Bilang pasasalamat sa natatanging paglilingkod sa kanyang administrasyon, binigyan ng parangal ni Pangulong Noynoy Aquino ang ilan sa miyembro ng kanyang gabinete.
Kabilang sa iginawad ng pangulo ay Order of Lakandula na kumikilala sa civil at political merit ng mga matataas na opisyal ng republika at ang presidential medal of merit na ibinibigay sa natatanging paglilingkod sa pangulo ng bansa.
Kabilang sa nakatanggap ng parangal na Presidential Medal of Merit ay sina:
Susan Reyes – Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Social Secretary
Celia Anna Feria – Chief of Presidential Protocol
Emmanuel Esguerra – Director General of National
Economic and Development Authority and Secretary of the Socio-Economic Planning Office
Manuel Quezon III – Undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office.
Lilia de Lima – Director General Philippine Economic Zone Authority.
Gerardo Angelito Esquivel – Administrator of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System.
Robert Vergara – President and General Manager of the Government Service Insurance System.
Arnel Paciano Casanova – President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority.
Mary Ann Lucille Sering – Secretary of the Climate Change Commission.
Chito Cruz – Chairman of Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council and General Manager of the National Housing Authority.
Cesar Villanueva – Chairman of the Governance Commission for Government Owned or Controlled Corporations.
Order of Lakandula/Rank of Gold Cross Bayani:
Emmanuel Joel Villanueva – Director General of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
Luwalhati Antonino – Chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority.
Cesar Garcia – National Security Adviser and Director General of the National Security Council.
Mario Montejo – Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology.
Ramon Jimenez – Secretary of Department of Tourism.
Mel Senen Sarmiento – Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government.
Corazon Soliman – Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Janette Garin – Secretary of the Department of Health.
Voltaire Gazmin – Secretary of the Department of National Defense.
Rosalinda Baldoz – Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment.
Armin Luistro – Secretary of the Department of Education.
Rogelio Singson – Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways.
Jose Rene Almendras – Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs/ Cabinet Secretary/ Secretary of the Department of Energy.