Carlo Azeglio Ciampi - Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Italian Wikipedia.

As President of the Italian Republic between 18 May 1999 and 15 May 2006, Ciampi held the roles of:

• Head of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• Chief of the Military Order of Italy
• Head of the Order of Merit for Labour
• Head of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity
• Head of the Order of Vittorio Veneto

• Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sacred Military Order of Malta
• Collar of the Order of Pius IX (Papal Order)
• 1982: Great Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• 1985: Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)
• 1986: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1993: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (Japan)
• 1995: Freeman of the City of Naples
• 1999: Collar of the Order of the White Rose (Finland)
• 2000: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom, 16 October 2000)
• 2000: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
• 2001: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
• 2001: Grand Cross of the Grand Order of King Tomislav ("For outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship and development co-operation between the Republic of Croatia and the Italian Republic." – Croatia, 19 October 2001)
• 2001: Honorary doctorate from the University of Leipzig Faculty of Economics
• 2002: Grand Star of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 2002: - Grand Cross (or 1st Class) of the Order of the White Double Cross (Slovakia)
• 2002: Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (Portugal, 22 February 2002)
• 2002: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic
• 2002: Collar Pro Merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
• 2003: Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania
• 2004: Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (Estonia)
• 2004: Commander Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Three Stars (Latvia)
• Honorary Member of the Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika (Malta, 19 May 2005)
• 2005: Charlemagne Prize
• 2005: - Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles (Monaco, 13 December 2005)
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil)
• 2008: Honorary doctorate from the Economics Faculty of the University of Augsburg

Awarded honorary doctorates of various universities, including the University of Oxford (2005)