Country Recipient Date of reception Serie number Decision : number & date Awarded by President Lennart Meri ( 6 October 1992 – 8 October 2001 ) Finland Raimo Tiilikainen, Market Marine Rescue commander, Commodore 16.05.1995 3 547 ( 16.05.1995 ) Germany Henning von Wistinghausen, ambassador to Estonia 09.10.1995 7 597 ( 08.08.1995 ) Norway Brit Løvseth, ambassador to Estonia 08.08.1995 6 597 ( 08.08.1995 ) United States Robert C. Frasure, ambassador to Estonia (1991–1994) 21.08.1995 8 603 ( 19.08.1995 ) Germany Boris Meissner, Professor, supporter of the independence of the Baltic States 26.11.1995 9 607 ( 01.09.1995 ) Sweden Lars Arne Grundberg, ambassador to Estonia 06.09.1995 10 607 ( 01.09.1995 ) United States Paul A. Goble, Editor in Chief, supporter of Baltic States independence 21.10.1995 20 622 ( 17.10.1995 ) United Kingdom Frederic Mackarness Bennett, Adviser to the Prime Minister 06.05.1996 26 642 ( 24.11.1995 ) Iceland Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson, Member of Parliament 04.03.1996 31 683 ( 16.02.1996 ) France Gabriel Kaspéreit, Member of Parliament 23.02.1996 32 683 ( 16.02.1996 ) United States George Frost Kennan, U.S. diplomat 27.06.1996 33 683 ( 16.02.1996 ) Germany Wolfgang von Stetten, Member of Parliament 20.02.1996 34 683 ( 16.02.1996 ) Finland Jaakko Erik Kaurinkoski, ambassador to Estonia 22.05.1996 35 721 ( 22.05.1996 ) Italy Carlo Siano, ambassador to Estonia 05.12.1996 38 5 ( 17.10.1996 ) Germany Berndt von Staden, German politician 16.07.1997 44 82 ( 18.02.1997 ) Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs 06.03.1997 40 82 ( 18.02.1997 ) Denmark Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Denmark M.P., former Foreign Minister 20.02.1997 41 82 ( 18.02.1997 ) United Kingdom General Garry Johnson, International Baltic defense advisory group chairman 20.02.1997 42 82 ( 18.02.1997 ) Germany Otto Graf Lambsdorff, politician, Chairman of the Trilateral Commission's European Department 18.11.1997 43 82 ( 18.02.1997 ) United States Lawrence Palmer Taylor, ambassador to Estonia (1995–1997) 06.08.1997 53 175 ( 06.08.1997 ) Russia Aleksandr Trofimov, ambassador to Estonia (1992–1997) 13.08.1997 54 176 ( 11.08.1997 ) France Roland Dumas, Chairman of the Constitutional Court and former Minister of Foreign Affairs 09.05.1998 57 280 ( 09.02.1998 ) Finland Retired General Adolf Erik Ehrnrooth 21.02.1998 58 280 ( 09.02.1998 ) United States George Soros, Founder of the Open Estonia Foundation 04.03.1998 59 280 ( 09.02.1998 ) United Kingdom George Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle, secretary of the British-Estonian parliamentary group 01.03.1998 56 280 ( 09.02.1998 ) Sweden Katarina Brodin, ambassador to Estonia (1994–1998) 11.06.1998 74 352 ( 03.06.1998 ) France Jacques Faure, ambassador to Estonia (1994–1998) 24.09.1988 77 399 ( 24.09.1998 ) Italy Roberto Martini, ambassador to Estonia (1996–1999) 20.04.1999 98 577 ( 06.04.1999 ) Ukraine Juri Olenenko, ambassador to Estonia (1993–1999) 06.07.1999 100 612 ( 30.06.1999 ) Germany Bernd Mützelburg, ambassador to Estonia (1995–1999) 27.07.1999 101 620 ( 19.07.1999 ) United States Strobe Talbott, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State 24.01.2000 103 717 ( 12.01.2000 ) Sweden Margaretha af Ugglas, Former Foreign Minister (1991–1994) 23.02.2000 105 730 ( 08.02.2000 ) Denmark Svend Roed Nielsen, ambassador to Estonia (1995–2000) 15.03.2000 119 741 ( 04.03.2000 ) United Kingdom Timothy Craddock, ambassador to Estonia (1997–2000) 02.08.2000 127 884 ( 18.07.2000 ) Germany Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor (= Prime Minister) 07.11.2000 133 914 ( 02.11.2000 ) Germany Wolfgang Thierse, President of Parliament 07.11.2000 134 914 ( 02.11.2000 ) Finland Pekka Artturi Oinonen, ambassador to Estonia (1996–2001) 16.03.2001 232 1013 ( 12.03.2001 ) France Pierre Moscovici, French Foreign Ministry's European Affairs Minister 28.07.2001 244 1124 ( 23.07.2001 ) France Jean-Jacques Subrenat, ambassador to Estonia 28.07.2001 245 1124 ( 23.07.2001 ) United States Melissa Foelsch Welss, ambassador to Estonia (1998–2001) 04.09.2001 266 1128 ( 23.08.2001 ) Latvia Gints Jēgermanis, ambassador to Estonia (1998–2001) 25.09.2001 267 1135 ( 20.09.2001 ) China Mingrong Zou, ambassador to Estonia (1998–2001) 02.10.2001 268 1135 ( 20.09.2001 ) Awarded by H.E. President Arnold Rüütel (8 October 2001 – 9 October 2006) Finland Jaakko Blomberg, ambassador to Estonia 20.11.2001 273 30 ( 16.11.2001 ) Finland Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister 20.11.2001 274 30 ( 16.11.2001 ) Finland Riitta Uosukainen, Chairman of the Parliament 20.11.2001 275 30 ( 16.11.2001 ) Italy Luchino Cortese, ambassador to Estonia (1999–2002) 28.01.2002 295 86 ( 18.01.2002 ) Poland Władysław Bartoszewski, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, for supporting adhesion to NATO 09.05.2002 296 97 ( 04.02.2002 ) United States Senator Robert C. Byrd, for withdrawal of Russia and supporting adhesion to NATO 13.03.2003 297 97 ( 04.02.2002 ) United States Senator Richard J. Durbin, for supporting adhesion to NATO 19.03.2002 298 97 ( 04.02.2002 ) Poland Bronisław Geremek, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, for supporting adhesion to NATO 20.06.2002 299 97 ( 04.02.2002 ) Latvia Anatolijs Gorbunovs, Former Speaker of the Saeima 23.02.2002 300 97 ( 04.02.2002 ) United States Senator Jesse Helms, for withdrawal of Russian troops and supporting adhesion to NATO 19.03.2002 301 97 ( 04.02.2002 ) Finland Max Jakobson, Chairman of the International Investigation Commission Against Crimes 22.05.2002 302 97 ( 04.02.2002 ) Lithuania Vytautas Landsbergis, Former Chairman of the Supreme Council 23.02.2002 303 97 ( 04.02.2002 ) United States Senator Richard G. Lugar, for withdrawal of Russian troops and supporting adhesion to NATO 19.03.2002 304 97 ( 04.02.2002 ) United States Senator John Sidney McCain III, for supporting adhesion to NATO 19.03.2002 305 97 ( 04.02.2002 ) United States Senator Gordon H. Smith, for supporting adhesion to NATO 19.03.2002 306 97 ( 04.02.2002 ) Poland Marek Borowski, Speaker of the Sejm (Parliament) 18.03.2002 336 121 ( 13.03.2002 ) Poland Leszek Miller, Prime Minister 18.03.2002 338 121 ( 13.03.2002 ) Poland Longin Pastusiak, Speaker of the Senate 18.03.2002 339 121 ( 13.03.2002 ) Norway Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister 10.04.2002 358 137 ( 02.04.2002 ) Norway Nina Frisak, Chancellor of the Prime Minister's Office 10.04.2002 359 137 ( 02.04.2002 ) Norway Bjarne Lindstrøm, Chancellor of the Foreign Ministry 10.04.2002 360 137 ( 02.04.2002 ) Norway Per Kristian Pedersen, ambassador to Estonia 10.04.2002 361 137 ( 02.04.2002 ) Norway Jan Petersen, Foreign Minister 10.04.2002 362 137 ( 02.04.2002 ) Norway Berit Tversland, Private Secretary to the King 10.04.2002 363 137 ( 02.04.2002 ) Germany Gerhard Enver Schrömbgens, ambassador to Estonia (1999–2002) 28.06.2002 378 195 ( 21.06.2002 ) Lithuania Rimantas Juozapas Tonkūnas, ambassador to Estonia (1997–2002) 03.10.2002 379 233 ( 25.09.2002 ) Hungary Béla Jávorszky, ambassador to Estonia (1999–2002) 25.10.2002 380 243 ( 10.10.2002 ) United States Thomas J. Campbell, Former member of the House of Representative, for supporting quest of independence 25.09.2003 382 332 ( 03.02.2003 ) United States Thomas Slade Gorton III, Former U.S. senator, for supporting quest of independence 25.09.2003 384 332 ( 03.02.2003 ) Denmark Hans Hækkerup, Former Minister of Defence, for supporting adhesion to NATO 03.02.2003 385 332 ( 03.02.2003 ) Finland Elisabeth Rehn, Former Defence Minister, for supporting Estonian's Defence forces 25.03.2003 386 332 ( 03.02.2003 ) Sweden Björn von Sydow, Speaker of the Riksdag 14.04.2003 388 332 ( 03.02.2003 ) Portugal Filipe Augusto Ruivo Guterres, ambassador to Estonia 12.05.2003 419 408 ( 08.05.2003 ) Portugal Carlos Costa Neves, Secretary of State for European Affairs 12.05.2003 420 408 ( 08.05.2003 ) Portugal Rosário Ventura Secretary of State for trade, industry and services 12.05.2003 421 408 ( 08.05.2003 ) Sweden Elisabet Borsiin Bonnier, ambassador to Estonia (1998–2003) 25.06.2003 437 416 China Cong Jun, ambassador to Estonia (2001–2003) 23.07.2003 438 437 Malta Edward Fenech Adami, Prime Minister 01.10.2003 440 445 Malta Vincent De Gaetano, Chancellor of Justice 01.10.2003 441 445 Malta Anton Tabone, president of the Parliament 442 445 United Kingdom Sarah Squire, ambassador to Estonia (2000–2003) 28.10.2003 447 451 United States George Allen, Senator, for supporting adhesion to NATO 06.10.2005 450 532 United States Joseph Biden, Senator, for supporting adhesion to NATO 05.02.2004 451 532 Spain Ramón de Miguel Egea, State Secretary for European Affairs, for supporting adhesion to European Union 24.02.2004 452 532 United States Madeleine Korbel Albright, State Secretary, for supporting adhesion to NATO 08.09.2005 453 532 United Kingdom George Islay MacNeill Robertson, general secretary of NATO, for supporting adhesion to NATO 20.09.2004 454 532 Ireland Dick Roche, Minister of European Affairs 23.02.2004 455 532 United States Joseph Michael De Thomas, ambassador to Estonia (2001–2004) 29.06.2004 507 654 Czech Republic Vladislav Labudek, ambassador to Estonia (2000–2004) 29.06.2004 508 654 Ireland Sean Farrell, ambassador to Estonia (2001–2004) 04.08.2004 509 672 Lithuania Antanas Valionis, Foreign Minister 04.10.2004 510 693 United Kingdom Robin Finlayson Cook, Former Foreign Minister, for supporting adhesion to European Union 13.07.2005 525 775 Finland Jaakko Blomberg, ambassador to Estonia (2001–2005) 04.07.2005 591 852 Germany Karl Jürgen Dröge, ambassador to Estonia (2002–2005) 20.06.2005 592 852 Hungary László Nikicser, ambassador to Estonia (2003–2005) 04.07.2005 593 852 Denmark Jørgen Munk Rasmussen, ambassador to Estonia (2000–2005) 04.07.2005 594 852 Netherlands Joanna Maria van Vliet, ambassador to Estonia (2001–2005) 04.07.2005 595 852 Poland Wojciech Wróblewski, ambassador to Estonia (2001–2005) 04.07.2005 596 852 Latvia Edgars Skuja, ambassador to Estonia (2002–2005) 12.09.2005 597 887 Norway Per Kristian Pedersen, ambassador to Estonia (2000–2005) 12.09.2005 598 889 Turkey Ömer Altuğ, ambassador to Estonia (2001–2005) 08.11.2005 600 909 Ukraine Mykola Makarevych, ambassador to Estonia (1999–2005) 25.11.2005 601 928 Latvia Aigars Kalvītis, Prime Minister 07.12.2005 613 937 Latvia Ingrīda Ūdre, President of the Parliament 07.12.2005 614 937 China Jiuyin Hong, ambassador to Estonia (2003–2005) 02.03.2006 687 981 Lithuania Antanas Vinkus, ambassador to Estonia (2002–2006) 28.06.2006 689 1033 Russia Konstantin Provalov, ambassador to Estonia (2001–2006) 22.08.2006 690 1060 France Chantal de Ghaisne de Bourmount, ambassador to Estonia (2002–2006) 26.09.2006 691 1066 Awarded by H.E. President Toomas Hendrik Ilves ( 9 October 2006 – 10 October 2016 ) Austria Jakub Forst-Battaglia, ambassador to Estonia (2001–2006) 13.12.2006 694 20 United States Aldona Wos, ambassador to Estonia (2004–2006) 13.12.2006 695 20 Finland Seppo Kääriäinen, Minister of Defence 14.03.2007 724 168 Finland Leena Luhtanen, Minister of Justice 14.03.2007 725 168 Finland Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister 14.03.2007 726 168 Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister 09.07.2007 745 168 Spain Manuel Marín Gonzàlez, Chairman of the lower house of Parliament 09.07.2007 746 168 Spain María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Vice-Prime Minister 09.07.2007 747 168 Spain Pedro Solbes, Second Vice-Prime Minister, minister of Economy and Finances 09.07.2007 748 168 Spain Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé, Minister of foreign Affairs and Cooperation 09.07.2007 749 168 Spain Alberto Aza Arias, Head of the House of the King of Spain 09.07.2007 750 168 Spain Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jiménez, Mayor of Madrid 09.07.2007 751 168 Hungary István Mohácsi, ambassador to Estonia (2005–2007) 04.09.2007 780 170 United Kingdom Nigel Robert Haywood, ambassador to Estonia (2003–2007) 31.10.2007 781 187 Spain Miguel Bauza y More, ambassador to Estonia (2004–2008) 23.01.2008 782 245 Latvia Ivars Godmanis, relations between Latvia and Estonia 784 269 Netherlands Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria Timmermans, Minister for European Affairs 14.05.2008 825 280 Netherlands Henk Ary Christiaan van der Zwan, ambassador to Estonia 14.05.2008 826 280 Netherlands Marco Hennis, Queen's counsellor 14.05.2008 827 280 Netherlands Martine Louise Amélie van Loon-Labouchère, Queen's mistress of the wardrobe 14.05.2008 828 281 Netherlands Lieutenant General Andreas Joseph Gulielmus Maria Blomjous, Queen's head adjutant 14.05.2008 836 281 Belgium Olivier Chastel Secretary of State of Belgian Foreign Ministry 10.06.2008 839 290 Belgium Pierre Dubuisson, ambassador to Estonia 10.06.2008 840 290 Czech Republic Miloš Lexa, ambassador to Estonia (2004–2008) 17.06.2008 850 297 Ireland Noel Kilkenny, ambassador to Estonia (2004–2008) 23.08.2008 851 333 Sweden Dag Hartelius, ambassador to Estonia (2003–2008) 05.08.2008 852 334 Portugal Ana Paula Baptista Grade Zacarias, ambassador to Estonia (2005–2008) 27.11.2008 0? 363 United States Stanley Davis Phillips, ambassador to Estonia (2007–2009) 08.01.2009 0? 418 Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister 24.03.2009 856 423 Turkey Fatma Şule Soysal, ambassador to Estonia (2005–2009) 26.03.2009 871 456 Latvia Imants Viesturs Lieģis, Minister of Defence 07.04.2009 874 460 Latvia Ints Dālderis, Minister of Culture 07.04.2009 875 460 Germany Julius Bobinger, ambassador to Estonia (2005–2009) 17.06.2009 885 492 Denmark Kristen Rosenvold Geelan, ambassador to Estonia (2005–2009) 28.08.2009 887 522 France Daniel Louis Labrosse, ambassador to Estonia (2006–2009) 03.09.2009 888 524 Italy Fabrizio Piaggesi, ambassador to Estonia (2005–2009) 10.09.2009 889 526 Denmark Per Stig Møller, Foreign Minister 03.02.2010 891 606 Germany Joseph Martin Fischer, Foreign Minister 03.02.2010 890 606 Ukraine Pavlo Kir´iakov, ambassador to Estonia (2006–2010) 09.06.2010 901 669 Russia Nikolay Uspenskiy, ambassador to Estonia (2006–2010) 18.06.2010 902 691 Poland Tomasz Chłoń, ambassador to Estonia (2005–2010) 07.07.2010 903 692 Finland Jaakko Kaarlo Antero Kalela, ambassador to Estonia (2005–2010) 19.08.2010 904 728 Norway Stein Vegard Hagen, ambassador to Estonia (2005–2010) 03.09.2010 905 730 Sweden Ingvar Carlsson, Former Prime Minister (1986–1991, 1994–1996) 12.01.2011 908 807 Sweden Kristine von Blixen-Finecke, First Lady of the Royal Court 18.01.2011 909 807 Sweden Lena Hjelm-Wallén, former Foreign Minister (1994–1998) 25.02.2011 910 807 Sweden Svante Lindqvist, Marshal of the Realm 18.01.2011 911 807 Sweden Jan Palmstierna, ambassador to Estonia 18.01.2011 912 807 Sweden Göran Persson, Prime Minister (1996–2006) 18.01.2011 913 807 Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister 18.01.2011 914 807 Sweden Sten Tolgfors, Minister of Defence 18.01.2011 915 807 Sweden Per Westerberg, Speaker of the Riksdag 18.01.2011 916 807 Sweden Lars-Hjalmar Wide, First Marshal of the Court, Ambassador 18.01.2011 917 807 Sweden Frank Belfrage, Foreign Minister 25.02.2011 951 810 Spain Eduardo Ibáñez López-Dóriga, ambassador to Estonia (2008–2011) 05.05.2011 971 890 Austria Angelika Saupe-Berchtold, ambassador to Estonia (2007–2011) 14.10.2011 972 932 Malta Tonio Borg, Vice-Prime Minister and Foreign Minister 31.05.2012 990 98 Latvia Solvita Āboltiņa, Mme President of Parliament 05.06.2012 1003 99 Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis, Prime Minister 05.06.2012 1004 99 United States Michael C. Polt, ambassador to Estonia (2009–2012) 27.06.2012 1029 112 Denmark Uffe Anderssøn Balslev, ambassador to Estonia (2009–2012) 06.07.2012 1030 113 Belgium Nicolaas Buyck, ambassador to Estonia (2008–2012) 02.07.2012 1031 114 Netherlands Maurits Robbert Jochems, ambassador to Estonia (2010–2012) 11.09.2012 1033 164 Japan Hideaki Hoshi, ambassador to Estonia (2010–2012) 11.09.2012 1032 165 Italy Rosa Maria Chicco Ferraro, ambassador to Estonia (2009–2012) 19.10.2012 1034 166 United States Hillary Clinton, Foreign Minister (2009–2013) 06.02.2013 1035 224 Lithuania Algirdas Butkevičius, Prime Minister 27.05.2013 1046 266 Lithuania Neilas Tankevičius, ambassador to Estonia 27.05.2013 1047 266 Germany David Gill, Cabinet Director of the Presidency 09.07.2013 1089 305 Germany Harald Braun, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09.07.2013 1090 305 Germany Christian Matthias Schlaga, ambassador to Estonia 09.07.2013 1091 305 France Frédéric Billet, ambassador to Estonia (2009–2013) 02.09.2013 1102 308 Awarded by President Kersti Kaljulaid ( 10 October 2016 – 11 October 2021)