National Order of José Matías Delgado
Appearance
National Order of José Matías Delgado | |
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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.