Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
The Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (Orden de Bernardo O'Higgins) is an award issued by Chile. It is the highest civilian honor awarded to non-Chilean citizens. This award was established in 1965 and named after one of the founders of the Chilean state, the independentist general Bernardo O'Higgins, who was a leader of the struggle from 1810 to 1826 for independence of Spanish colonies which became Chile and Peru.
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Key facts
• Name — Order of Bernardo O'Higgins • Awarded By — the President of Chile • Type — Civil order • Eligibility — Foreign citizens • For — Achievements in the field of arts, sciences, education, industry, trade, humanitarian and social cooperation • Established — 28 April 1956 • Higher — Order of Merit • Lower — Gabriela Mistral Order of Educational and Cultural Merit
Grades
Grades
The order is made up of the following grades: • Knight • Officer • Commander • Grand Officer • Grand Cross • Collar • Illustration — Grand Cross Star • Illustration — Order of Bernardo O'Higgins – Grand Cross with bestowal document • Knight — Officer — Commander — Grand Officer — Grand Cross — Collar
Recipients
Recipients
• Emilio Álvarez Montalván • Margot Benacerraf • Rafael Bielsa • Maria Cavaco Silva • Artur Chilingarov • Jack Dutton • Carlos Escudé • Bob Fulton, John Keenan and Robert Somerville • Rev. Charles Roy Harper Jr. (2010) • Clark Hewett Galloway • Stanisław Gebhardt • Thomas Kerstiens • Antonio López-Istúriz White • Mike Medavoy • Adam Michnik • Alois Mock • Robert Keating O'Neill • Óscar Osorio • Park Young-ju • Ada Rogato • Dorothy Olive Royce, (1951), for medical missionary service in Cholchol. • William Rudolph • Mercedes Sosa • Héctor Valdez Albizu • Stuart Van Dyke • Oscar Von Kohorn • Maxime Verhagen • Max Westenhöfer
Grand Crosses
Grand Crosses
• Jan Peter Balkenende • Xavier Barcons (2020) • Maria Cavaco Silva • Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland • Piet de Jong • Ridzwan Dzafir (1996) • Tim Fischer • Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (2002) • Roberto Kozak (1992) • Mohammed VI of Morocco • Jan Pronk • Christopher Reeve • Queen Silvia of Sweden • Sunao Sonoda • Tunku Abdullah (1995) • Tunku Naquiyuddin • Simon Wiesenthal
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- 1.O'Neill, Andrea. Top honour for Rolls-Royce heroes. dailyrecord. 2015-04-01.
- 2.Ross, Peter. Scottish trio honoured for defying Pinochet. The Times. 2015-03-28.
- 3.Film, British Council. British Council Film: Nae Pasaran. British Council. 2019-04-04.
- 4.<동정>칠레‘베르나르도 오히긴스’훈장 받아 등. 문화일보. 2001-04-26.
- 5.Interview with Stuart Van Dyke. Library of Congress.
- 6.ESO Director General awarded Order of Bernardo O’Higgins.
- 7.ENVOY'S AWARD. The Straits Times. 33. 1996-03-16.
- 8.Item 000002 - Intervención del seùor Roberto Kozak en la ceremonia de condecoración con la orden de Bernardo O ´Higgins. - Archivo de Fondos y Colecciones. Archivomuseodelamemoria.cl.
- 9.Latin America’s Schindler: a forgotten hero of the 20th century | Ewen MacAskill | World news. The Guardian.
- 10.Chile honours Christopher Reeve, Superman. MercoPress. January 28, 2004.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Robert Werlich: Orders and Decorations of all Nations – Ancient and Modern – Civil and Military. Washington 1990.
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- Margot BenacerrafPerson
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