director of Development[71]
- 2010 – Emaleen Abdul Rahman Teo – Diplomat[71]
- 2010 – Roselan Daud – Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs[72]
- 2011 – Sulaiman Ahad – Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Religious Affairs[20]
- 2011 – Abdul Aziz Yussof – Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Religious Affairs[20]
- 2011 – Yahya Idris – Auditor General of Brunei[20]
- 2011 – Salleh Bostaman – Managing Director of Brunei LNG[20]
- 2013 – Mohamed Don Harith – Assistant Commissioner of Police[73]
- 2013 – Roslin Bakar – Senior Superintendent of Police[73]
- 2013 – Yahya Abdul Rahman – Director of Fire and Rescue Department[73]
- 2017 – Shaikh Fadilah Ahmad – Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade[74]
- 2017 – Noor Qamar Sulaiman – Senior Special Duties Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade[74]
- 2017 – Zohrah Sulaiman – Vice-Chancellor of UBD[74]
- 2018 – Husaini Matzin – Senior Police Superintendent[75]
- 2018 – Zaini Abdul Rahim – Senior Superintendent of Police[75]
- 2019 – Norarfan Zainal – Rector of UNISSA[76]
- 2022 – Siti Nirmala Mohammad – Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office[77]
- 2022 – Nor Hashimah Taib – Attorney General of Brunei[24]
- 2024 – Anie Haryani Rahman – Chief Executive Officer of Brunei Darussalam Food Authority[78]
- 2025 – Captain Mohamad Sarif Pudin – Acting Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy[79]
Fourth Class
- 15 July 2006 - Hajah Tursinah bte Hj. Shawal Pegawai Tugas-Tugas Khas Kanan [80]
- Unknown – Brigadier General Wardi – Commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force[81]
- Unknown – Brigadier General Shahril Anwar – Commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force[82]
- Unknown – Brigadier General Sharif – Commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force[83]
- Unknown – Colonel Mohammad Ismaon – Director of the Force Capability Development at the Ministry of Defence[84]
- Unknown – Captain Khairil – Acting Deputy Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy[85]
- Unknown – Khairunnisa Ash'ari – Member of the Legislative Council
- Unknown – Iswandy Ahmad – Member of the Legislative Council
- Unknown – First Admiral Spry – Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy[86]
- Unknown – Brigadier General Shanonnizam – Commander of the Royal Brunei Land Force[87]
- Unknown – Jammy Shah Al-Islam – Commissioner of Police[88]
- Unknown – Yakub Abu Bakar – Deputy Minister of Finance[89]
- Unknown – Sufian Sabtu – Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister's Office[90]
- Unknown – Jemat Ampal – Diplomat[91]
- Unknown – Pengiran Shariffuddin – Director of Brunei Museum[92]
- Unknown – Taha Abdul Rauf – Member of Legislative Council[93]
- 1963 – Abdul Rahman Taha – Member of Privy Council[94]
- 2002 – Brigadier General Abdul Razak – Deputy Minister of Defence[95]
- 2006 – Abu Sufian Ali – Deputy Director of the Department of Multilateral Economy[96]
- 2008 – First Admiral Othman – Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy[97]
- 2011 – Musa Adnin – Honorary Consul to Mexico in Brunei[98]
- 2012 – Brigadier General Khairul – Commander of the Royal Brunei Land Force[99]
- 2012 – Kwon Oh-son – Head coach of Brunei national football team[100]
- 2012 – Irwan Hambali – Commissioner of Police[101]
- 2016 – Colonel Alirupendi – Joint Force Commander[102]
- 2019 – Nik Hafimi – Member of the Legislative Council[103]
Former recipients
- 2006 – Nawawi Taha – Personal and Confidential Secretary to Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah[104][105]