List of current honorary Knights and Dames of the Order of St Michael and St George

This is a list of current honorary Knights and Dames of the Order of St Michael and St George.

Honorary Knights/Dame Grand Cross (GCMG)
Star and collar of honorary GCMG worn by Serbian Field Marshal Živojin Mišić
NamePost-nominalsKnown forYear
appointed
Zanzibar Jamshid bin Abdullah of ZanzibarGCMGSultan of Zanzibar1963[1]
Iceland Vigdís FinnbogadóttirGCB GCMGFormer President of Iceland1982
Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of BruneiGCB GCMGSultan of Brunei1984
Qatar Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al ThaniGCMGMember of the Qatari royal family1985
Nepal Gyanendra of NepalGCMGFormer King of Nepal1986
Poland Aleksander KwaśniewskiGCB GCMGFormer President of Poland1996
Maldives Maumoon Abdul GayoomGCMGFormer President of the Maldives1997[2]
Pakistan Nawaz SharifGCMGFormer Prime Minister of Pakistan1997[2]
Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al ThaniGCB GCMGFormer Emir of Qatar1997[2]
Mexico Ernesto ZedilloGCMGFormer President of Mexico1998[2]
Peru Alberto FujimoriGCMGFormer President of Peru1998[2]
Hungary János MartonyiGCMGFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary1999[2]
Jordan Abdullah II of JordanGCB GCMG KCVOKing of Jordan1999[2]
Denmark Friis Arne PetersenGCMGFormer Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark2000[2]
Italy Giuliano AmatoGCMGFormer Prime Minister of Italy2000[2]
Italy Lamberto DiniGCMGFormer Prime Minister of Italy2000[2]
Italy Umberto VattaniGCMGFormer Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy2000[2]
Romania Emil ConstantinescuGCMGFormer President of Romania2000[2]
South Africa Thabo MbekiGCB GCMGFormer President of South Africa2000[2]
Kazakhstan Nursultan NazarbayevGCMGFormer President of Kazakhstan2000[2]
Jordan Ali Abu al-RaghebGCMGFormer Prime Minister of Jordan2001[2]
Croatia Stjepan MesićGCMGFormer President of Croatia2001[3]
Hong Kong Anson ChanGCMG CBE JPFormer Chief Secretary of Hong Kong2002[4]
Mexico Vicente FoxGCMGFormer President of Mexico2002[2]
East Timor Xanana GusmãoGCMG CNZMFormer Prime Minister of East Timor2003[2]
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid KarzaiGCMGFormer President of Afghanistan2003[2]
Albania Alfred MoisiuGCMGFormer President of Albania2003[2]
Poland Włodzimierz CimoszewiczGCMGFormer Prime Minister of Poland2004[2]
Italy Gianfranco FiniGCMGFormer Deputy Prime Minister of Italy2005[2]
United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumGCMGVice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates2010[5]
United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al NahyanGCMGPresident of the United Arab Emirates2010[5]
France Manuel VallsGCMGFormer Prime Minister of France2014[6]
Malta Marie Louise Coleiro PrecaGCMGFormer President of Malta2015[7]
Oman Haitham bin TariqGCMG GCVOSultan of Oman2021[8]

Honorary Knights/Dames Commander (KCMG/DCMG)
Knight Commander star of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
NamePost-nominalsKnown forYear
appointed
Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al KhalifaKCMGKing of Bahrain1979
United States Henry KissingerKCMGFormer United States Secretary of State1995[9]
Brazil Frederico Cezar de AraujoKCMGBrazilian diplomat1997[2]
Brazil Gelson FonsecaKCMGBrazilian diplomat1997[2]
Brazil Affonso Emilio de Alencastro MassotKCMGBrazilian diplomat1997[2]
Japan Takekazu KawamuraKCMGJapanese diplomat1998[2]
Germany Henrik SchmiegelowKCMGGerman diplomat1998[2]
Sweden Carl BildtKCMGFormer Prime Minister of Sweden & High Representative for Bosnia1998[2]
Hungary József SzájerKCMGFormer Chairman of the European Integration Select Committee1999[2]
Denmark Jan MarcussenKCMGDanish diplomat2000[2]
Italy Carmela Decaro BonellaDCMGFormer Deputy Director General and Director of the President of Italy's Office2000[2]
Italy Luigi Guidobono Cavalchini GarofoliKCMGFormer Private Secretary to the Foreign Minister of Italy2000[2]
Italy Francesco OlivieriKCMGFormer Diplomatic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Italy2000[2]
Spain Javier SolanaKCMGFormer Secretary General of NATO2000[2]
United States Richard ArmitageKCMG CNZM ACFormer United States Deputy Secretary of State2005[2]
Germany Klaus SchwabKCMGWorld Economic Forum head2006[2][10][11]
Netherlands Jaap de Hoop SchefferKCMGFormer Secretary General of NATO2010[12]
Greece Efthymios MitropoulosKCMGFormer Secretary-General of International Maritime Organization2012[13]
Indonesia Marzuki AlieKCMGFormer Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives2012[13]
Indonesia Irman GusmanKCMGFormer Speaker of the Indonesian House of Regional Representatives2012[13]
Indonesia Marty NatalegawaKCMGFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia2012[13]
United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al NahyanKCMGMinister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE2013[14]
South Korea Yun Byung-seKCMGFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea2013[14]
United States Angelina JolieDCMGAmerican actress, filmmaker, humanitarian2014[6]
France Laurent FabiusKCMGFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs of France2014[6]
France Laurent StefaniniKCMGFormer Ambassador, Chief of Protocol to President Hollande2014[6]
Singapore Grace FuDCMGFormer Second Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore2014[6]
Denmark Anders Fogh RasmussenKCMGFormer Prime Minister of Denmark & Secretary General of NATO2015[7]
Mexico José Antonio Meade KuribreñaKCMGFormer Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico2015[7]
Malta Joseph MuscatKCMGFormer Prime Minister of Malta2015[7]
Malta George VellaKCMGFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta now President of Malta2018[15]
Jordan Zeid Raad Al HusseinKCMGFormer United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights2019[16]
Kuwait Khaled Al-DuwaisanGCVO KCMGKuwaiti diplomat2022[17]

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