The Order of Ismoili Somoni () is Tajikistan's highest distinction. It is named after Isma'il ibn Ahmad, also known as Ismoili Somoni. Recipients Tajiks Public servants Abdulmajid Dostiev Military Sherali Khayrulloyev, former Minister of Defence of Tajikistan Politicians Oqil Oqilov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan Yahyo Azimov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev, former Mayor of Dushanbe Foreigners Neighboring nations Asif Ali Zardari, former President of Pakistan Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan (2021) Ahmad Shah Massoud, former Minister of Defense of the Islamic State of Afghanistan and head of the Northern Alliance (2021) Post-Soviet space Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Abdulla Aripov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (2018) Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (2010) Abdulaziz Kamilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan (2018) Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (2007) Viktor Yanukovych, former President of Ukraine (2011) Valdis Zatlers, former President of Latvia (2009) Rest of the world Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, former Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, former Emir of Kuwait References Orders, decorations, and medals of Tajikistan