Honorary decorations and awards are occasionally granted to people from other countries who have made a significant contribution to relations between the United Kingdom and their own country. These awards are granted on the advice of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

HM The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the following honorary British awards since January 2008:

The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George

CMG

M Claude MANDIL
For services to energy and climate change policy

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

(Civil Division)

KBE

Mr Sammy OFER
For services to UK maritime heritage

Dr Jean-Pierre GARNIER
For services to the pharmaceutical industry

CBE

Professor Costas GRAMMENOS OBE
For services to teaching and research

Mr Francisco Alberto ITZAINA SANCHEZ
For services to UK-Brazil commercial relations

Dr Seung-Han LEE
For services to UK-Korean commercial relations

Mr Subramanian RAMADORAI
For services to UK-India economic relations

Mr Daniel Milton ROONEY
For services to the Northern Ireland peace process

Mr Raphael VERMEIR
For services to the energy industry

Professor Thomas Joseph WALLEY
For services to medicine

OBE

Dr (Robert) Darryl BANKS
For services to the Rhodes and Marshalls Scholarships

Dr (Janet) Susan CHRISTIE
For services to the environment

Ms Mary Patricia CROWLEY
For services to children and families in the UK

Mr John FITZPATRICK
For services to peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland

Ms Deborah JAMIESON
For services against domestic violence

Ms Norma JARBOE
For services to social inclusion

Dr Ashok KHOSLA
For services to rural development in India

Mr Leslie KOO
For services to British business

Mr Hugh Michael KOWARSKY
For services to the British Embassy in Israel

Mrs Tiiu-Mai LOKO
For services to the promotion of English language and culture in Estonia

Mr Guiseppe Toni MASCOLO
For services to hairdressing

Professor Paul McMahan MATTHEWS
For services to neuroscience

Dr Daleep Satyanand MUKARJI
For services to development charities

Professor Pauline B N ONG
For services to healthcare

M. Jean-Marc PUISSESSEAU
For services to UK-French commercial relations

Mr Alan George Windsor ROOT
For services to wildlife film-making

Brigadier Misbah al SADIQ
For services to the Khartoum Cheshire Home and disabled children

Mr István VARGA
For services to UK-Hungary commercial relations

MBE

Dr Rohit BARMAN
For medical services to the British Deputy High Commission and British community in Mumbai

M. Joël-Guy BATTEUX
For services to UK-French relations

Dr Narinder Pal Singh CHAWLA
For services to consular assistance for British Nationals in India

Ms Paula Maria Pimentel Peito DE OLIVEIRA CRUZ
For services to education and culture on behalf of the British Council in Portugal

Miss Ligia Isabel Jorge FERREIRA
For services to the community in South Lincolnshire

Mr Saroj Kumar GURUNG
For services to the British High Commission, New Delhi

Mrs Noreen KELLET
For services to the multicultural community in Luton, Bedfordshire

Mr Edward KIRWAN
For services to disadvantaged people in East Belfast

Mrs Francisca J J M KNOWLES
For services to skills training in the hospitality industry and to charity

Mr Sher Bahadur PUN
For services to the Department for International Development in Nepal

Mr John Carroll REES
For services to British interests in Chile

Ms Hizuru TAKAMI
For services towards the promotion of UK-Japan youth links in the NGO sector

Lt Col Eiliv Jørgen THORHEIM
For services to the maintenance of Commonwealth War Graves in Norway

Ms Sharon Fae WITHERSPOON
For services to social science

State Visits

Order of the Bath

GCB

HE M. Nicolas SARKÖZY
President of France
Inward State Visit, March 2008

HE Mr Abdullah GÜL
President of the Republic of Turkey
State Visit to Turkey, May 2008

Guest of Government Visits

The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George

GCMG

HE Mr Shimon PERES
President of Israel