Order of the Aztec Eagle

• Title — Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle • Awarded By — Mexico • Type — Order • For — Services given to Mexico or to mankind • Status — Currently awarded • Grades — Collar Sash of Special Category Sash Plaque Venera Insignia • Caption2 — Ribbon of the Order of the Aztec Eagle

It was created by decree on December 29, 1933, by President Abelardo L. Rodríguez as a reward to the services given to Mexico or humankind by foreigners. It corresponds to similar distinctions given to Mexican citizens such as the Condecoración Miguel Hidalgo or the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor. It is given by the office of the foreign minister on the instructions of a Council established for this purpose headed by the President. Its naming is partially taken from the Imperial Order of the Mexican Eagle, which was created by Maximilian I of Mexico on January 1, 1865.

There is some design similarity of the order with the coat of arms of Mexico, particularly the golden eagle holding a rattlesnake, which is associated with the Aztec civilization.

Since the reform of March 2011, the classes are: • Collar ("Collar"), awarded to heads of state; • Sash of Special Category ("Banda en Categoría Especial"), awarded to prime ministers and heads of government, hereditary princes(ses), consorts of heads of state, or to people whose category is tantamount to the previous; • Sash ("Banda"), awarded to government ministers, secretaries, members of royal families, ambassadors, or individuals whose category is tantamount to the previous; • Plaque ("Placa"), awarded to government undersecretaries, plenipotentiary ministers, consuls general, brigadier generals, rear admirals, as well to those whose category is tantamount to the previous; • Venera (a type of insignia), awarded to ad hoc business representatives, colonels and lieutenant colonels, captains of a ship, equivalent servants of embassies in Mexico, as well to those whose category is tantamount to the previous; • Insignia, awarded to ad interim business representatives and other members of diplomatic missions; captain, navy lieutenant, as well to those whose category is tantamount to the previous and to those cases the Council considers pertinent. All grades except the collar may be awarded, at the Council's discretion, to distinguished foreigners.

Prior to the 2011 reform, the classes were, in descending order: • Collar ("Collar"), awarded to heads of state; • Grand Cross ("Cruz"), awarded to prime ministers and heads of government • Sash ("Banda"), awarded to government ministers, secretaries and ambassadors • Medal ("Medalla"), awarded to government undersecretaries, plenipotentiary ministers, as well to those whose category is tantamount to the previous; • Plaque ("Placa"), awarded to ad hoc business representatives, colonels and lieutenant colonels, captains of a ship, equivalent servants of embassies in Mexico), as well to those whose category is tantamount to the previous; • Venera (a type of insignia), awarded to ad interim business representatives and other members of diplomatic missions; • Insignia proper, awarded at the Council's discretion; and • Honorable Mention ("Mención Honorífica").

• Name — Class — Nationality — Year Appointed — Reference • Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia — Collar — Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopian Empire — 1954 • Emperor Hirohito of Japan — Japan — 1962 • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh — United Kingdom — 1964 • King Rama IX of Thailand — Thailand — 1972 • Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom — United Kingdom — 1973 • Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester — Sash; Sash of Special Category — 1974; 2015 • Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent — Grand Cross — 1964 • Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran — Collar — State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg Iran — 1975 • King Olav V of Norway — Grand Cross — Norway • King Juan Carlos I of Spain — Collar — Spain • Queen Sofía of Spain — Grand Cross • Emperor Akihito of Japan — Collar — Japan • King Albert II of Belgium — Belgium • King Carl Gustaf XVI of Sweden — Sweden — 2004 • Queen Silvia of Sweden — Sash • King Mohammed VI of Morocco — Collar — Morocco — 2005 • Queen Margrethe II of Denmark — Denmark — 2008 • Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark — | Sash (2008); Sash of Special Category (2016) — 2008; 2016 • Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands — Collar — Netherlands — 2009 • King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands — Sash • Queen Máxima of the Netherlands • Felipe VI of Spain — Sash (1996); Collar (2015) — Spain — 1996; 2015 • Queen Letizia of Spain — Sash (2008); Sash of Special Category (2015) — 2008; 2015 • King Charles III of the United Kingdom — Sash of Special Category — United Kingdom — 2015 • Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom — Sash • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor • Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh • Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester • Frederik X of Denmark — Sash of Special Category — Denmark — 2016 • Queen Mary of Denmark — Sash • Prince Joachim of Denmark • Princess Marie of Denmark • Princess Benedikte of Denmark • Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah — Collar — Kuwait • King Salman of Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia

• First Czechoslovak Republic Edvard Beneš – Collar (1935) • United States Dwight David Eisenhower – Collar (1945) • Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek – Collar (1945) • India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan – Collar (1954) • Cuba Fulgencio Batista - Collar • Brazil Juscelino Kubitschek – Collar • Dominican Republic Rafael Trujillo – Collar • France Charles de Gaulle – Collar • Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito – Collar (1963) • Tanzania Julius Nyerere – Collar (1975) • Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov • Cuba Fidel Castro – Collar (1988) • Estonia Lennart Meri – Collar (1995) • Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – Collar (2007) • Chile Michelle Bachelet – Collar (2007) • South Africa Nelson Mandela – Sash (2010) • Guatemala Álvaro Colom – Collar (2011) • El Salvador Mauricio Funes – Collar (2011) • Colombia Juan Manuel Santos – Collar (2011) • Uruguay José Mujica – Collar (2014) • Brazil Dilma Rousseff – Collar (2015) • Guatemala Otto Pérez Molina – Collar (2015) • Argentina Mauricio Macri – Collar (2016) • Italy Sergio Mattarella – Collar (2016) • Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa – Collar (2017) • India Pratibha Patil – Sash of Special Category (2018) • Philippines Manuel Luis Quezon – Collar • Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel – Collar (2023)

• Indonesia Johannes Leimena • Belgium Edmond Leburton • USSR Alexandra Kollontai – Sash (1944) • Henry Harley Arnold – Collar (1945) • Yugoslavia Dr. Jože Brilej – Sash (1950s) • Japan Takeo Miki – Sash (1967) • Sir Edward Heath (1994) • Guatemala Bernardo Arévalo (1995) • Canada Yves Ducharme – Venera (2006) • Mark Shurtleff, Utah Attorney General – Plaque (2006) • Belize Lisa Shoman – Sash (2008) • Ted Kennedy – Sash (2008) • Spain José Manuel García-Margallo (2015) • France Benoît Hamon • Argentina Eva Perón (1951) • David Dreier (2017) • Jared Kushner – Sash (2018) • China Qiu Xiaoqi - Sash (2019) • France Jean-Yves Le Drian – Sash (2021) • Chile Isabel Allende Bussi – Insignia (2023)

• Walt Disney (1943) • Spencer Atkinson (1946) • Norman Borlaug (1970) • Nettie Lee Benson (1979) • Nigel Davies (1980) • Edward Hidalgo (1980) • Diana Kennedy (1981) • Colombia Gabriel García Márquez (1982) • Chile Claudio Arrau (1982) • Spain Plácido Domingo – (1985) • W. Michael Mathes (1985) • Cesar Chavez (1990) • Merle Greene Robertson (1993) • Dr. Donald Winkelmann (1994) • Soviet Union Yuri Knorozov (1995) • Mexico Hector P. Garcia (1998) • India Satish Gujral – Insignia proper • Charles Butt – (2001) • Melinda Gates – Insignia proper (2007) • Anne d'Harnoncourt – Insignia proper (2007) • Guatemala Rigoberta Menchú – Insignia proper (2010) • Peru Mario Vargas Llosa (2011) • India Amartya Sen (2011) • Ireland Bono – Insignia proper (2012) • Japan Takashi Yamanouchi (2013) • Ralph Roeder • Lady Susan Hussey (2015) • Dolores Huerta (2015) • Richard W. Fisher – Badge (2015) • Stuart Gulliver (2017) • Roderic Ai Camp (2017) • Rick Bayless – Insignia (2017) • Roberta S. Jacobson (2018) • France Catherine Bréchignac (2018) • Stephen A. Schwarzman – Plaque (2018) • Henry Kravis – Plaque (2018) • Italy Roberto Riccardi – Plaque (2021)

List of recipients of the Order of the Aztec Eagle by class • Collar • Akihito • Bhumibol Adulyadej • Michelle Bachelet • Beatrix of the Netherlands • Josip Broz Tito • Carl XVI Gustaf • Fidel Castro • Edvard Beneš • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Elizabeth II • Cristina Fernández de Kirchner • Mauricio Funes • Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester • Haile Selassie • Henryk Jabłoński • Juan Carlos I of Spain • Juscelino Kubitschek • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Mauricio Macri • Margrethe II of Denmark • Mohammed VI of Morocco • Mohammad Reza Pahlavi • Salman of Saudi Arabia • Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan • Grand Cross / Sash of Special Category • Henry H. Arnold • Princess Benedikte of Denmark • Jože Brilej • Maria Cavaco Silva • Armand De Decker • Guillermo Fernández de Soto • Jean Gol • Peter Hope (diplomat) • Thanat Khoman • Princess Lalla Hasna of Morocco • Edmond Leburton • Mahathir Mohamad • Princess Margriet of the Netherlands • Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark • Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco • Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb • Olav V of Norway • Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou • Ra'ad bin Zeid • Suharto • Pratibha Patil • Sash • Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria • Charles, Prince of Wales • Infanta Cristina of Spain • Carlos Echeverri Cortés • Felipe VI of Spain • Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark • Princess Irene of the Netherlands • Ted Kennedy • Alexandra Kollontai • Queen Letizia of Spain • Nelson Mandela • Queen Máxima of the Netherlands • Takeo Miki • Hirofumi Nakasone • Sadako Ogata • Pietro Parolin • Prince Sahle Selassie • Lisa Shoman • Queen Sofía of Spain • Plaque • Bill Gates • Charles E. Wilhelm • Alan Yarrow • Insignia • David Brading • Melinda Gates • Satish Gujral • Anne d'Harnoncourt • Alan Knight (historian) • Other or unknown classes • Claudio Arrau • Jack Austin (politician) • Rick Bayless • Nettie Lee Benson • Elizabeth Hill Boone • David Brading • Jože Brilej • Charles Butt • David Carrasco • Maria Cavaco Silva • Alfredo Chiaradía • Francesco Cossiga • Nigel Davies (historian) • Michel Descombey • Plácido Domingo • Yves Ducharme • Elżbieta Dzikowska • Luis Echeverría • Trevor Eyton • Jean-Louis Georgelin • Nadine Gordimer • John Greenslade • António Guterres • Jan Hendrix • Edward Hidalgo • Carla Anderson Hills • Alfred Wilkinson Johnson • Michael Kaiser • Friedrich Katz • Diana Kennedy • Jean-Pierre Kingsley • Nobusuke Kishi • Yuri Knorozov • Thomas Krens • Ernest Krogh-Hansen • George Kubler • Jared Kushner • Luis Leal (writer) • Fred Martinez • W. Michael Mathes • Helmut Maucher • José Carlos Millás • Million Dollar Theater • Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata • Julius Nyerere • Óscar Osorio • Benoît Puga • Mariano Rajoy • Ann Richards • Nelson Rockefeller • Rodman Rockefeller • Albert Sabin • Eisaku Satō • Walter Schwimmer • Edward Seaga • David Shaltiel • Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. • Innis P. Swift • Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton • J. Eric S. Thompson • Mario Vargas Llosa • Baldemar Velasquez • William Wasson • David J. Weber • Eliot Weinberger • Derry Weis • Raul Yzaguirre • Amartya Sen • Tom Tollemache

• Illustration — Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle • Illustration — Insignia of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle • Illustration — Sash and sash badge of the Order of the Aztec Eagle

• Mexican Chamber of Deputies • Olvera Ayes, David A. "La Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca – Apuntes para su Historia". Cuadernos del Cronista. México, 2011