The National Flag Decoration () is one of the highest decorations to be given in Albania, among the Civil awards and decorations of Albania, and was instituted by special law Nr.8113, of 28 March 1996.
This award is granted to Albanians or foreigners for extraordinary contributions for the sublimation of the Albanian nation and Albania.
Mostly the proposer of this Order is the President of the Republic through his own initiative. It could also be the Speaker of Assembly or the Prime Minister.
Famous recipients of National Flag Order
Recipients:
2006 - - First President of the partially recognised Republic of Kosova Ibrahim Rugova 2007 - - 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush 2012 - - Founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army, National Hero of Kosovo Adem Jashari 2012 - - Kosovo Albanian activist Adem Demaçi 2012 - - 67th United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 2012 - - Leader of Albania from 1925 to 1939 Zog I of Albania (posthumous) 2013 - - Kosovo Albanian freedom fighter Adem Jashari (posthumous) 2014 - - Austrian politician Heinz Fischer 2014 - - 4th Baron of the Rothschild family Jacob Rothschild 2015 - - Portuguese politician who was the 11th President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso 2015 - - 79th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Matthew Festing 2015 - - Former ruling Emir of the State of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani 2015 - - Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 2015 - - Former President and Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha 2016 - - Albanian novelist and poet Ismail Kadare 2016 - - Milo Đukanović 2016 - - Martti Ahtisaari 2017 - - former United States senator Bob Dole 2017 - - Shaban Polluzha 2017 - - Franz Josef Strauss 2018 - - Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović 2018 - - Albert II, Prince of Monaco 2018 - - Stjepan Mesić 2019 - - Mujo Ulqinaku (post mortem)
See also Orders, decorations and medals of Albania
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