National Order of Merit (Algeria)
The National Order of Merit (French: Ordre du Mérite National) is an order of merit awarded for all manner of services to the country. It was instituted 2 January 1984 and is quite complex, with three classes of 'Dignity' - each with collar, sash with badge and star - as well as Commander, Officer and Knight grades.[1][2]
| National Order of Merit | |
|---|---|
 Badge of the Order | |
| Awarded by President of Algeria | |
| Type | Order of merit |
| Awarded for | eminent civil, military or public service to the nation, and for exceptional service in the cause of the revolution. |
| Status | Order of merit |
| President of Algeria | |
| Grades | 6 (3 classes of 'Dignity' and commander, officer and knight). |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | None |
| Next (lower) | Medal for Martyrs of the War of National Liberation |
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Recipients
- Sadr
- Ahmed Ben Bella
- Houari Boumédiène (posthumously)
- Rabah Bitat
- Ali Kafi
- Abdelmadjid Tebboune, December 19, 2019
- Abdelkader Bensalah, December 19, 2019
- Ahmed Gaid Salah, December 19, 2019
- Athir
Foreign personalities:
- Jean-Luc de Cabrières, French writer, December 3, 2000
- Émile Lahoud, President of the Lebanese Republic, July 23, 2002
- Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, October 2, 2002
- Thomas Klestil, Federal President of the Republic of Austria, June 14, 2003
- Rudolf Schuster, President of the Slovak Republic, June 14, 2003
- Jorge Sampaio, President of the Portuguese Republic, December 2, 2003
- Joaquim Chissano, President of the Republic of Mozambique, December 9, 2004
- Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi, President of the General Union of Women of the State of the United Arab Emirates, March 16, 2005
- Alejandro Toledo, President of the Republic of Peru, May 7, 2005
- Ricardo Lagos, President of the Republic of Chile, May 7, 2005
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, February 7, 2006
- Roh Moo-hyun, President of the Republic of Korea, March 11, 2006
- Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian Director of the IAEA, January 7, 2007
- László Sólyom, President of the Republic of Hungary, June 2, 2007
- Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor to the UAE President, October 17, 2007
- Costa-Gavras, Greek-French film director and screenwriter, 4 November 2018[3]
- Kais Saied, President of Tunisia, February 2, 2020
Algerian personalities:
- Slimane Amirat, Mujahideen, July 22, 1992 (posthumously)
- Aïssat Idir, Trade unionist, February 20, 2006 (posthumously)
- Abdelhak Benhamouda, Trade unionist, February 20, 2006 (posthumously)
- Zinedine Zidane, French footballer, December 11, 2006
- Smaïn Lamari, Major-General, September 11, 2007 (posthumously)
- Warda Al-Jazairia, Singer, the 1 st November 2004
- M'Hamed El Anka, Singer, July 4, 2009 (posthumously)
- Fadhéla Dziria, Singer, July 4, 2009 (posthumously)
- Mustapha Kateb, Writer, July 4, 2009
- Bachir Mentouri, Physician, July 4, 2009
- Achir
- Roger Hanin, French actor, December 3, 2000
- Algeria national football team, Winners of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, July 21, 2019[4]
References
- "National Order of Merit". wawards.org. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- "ODM ofAlgeria: National Order of Merit". www.medals.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- "Le cinéaste Costa Gavras décoré de la médaille de l'Ordre du mérite national "Athir"" (in French). Algeria Press Service. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- "شاهد: بن صالح يقدم أعلى وسام استحقاق وطني لمحاربي الصحراء". euronews (in Arabic). 21 July 2019.
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