The following is a list of accolades and honors conferred upon the sixth chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Helmut Kohl.
Honorary degrees and citizenships
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^1 – Given on 9 November 1992, the third anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to Kohl, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.[2]
^2 – Received on 11 December 1998 at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna. The only other honorary citizenship of Europe was given to Jean Monnet in 1976.[2][3]
Accolades
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1977 | Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[4] | President of Italy | |
1984 | Grand Cross of the Order of Christ[5] | President of Portugal | |
1988 | Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry[5] | President of Portugal | |
Charlemagne Prize[6] | City of Aachen, Society for the Conferring of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen | For "distinguished service on behalf of European unification", joint recipient with François Mitterrand. | |
1990 | Coudenhove-Kalergi-Europapreis[7] | European Society Coudenhove-Kalergi | |
1991 | Europe Prize for Statesmanship[4] | Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. | |
1993 | Deutscher Medienpreis (de)[8] | Media Control (de) | Laudation by Jens Feddersen (de). |
1994 | Bavarian Order of Merit[4] | Minister-President of Bavaria | Laudation by Edmund Stoiber. |
Konrad-Adenauer-Freiheitspreis[4] | Germany Foundation | For life achievement towards freedom, peace and unity. Laudation by Otto von Habsburg. | |
1995 | Concord-Preis[4] | City of Krefeld | For merit towards a German-American partnership. |
1996 | Presidential Gold Medal[4] | B'nai B'rith | Laudation by Shimon Peres. |
European of the Year[4] | La Vie | Laudation by Jacques Delors. | |
Order of Ouissam Alaouite[4]’[9] | King of Morocco | Received from Hassan II of Morocco. | |
Eric M. Warburg Award[10] | Atlantik-Brücke | Laudation by George H. W. Bush.[4] | |
Honorary membership[4] | Society of Indonesian Engineers | ||
Prince of Asturias Award in International Cooperation[11] | Princess of Asturias Foundation | Received from Felipe VI of Spain, then Prince of Asturias. | |
1997 | Leo-Baeck-Preis[12] | Central Council of Jews in Germany | Laudation by George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld.[4] |
The George C. Marshall Foundation Award[13] | George C. Marshall Foundation | Received from Madeleine Albright at a Gala Dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Marshall Plan Speech in Washington, D.C.[14] | |
Europäischer St.-Ulrichs-Preis (de)[15] | Europäische St.-Ulrichs-Stiftung, Dillingen an der Donau | Laudation by Theo Waigel.[4] | |
Vision for Europe Award[4] | Edmond Israel Foundation | For "tireless commitment in the interest of European integration". | |
1998 | Order of the White Eagle[4] | President of Poland | Received from Aleksander Kwaśniewski. |
Grand Cross in Special Design of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[16] | President of Germany | Only the second - after Konrad Adenauer - to receive this honour. Received from Roman Herzog. | |
1999 | Order of the Netherlands Lion[4] | Kingdom of the Netherlands | Recognised as "Chancellor of Europe", received from Wim Kok. |
Order of Leopold[4] | Kingdom of Belgium | Received from Jean-Luc Dehaene. | |
Presidential Medal of Freedom[17] | President of the United States of America | Received from Bill Clinton. | |
Statesman of the Decade[18] | EastWest Institute | Laudation by Henry Kissinger. Ceremony attended by George H. W. Bush and Kofi Annan. | |
Goldene Henne (de)[19] | Superillu, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg | ||
St.-Liborius-Medaille für Einheit und Frieden (de)[20] | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn | ||
Olympic Order[21][22] | International Olympic Committee | ||
2000 | Millennium Medal[4] | Government of Hungary | Received from Viktor Orbán. |
Preis des Westfälischen Friedens (de)[23] | Wirtschaftliche Gesellschaft für Westfalen und Lippe e. V. | ||
2001 | Elsie-Kühn-Leitz-Preis (de)[24] | Vereinigung Deutsch-Französischer Gesellschaften für Europa (de) | For "an active contribution towards German-French relations". |
2003 | Order of Merit[4] | Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques | |
2004 | International Adalbert Prize[25] | Adalbert-Stiftung (de) | Laudation by Władysław Bartoszewski. |
Alcide de Gasperi Prize[4] | Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Alcide de Gasperi. | ||
2005 | Global Leadership Award[26] | Chicago Council on Foreign Relations | |
Point-Alpha-Preis (de)[27] | Kuratorium Deutsche Einheit e.V. | First recipient, joint with George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. | |
Franz Josef Strauß-Preis (de)[28] | Hanns Seidel Foundation | Laudation by Theo Waigel. | |
Quadriga[29] | Verein Werkstatt Deutschland | Laudation by Mikhail Gorbachev. | |
2006 | Special award of the Konrad Adenauer Prize for Municipal Politics[30] | Kommunalpolitische Vereinigung der CDU und CSU Deutschlands | Laudation by Roland Koch.[4] |
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana[31] | President of Estonia | Received from Prime Minister Andrus Ansip. | |
Carlos V. European Award[32][33] | European Academy of Yuste Foundation | Received from Juan Carlos I of Spain. | |
Honorary membership[4] | Alfred-Delp-Gesellschaft | For "promoting the remembrance of the military resistance" in National Socialism. | |
2007 | Médaille d'or[34] | Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe | Received from Micheline Calmy-Rey. |
Prize for Understanding and Tolerance[35] | Jewish Museum, Berlin | Laudation by Salomon Korn, Vice-President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. | |
2009 | BILD Osgar (de)[36] | Media Prize of Bild | Joint recipient with George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. |
Distinguished Leadership Award[37] | Atlantic Council | Joint recipient with George H. W. Bush. | |
Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize[38] | Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation | Laudation by Jean-Claude Juncker. | |
Millennium Bambi Award[39] | Hubert Burda Media | ||
2010 | Roland Berger Preis für Menschenwürde (de)[40] | Roland Berger Stiftung (de) | |
Grand Order of Queen Jelena[4] | Republic of Croatia | Received in Ludwigshafen. | |
2011 | Henry A. Kissinger Prize[41] | / American Academy in Berlin | Laudations by Bill Clinton and Robert B. Zoellick. Remarks by Angela Merkel and Philip D. Murphy. |
Special Prize "Golden Bridge of Dialogue 2010"[42] | / Haus der Deutsch-Polnischen Zusammenarbeit (de) | For "extraordinary merit toward German-Polish reconciliation". | |
Pfälzer Löwe[43] | Bezirksverband Pfalz (de) | Laudation by Philipp Mißfelder. |
Namesakes
edit- In 1995, the Institute of European Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, founded in 1991, was renamed Helmut Kohl Institute in his honor.[44][45]
- Two streets in Germany bear his name, the Doktor-Helmut-Kohl-Straße in Loddin on Usedom and the Helmut-Kohl-Weg between the German city of Eppenbrunn and the French town of Roppeviller.[45]
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