the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (28 February 2013) : Companion of the Order of the Star of Ghana ( 16 October 2006) : Grand cross of the Order of the Redeemer (23 September 2008) : Recipient of the Medal in Gold of the Parliament Ellenic (23 September 2008) President's Medal (9 June 2014) : Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of al-Hussein bin Ali (20 October 2009) : Collar of the Order of Mubarak the Great (3 May 2010) : Member Extraordinary Grade of the Order of Merit (30 October 2008) : Commander of the Order of Merit (21 April 2004) : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau ( 2 February 2009) : Honorary Companions of Honour with Collar of the National Order of Merit (30 June 2010) : Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion ( 23 October 2012) : Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Palestine (17 October 2013) : Grand cross of the Order of the White Eagle (11 June 2012) : Collar of the Collar of the Independence (13 November 2007) : Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania (15 September 2011) : Collar of the Order of San Marino (13 June 2014) : Collar of the Order of King Abdulaziz ( 5 November 2007) : Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross ( 27 February 2007) : Member of the Order for Exceptional Merits (17 January 2011) : Recipient of the Grand Order of Mugunghwa (14 September 2009) : Collar of the Order pro Merito Melitensi (6 November 2008) : Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (26 September 1998) : Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (13 March 2009) : Member 1st Class of the Order of Umayyad (18 March 2010) : First Class of the Order of the State of Republic of Turkey (26 November 2009) : Knight with the Collar Order of Pius IX (November 2006) Dan David Prize: To Mr. Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Italian Republic, for his dedication to the cause of Parliamentary democracy, thereby contributing to a strengthening of democratic values and institutions in Italy and Europe; and for his courage and intellectual integrity which have been crucial in healing the wounds of the Cold War in Europe,