Recognitions
On 17 November 2008 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark declared Peter Erben a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, for his contribution to furthering democracy around the world.
On 29 November 2005 Peter Erben was awarded the Ghazi Mir Bacha Khan Superior State Medal for having directed the Afghan 2005 national elections. This order is the highest award the Afghan nations bestows upon a non-Afghanistan individual. It was presented to Peter Erben by Mohammed Zahir Shah, Father of the Afghan Nation and former King of Afghanistan, in his Palace in Kabul.
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