Honours and Awards
His Majesty King Hamad has received numerous honours, for example:
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan (1 February 1967)
- Order of the Two Rivers, 1st class (Iraq, 22 February 1969)
- Order of the Mohammedi (Morocco, 16 October 1970)
- Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (Jordan, 1 September 1972)
- Collar of the Order of the Republic (Egypt) (24 January 1973)
- Revoked: Collar of the Order of the Crown (Iran, 28 April 1973)
- Collar of Abdulaziz al Saud (Saudi Arabia, 4 April 1976)
- Star of the Republic of Indonesia, 1st class (8 October 1977)
- Order of the Republic of Mauritania, 1st class (4 April 1978)
- Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (UK, 15 February 1979)
- Grand Conqueror of Libya, 1st class (1 September 1979)
- Order of Zayed the Great of the UAE (2.2.2005)
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (2006)
- Order of the Republic of the Yemen, 1st class (25.3.2010)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog of Denmark (4.2.2011)
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit of France
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
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