List of honorary British knights and dames
Politics and government

List of honorary British knights and dames

Section Title: Politics and government
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Name	Nationality	Honour	Year	Category	notes

Prince Bola Ajibola	Nigeria	KBE	1989	Politics/Government	Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of Nigeria, 1985–1991

Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji	Nigeria	KBE	1989	Politics/Government	Minister of Budget and Planning of Nigeria, 1988–1990

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 17th Duke of Alba de Tormes	Spain	GCVO	1902	Politics/Government

Emeka Anyaoku	Nigeria	GCVO	2000	Politics/Government

Count d'Arnoso	Portugal	KCVO	tbd	Politics/Government	Private Secretary to the King of Portugal. Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1903.

Count d'Arnoso	Portugal	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Private Secretary to the King of Portugal.

Franz Joseph von Auersperg	Austria	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government	Privy Councillor and Chamberlain to The Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary.

Joseph Avenol	France	KBE	1921	Politics/Government

Antonio Jose d'Avila	Portugal	KCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Lord Mayor of Lisbon

Ayub Khan	Pakistan	RVC	tbd	Politics/Government

Ayub Khan	Pakistan	GCMG	1960	Politics/Government	(Field Marshal) President of Pakistan

Miguel Barbosa Huerta	Mexico	KBE	2015	Politics/Government

August Graf Bellegarde	Austria-Hungary	KCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Master of the Household to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary.

Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt	German Empire	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government	On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany

Hermann Baron von Bilfinger	Württemberg	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government	General Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King of Württemberg On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany

Anatol, Count Biogot de Saint-Quentin	Austria-Hungary	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government	Major General Anatol was Comptroller to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary.

Robert, Count de Bourboulon	Bulgaria	GCVO	1905	Politics/Government	Lord Chamberlain to the Prince of Bulgaria

Henri, Marquis de Breteuil	France	KCVO	1904	Politics/Government

George H. W. Bush	United States	GCB	1993	Politics/Government	President of the United States

Felipe Calderón	Mexico	GCB	2009	Politics/Government	President of Mexico

Fernando Henrique Cardoso	Brazil	GCB	1997	Politics/Government	President of Brazil

Nicolae Ceauşescu	Romania	GCB	1978	Politics/Government	Annulled 1989

Anson Chan	China	GCMG	2002	Politics/Government

Chentung Liang-Cheng	China	KCMG	1897	Politics/Government

Chentung Liang-Cheng	China	KCVO	1909	Politics/Government

Cherif Pasha	Egypt	GCSI	1878	Politics/Government

Claude Cheysson	France	GCMG	Politics/Government

Eduard Graf Choloniewski Myszka	Austria	KCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Master of the Ceremonies to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary

Emilio Chuayffet	Mexico	KBE	2015	Politics/Government

Marie Louise Coleiro Preca	Malta	GCMG	2015	Politics/Government	Preisident of Malta

Prospero Colonna (politician)	Italy	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	(Prince of Sonnino) Syndic of Rome

Abel Combarieu	France	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Secretary General and Chief of the Household of the President of France

Émile Combes	France	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	President of the Council

Artur da Costa e Silva	Brazil	GCB	1968	Politics/Government	President of Brazil

Charles, Count Coudenhove	Austria-Hungary	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government	Governor of Bohemia

Philippe Crozier	France	KCVO	1898	Politics/Government

Christian Frederik, Count Danneskjold-Samsöe	Denmark	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government

Théophile Delcassé	France	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Minister of Foreign Affairs

Johan Deuntzer	Denmark	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government

Alphonse Deville	France	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	President of the Municipal Council

Porfirio Díaz	Mexico	GCB	1906	Politics/Government	President of Mexico

Willem Drees	Netherlands	GCMG	Politics/Government

Luis Echeverría	Mexico	GCB	1973	Politics/Government	President of Mexico

António Ramalho Eanes	Portugal	RVC	1985	Politics/Government

Dwight D. Eisenhower	United States	GCB	1957	Politics/Government	President of the United States

Gustavus Ernest of Erbach-Schönberg	Württemberg	KCVO	1898	Politics/Government

Gustavus Ernest of Erbach-Schönberg	Württemberg	GCVO	1900	Politics/Government

Walter Asmus Charles Frederick Eberhard, Baron von Esebeck	German Empire	KCVO	1909	Politics/Government	Deputy Master of the Horse to the German Emperor, King of Prussia.

Luiz Coutinho Borges de Medeiros, Marquis of Fayal	Portugal	GCVO	1909	Politics/Government	Lord in Waiting

Tassilo, Count Festétics de Tolna	tbd	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government

Antonio, Count of Figueiro	tbd	GCVO	1905	Politics/Government

Tom Foley	United States	KBE	1995	Politics/Government	Speaker of the House of Representatives

Vicente Fox	Mexico	GCMG	2002	Politics/Government	President of Mexico

Eduardo Frei Montalva	Chile	GCB	1965	Politics/Government	President of Chile

Arturo Frondizi	Argentina	GCMG	1960	Politics/Government	President of Argentina

Eduardo Galhardo	Portugal	KCIE	1901	Politics/Government	Governor-General of Portuguese India

Count Romeo Gallenga-Stuart	Italy	KBE	tbd	Politics/Government	Under-Secretary for Press and Propaganda, for fostering good relations between Italy and Great Britain.

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom	Maldives	GCMG	2000	Politics/Government

Count Cesare Gianotti	Italy	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Master of the Household to the King of Italy

Ernesto Geisel	Brazil	GCB	1976	Politics/Government	President of Brazil

Rudolph W. Giuliani	United States	KBE	2002	Politics/Government	Federal prosecutor; two-term Mayor of New York City.

Balbino Giuliano	Italy	GBE	1930	Politics/Government	Minister of Public Education

Diego Gómez Pickering	Mexico	KCVO	2015	Politics/Government

Agenor Graf Goluchowski von Goluchowo	Austria-Hungary	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Minister of the Imperial and Royal House and Minister for Foreign Affairs

Alan Greenspan	United States	KBE	2002	Politics/Government	Chairman of the Federal Reserve

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal	Mexico	KBE	2015	Politics/Government

Juan José Guerra Abud	Mexico	KBE	2015	Politics/Government

Leopold Baron von Gudenus	Austria-Hungary	KCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Oberjagermeister to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary

John Ritter von Habrda	Austria-Hungary	KCVO	1904	Politics/Government	Commissioner of Police, Vienna

Han Seung-soo	South Korea	KBE	2004	Politics/Government

Václav Havel	Czech Republic	GCB	1996	Politics/Government

Gustav Heinemann	West Germany	GCB	1972	Politics/Government	President of West Germany

Count Basil Hendrikov	tbd	GCVO	1909	Politics/Government

Sassoon Effendi Heskail	Iraq	KBE	tbd	Politics/Government	Minister of Finance

Harri Holkeri	Finland	KBE	1999	Politics/Government

Mohammed Ikramullah	Pakistan	KCMG	1961	Politics/Government

Ito Yukichi	Japan	KCVO	1905	Politics/Government

Dato Onn Bin Ja'Afar	Malaya	KBE	1953	Politics/Government	Member for Home Affairs, Federation of Malaya

Muhammad Hasan Jan	tbd	GCVO	tbd	Politics/Government

Martin Baron von Jenisch	tbd	GCVO	1908	Politics/Government

Pedro Joaquín Coldwell	Mexico	KBE	2015	Politics/Government

Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Nepal	KCVO	tbd	Politics/Government

Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Nepal	KCSI	1917	Politics/Government	Subsequently, promoted GCSI in 1931.

Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Nepal	GCSI	1931	Politics/Government

Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Nepal	KCIE	1917	Politics/Government	Subsequently, promoted GCIE.

Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Nepal	GCIE	tbd	Politics/Government

Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana	Nepal	GCSI	1935	Politics/Government

Kang Young-Hoon	South Korea	KBE	1995	Politics/Government

Kajetan von Kapos-Mére	Austria-Hungary	KCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Second Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vienna

Hamid Karzai	Afghanistan	GCMG	2003	Politics/Government

Abera Kassa (Dejazmatch)	Ethiopia	KBE	1932	Politics/Government	Son of Ras Kassa, handed over to the Italians (by Ras Hailu of Gojjam)who shot him & his brother dead immediately after capture.

Edward Kennedy	United States	KBE	2009	Politics/Government	U.S. Senator from Massachusetts

Erich Graf Kielmansegg	Austria-Hungary	KCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Governor of Lower Austria. Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1904.

Erich Graf Kielmansegg	Austria-Hungary	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government	Governor of Lower Austria

Kim Dae-jung	South Korea	GCB	1999	Politics/Government	President of South Korea on the occasion of a royal visit to South Korea.

Kim Dae-jung	South Korea	GCMG	tbd	Politics/Government

Helmut Kohl	Germany	GCMG	tbd	Politics/Government

Martin Charles Augustus Kirschner	German Empire	KCVO	1909	Politics/Government	Chief Burgomaster of Berlin

Julius Benedictus, Count Krag Juel Vind Frijs	Denmark	KCVO	1904	Politics/Government	Promoted from CVO.

Magens Christian, Count Krag Juel Vind Frijs	Denmark	KCVO	1904	Politics/Government

Juscelino Kubitschek	Brazil	GBE	1956	Politics/Government	President of Brazil

John Kufuor	Ghana	GCB	2007	Politics/Government	President of Ghana

Husein Kuli Khan	tbd	KCIE	1902	Politics/Government

Pier Francesco, Marchese di Lajatico	Italy	KCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Crown Equerry to the King of Italy

Pierre-Olivier Lapie	France	KBE	tbd	Politics/Government

Alfred, Marquis de Lau d'Allemand	tbd	KCVO	1904	Politics/Government

Jose d'Almeida Correa de Sa, Marquis of Lavradio	Portugal	GCVO	1909	Politics/Government	Private Secretary

Lee Kuan Yew	Singapore	CH	1970	Politics/Government	Prime Minister of Singapore

Lee Kuan Yew	Singapore	GCMG	1972	Politics/Government	Prime Minister of Singapore

Hans Ritter von Lex	West Germany	KBE	1961	Politics/Government	Former state secretary in the west German Interior Ministry, for services to Anglo-German relations.

Wenceslau de Lima	Portugal	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Minister of Foreign Affairs

Richard Lugar	United States	KBE	2013	Politics/Government	Former U.S. Senator from Indiana

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	Brazil	GCB	2006	Politics/Government	President of Brazil

Joseph Luns	Netherlands	GCMG	Politics/Government

Joseph Luns	Netherlands	CH	1971	Politics/Government

Heinrich Graf Lützow zu Drey Lützow	Austria	KCVO	1903	Politics/Government	First Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vienna.

Ferenc Mádl	Hungary	GCMG	2002	Politics/Government

Sayyed Abdelrahman el-Mahdi	tbd	KBE	1926	Politics/Government

Mohammed Pasha Mahmud	tbd	GCMG	1929	Politics/Government

Nelson Mandela	South Africa	OM	1995	Politics/Government

Claudia Ruiz Massieu	Mexico	DBE	2015	Politics/Government

José Antonio Meade Kuribreña	Mexico	KCMG	2015	Politics/Government

Ferdinand Meldahl	Denmark	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government

Carlos Menem	Argentina	GCMG	1998	Politics/Government	President of Argentina

Paul Metternich	German Empire	GCVO	1901	Politics/Government

Andreas Michalakopoulos	Greece	KBE	tbd	Politics/Government

Mirza Hussein Khan	Iran	GCSI	1873	Politics/Government

George J. Mitchell	United States	GBE	1999	Politics/Government	Former U.S. Senator from Maine, Majority Leader, Deputy President pro tempore

François Mitterrand	France	GCB	tbd	Politics/Government

François Mitterrand	France	RVC	1992	Politics/Government

Joachim Moltke	Denmark	GCVO	1896	Politics/Government

Felipe, Duke of Montellano	Spain	GCVO	1905	Politics/Government

Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo	Austria-Hungary	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Second Lord Steward to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary.

Kengo Mori	Japan	KBE	1927	Politics/Government	Financial Commissioner to the Imperial Japanese Government in London, Paris and New York.

Robert Mugabe	Zimbabwe	GCB	1994	Politics/Government	Annulled 2008

Joseph Muscat	Malta	KCMG	2015	Politics/Government

Benito Mussolini	Italy	GCB	1923	Politics/Government	Annulled 1940

Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha	Egypt	GCMG	1920	Politics/Government

Ibrahim Nasir	Maldives	KBE	1972	Politics/Government	President of the Republic of Maldives

Constantin Freiherr von Neurath	Germany	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government	Lord Chamberlain to His Majesty The King of Württemberg

Aurelio Nuño Mayer	Mexico	KBE	2015	Politics/Government

Sadako Ogata	Japan	DCMG	2011	Politics/Government	Served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as the Chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board and as the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Waldemar Oldenburg	Denmark	KCVO	1904	Politics/Government

Hussein Fakhry Pasha	Egypt	KCMG	1902	Politics/Government	Minister of Public Works for service in connection with the building of the Aswan Dam

Nubar Pasha	Egypt	GCSI	1896	Politics/Government

Saba Pasha	Egypt	KCMG	1907	Politics/Government	Upon his retirement from the post of Postmaster-General in Egypt

Safvet Pasha	tbd	GCSI	1878	Politics/Government

Enrique Peña Nieto	Mexico	GCB	2015	Politics/Government	President of Mexico

Manuel Augusto Pereira da Cunha	Portugal	KCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Civil Governor of Lisbon

Hassan Pirnia	Iran	GCMG	1907	Politics/Government

Byron Price	United States	KBE	1948	Politics/Government	Director of the Office of Censorship

Husain Khan Qazvini	tbd	GCSI	1873	Politics/Government

Mahdi Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu	tbd	KCMG	1889	Politics/Government

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	India	OM	1963	Politics/Government

Tunku Abdul Rahman	Malaysia	CH	1961	Politics/Government

Fidel V. Ramos	Philippines	GCMG	1995	Politics/Government

Anders Fogh Rasmussen	Denmark	KCMG	2015	Politics/Government	Secretary-General of NATO

Tun Abdul Razak	Malaysia	GCMG	1972	Politics/Government

Ronald Reagan	United States	GCB	1989	Politics/Government	President of the United States

Carl Baron von der Recke	tbd	KCVO	1905	Politics/Government

Eck Baron von Reischach	Württemberg	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government	Lord Chamberlain to the Queen of Wurtemberg On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany

Hugo Freiherr von Reischach	tbd	KCVO	1897	Politics/Government

Oswald Baron von Richthofen	German Empire	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government	Minister of Foreign Affairs

Charles de Rocca-Serra	tbd	KCMG	1917	Politics/Government

Ernst von Röder	tbd	KCVO	1902	Politics/Government

Roh Moo-hyun	South Korea	GCB	2004	Politics/Government

Carlos Roma du Bocage	Portugal	GCVO	1909	Politics/Government	Minister for Foreign Affairs

F. W. F. Rosenstand	Denmark	KCVO	1901	Politics/Government	Chamberlain and Secretary to the King of Denmark

Friedrich von Ruexleben	tbd	KCVO	1905	Politics/Government

Dean Rusk	United States	KBE	1976	Politics/Government	Former Secretary of State for contribution to Anglo-American friendship

Juan Manuel Santos	Colombia	GCB	2016	Politics/Government	President of Colombia

Antonio Vasco de Mello Silva Cezar e Menezes, Count of Sabugosa	Portugal	GCVO	1909	Politics/Government	Lord Steward

Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun	Iraq	KCMG	1926	Politics/Government

Mohammed Said Pasha	tbd	GCMG	1912	Politics/Government

Saito Momotaro	tbd	GCVO	1905	Politics/Government

Mariano, Duke of Santo Mauro	Spain	GCVO	1905	Politics/Government	Lord in Waiting to the King of Spain

Maurice Schumann	France	GCMG	1972	Politics/Government	Minister of Foreign Affairs

Justin de Selves	France	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Prefect of Seine

Fernando Eduardo de Serpa Pimentel	Portugal	KCVO	1903	Politics/Government	(Captain) Aide-de-Camp

Eduard Shevardnadze	Georgia	GCMG	2000	Politics/Government

Said Shoucair Pasha	tbd	KBE	1924	Politics/Government

Ismail Sirry Pasha	tbd	KCMG	1913	Politics/Government

Duke of Sotomayor	Spain	GCVO	1902	Politics/Government	Great Chamberlain to the King of Spain

Georges de Staal	tbd	GCVO	1902	Politics/Government

Dirk Stikker	Netherlands	GBE	1951	Politics/Government

Dirk Stikker	Netherlands	GCVO	1958	Politics/Government

Karl Friedrich von Strenge	tbd	KCVO	1899	Politics/Government

Suharto	Indonesia	GCB	1974	Politics/Government

Cevdet Sunay	Turkey	KCB	1967	Politics/Government

Count Tarouca	Portugal	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	Chamberlain to the King of Portugal. Attached to King Edward VII.

Clément Thomas	tbd	GCIE	1893	Politics/Government

Nicholas Thon	tbd	KCVO	tbd	Politics/Government	Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1905.

Nicholas Thon	tbd	GCVO	1905	Politics/Government

Gaston Thorn	Luxembourg	GCVO	Politics/Government

Gaston Thorn	Luxembourg	GCMG	Politics/Government

Josip Broz Tito	Yugoslavia	GCB	1972	Politics/Government

Tommaso Tittoni	Italy	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government

Ali El Tom	tbd	KBE	1926	Politics/Government

Karl Prince Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg	tbd	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government

Alexander Trepoff	Russian Empire	KCMG	1916	Politics/Government	Minister of Transport later Prime Minister of Russian Empire awarded in recognition of the construction of the Murman Coast Railway.

Danilo Türk	Slovenia	GCB	2008	Politics/Government

Simone Veil	France	DBE	1998	Politics/Government	Holocaust survivor; lawyer and politician who served as France's Minister of Health.[when?]

Luis Videgaray Caso	Mexico	KBE	2015	Politics/Government

Antonio Villaça	tbd	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government

Wenceslau Ramirez de Villa-Urrutia	Spain	GCVO	1905	Politics/Government	Minister of Foreign Affairs

Count Carl Wachtmeister	tbd	KCVO	1908	Politics/Government

Kurt Waldheim	Austria	GCMG	1969	Politics/Government	Austrian Foreign Minister

John Warner	United States	KBE	2009	Politics/Government	U.S. Senator from Virginia

Rudolf de Weede	Netherlands	KCVO	1904	Politics/Government	Lord Chamberlian to Her Majesty the Queen Mother of the Netherlands, on the occasion of the royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany

Caspar Weinberger	United States	GBE	1988	Politics/Government	U.S. Secretary of Defence

Richard von Weizsäcker	Germany	RVC	1992	Politics/Government

John Gilbert Winant	United States	OM	1947	Politics/Government	U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom

August von Wöllwarth-Lauterburg	Württemberg	GCVO	1900	Politics/Government

Robert Worcester	United States	KBE	2004	Politics/Government	Became a British national in 2005 and his knighthood became substantive.

Ketema Yifru	Ethiopia	KCMG	1965	Politics/Government

Giuseppe Zanardelli	Italy	GCVO	1903	Politics/Government	President of the Council

Jose Zarco de Camara, Count of Ribeira Grande	tbd	GCVO	1904	Politics/Government

Ernesto Zedillo	Mexico	GCMG	1998	Politics/Government	President of Mexico

Zulfikar Pasha	Egypt	KBE	1920	Politics/Government

Mallam Yahaya	Nigeria	KBE	1953	Politics/Government	Emir of Gwandu

Raja Uda Raja Muhammad	Malaya	KBE	1953	Politics/Government	Menteri Besar of the State of Selangor

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In 2003, Karzai was an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.

final_sentence: In 2003, Karzai was an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.