# List of awards and honours received by Muammar Gaddafi

This is a comprehensive list of awards, honours and other recognitions bestowed on Muammar Gaddafi.

## National honours

| Award or decoration | Country | Date | Note |
| Order of the Republic | Libya | 1 September 1969 | |
| Order of Courage | Libya | 1 September 1969 | Military order, awarded to members of the armed forces active during and following the 1 September Revolution. |
| Order of the Grand Conqueror | Libya | 1 September 1969 | |

## Foreign honours

| Award or decoration | Country | Date | Place | Note |
| 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. |
| Order of the Balkan Mountains | Bulgaria | 17 June 1978 | Sofia | Bulgarian highest order of merit. |
| Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Poland | Poland | June 1978 | Warsaw | |
| Collar of the Order of the White Lion | Czechoslovakia | 1982 | Prague | Czechoslovakian highest order. |
| Hero of the Republic | North Korea | 1982 | Pyongyang | Second highest title of North Korea. |
| Order of the National Flag, First Class | North Korea | 1982 | Pyongyang | Second highest order of North Korea. |
| Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic | Nigeria | 11 May 1997 | Abuja | Nigerian highest honour. |
| Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope | South Africa | 29 October 1997 | Tripoli | Former South African highest order. |
| Great Chain of Badr | Saudi Arabia | 3 June 1999 | Sirte | Highest honour of Saudi Arabia. |
| 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. |
| Great Star of the Order of the Yugoslav Star | Yugoslavia | 26 October 1999 | Tripoli | Second highest order of merit in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Only person to be awarded this decoration twice. |
| Collar of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise | Ukraine | 11 October 2003 | | Ukrainian third highest order. |
| Collar of the National Order of Merit | Malta | 8 February 2004 | | Republic of Malta highest order. Revoked. |
| Order of Katonga | Uganda | 20 May 2004 | Tripoli | Ugandan highest military order. |
| Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky | Ukraine | 4 April 2008 | | |
| Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of the Gambia | Gambia | 22 July 2009 | Banjul | Gambian highest decoration. |
| Grand Collar of the Order of the Liberator | Venezuela | 28 September 2009 | Isla Margarita | Former Venezuelan highest distinction. |

## Honorary degrees

* Sudan: University of Khartoum Honorary doctorate, 1996 (revoked on 7 March 2011).
* South Korea: Myongji University Honorary doctorate, 29 March 2000.
* Algeria: University of Algiers Honorary doctorate, 27 March 2005.
* Serbia: Megatrend University Honorary doctorate, March 2007.
* Tunisia: Carthage University-National Institute of Applied Science and Technology Honorary doctorate in Arabic and Islamic Civilisation, 12 October 2008.
* Belarus: Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics Honorary doctorate, 2010.

## Eponyms

* Gaddafi National Mosque, the biggest mosque in Kampala, Uganda.
* Gaddafi Mosque, in Dodoma, Tanzania.
* Gaddafi Mosque, in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
* Gaddafi Mosque, in Kigali, Rwanda.
* Gaddafi Barracks, an Ugandan Army military base in Jinja, Uganda.
* 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)
* 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.
* In August 2008, an assembly of African monarchs and chieftains bestowed Gaddafi with the title "King of Kings" of Africa.