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Kohl receiving the Coudenhove-Kalergi-Preis in April 1991
The Charlemagne Prize certificate and medal awarded to François Mitterrand and Kohl in 1988

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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Year Accolade Institution Note
1977 Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[4] Italy President of Italy
1984 Grand Cross of the Order of Christ[5] Portugal President of Portugal
1988 Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry[5] Portugal President of Portugal
Charlemagne Prize[6] Germany 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] Europe European Society Coudenhove-Kalergi
1991 Europe Prize for Statesmanship[4] Germany Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S.
1993 Deutscher Medienpreis (de)[8] Germany Media Control (de) Laudation by Jens Feddersen (de).
1994 Bavarian Order of Merit[4] Germany Minister-President of Bavaria Laudation by Edmund Stoiber.
Konrad-Adenauer-Freiheitspreis[4] Germany Germany Foundation For life achievement towards freedom, peace and unity. Laudation by Otto von Habsburg.
1995 Concord-Preis[4] Germany City of Krefeld For merit towards a German-American partnership.
1996 Presidential Gold Medal[4] United States B'nai B'rith Laudation by Shimon Peres.
European of the Year[4] France La Vie Laudation by Jacques Delors.
Order of Ouissam Alaouite[4]’[9] Morocco King of Morocco Received from Hassan II of Morocco.
Eric M. Warburg Award[10] Germany Atlantik-Brücke Laudation by George H. W. Bush.[4]
Honorary membership[4] Indonesia Society of Indonesian Engineers
Prince of Asturias Award in International Cooperation[11] Spain Princess of Asturias Foundation Received from Felipe VI of Spain, then Prince of Asturias.
1997 Leo-Baeck-Preis[12] Germany Central Council of Jews in Germany Laudation by George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld.[4]
The George C. Marshall Foundation Award[13] United States 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] Germany Europäische St.-Ulrichs-Stiftung, Dillingen an der Donau Laudation by Theo Waigel.[4]
Vision for Europe Award[4] Luxembourg Edmond Israel Foundation For "tireless commitment in the interest of European integration".
1998 Order of the White Eagle[4] Poland President of Poland Received from Aleksander Kwaśniewski.
Grand Cross in Special Design of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[16] Germany President of Germany Only the second - after Konrad Adenauer - to receive this honour. Received from Roman Herzog.
1999 Order of the Netherlands Lion[4] Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands Recognised as "Chancellor of Europe", received from Wim Kok.
Order of Leopold[4] Belgium Kingdom of Belgium Received from Jean-Luc Dehaene.
Presidential Medal of Freedom[17] United States President of the United States of America Received from Bill Clinton.
Statesman of the Decade[18] United States EastWest Institute Laudation by Henry Kissinger. Ceremony attended by George H. W. Bush and Kofi Annan.
Goldene Henne (de)[19] Germany Superillu, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
St.-Liborius-Medaille für Einheit und Frieden (de)[20] Germany Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn
Olympic Order[21][22] Olympic rings without rims International Olympic Committee
2000 Millennium Medal[4] Hungary Government of Hungary Received from Viktor Orbán.
Preis des Westfälischen Friedens (de)[23] Germany Wirtschaftliche Gesellschaft für Westfalen und Lippe e. V.
2001 Elsie-Kühn-Leitz-Preis (de)[24] Germany Vereinigung Deutsch-Französischer Gesellschaften für Europa (de) For "an active contribution towards German-French relations".
2003 Order of Merit[4] France Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
2004 International Adalbert Prize[25] Germany 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] United States Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
Point-Alpha-Preis (de)[27] Germany Kuratorium Deutsche Einheit e.V. First recipient, joint with George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev.
Franz Josef Strauß-Preis (de)[28] Germany Hanns Seidel Foundation Laudation by Theo Waigel.
Quadriga[29] Germany Verein Werkstatt Deutschland Laudation by Mikhail Gorbachev.
2006 Special award of the Konrad Adenauer Prize for Municipal Politics[30] Germany Kommunalpolitische Vereinigung der CDU und CSU Deutschlands Laudation by Roland Koch.[4]
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana[31] Estonia President of Estonia Received from Prime Minister Andrus Ansip.
Carlos V. European Award[32][33] Spain European Academy of Yuste Foundation Received from Juan Carlos I of Spain.
Honorary membership[4] Germany Alfred-Delp-Gesellschaft For "promoting the remembrance of the military resistance" in National Socialism.
2007 Médaille d'or[34] Switzerland Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe Received from Micheline Calmy-Rey.
Prize for Understanding and Tolerance[35] Germany Jewish Museum, Berlin Laudation by Salomon Korn, Vice-President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany.
2009 BILD Osgar (de)[36] Germany Media Prize of Bild Joint recipient with George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev.
Distinguished Leadership Award[37] United States Atlantic Council Joint recipient with George H. W. Bush.
Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize[38] Germany Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation Laudation by Jean-Claude Juncker.
Millennium Bambi Award[39] Germany Hubert Burda Media
2010 Roland Berger Preis für Menschenwürde (de)[40] Germany Roland Berger Stiftung (de)
Grand Order of Queen Jelena[4] Croatia Republic of Croatia Received in Ludwigshafen.
2011 Henry A. Kissinger Prize[41] Germany/United States 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] Poland/Germany Haus der Deutsch-Polnischen Zusammenarbeit (de) For "extraordinary merit toward German-Polish reconciliation".
Pfälzer Löwe[43] Germany Bezirksverband Pfalz (de) Laudation by Philipp Mißfelder.

Namesakes

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References

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