National Order of José Matías Delgado
| National Order of José Matías Delgado | |
|---|---|
Awarded by  El Salvador | |
| Type | Order |
| Established | 14 August 1946 |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Awarded for | To recognise extraordinary merit in humanitarian, literary, scientific, artistic, political and military fields. |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Grand Master | President of El Salvador (Nayib Bukele) |
| Grades | Grand Cross with Gold Star and Special Distinction Grand Cross with Gold Star Grand Cross with Silver Star Grand Officer Commander Officer Knight |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | None, highest |
| Next (lower) | Order of José Simeón Cañas, the Liberator of Slaves |
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The National Order of José Matías Delgado (Spanish: Orden Nacional de José Matías Delgado) is a distinction granted by the Republic of El Salvador to Heads of State, Salvadoran citizens, or foreigners who are distinguished by eminent services to the country through extraordinary civil virtues which are humanitarian, scientific, literary, artistic, political, or military.[1] The President of El Salvador is the Grand Master of the Order.
Design
The order is named after José Matías Delgado, a Salvadoran priest and doctor known as The Father of the Salvadoran Fatherland who lived from 1767 to 1832. He was a leader in the independence movement of El Salvador from Spain and then later Mexico.
Grades
The order is awarded in 6 classes:
- Grand Cross with Gold Star and Special Distinction
- Grand Cross with Gold Star
- Grand Cross with Silver Star
- Grand Officer
- Commander
- Knight
Recipients
Eduardo Aguirre
Prudencia Ayala †
Ban Ki-moon- Rafael Barrientos
Irina Bokova
Felipe Calderón
Camilo José Cela †- Felipe VI
- José Mejía Vides
Fredrick Chien- Raúl Contreras
- Infanta Cristiana
- Maria Esperanza lara de Flores
José María Figueres- Reynaldo Galindo Pohl
- José Gustavo Guerrero
Michael D. Higgins- Tsai Ing-wen
- Juan Carlos I
- Claudia Lars
Valero Lecha- Mercedes Madriz de Altamirano
Golda Meir
Eduardo Montealegre
Augusto Pinochet- Fernando Sáenz Lacalle
Rainier III- Toño Salazar
Julio María Sanguinetti
Juan Manuel Santos- Queen Sofía
Jürgen Steinkrüger
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes- 8 Jesuit martyrs †
† - posthumous
See also
References
- ^ "Decreto de creación de la Orden Nacional José Matías Delgado". www.asamblea.gob.sv (in Spanish). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
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