1962 Lim Kim San Former Cabinet Minister of Singapore; Former Chairman, Housing and Development Board [1] 1963 Yusof bin Ishak Yang di Pertuan Negara Singapura, first President of Singapore 1967 Eisaku Satō Prime Minister of Japan 1972 First Class (Honorary) Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdom [3] 1972 First Class (Honorary) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince of the United Kingdom & royal consort [6][7] 1974 First Class (Honorary) Ferdinand Marcos President of the Philippines [8] 1985 First Class Goh Keng Swee Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore [3][9] 1990 First Class S. Rajaratnam Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore [3] First Class (Honorary) Hassanal Bolkiah Sultan of Brunei 1993 First Class Wee Kim Wee Former President of Singapore [10] 1999 First Class Yong Pung How Former Chief Justice of Singapore 2005 (Honorary) Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia 2007 Second Class S. Dhanabalan Former Chairman, Temasek Holdings 2008 Second Class Chan Sek Keong Former Chief Justice of Singapore [11] 2009 First Class (Honorary) Qaboos bin Said Al Said Sultan of Oman [citation needed] 2013 First Class S. R. Nathan Former President of Singapore [12] 2014 First Class (Honorary) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President of Indonesia [13] 2015 First Class S. Dhanabalan Former Chairman, Temasek Holdings; Member, Council of Presidential Advisers [14] 2018 First Class Tony Tan Keng Yam Former President of Singapore [15] 2019 With Distinction J. Y. Pillay Former Chairman, Council of Presidential Advisers [16] 2020 With High Distinction S. Jayakumar Senior Legal Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs [17][18]