The Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero (Spanish: Orden de Manuel Amador Guerrero) is the highest honour of Panama. Named after Manuel Amador Guerrero, the first president of Panama, the order was established on the 50th anniversary of Panama's independence on 29 October 1953. It is awarded to recognize distinguished people (Panamanians and non-Panamanians) in the sciences, arts, and politics.[1]
| Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero Orden de Manuel Amador Guerrero | |
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_-_Memorial_JK_-_Brasilia_-_DSC00393.JPG) Cross of the Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero | |
| Type | Order |
| Country |  Panama |
| Gran Maestre | President of Panama |
| Gran Canciller | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Precedence | |
| Next (lower) | Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa |
 Ribbon of the order | |
Grades
editThere are four grades of the order:[1]
- Collar (Collar)
- Grand-Cross (Gran-Cruz)
- Grand-Officer (Gran-Oficial)
- Commander (Comendador)
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Awardees
editCollar
edit- Elizabeth II, Queen of 7 States at the time of appointment, 29 November 1953
- Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav Marshal and President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 15 March 1976
- Don Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, 16 September 1977[2]
- Servant of God Fra' Andrew Bertie, 78th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, 2000
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, 8 August 2001
- Akihito, Emperor of Japan
- Rainier III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco
- Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, former President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
- Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus, 23 July 2013
- Ollanta Humala, President of Peru, 28 April 2014
- Rodrigo Chaves Robles, President of Costa Rica, 23 August 2024[3]
Grand-Cross
edit- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Consort of 7 States at the time of appointment, 29 November 1953
- Carlos González Parrodi, 1981
- Carmen Romano, 1981
- Alfonso de Rosenzweig Díaz, 1981
- Luis G. Zorrilla, 1981
- Fredrick Chien, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, 1994
- Eduardo Valdés Escoffery, 1994
- Howard Baker Jr., 2001
- Dionisio de Gracia Guillén, 2001
- Suleiman Tayeb Ahmed Salem, 24 January 2008
- Juan Daniel Alemán, General Secretary of the Central American Integration System, 11 October 2010[4]
- Juan Pablo de Laiglesia, 18 November 2011[5]
- Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, 1 June 2012[6]
- Yuan-Tseh Lee, 17 October 2012[7]
- Lawrence Edward Chewning Fábrega, Ambassador to the Organization of American States and Vatican City 18 August 2014[8]
- Dionisio Johnson, 30 December 2015[9]
- Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, 14 January 2016[10][11]
Grand-Officer
edit- Anthony Bailey, interfaith campaigner, 2004
- Martin D. Young[12]
- Sir Sean Connery, 11 March 2003
- Paxson Offield, 2005[13]
- Robert Berry, 2005[13]
- Elsie Alvarado de Ricord, 2005[14]
- Eric Douglas Green, 17 October 2012[7]
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America
Commander
edit- Jorge Illueca, sometime President of the Republic of Panama
- José López Portillo, President of the Mexican United States, 1981
- Carlos Menem, President of the Argentine Republic, 1994
- Sebastián Piñera, later President of the Republic of Chile, 2013
Unknown grade
edit- Eugene N. S. Girard II
- Anil K. Dhingra, 1997
- Paul R. Noland, 1997
- Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez, President of Chile
- Enrique Berruga, 1 June 2001
- Fire Department of New York, 27 November 2001
- Harriet Mayor Fulbright
- Jimmy Carter, President of the United States of America
- Karl Johnson, 2001
- Ramiro Ordóñez Jonama, 2001
- Ricardo M. Alba, 2002
- Harold Bernstein, 2002
- Raul Orillac Arango, 2003
- Matt Kim, 2012
- David Rockefeller
- Harold Christian Hofmann 2007
- Luis Anderson McNeil
References
edit- ^ a b "POR LA CUAL SE CREA LA CONDECORACION NACIONAL DE LA ORDEN "MANUEL AMADOR GUERRERO"" (PDF). Gaceta Oficial, No. 12218. REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ. Retrieved 22 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ El Rey, con ocasión del intercambio de condecoraciones en Panamá Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://www.presidencia.gob.pa/publicacion/presidente-de-costa-rica-es-condecorado-con-la-maxima-orden-nacional-manuel-amador-guerrero
- ^ "Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores – Vicecanciller Arrocha condecora al Secretario General del SICA". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores – Panamá condecoró a embajador de España ante la ONU". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores – Embajador Thalassinós recibe condecoración del Patriarca de Jerusalén, Theophilos III, Gran Cruz de la Orden de los Caballeros del Santo Sepulcro". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ a b "中央研究院".
- ^ "Merecido reconocimiento al ilustre panameño Embajador Lawrence Chewning Fábrega". Archived from the original on 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores – Cancillería condecora a Embajador Johnson después de 45 años de servicio". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "Torrijos, Lewis Navarro y empresarios panameños asistirán a condecoración de Jimmy Carter | Telemetro" (in Spanish). 13 January 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "President Carter Receives Prestigious Awards from Panama and the LBJ Foundation | The Carter Center". 14 January 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine". Social Networks and Archival Context. University of Virginia. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Board of Directors of The Peregrine Fund" (PDF). The Peregrine Fund Newsletter (36): i. Fall–Winter 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República de Panamá – Bienvenidos!". www.mire.gob.pa. Archived from the original on 13 February 2006.