Leonid Kuchma - Awards

Awards

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

Kuchma was awarded the Azerbaijani Istiglal Order for his contributions to development of Azerbaijan-Ukraine relations and strategic cooperation between the states by President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev on 6 August 1999.

Ukrainian Honours

• Order of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) of St. Ilya of Murom, 1st class (2004)
• Honorary Citizen of the Donetsk Oblast (2002)

Foreign Honours

• Knight Grand Cross with Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (3 May 1995)
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st class (Russia, 20 April 2004) - for his great personal contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between Russia and Ukraine
• Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (Lithuania, 20 September 1996)
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Lithuania, 4 November 1998, Ludmila too)
• Order of the Golden Eagle (Kazakhstan, 1999)
• Order of the Republic (Moldova, 2003)
• Order Laila Utama Dardzha Kerabat, 1st class (Brunei, 2004)
• Chain of the Order of Prince Henry (Portugal, 16 April 1998) February 3, 1999
• Order "Bethlehem - 2000" (State of Palestine, 2000)