Order of Outstanding Merit

Design

Recipients by year

1996

• Juan Antonio Samaranch – President of the IOC
• Erkin Vohidov – National Poet of Uzbekistan

  1997

• Turgun Alimatov – Uzbek folk music player
• Said Ahmad - Playwright and writer

  1998

• Leonid Kuchma – President of Ukraine
• Ismail Dzhurabekov - First Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
• Kozim Tulyaganov – mayor of Tashkent
• Rakhim Akhmedov – People's Artist of Uzbekistan
• Mutal Burhonov – musical composer
• Zikir Muhammadjonov – actor
• Nursultan Nazarbayev – President of Kazakhstan
• Chinghiz Aitmatov – Kyrgyz writer

  1999

• Ozod Sharafiddinov – editor-in-chief of the magazine Jahon adabiyeti
• Salizhan Sharipov – Russian cosmonaut of Kyrgyz descent
• Buribay Akhmedov – Uzbek scientist
• Fazila Sulaimonova – leading researcher at the Academy of Sciences

  2000

• Gʻafur Gʻulom – Soviet Uzbek academician
• Musa Tashmukhamedov – Soviet Uzbek poet and writer
• Abdulla Qahhor – Soviet Uzbek playwright
• Tuychi Tashmukhamedov – Soviet Uzbek folk musician
• Mukhitdin Kari-Yakubov – Soviet Uzbek actor and singer
• Yunus Rajabiy – Soviet Uzbek composer and academician
• Abror Hidoyatov – Soviet Uzbek theater actor
• Jurahan Sultanov – Soviet Uzbek actor, singer, and composer
• Mamurjon Uzakov – Soviet Uzbek singer
• Komiljon Otaniyozov – Soviet Uzbek singer and musician
• Botir Zokirov – Soviet Uzbek singer, writer, and actor
• Malik Nabiev – Soviet Uzbek artist
• Halima Nosirova – Soviet Uzbek opera singer

  2001

• Lutfi Sarimsoqova – Soviet Uzbek actress
• Mukarram Turgunbaeva – Soviet Uzbek ballet dancer
• Shukur Burkhanov – Soviet Uzbek actor
• Tamara Khanum – Soviet Uzbek actress of Armenian descent
• Sadriddin Ayni – Soviet Tajik writer and scholar
• Maqsud Shayxzoda – Soviet Uzbek poet and playwright
• Mirtemir Tursunov – Soviet Uzbek poet
• Mirkarim Osimov – Soviet Uzbek writer
• Ural Tansykbayev – Soviet Uzbek painter of Kazakh descent
• Chingiz Akhmarov – Soviet Uzbek artist of Tatar descent
• Khoji Abdurasulov – Soviet Uzbek artist
• Mannon Uyghur – Soviet Uzbek actor and playwright
• Maria Kuznetsova – Soviet Uzbek artist
• Abbas Bakirov – Soviet Uzbek actor and theater director
• Usta Shirin Murodov – Soviet Uzbek artist
• Nabi Ganiev – Soviet Uzbek actor, film director, and screenwriter
• Murojon Akhmedov – Soviet Uzbek artist
• Edvard Rtveladze – Soviet Uzbek academician of Georgian descent
• Saodat Kabulova – Soviet Uzbek opera singer and actress
• Oʻtkir Hoshimov – Soviet Uzbek writer

  2002

• Khabib Abdullaev – Soviet Uzbek academician
• Sodiq Azimov – Soviet Uzbek physicist
• To‘xtasin Jalilov – Soviet Uzbek composer
• Ubay Oripov – Soviet Uzbek academician
• Igor Savitsky – Soviet Russian painter and archaeologist
• Tashmukhamed Sarymsakov – Soviet Uzbek mathematician
• Sagdy Sirazhdinov – Soviet Uzbek politician and academician
• Abid Sadykov – Soviet Uzbek chemist and politician
• Hamid Sulaimonov – Soviet Uzbek scientist
• Olim Xoʻjayev – Soviet Uzbek actor and theater director
• Sabir Yunusov – Soviet Uzbek chemist
• Tashmuhamed Kara-Niyazov – Soviet Uzbek mathematician
• Yahya Gulyamov – Soviet Uzbek archaeologist
• Galina Pugachenkova – Soviet archaeologist and art historian
• Abdukodir Khayitmetov – Soviet Uzbek scientist
• Valdas Adamkus – President of Lithuania

  2003

• Juan Carlos I of Spain – King of Spain
• Queen Sofía of Spain – Queen of Spain
• Aleksander Kwaśniewski – President of Poland
• Vasit Vakhidov – Soviet Uzbek surgeon and scientist
• Makhmud Mirzaev – Soviet Uzbek scientist
• Askad Mukhtar – Soviet Uzbek writer and poet
• Ibrohim Moʻminov – Soviet Uzbek scientist
• Rahim Pirmuhamedov – Soviet Uzbek actor
• Tolib Sodiqov – Soviet Uzbek composer and conductor
• Saib Khojaev – Soviet Uzbek actor
• Richard Schroeder – Russian and Soviet scientist
• Shuhrat – Soviet Uzbek poet and playwright
• Razzoq Hamroyev – Soviet Uzbek actor
• Eduard Shevardnadze – President of Georgia
• Georgi Parvanov – President of Bulgaria
• Matyakub Koshchanov – Uzbek academician
• Zhura Musaev – Uzbek academician
• Yalkin Turakulov – Uzbek scientist

  2004

• Khozhikhon Boltaev – Soviet Uzbek artist
• Muhammadzhon Mirzaev – Soviet Uzbek composer
• Hamid Olimjon – Soviet Uzbek writer and poet
• Nabi Rahimov – Soviet Uzbek actor
• Vsevolod Romanovsky – Soviet Russian mathematician
• Ayimkhan Shamuratova – Soviet Uzbek actress of Karakalpak descent
• Sora Eshontoʻrayeva – Soviet Uzbek actress

  2005

• Batyr Valikhodzhaev – Soviet Uzbek academician
• Shavkat Rakhmatullaev – Uzbek academician
• Mamadzhan Rakhmanov – Uzbek academician
• Yulduz Usmonova – Uzbek actress and singer
• Zokir Almatov – Uzbek politician

  2006

• Pirimqul Qodirov – Uzbek writer
• Rakhima Mavlanova – Uzbek academician

  2007

• Ruslan Chagaev – Uzbek professional boxer
• Timur Atakuziev – Uzbek scientist
• Albert Ataliev – Uzbek surgeon
• Orkhon Makhmudov – Uzbek politician
• Mahmud Salokhiddinov – Uzbek academician
• Abdulla Ubaidullaev – Uzbek politician
• Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow – President of Turkmenistan

  2008

• Vladimir Putin – President of Russia
• Suyima Gʻaniyeva – Uzbek scholar
• Hashimjon Ismailov – Uzbek director
• Mirzaatham Rakhimov – Uzbek scientist
• Artur Taymazov – Russian and Uzbek wrestler and politician of Ossetian descent
• Valdis Zatlers – President of Latvia

  2011

• Munojot Yoʻlchiyeva – Uzbek singer
• Muyassar Razzokova – Uzbek singer

  2012

• Haruhiko Kuroda – president of the Asian Development Bank

  2013

• Andris Berzins – President of Latvia

  2014

• Azizxon Qayumov – Uzbek scientist

  2015

• Ravshan Irmatov – Uzbek FIFA referee

  2019

• Bahodir Yoʻldoshev – Uzbek artistic director

  2020

• Abdulla Avloniy – Uzbek Jadid poet, playwright, journalist, and scholar
• Mahmudkhodja Behbudiy – Uzbek Jadid activist, writer, and journalist
• Munawwar Qari – Uzbek Jadid author, poet, teacher, and journalist