The Most Distinguished Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa (), also translated as The Most Distinguished Order of Merit of Brunei, is an order of Brunei. It was established in February 1964 by Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III.

Current classes The three classes of appointment to the Order are, from highest grade to lowest grade: ClassPost-nominalTitleRibbon barGrand CommanderPSLJDato Paduka Seri Laila JasaCommanderDSLJDato Seri Laila JasaCompanionSLJ –

Description The first class included 14 medallions measuring in silver, gold, and enamel, along with the badge appendant, measuring in silver, gold, and enamel; the star, measuring in silver, gold, and enamel, with a gold retaining pin and the maker's cartouche on the reverse, and presented in a fitted leather case with a miniature award.

The pre-1984 first class consisted of a badge and star with two lions on them. The second class adopted the Bruneian crown in place of lions when Brunei gained official independence from Britain in 1984.

Recipients First Class Unknown – Hassanal Bolkiah – Sultan of Brunei Unknown – Omar Ali Saifuddien III – Sultan of Brunei Unknown – Pengiran Anak Kemaluddin Al-Haj – Speaker of Legislative Council Unknown – Marianne E. Lloyd-Dolbey – Personal Secretary to Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien IIIPelita Brunei, 27 September 1967, p. 7 Unknown – Pengiran Umar – Commissioner of Police Unknown – Pengiran Muhammad Ali – Deputy Menteri Besar Unknown – Ahmad Wally Skinner – Deputy Minister of Finance 1966 – Sir Stephen Luke – Senior Crown Agent 2002 – Ghazali Shafie – Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs 2023 – Tengah Ali Hasan – Deputy Premier of Sarawak

Second Class

Unknown – Major General Husin – Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Unknown – Major General Jaafar – Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Unknown – Lieutenant Colonel Musa – Commander of the Training Institute Unknown – Colonel Jocklin – Commanding Officer of Air Wing ABDB Unknown – Pengiran Anak Besar – Nobility Unknown – Zakaria Sulaiman – Minister of Communications Unknown – Major General Pengiran Ibnu Basit – Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy Unknown – Ahmad Jumat – Minister of Culture, Youth and SportsSENARAI NAMA-NAMA GELARAN DAN ORANG-ORANG YANG DIKURNIAI GELARAN Unknown – Raoul Teesdale Lloyd-Dolbey – British officer Unknown – Ismail Omar Abdul Aziz – State Mufti Unknown – James Richard Henry Burns – Commissioner of Police Unknown – Ya'akub Zainal – Commissioner of Police 1966 – Alfred Suenson-Taylor – head of investment banking Asia Pacific region 1966 – Daniel Knox – former governor of the Bahamas 1966 – William Henry Doughty – oldest European and the longest resident of Brunei 1967 – Abdul Rahman Taha – Member of Privy Council 1968 – William lan Glass – Controller of Civil Aviation and Establishment Officer 1969 – Zain Serudin – Minister of Religious Affairs 1969 – Malcolm MacInnes – Director of Education 1969 – P. A. Coates – Member of Privy Council 1969 – T. E. Owen – Superintendent of Police 1969 – William John Peel – British Resident to Brunei 1971 – John Vivian – British aristocrat 1978 – Yussof Mohd Limbang – Member of Privy Council 1979 – Lukan Uking – Member of the Legislative Council 1983 – Abdul Aziz Juned – State Mufti 1986 – Pengiran Anak Puteh – Diplomat and nobility 1989 – Abu Bakar Apong – Minister of Home Affairs 2003 – Anwarullah Shafiullah – Member Islamic Law Expert at the Ministry of Religious Affairs 2010 – Rodman R. Bundy – Partner in Eversheds litigation 2010 – Alan Vaughan Lowe – Chichele Professor of Public International Law in the University of Oxford 2011 – Peter Voser – CEO of Royal Dutch Shell 2011 – Malcolm Brinded – Executive Board Member of Royal Dutch Shell 2011 – Babu Sukamaran – Medical Director of Pantai Jerudong Specialist Centre 2011 – Uta Meyding-Lamade – Help set up the JPMC Neuroscience Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre 2012 – Shamsul Azhar Abbas – President and CEO of Petronas 2012 – Ken Kobayashi – CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation 2012 – Maliakel John Alexander – Gastroenterology Specialist 2014 – Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak – Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia 2014 – Rastam Mohd Isa – Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia 2018 – James Kerr Findlay – Commissioner of the Supreme Court

Third Class Unknown – Abdul Rahman Taib – Speaker of Legislative Council Unknown – Salleh Masri – Member of Legislative Council Unknown – Ali Mohammad Daud – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Unknown – Hong Kok Tin – Member of the Legislative Council Unknown – Colonel Abdu'r Rahmani – Commander of the Royal Brunei Land Forces Unknown – Colonel Kefli – Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy Unknown – Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Ariffin – Commander of the Training Institute Unknown – Pengiran Asmalee – Diplomat 1969 – Judin Asar – Clerk to the Legislative Council 1969 – G. R. Crowhurst – Music Director of Royal Brunei Police Force Band 1969 – Damit Metussin – Nobility 1969 – Garaham Salleck – Qantas employee to manage the travel needs for Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III 1969 – H. J. R. Bennett – Head of Prison Department 2011 – Shaukat Zinna – Medical practitioner 2013 – Haroon Manadath Pareed Pillay – Specialist and Head of Department of Neurosurgery at RIPAS Hospital 2014 – Meyyappan Nadarajan Thevar – Contributions to the RBAF Command and Staff College

Former recipients

Unknown – Nawawi Taha – Personal and Confidential Secretary to Sultan Hassanal BolkiahSENARAI NAMA-NAMA GELARAN DAN ORANG-ORANG YANG DIKURNIAI GELARAN

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