List of honours received by Sepp Blatter

Joseph "Sepp" Blatter (born 10 March 1936) is a Swiss sports administrator who, from 1998 to 2015, served as the eighth president of FIFA, the world governing body of association football. Before being banned from football for eight years in 2015, Blatter has received numerous honours and awards from nation states, sport governing bodies, special interest groups, universities, and cities.

Individual honours

Individual honours awarded to Blatter include the American Global Award for Peace, and the title of "International Humanitarian of the Year" and the "Golden Charter of Peace and Humanitarianism" from the International Humanitarian League for Peace and Tolerance.[1]

Blatter's efforts for peace have also won him a limited edition watch, the "Dove of Geneva" made by the Swiss watchmakers Quinting.[2]

Blatter has also received Soccerex's "Tenth Anniversary Soccerex Merit Award" and the 'Best World Sports award' from the Graduate School of Business Administration in Zurich, Switzerland, and the South African Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality's 'Golden Key Recognition Trophy'.[1][3]

Foreign honours

Appointments

Country	Date	Ribbon	Appointment	Ref.
Jordan	Date unknown		Order of Independence	[1]
Bolivia	Date unknown		Medalla al Mérito Deportivo	[1]
South Africa	1998		Order of Good Hope	[4]
Liberia	1999		Humane Order of African Redemption	[5]
Tunisia	2001		Grand Cordon de l'Ordre de la République Tunisienne	[1][6]
UAE	2003		Order of Zayed	[7]
Morocco	2004		Grand Officer, Order of the Throne	[1]
Yemen	2004		Award of Merit	[1]
France	2004		Knight of the French Legion of Honour	[8]
Central African Republic	2005		Commander, Ordre de la Médaille de la Reconnaissance	[1]
Sudan	2005		Order of the Two Niles	[1]
Djibouti	2005		Commander, L'Ordre National du 27 Juin 1977	[1]
Germany	2006		Grand Cross of the Order of Merit	[9]
Ukraine	2007		Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Grade V	[1]
Uzbekistan	2007		Order of National Friendship, or Do'stlik	[1]
Kyrgyzstan	2007		Order of Danaker	[10]
India	2007		Crown of Peace	[1]
Venezuela	2007		Order of Francisco de Miranda - First Class	[1]
Bahrain	2008		Bahrain, Medal of the First Degree	[1][11]
Palestine	2008		Wissam Al-Qods (Order Jerusalem), with distinction	[12]
Japan	2009		Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun	[1]
Kazakhstan	2009		Order of Friendship	[1]
South Korea	2010		Order of Merit for Sports	[1]
South Africa	2010		Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo On the official South African government website, he was named as "Joseph Sepp Bellend Blatter"	[13]
Malaysia	2011		Dato' Sri – First Class Grand Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of the Sri Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang	[1]

Honorary degrees

• University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, 2011[1]
• De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom, 2005[1]withdrawn 22 December 2015
• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 2006[1]
• International University, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007[1]
• Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Training and Sport, Baku, Azerbaijan[1]
• An honorary diploma from the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.[1]

Honorary citizenships

East Timor made Blatter an honorary citizen in 2011.[1] Blatter has also been awarded honorary citizenships from the cities of Bangkok (2006), Guatemala City and Managua in 2011.[1] Blatter was appointed an honorary citizen of Visp, his hometown in southwestern Switzerland, in 2006.[1]

Sports association honours

Honours from sport governing bodies and associations awarded to Blatter include the Order of Olympic Merit from the International Olympic Committee, the 'Global Award for Peace' from the International Amateur Athletic Association, and honorary memberships of the German Football Association, Swiss Football Association, the Swiss Olympic Association, and Real Madrid C.F..[14][1] Blatter has also been awarded the 'Necklace of Honour' from the Ecuadorian Football Federation in 2010,[1] the Asian Football Confederation's Diamond of Asia Award in 2006[1] and UEFA's Order of Merit in Diamond in 2004.[1]

References

1. "Mr Joseph S. BLATTER". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
2. "President Blatter awarded the Dove of Geneva". FIFA. May 19, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
3. "Blatter recognised for development work". FIFA. July 6, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
4. "Football: The race is on". BBC News Online. March 31, 1998. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
5. Jennings 2007, pp. 200
6. "FIFA President witnesses the dynamism of football in Tunisia". FIFA. October 8, 2001. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
7. "Maktoum awards Zayed Order to Blatter". Emirates News Agency. November 28, 2003. Archived from the original on 2016-02-23. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
8. "Joseph S. Blatter named Knight of the French Legion of Honour". FIFA. May 18, 2004. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
9. "Blatter Gets Cross". Al Jazeera. July 8, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
10. "FIFA's Ambitious President: Sepp Blatter - Champion of the Poor or Self-Promoter?". Der Spiegel. June 15, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
11. "King awards Blatter with medal". Gulf Daily News. February 13, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
12. "Blatter: A victory for football". FIFA. October 28, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
13. "J Zuma: Welcoming of FIFA family for 2010 World Cup". Government of South Africa. June 7, 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
14. Jennings 2007, pp. 244–245

• Jennings, Andrew (2007). Foul! The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals. HarperSport. ISBN 978-0-00-720869-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)