Order of Ismoili Somoni
The Order of Ismoili Somoni is Tajikistan's highest distinction. It is named after Isma'il ibn Ahmad, also known as Ismoili Somoni.
Recipients
Tajiks
Public servants
Military
Politicians
- Oqil Oqilov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan
- Yahyo Azimov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan
- Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev, former Mayor of Dushanbe
Foreigners
Neighboring nations
- Asif Ali Zardari, former President of Pakistan
- Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan
- Ahmad Shah Massoud, former Minister of Defense of the Islamic State of Afghanistan and head of the Northern Alliance
Post-Soviet
- Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
- Abdulla Aripov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
- Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan
- Abdulaziz Kamilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan
- Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
- Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
- Viktor Yanukovych, former President of Ukraine
- Valdis Zatlers, former President of Latvia