# Order of Manas > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Order_of_Manas > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Order_of_Manas.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Manas > Source revision: 1354523771 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Highest order of Kyrgyzstan Award Order of Manas Star of the order Type State order Awarded for Outstanding service to Kyrgyzstan Presented by Kyrgyzstan Eligibility Kyrgyz and foreign citizens Status active Established 16 April 1996 First award 4 February 1997 Ribbon of the order Precedence Next (higher) Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic The **Order of Manas** ([Kyrgyz](/source/Kyrgyz_language): Манас ордени, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Kyrgyz): *Manas ordeni*; [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Орден «Манас», [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Russian): *Orden "Manas"*) is the highest order of [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan). The order is awarded by the [President of Kyrgyzstan](/source/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](/source/Hero_of_the_Kyrgyz_Republic) with the presentation of the [Ak-Shumkar Medal.](/source/Hero_of_the_Kyrgyz_Republic) ## Gallery - The award in the First Class. - The award in the Second Class. - The award in the Third Class. ## Notable recipients - [Süleyman Demirel](/source/S%C3%BCleyman_Demirel) the [9th President of Turkey](/source/List_of_Presidents_of_Turkey) (1998) - [Chinghiz Aitmatov](/source/Chinghiz_Aitmatov), writer, one of the best known figures in Kyrgyzstan's literature.(1999) - [Almazbek Atambayev](/source/Almazbek_Atambayev). former [President of Kyrgyzstan](/source/President_of_Kyrgyzstan) (1 December 2011)[1] - [Sooronbay Jeenbekov](/source/Sooronbay_Jeenbekov), [President of Kyrgyzstan](/source/President_of_Kyrgyzstan) (2015) - [Sopubek Begaliev](/source/Sopubek_Begaliev), founder of the Assembly of People of the Kyrgyz Republic (1997) - [Abibilla Kudayberdiev](/source/Abibilla_Kudayberdiev), former [Minister of Defense of Kyrgyzstan](/source/Ministry_of_Defense_(Kyrgyzstan))[2] - [Xi Jinping](/source/Xi_Jinping), [General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party](/source/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party) and [President of China](/source/President_of_China) (13 June 2019)[3] - [Vladimir Putin](/source/Vladimir_Putin), [President of Russia](/source/President_of_Russia) (22 November 2017) - [Nursultan Nazarbayev](/source/Nursultan_Nazarbayev), first [President of Kazakhstan](/source/President_of_Kazakhstan) - [Kofi Annan](/source/Kofi_Annan), former [Secretary-General of the United Nations](/source/Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations) - [Kuluypa Konduchalova](/source/Kuluypa_Konduchalova), Kyrgyz-Soviet teacher, politician and cultural minister.[4] - [Sapar Isakov](/source/Sapar_Isakov), former [Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Kyrgyzstan)[5] - [Turdakun Usubaliev](/source/Turdakun_Usubaliev), former First Secretary of the Central Committee of the [Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan](/source/Communist_Party_of_Kirghizia).[6] - [Sadyk Sher-Niyaz](/source/Sadyk_Sher-Niyaz), film director, public and statesman, former Minister of Culture, Member of Parliament, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to France (2023) [7] - [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](/source/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan) the [President of Turkey](/source/President_of_Turkey) (2024)[8] - [Vladimir Ploskikh](/source/Vladimir_Ploskikh), member of the [Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences](/source/Kyrgyz_Academy_of_Sciences)[9] ## See also - [Orders, decorations, and medals of Kyrgyzstan](/source/Orders%2C_decorations%2C_and_medals_of_Kyrgyzstan) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Роза Отунбаева наградила государственных и общественных деятелей (список)"](http://www.vb.kg/doc/170972_roza_otynbaeva_nagradila_gosydarstvennyh_i_obshestvennyh_deiateley_spisok.html). *Вечерний Бишкек*. Retrieved 2017-10-13. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-:1_2-0)** ["He was awarded the Order of "Manas" 3 degrees, the medal "Erdik" and other jubilee awards"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140724085228/http://www.mil.kg/ru/ministry/ministr-oborony-kyrgyzskoj-respubliki.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.mil.kg:80/ru/ministry/ministr-oborony-kyrgyzskoj-respubliki.html) on 2014-07-24. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** An, Baijie; Cao, Desheng (14 June 2019). ["Xi honored for building Kyrgyz ties"](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/global/2019-06/14/content_37480672.htm). *[China Daily](/source/China_Daily)*. Retrieved 7 September 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Презентация книги М. Тентимишова – "Легендарлуу омур: Кулуйпа Кондучалова""](https://web.archive.org/web/20121107012548/http://nlkr.gov.kg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=497&Itemid=1) [Presentation of the book of M. Tentimishov – "Legendary Life: Kuluypa Konduchalova"]. *nlkr.gov.kg* (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: [National Library of Kyrgyzstan](/source/National_Library_of_Kyrgyzstan). 14 June 2011. Archived from [the original](http://nlkr.gov.kg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=497&Itemid=1) on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Заведующий отделом внешней политики в ранге заместителя Руководителя Аппарата Президента КР Сапар Исаков награжден орденом «Манас» II степени](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) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Указ Президента Кыргызской Республики от 4 февраля 1997 года УП № 40 «О награждении орденом „Манас“ I степени Усубалиева Т. У.»](http://cbd.minjust.gov.kg/act/view/ru-ru/46074) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [https://24.kg/vlast/273873_den_nezavisimosti_podpisan_ukaz_onagrajdenii_ryada_kyirgyizstantsev_gosnagradami/](https://24.kg/vlast/273873_den_nezavisimosti_podpisan_ukaz_onagrajdenii_ryada_kyirgyizstantsev_gosnagradami/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Erdogan visits Kyrgyzstan for partnership"](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241105-erdogan-visits-kyrgyzstan-for-partnership/). *[Middle East Monitor](/source/Middle_East_Monitor)*. November 5, 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Кабар - В преддверии референдума А.Акаев раздал ордена и звания"](https://centrasia.org/newsA.php?st=1043778060#gsc.tab=0). *Центразия* (in Russian). 28 January 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2026. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Order of Manas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Manas) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Manas?action=history)). 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