List of post-nominal letters

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Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of an individual to indicate that that individual holds a position, office, or honour.

An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters. Honours are listed first in descending order of precedence, followed by degrees and memberships of learned societies in ascending order.

Obsolete positions are not listed unless recipients, who continue to use the post-nominals even after the order becomes obsolete, are still living.

Contents

1 The United Kingdom
2 Australia
3 Canada
4 New Zealand
5 Papua New Guinea
6 Antigua and Barbuda
7 Trinidad & Tobago
8 Jamaica
9 Solomon Islands
10 Hong Kong
11 Zimbabwe
12 Rhodesia
13 Malta
14 See also

The United Kingdom

instead. Members are entitled to use "The Honourable" before their names.

[4] Honorary Appointments must use the letters CD (hon) or OD (hon).

Solomon Islands

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Office !! Post-nominal |- |Star of Solomon Islands || SSI |- |Cross of the Solomon Islands ||CSI |- |Solomon Islands Medal || SIM

Hong Kong

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Office !! Post-nominal |- | colspan="2" | General Awards |- |Grand Bauhinia Medal || GBM |- |Gold Bauhinia Star || GBS |- |Silver Bauhinia Star || SSB |- |Bronze Bauhinia Star || BBS |- |Medal of Honour || MH |- | colspan="2" | General Awards |- |Medal for Bravery (Gold) || MBG |- |Medal for Bravery (Silver) || MBS |- |Medal for Bravery (Bronze) || MBB |- | colspan="2" | Official Titles |- |Justice of the Peace || JP |- |Senior Counsel [2] || SC

[1] Those individuals who received British Honours prior to the handover may continue to wear the order and/or use the related post-nominal letters, however, these are not officially recognized by the Government of Hong Kong.

[2] Senior Counsel is a replacement for the Queen's Counsel. Those individuals who had achieved the status of QC may continue to employ the letters in additions to JP.

Zimbabwe

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Office !! Post-nominal |- | colspan="2" | Orders and Decorations |- | Gold Cross of Zimbabwe || GCZ |- | colspan="2" | Zimbabwe Order of Merit |- | Grand Commander || GCZM |- | Grand Officer || GZM |- | Commander || CZM |- |Officer || OZM |- |Member || MZM |- | colspan="2" | Other Decorations |- |Liberation Decoration || LD |- |Silver Cross of Zimbabwe || SCZ |- |Bronze Cross of Zimbabwe || BCZ |- |Medal for Meritorious Service || MMS |- | [1] The Honours System of Zimbabwe superceeded the Rhodesia Honours System in 1980.

Rhodesia

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Office !! Post-nominal |- | colspan="2" | Orders and Decorations |- | Grand Cross of Valour || GCV |- |Conspicuous Gallantry Decoration || CGD |- | colspan="2" | Legion of Merit |- |Grand Commander || GCLM |- |Grand Officer || GLM |- |Commander || CLM |- |Officer || OLM |- |Member || MLM |- | colspan="2" | Other Medals |- |Independence Decoration || ID |- |Independence Commemorative Decoration || ICD |- |Police Cross for Conspicuous Gallantry || PCG |- |Silver Cross of Rhodesia || SCR |- |Prison Cross for Gallantry || RCP |-

[1] The Honours System of Rhodesia was superceeded by the Honours System of Zimbabwe in 1980.

Malta

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Office !! Post-nominal |- | colspan="2" | National Order of Merit |- |Companion of Honour [1] || KUOM |- |Companion || KOM |- |Officer || UOM |- |Member || MOM |- | colspan="2" | The Xirka Gieh ir-Repubblika |- |Sieheb il-Gieh || SG |- | colspan="2" | Honours |- |Midalja ghall-Qlubija (Medal of Bravery) || MRQ |- |Midalja ghall-Qadi tar-Repubblika (Medal of Service to the Republic || MQR |-

[1] There is an additional higher Grade Companion of Honour With Collar but the post-nominal letters are the same