Order of the Condor of the Andes
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| Awarded by the Government of Bolivia | |
| Type | Order |
| Awarded for | "For exceptional civil or military merit shown by Bolivians or foreigners." |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Grades | Grand Collar Grand Cross Grand Officer Commander Officer Knight |
The Order of the Condor of the Andes (Spanish: La Orden del Cóndor de los Andes) is a state decoration of the Plurinational State of Bolivia instituted on 12 April 1925.[1] The Order is awarded for exceptional merit, either civil or military, shown by Bolivians or foreign nationals. There are six grades: Grand Collar, Grand Cross, Grand Officer, Commander, Officer, and Knight.
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Recipients
[edit]Recipients of the Order include:
Konrad Adenauer, German chancellor
Xavier Albó Corrons, Jesuit priest, expert in the indigenous peoples of Bolivia- Hernán Terrazas Céspedes, Bolivian general and Mayor of Cochabamba
Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavian politician- Carlos Calvo Calvimontes, Foreign Secretary of Bolivia
Pedro Castillo, President of Peru- Adolfo Costa du Rels, Bolivian author and diplomat
Jimmy Doolittle, USAF General, Doolittle Raid Leader
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor
Pope Francis
Ernesto Galarza, Mexican-American activist- Clark Hewitt Galloway
Charles de Gaulle, French president- Javier del Granado, Bolivian poet
Ram Nath Kovind, President of India- Carlos Lampe, Bolivian football player
Ileana Leonidoff, Russian dancer and choreographer, who founded the Ballet Oficial de Bolivia.[2]- Marcelo Ostria Trigo, Bolivian author and diplomat
Eva Perón, first-lady of Argentina- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Koča Popović, Yugoslav politician and general[3][4]
Pedro Sánchez, Spanish prime minister
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan dictator[5]
Sunao Sonoda, Japanese foreign minister
Sukarno, Indonesian leader- Johannes Leimena, Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia
- Merle Tuve, American scientist
María Eugenia del Valle, Chilean-Bolivian academic[6]
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs
In 2002 the Order was awarded to the Pan American Health Organization.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.congreso.gov.bo/leyes/1762.htm [dead link]
- ^ Piccolo, Laura (1 August 2013). "Elena Sergeevna Pisarevskaja: Pseudonimo: Ileana Leonidoff". Russi in Italia (in Italian). Italy: Russi in Italia: dizionario. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik.
- ^ Гачић, Драган (2015), Одликовања из легата историјског архива Београда, Историјски архив Београда, pp. 351–353
- ^ Jack, Ian. The Granta Book of Travel, pages 364.
- ^ Contreras, Pilar; Blanco, Elías (1997). Existencias insurrectas: la mujer en la cultura [Insurgent Lives: Women in Culture] (in Spanish). Ministry of Human Development of Bolivia. Retrieved 13 October 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Condor de los Andes a la OPS en su Centenario" (in Spanish). Pan American Health Organization. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.
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