Darjah Utama Nila Utama

Post-nominalsDUNUPrecedenceNext (higher)Darjah Utama TemasekNext (lower)Sijil Kemuliaan
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The Darjah Utama Nila Utama (English: Order of Nila Utama) is Singapore's third most prestigious national honour instituted in 1975.^[1] It is an Order conferred by the President of Singapore and was originally intended to be the highest award to be conferred to a foreign dignitary. It was later awarded to mostly citizens of Singapore.^[2]

As of 1 August 2019, the Order has three different grades:^[3]

• the Order of Nila Utama (With High Distinction),
• the Order of Nila Utama (With Distinction), and
• the Order of Nila Utama.

Recipients of the honour are entitled to use the post-nominal letters DUNU.^{[citation needed]}

History

Prior to August 2019, the 3 grades of the Order of Nila Utama were known as:^[3]

• First Class of the Order of Nila Utama
• Second Class of the Order of Nila Utama
• Third Class of the Order of Nila Utama

Recipients

Year	Grade (if any)	Recipient	Affiliation / Citation at time of award	Ref.
1990	First Class	Toh Chin Chye	Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore	[2][4]
	First Class	Michael Fam	Chairman, Mass Rapid Transit Corporation	[2]
	Second Class	Othman Wok	Former politician
2006	First Class	Lim Siong Guan	Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance	[5]
	First Class	Philip Yeo	Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
2008	First Class	Tommy Koh	Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs	[6]
	Second Class	Andrew Chew Guan Khuan	Chairman, Public Service Commission	[5]
2012	First Class	J. Y. Pillay	Chairman, Council of Presidential Advisers	[7]
2015	First Class	Stephen Lee Ching Yen	Immediate Past President, Singapore National Employers Federation	[5]
2017	First Class	Eddie Teo Chan Seng	Chairman, Public Service Commission	[8]
2019	With High Distinction	Lim Chee Onn	Member, Council of Presidential Advisers	[5]
2021	With Distinction	Peter Seah Lim Huat	Chairman, DBS Bank	[9]

References

External links

• Singapore Prime Minister's Office - The Order of Nila Utama