Kiribati Grand Order

The Kiribati Grand Order (KGO; Gilbertese: Ana Tokabeti Kiribati, post-nominals A.T.K.) is the highest honour of Kiribati. The order was founded in 1989 under President Ieremia Tabai by the Presidential Act of 1 June 1989 (Kiribati National Honours and Awards Act 1989) which established the Kiribati honours system.

The order can be conferred upon "former Beretitenti [presidents of Kiribati] who have served a minimum of two full presidential terms. It may also be bestowed or conferred upon such other persons who in the opinion of the [Kiribati National Honours and Awards] Commission deserve to be bestowed or conferred with such Order." Past recipients include Ieremia Tabai, three-time president of Kiribati (the first inductee, 1992), and John Hilary Smith, former Governor of the Gilbert Islands before it became Kiribati (2009). Nominations to the order are made on 12 July, the national day of Kiribati. The Kiribati National Honours and Awards Commission conducts the selection of candidates but the conferment of the order is a prerogative of the president of Kiribati, who may also revoke membership in the order.