The following is a list of accolades and honors conferred upon the sixth chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Helmut Kohl.
Honorary degrees and citizenships
+ Honorary doctorates (selection)YearInstitution 1990 Tel Aviv University University of Maryland John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Harvard University 1991 University of Salamanca University of Edinburgh University of Chile 1993 Istanbul University Sophia University, Tokyo Sofia University 1995 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Philosophy 1996 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Ateneo de Manila University Keio University, Tokyo 1998 Brandeis University, Faculty of Law University of Cambridge 1999 University of Liège 2000 University of Wrocław, Faculty of Theology University of Groningen
+ Honorary citizenshipsYearInstitution 1985 St. Gilgen 1992 Berlin 1998 London Honorary Citizen of Europe 1999 Frankfurt am Main 2005 Ludwigshafen 2010 Gdańsk
– Given on 9 November 1992, the third anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to Kohl, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. – Received on 11 December 1998 at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna. The only other honorary citizenship of Europe was given to Jean Monnet in 1976.
Accolades YearAccoladeInstitutionNote 1977 Order of Merit of the Italian Republic President of Italy 1984 Grand Cross of the Order of Christ President of Portugal 1988 Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry President of Portugal Charlemagne Prize City of Aachen, Society for the Conferring of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen For "distinguished service on behalf of European unification", joint recipient with François Mitterrand. 1990 Coudenhove-Kalergi-Europapreis European Society Coudenhove-Kalergi 1991 Europe Prize for Statesmanship Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. 1993 Deutscher Medienpreis (de) Media Control (de) Laudation by Jens Feddersen (de). 1994 Bavarian Order of Merit Minister-President of Bavaria Laudation by Edmund Stoiber. Konrad-Adenauer-Freiheitspreis Germany Foundation For life achievement towards freedom, peace and unity. Laudation by Otto von Habsburg. 1995 Concord-Preis City of Krefeld For merit towards a German-American partnership. 1996 Presidential Gold Medal B'nai B'rith Laudation by Shimon Peres. European of the Year La Vie Laudation by Jacques Delors. Order of Ouissam Alaouite’ King of Morocco Received from Hassan II of Morocco. Eric M. Warburg Award Atlantik-Brücke Laudation by George H. W. Bush. Honorary membership Society of Indonesian Engineers Prince of Asturias Award in International Cooperation Princess of Asturias Foundation Received from Felipe VI of Spain, then Prince of Asturias. 1997 Leo-Baeck-Preis Central Council of Jews in Germany Laudation by George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld. The George C. Marshall Foundation Award George C. Marshall Foundation Received from Madeleine Albright at a Gala Dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Marshall Plan Speech in Washington, D.C. Europäischer St.-Ulrichs-Preis (de) Europäische St.-Ulrichs-Stiftung, Dillingen an der Donau Laudation by Theo Waigel. Vision for Europe Award Edmond Israel Foundation For "tireless commitment in the interest of European integration". 1998 Order of the White Eagle President of Poland Received from Aleksander Kwaśniewski. Grand Cross in Special Design of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany President of Germany Only the second - after Konrad Adenauer - to receive this honour. Received from Roman Herzog. 1999 Order of the Netherlands Lion Kingdom of the Netherlands Recognised as "Chancellor of Europe", received from Wim Kok. Order of Leopold Kingdom of Belgium Received from Jean-Luc Dehaene. Presidential Medal of Freedom President of the United States of America Received from Bill Clinton. Statesman of the Decade EastWest Institute Laudation by Henry Kissinger. Ceremony attended by George H. W. Bush and Kofi Annan. Goldene Henne (de) Superillu, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg St.-Liborius-Medaille für Einheit und Frieden (de) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn Olympic Order International Olympic Committee 2000 Millennium Medal Government of Hungary Received from Viktor Orbán. Preis des Westfälischen Friedens (de) Wirtschaftliche Gesellschaft für Westfalen und Lippe e. V. 2001 Elsie-Kühn-Leitz-Preis (de) Vereinigung Deutsch-Französischer Gesellschaften für Europa (de) For "an active contribution towards German-French relations". 2003 Order of Merit Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques 2004 International Adalbert Prize Adalbert-Stiftung (de) Laudation by Władysław Bartoszewski. Alcide de Gasperi Prize Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Alcide de Gasperi. 2005 Global Leadership Award Chicago Council on Foreign Relations Point-Alpha-Preis (de) Kuratorium Deutsche Einheit e.V. First recipient, joint with George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. Franz Josef Strauß-Preis (de) Hanns Seidel Foundation Laudation by Theo Waigel. Quadriga Verein Werkstatt Deutschland Laudation by Mikhail Gorbachev. 2006 Special award of the Konrad Adenauer Prize for Municipal Politics Kommunalpolitische Vereinigung der CDU und CSU Deutschlands Laudation by Roland Koch. Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana President of Estonia Received from Prime Minister Andrus Ansip. Carlos V. European Award European Academy of Yuste Foundation Received from Juan Carlos I of Spain. Honorary membership Alfred-Delp-Gesellschaft For "promoting the remembrance of the military resistance" in National Socialism. 2007 Médaille d'or Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe Received from Micheline Calmy-Rey. Prize for Understanding and Tolerance Jewish Museum, Berlin Laudation by Salomon Korn, Vice-President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. 2009 BILD Osgar (de) Media Prize of Bild Joint recipient with George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. Distinguished Leadership Award Atlantic Council Joint recipient with George H. W. Bush. Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation Laudation by Jean-Claude Juncker. Millennium Bambi Award Hubert Burda Media 2010 Roland Berger Preis für Menschenwürde (de) Roland Berger Stiftung (de) Grand Order of Queen Jelena Republic of Croatia Received in Ludwigshafen. 2011 Henry A. Kissinger Prize / American Academy in Berlin Laudations by Bill Clinton and Robert B. Zoellick. Remarks by Angela Merkel and Philip D. Murphy. Special Prize "Golden Bridge of Dialogue 2010" / Haus der Deutsch-Polnischen Zusammenarbeit (de) For "extraordinary merit toward German-Polish reconciliation". Pfälzer Löwe Bezirksverband Pfalz (de) Laudation by Philipp Mißfelder.
Namesakes In 1995, the Institute of European Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, founded in 1991, was renamed Helmut Kohl Institute in his honor. Several streets in Germany bear his name.
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