The Most Exalted Order of the Crown of the Realm () is a Malaysian federal award. It is ranked lower than the Order of the Royal Family of Malaysia.
It should not be confused with the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia.
Classes and recipients It has one rank and is conferred on 30 living recipients only at any time. It is conferred to the Queen of Malaysia and newly appointed Malay rulers in his state. Fifteen, out of the total, are conferred on foreign princes, foreign Heads of State and other distinguished individuals. It does not carry any title.
Insignia The D.M.N. comprises a collar, a star, and a badge. There are two sheathed kris crossed upright in the centre of the collar. The nine-pointed star and the crescent moon of the award are made of gold. The badge is a five-pointed star with the jawi verse of Allah on top of the crown, which has a crescent and motto "Berpegang Tegoh Pada Allah" below the crown. (The current spelling of the motto should be "Berpegang Teguh Pada Allah", but amendments of the new spelling is not made) The sash is of yellow silk. In the centre are red stripes and the end is tied with a ribbon. The edges of the ribbon have white narrow stripes lying in between two blue stripes. The sash of the order is worn from the left shoulder to the right hip.
The Order was instituted on 16 August 1958 and gazetted on 21 August 1958.
Grand Recipients Official source D.M.N. The grand recipients do not receive any title. 1958: Abdul Rahman, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan 1958: Abu Bakar, Sultan of Pahang 1958: Hisamuddin, Sultan of Selangor 1958: Ibrahim, Sultan of Johor 1958: Ibrahim IV, Sultan of Kelantan 1958: Ismail Nasiruddin, Sultan of Terengganu 1958: Putra, Raja of Perlis 1958: Yusuf Izzudin Shah, Sultan of Perak 1959: Abdul Halim, Sultan of Kedah 1960: Ismail, Sultan of Johor 1961: Munawir, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan 1961: Yahya Petra, Sultan of Kelantan 1961: Salahuddin, Sultan of Selangor 1962: Budriah, Raja Permaisuri Agong 1963: Idris Shah II, Sultan of Perak 1966: Intan Zaharah, Raja Permaisuri Agong 1968: Ja'afar, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan 1970: Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaysia 1971: Bahiyah, Raja Permaisuri Agong 1974: Ahmad Shah, Sultan of Pahang 1976: Abdul Razak Hussein, Prime Minister of Malaysia 1976: Zainab, Raja Permaisuri Agong 1979: Ismail Petra of Kelantan, Sultan of Kelantan 1979: Afzan, Raja Permaisuri Agong 1980: Kurshiah, Raja Permaisuri Agong 1981: Mahmud, Sultan of Terengganu 1984: Iskandar, Sultan of Johor 1984: Zanariah, Raja Permaisuri Agong 1985: Azlan Shah, Sultan of Perak 1989: Bainun, Raja Permaisuri Agong 1994: Najihah, Raja Permaisuri Agong 1999: Siti Aishah, Raja Permaisuri Agong 1999: Mizan Zainal Abidin, Sultan of Terengganu 2001: Sirajuddin, Raja of Perlis 2002: Fauziah, Raja Permaisuri Agong 2003: Sharafuddin, Sultan of Selangor 2007: Nur Zahirah, Raja Permaisuri Agong 2009: Muhriz, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan 2011: Muhammad V, Sultan of Kelantan 2012: Haminah, Raja Permaisuri Agong 2014: Nazrin Shah, Sultan of Perak 2015: Ibrahim Ismail, Sultan of Johor 2018: Sallehuddin, Sultan of Kedah 2019: Abdullah, Sultan of Pahang 2019: Azizah, Raja Permaisuri Agong 2024: Raja Zarith Sofiah, Raja Permaisuri Agong
Honorary Grand Recipients D.M.N. (K) The honorary grand recipients do not receive any title. 1958: Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Sultan of Brunei 1959: Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Republic of the Philippines 1960: Ngo Dinh Diem, President of the Republic of Vietnam 1962: Ayub Khan, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1962: Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand 1962: Sirikit, Queen consort of Thailand 1963: Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia 1964: Norodom Kantol, Prime Minister of Cambodia 1964: Sisowath Kossamak, Queen Mother of Cambodia 1964: Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 1965: Park Chung-hee, President of the Republic of Korea 1965: Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of the Republic of Korea 1965: Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt 1965: Hussein bin Talal, King of Jordan 1965: Tahia Kazem, First Lady the Arab Republic of Egypt 1967: Wilhelmine Lübke, Spouse of the Federal President of Federal Republic of Germany 1967: Heinrich Lübke, Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany 1968: Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia 1968: Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Republic of the Philippines 1968: Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Republic of the Philippines 1968: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 1968: Farah Pahlavi, Empress consort of Iran 1970: Akihito, Crown Prince of Japan 1970: Michiko, Crown Princess of Japan 1970: Suharto, President of the Republic of Indonesia 1970: Siti Hartinah, First Lady of the Republic of Indonesia 1972: Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms 1980: Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei 1980: Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait 1981: Chun Doo-hwan, President of the Republic of Korea 1981: Lee Soon-ja, First Lady of the Republic of Korea 1982: Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia 1982: Nicolae Ceaușescu, President of the Republic of Romania 1986: Richard von Weizsäcker, Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany 1986: Marianne von Weizsäcker, Spouse of the Federal President of Federal Republic of Germany 1988: Roh Tae-woo, President of the Republic of Korea 1988: Kim Ok-suk, First Lady of the Republic of Korea 1990: Carlos Andrés Pérez, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 1991: Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President of the United Mexican States 1991: Carlos Menem, President of the Argentine Republic 1991: Fernando Collor de Mello, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil 1991: Qaboos bin Said al Said, Sultan of Oman 1991: Patricio Aylwin, President of the Republic of Chile 1995: Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, President of the Republic of Chile 1995: Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil 1995: Fidel Ramos, President of the Republic of the Philippines 1995: Juan Carlos, King of Spain 1995: Martti Ahtisaari, President of the Republic of Finland 1996: Alberto Fujimori, President of the Republic of Peru 1996: Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden 1996: Julio María Sanguinetti, President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay 1996: Kim Young-sam, President of the Republic of Korea 1996: Norodom Monineath, Queen consort of Cambodia 1997: Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of the Republic of Poland 1997: Roman Herzog, Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany 1998: Hassan Gouled Aptidon, President of the Republic of Djibouti 2000: Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain 2001: Andrés Pastrana Arango, President of the Republic of Colombia 2001: Fidel Castro, President of the Council of State of Cuba 2002: Stjepan Mesić, President of the Republic of Croatia 2003: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic 2005: Silvia, Queen consort of Sweden 2007: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia 2009: Michelle Bachelet, President of the Republic of Chile 2010: Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar 2017: Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia 2019: Saleha, Queen consort of Brunei 2022: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey 2023: Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Sovereign Prince of Monaco 2023: Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Abu Dhabi
References
External links Malaysia: Most Exalted Order of the Crown of the Realm