Order of the Rajamitrabhorn

See also: Thai Honours Order of Precedence

The Most Auspicious Order of the Rajamitrabhorn เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นมงคลยิ่งราชมิตราภรณ์
Awarded by the King of Thailand
Eligibility	Foreign Heads of State
Status	Currently constituted
Sovereign	HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Grades (w/ post-nominals)	Knight
Established	11 June 1962
First induction	20 June 1962
Precedence
Next (higher)	None (highest)
Next (lower)	Order of the Royal House of Chakri
Ribbon bar of the Order of the Rajamitrabhorn

The Most Auspicious Order of the Rajamitrabhorn (Thai: เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นมงคลยิ่งราชมิตราภรณ์; RTGS: Khrueang Ratcha Itsariyaphon An Pen Mongkhon Ying Ratchamittraphon) is the highest royal order of Thailand. It was established on 11 June 1962 by King Rama IX to be bestowed upon foreign Heads of State. Members of the order are entitled to use the postnominals ร.ม.ภ.

Insignia

The decoration consists of a single class (Knight). The insignia for this class is:

• Collar with the diamond pendant, with the Chakra crossed over the Trident, at the centre.
• Small pendant, attached onto the yellow sash, with white and blue trims, to wear over the right shoulder to the left hip.
• Star with the figure of Narayana on the Garuda, to wear on the left chest.

List of Knights of the Order of the Rajamitrabhorn

• Putra of Perlis, 1962
• Heinrich Lübke, 1962
• Ne Win, 1962
• Paul of Greece, 1963
• Savang Vatthana, 1963
• Hirohito of Japan, 1963
• Chiang Kai-shek, 1963
• Diosdado Macapagal, 1963
• Juliana of the Netherlands, 1963
• Baudouin of Belgium, 1964
• Adolf Schärf, 1964
• Franz Jonas, 1967
• Ferdinand Marcos, 1968
• Iskandar of Johor, 1985
• Birendra of Nepal, 1986
• Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, 1987
• Juan Carlos I of Spain, 1987
• Azlan Shah of Perak, 1990
• Akihito of Japan, 1991
• Kaysone Phomvihane, 1991
• Salahuddin of Selangor, 2001
• Margrethe II of Denmark, 2002
• Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, 2003
• Beatrix of the Netherlands, 2003
• Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, 2009
• Barack Obama, 2012

External links

• The Most Auspicious Order of the Rajamitrabhorn, Secretariat to the Cabinet of Thailand