Honors and Awards
- Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1994), queen of the Netherlands
- Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau (2003), queen of the Netherlands
- European Hero (2005), Time Magazine
- Best Mayor of the Last 25 Years (2005), Binnenlands Bestuur
- Citizenship Award (2005), P&V Foundation
- Honorary degree (2007), University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Advertising Man of the Year (2007), Marketing Tribune
- Honorary degree (2008), Radboud University Nijmegen
- Martin Luther King Award (2008), DutchVersity
- Cross of Recognition, Second Class (2008), president of Latvia
- Gold Medal (2010), city council of Amsterdam
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