International Taekwon‑Do Federation

ITF Honorary Dan

Degree Name Gender Profession Date
Argentina Argentina
5th Dan HE.Néstor Carlos Kirchner Male President of Argentina 25 Feb 2004
5th Dan Madam Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Female President of Argentina 13 Nov 2010
Austria Austria
5th Dan HE. Wolfgang Schüssel Male Chancellor of Austria 7 Jun 2003
5th Dan Mr.Leo Wallner Male IOC member 4 Nov 2003
Belarus Belarus
7th Dan HE.Andrey Kobyakov Male Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus 21 Nov 2015
5th Dan HE. Lukashenko Alexander Male President of the Republic of Belarus 25 Feb 2000
4th Dan HE.Vorsin Yevgeniy Male Minister of Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Belarus 25 Feb 2000
4th Dan HE.Sivakov Leonidovich Yury Male Minister of Internal affairs of the Republic of Belarus 25 Feb 2000
Canada Canada
9th Dan Master J. André Blake Male ITF TKD Master and Taekwon-Do pioneer 4 Apr 2016
5th Dan Mr.Mac Harb Male Canadian Parliament member 29 Sep 2003
Ethiopia Ethiopia
9th Dan HE.Girma Wold-Giorgis Male President of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 21 Sep 2009
Greenland Greenland
8th Dan HE.Kim Kielsen Male Prime Minister of Greenland 10 Oct 2019
8th Dan Master Nuka Kleemann Male Sports Committee Chairman of Greenland 10 Oct 2019
7th Dan HE. Vittus Qujaukitsoq Male Minister of Geenland Government 10 Oct 2019
7th Dan HE. Doris Jakobsen Jensen Female Minister of Geenland Government 10 Oct 2019
Japan Japan
9th Dan Grand Master Chon Jin Sik Male ITF Senior Vice-President 10 Oct 1986
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
6th Dan Erlan Kozhagapanov Male Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan 7 May 2013
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
5th Dan HE. Akayev Askar Male President of Kyrgyzstan 1 Apr 1993
4th Dan HE. Kulov Fellix Male Prime Minister of Kyrgyz Republic 28 Apr 1993
Malaysia Malaysia
7th Dan Hj. Mohd Yaacob Mohd Kassim Male President of ITF Malaysia 15 Aug 2013
Mongolia Mongolia
9th Dan HE.Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Male President of Mongolian People's Republic 13 Oct 2013
8th Dan HE. Enkhbold Zandaakhuu Male Chaiman of the State Great Khural of Mongolian People's Republic 10 Nov 2012
6th Dan Prof.Munkhbayar Gombosuren Male National University of Mongolia 13 Oct 2010
6th Dan Mr.Odkhuu Durzee Male Member of Parliament of Mongolian People's Republic 13 Oct 2010
Russia Russia
7th Dan Master Oleg Matytsin Male Sports Minister of Russian Federation 13 Oct 2021
Spain Spain
7th Dan Mr.Jose Diaz Male Taekwon-Do pioneer in southern Andalusia region. 15 Dec 2016
7th Dan Mr. Antonio Benimeli Male Taekwon-Do pioneer in Murcia Region. 15 Dec 2016
Tajikistan Tajikistan
9th Dan HE. Emomali Rakhmon Male President of the Republic of Tajikistan 25 Apr 2012
9th Dan HE. Ubaydulloev Makhmadsaid Male Chairman of Parliament of the Republic of Tajikistan 25 Apr 2012
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
5th Dan HE.Saparmurat Niyazov Male President of Turkmenistan 1 Mar 2000
4th Dan HE.B. Shikhmuradov Male Minister of Turkmenistan Foreign Affairs 1 Mar 2000
U.S.A. U.S.A.
5th Dan Mr.Seagal Steven Male American Actor, Producer, Martial Artist 24 Dec 2008
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
8th Dan Mr.Akhat Nasyrov Male Head of the Martial Arts Center 27 May 2017
7th Dan HE.Islam Karimov Male Former President of Uzbekistan 17 Sep 2008