Honours and Awards
- Prince Maurice Medal (Netherlands, 1989)
- Netherlands : Order of Orange-Nassau
- Knight (22 May 2002)
- Officer (12 December 2003)
- Knight Grand Cross (6 July 2009, for his services as Secretary General of NATO)
- Romania : Order of the Star of Romania
- Grand Cross rank (10 May 2004)
- Latvia : Order of the Three Stars
- Grand Officer (November 2004, for his commitment to a United Europe)
- United Kingdom : Order of St Michael and St George
- Honorary Knight Commander (10 February 2010, for his services to NATO)
- Croatia : Knight Grand Cross of the Grand Order of King Tomislav - "For outstanding contribution to strengthening the international position of the Republic of Croatia and the promotion of cooperation between NATO and the Republic of Croatia." - February 5, 2009
- Bulgaria : Order of Stara Planina, First Class - 2009
- Estonia : Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana - July 6, 2009
- Lithuania : Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great - June 26, 2009
- Poland : Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland - March 12, 2009
- Italy : Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - February 16, 2009
- Slovakia : Grand Cross (or 1st Class) of the Order of the White Double Cross (2009)
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