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{{confuse|Golden Medal of the Eagle}}
{{Infobox military award
|name=Order of the Golden Eagle
|image=[[File:AltinKiran Z.jpg|200px]]
|caption=Star of the order
|awarded_by=the {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|type=[[Order (honour)|State order]]
|eligibility=Kazakh and foreign citizens
|for= Outstanding service to the Republic of Kazakhstan
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|status=active
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|established=1995
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|lower= [[Hero of Kazakhstan]]<ref name=egov/>
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|image2=[[File:Ord.GoldenEagle-ribbon.gif]]
|caption2=Ribbon of the order
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[[File:Insignia of order Gold eagle.jpg|thumb|right|Star and collar of the order]]
The '''Order of the Golden Eagle''' or '''"Altyn Kyran" Order''' ({{lang-kk|Алтын Қыран ордені}}, {{lang-ru|Орден Золотого орла}}) is the highest order of [[Kazakhstan]]. The order is awarded by the [[President of Kazakhstan]]. Established in 1995, the order recognizes outstanding service to Kazakhstan. The Order of the Golden Eagle may be awarded to individuals who have previously been awarded orders by Kazakhstan or the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union|Soviet Union]].<ref name=egov>{{cite web|title=Awards and orders of the Republic of Kazakhstan|url=http://egov.kz/wps/portal/Content?contentPath=/egovcontent/bus_int_property/culture_/article/nagrada_rk&lang=en|publisher=Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan becomes a Commander special class of the Order of Altyn Kyran.<ref>{{cite web|title=Symbols of power|url=http://personal.akorda.kz/en/category/simvoli_vlasti/1273|website=Personal page of Nursultan Nazarbayev|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref>

==Notable recipients==
*[[Boris Yeltsin]], President of the Russian Federation (1997)
*[[Islam Karimov]], President of Uzbekistan (1997)
*[[Jiang Zemin]], General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of the Republic of China (1997)
*[[Leonid Kuchma]], President of Ukraine (1999)
*[[Elizabeth II]], Queen of the United Kingdom (2000)
*[[Gerhard Schröder]], Chancellor of Germany (2003)
*[[Vladimir Putin]], President of the Russian Federation (2004)
*[[Hosni Mubarak]], President of Egypt (2008)
*[[Akihito]], Emperor of Japan (2008)
*[[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan]], Emir of Abu Dhabi and President of the UAE (2009)
*[[Tarja Halonen]], President of Finland (2009)<ref>{{cite web|title=Елбасы Финляндияның жоғары ордендерімен марапатталды|url=http://ontustik.gov.kz/view.php?id=1193|website=ontustik.gov.kz|accessdate=20 December 2014|language=kk|date=25 March 2009}}</ref>
*[[Lee Myung-bak]], President of the Republic of Korea (2009)
*[[Nicolas Sarkozy]], President of France (2009)
*[[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], Prime Minister of Turkey (2012)
*[[Abdullah Gul]], President of Turkey (2012)
*[[Juan Carlos I]], King of Spain (2013)

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Kazakhstan]]

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