{{short description|Highest order of Kyrgyzstan}} {{Infobox military award |name=Order of Manas |image=File:Манас 1.png |image_size=200px |caption=Star of the order |presenter={{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} |type=[[Order (honour)|State order]] |eligibility=Kyrgyz and foreign citizens |awarded_for= Outstanding service to Kyrgyzstan |campaign= |status=active |description= |clasps= |established=16 April 1996 |firstawarded=4 February 1997 |lastawarded= |total_awarded= |total_awarded_posthumously= |total_recipients= |individual= |higher=[[Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic]] |same= |lower= |related= |image2=[[File:KRG Order Manas.png|132px]] |caption2=Ribbon of the order }}
The '''Order of Manas''' ({{langx|ky|Манас ордени|Manas ordeni}}; {{langx|ru|Орден «Манас»|Orden "Manas"}}) is the highest order of [[Kyrgyzstan]]. The order is awarded by the [[President of Kyrgyzstan]]. Established in 1996, the order recognizes outstanding service to Kyrgyzstan. Higher than this award is only the title of [[Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic]] with the presentation of the [[Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic|Ak-Shumkar Medal.]] ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Order Manas1.jpg|The award in the First Class. File:Order Manas2.jpg|The award in the Second Class. File:Order Manas3.jpg|The award in the Third Class. </gallery>
==Notable recipients== *[[Süleyman Demirel]] the [[List of Presidents of Turkey|9th President of Turkey]] (1998) *[[Chinghiz Aitmatov]], writer, one of the best known figures in Kyrgyzstan's literature.(1999) *[[Almazbek Atambayev]]. former [[President of Kyrgyzstan]] (1 December 2011)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Роза Отунбаева наградила государственных и общественных деятелей (список)|work=Вечерний Бишкек|url=http://www.vb.kg/doc/170972_roza_otynbaeva_nagradila_gosydarstvennyh_i_obshestvennyh_deiateley_spisok.html|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref> *[[Sooronbay Jeenbekov]], [[President of Kyrgyzstan]] (2015) *[[Sopubek Begaliev]], founder of the Assembly of People of the Kyrgyz Republic (1997) *[[Abibilla Kudayberdiev]], former [[Ministry of Defense (Kyrgyzstan)|Minister of Defense of Kyrgyzstan]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=He was awarded the Order of "Manas" 3 degrees, the medal "Erdik" and other jubilee awards.|url=http://www.mil.kg:80/ru/ministry/ministr-oborony-kyrgyzskoj-respubliki.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724085228/http://www.mil.kg/ru/ministry/ministr-oborony-kyrgyzskoj-respubliki.html|archive-date=2014-07-24|access-date=|website=}}</ref> *[[Xi Jinping]], [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] and [[President of China]] (13 June 2019)<ref>{{Cite news|last1=An|first1=Baijie|last2=Cao|first2=Desheng|date=14 June 2019|title=Xi honored for building Kyrgyz ties|newspaper=[[China Daily]]|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/global/2019-06/14/content_37480672.htm|access-date=7 September 2019}}</ref> *[[Vladimir Putin]], [[President of Russia]] (22 November 2017) *[[Nursultan Nazarbayev]], first [[President of Kazakhstan]] *[[Kofi Annan]], former [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] *[[Kuluypa Konduchalova]], Kyrgyz-Soviet teacher, politician and cultural minister.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Презентация книги М. Тентимишова – "Легендарлуу омур: Кулуйпа Кондучалова" |url=http://nlkr.gov.kg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=497&Itemid=1 |website=nlkr.gov.kg |publisher=[[National Library of Kyrgyzstan]] |accessdate=12 November 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107012548/http://nlkr.gov.kg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=497&Itemid=1 |archivedate=7 November 2012 |location=Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |language=Kyrgyz |date=14 June 2011 |trans-title=Presentation of the book of M. Tentimishov – "Legendary Life: Kuluypa Konduchalova"}}</ref> *[[Sapar Isakov]], former [[Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan]]<ref>[http://www.president.kg/ru/news/rasporjazhenija/7927_zaveduyuschiy_otdelom_vneshney_politiki_v_range_zamestitelya_rukovoditelya_apparata_prezidenta_kr_sapar_isakov_nagrajden_ordenom_manas_II_stepeni Заведующий отделом внешней политики в ранге заместителя Руководителя Аппарата Президента КР Сапар Исаков награжден орденом «Манас» II степени]</ref> *[[Turdakun Usubaliev]], former First Secretary of the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party of Kirghizia|Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan]].<ref>[http://cbd.minjust.gov.kg/act/view/ru-ru/46074 Указ Президента Кыргызской Республики от 4 февраля 1997 года УП № 40 «О награждении орденом „Манас“ I степени Усубалиева Т. У.»]</ref> *[[Sadyk Sher-Niyaz]], film director, public and statesman, former Minister of Culture, Member of Parliament, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to France (2023) <ref>https://24.kg/vlast/273873_den_nezavisimosti_podpisan_ukaz_onagrajdenii_ryada_kyirgyizstantsev_gosnagradami/</ref> *[[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] the [[President of Turkey]] (2024)<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 5, 2024 |title=Erdogan visits Kyrgyzstan for partnership |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241105-erdogan-visits-kyrgyzstan-for-partnership/ |work=[[Middle East Monitor]]}}</ref> *[[Vladimir Ploskikh]], member of the [[Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://centrasia.org/newsA.php?st=1043778060#gsc.tab=0|title=Кабар - В преддверии референдума А.Акаев раздал ордена и звания|date=28 January 2003|access-date=5 April 2026|work=Центразия|language=Russian}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Orders, decorations, and medals of Kyrgyzstan]]
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Kyrgyzstan]] [[Category:Awards established in 1996]] [[Category:1996 establishments in Kyrgyzstan]]