List of foreign recipients of the National Order of Merit

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The National Order of Merit is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The order was established to replace the number of ministerial orders previously awarded by numerous ministries, and to create an award for French citizens as well as foreign nationals for distinguished civil or military achievements, though of a lesser level than that required for the award of the Legion of Honour.

Albania[]

Officier

  • Beqir Ajazi (2002) Editor-in-chief of the "Atdheu" newspaper

Knight

Armenia[]

Mher Shahgeldyan politician

Australia[]

Grand Cross

Grand Officer

Commander

Knight

  • Tina Arena Singer-songwriter, recording artist, musical theatre actress, record producer.
  • Australian Naval Veteran, Investiture 25 April 2014
  • Commodore Royal Australian Navy, Director General Submarines.
  • Serge Thomann, Councillor and Deputy Mayor of the City of Port Phillip (2008-2016), entrepreneur, photographer. Investiture 7 March 2019 at Raheen by French Ambassador Mr Christophe Penot.

Austria[]

Belgium[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

  • criminologist and police officer (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Brazil[]

  • Prof. , D.H.R., Brazilian scientist

Canada[]

Grand Officer

Officier

Chevalier/Knight

  • Marlène Harnois Olympic medalist.
  • (awarded in 1988) former Chairman of the Interdepartmental Committee on Space, Vice President of Spar Aerospace and inaugural General Manager of Radarsat International. Former Assistant Secretary to Cabinet in the Privy Council Office and Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of State for Science and Technology.
  • Douglas T. Wright (1993) Engineer and civil servant. President, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waterloo, 1981 to 1993. Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and of the Engineering Institute of Canada. Recipient of the Gold Medal of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers and a founding member of the Prime Minister's National Advisory Board on Science and Technology.

Dominican Republic[]

Chevalier/Knight

  • (2009) Juris Doctor, university professor and judge of the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic

Haiti[]

Hong Kong[]

  • T. K. Ann, industrialist, legislator and sinologist

Iceland[]

Chevalier/Knight

  • Einar Hermannsson (2017)
  • Ágúst Válfells (father, born in 1934) (1965)

India[]

Chevalier/Knight

Officier

Indonesia[]

  • Former Secretary General of Ministry of Transportation.

Ireland[]

Chevalier
  • Professor Kathleen O'Flaherty (1972), Academic. Writer and Professor of French at University College Cork.

Italy[]

Commander

  • Maestro Goffredo Petrassi, Italian Composer and Conductor. Awarded on 12 December 1980 (awarded with Commander grade of this medal)

Jamaica[]

Chevalier
  • Paulette Ramsay, Author, Researcher and Professor at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.[8]

Japan[]

Chevalier/Knight

Kenya[]

Commander

Kosovo[]

Officer

  • Professor in Paris and a Kosovan politician

Lebanon[]

Officier
Chevalier/Knight
  • Nada Sardouk
  • Nora Joumblatt

Malaysia[]

Chevalier / Knight

  • Alvin Michael Hew (2004) - L'Oreal Managing Director Malaysia & Taiwan - awarded by President Jacques Chirac
  • SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin - NAZA bizman.
  • Jamaliyah Ambia (1996) - She served as the Head of French bank, La Societe Generale for 15 years in Malaysia (1983-1998),[10] was President of l'Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur (AFKL) for 10 years (1996-2006), member, treasurer and Deputy President of AFKL since 1978,[11] former president of non profit NGO Soroptimist Malaysia, together with Tunku Dato’ Seri Utama Naquiyuddin they both were founding members of MAFRETA (Malaysia-France Economic & Trade Association) and was Director of Marketing at Airbus Group Malaysia for 14 years (2003-2017). Currently works as a consultant for various French defence companies in Malaysia and Singapore. She was awarded by the French government in 1996 for promoting trade, investment and culture between France and Malaysia.

Commander

Officier

Mexico[]

Grand Officier
  • (1970), Mexican politician and industrialist. He manufactured Renault automobiles in Mexico from 1960 to 1970.[12][13]

Officier

  • Mr. Ángel Barraza y del Toro (1975) Commercial attaché to the Mexican embassy in France from 1974 to 1975.[14]

New Zealand[]

Officier
  • Professor Keith Val Sinclair, New Zealand born academic and Professor of French at the James Cook University of North Queensland.
Chevalier
  • Mr Reece Discombe (1966), New Zealand engineer and diver for re-locating Comte de la Perouse's two lost vessels in 1962. He was awarded by President Charles de Gaulle in 1966.[15][16]
  • Mr Dermot Neill (1979).[15]
  • Mr Robert Kingscote (1982).[15]
  • Mr Lloyd Upton (1997).[15]
  • Ms Beverley Randell Price (2005), in recognition of her role in the development of relations and friendship between New Zealand and France by offering Randell Cottage as a writer's residence.[17]
  • Professor Emerita Jocelyn Harris (2006), French Honorary Consul to Dunedin.[18]
  • Ms Martine Marshall-Durieux (2008), High School French teacher and President of the Alliances Francaises of Christchurch.[19]
  • Ms Frances James (2010), French teacher and journalist in recognition of work to present a positive image of France and awaken people's interest and love for that country.[20]
  • Ms Judith Trotter CMNZ (2010), New Zealand's Ambassador to France from 1987 to 1992, and chair of the France-New Zealand Friendship Fund from 2002 to 2008.[21]
  • Ms Marie Brown (2010), teacher of French and French literature from 1977 and especially president of the Alliances Francaises of Wellington from 2002 to 2004.[22]
  • Mrs Stephanie Richards (2011), for contributions to the strengthening of ties between France and New Zealand, especially during her time as the head of Thales NZ.[23]

Netherlands[]

Niger[]

Norway[]

Pakistan[]

  • Riaz Piracha, foreign secretary
  • Major General Rehmat Khan
  • Commodore Suhail Hameed SI(M)
  • Shabir Ahmed, CEO of DL Nash (Pvt) Ltd
  • Marvi Memon, politician
  • Dr. Asad Asghar Ali, Regional Director GEC Alstom, Pakistan.

Palestine[]

Knight
  • Dr. Amal Daraghmeh Masri,[1] businesswoman, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Middle East Business magazine and news, founding member of 'Palestine Accueil', President of Palestine-France Business Council. Awarded Feb 2017.[2]

Paraguay[]

Officer

Concepción Leyes de Chaves

Portugal[]

Chevalier
  • , Directeur ALSTOM au Mozambique

Romania[]

Chevalier
  • Radu Mircea Berceanu

Samoa[]

Officier

Saudi Arabia[]

Grand Officier
  • Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud[25]

Senegal[]

Serbia[]

Grand Officer

Commander

  • , Diplomat.

Officer

  • , Social scientist.
  • Colonel , Former military attache in Paris.

Knight

  • , Civil servant.
  • Colonel , Military officer.
  • Nataša Vučković, Parliamentarian.
  • Dubravka Stojanović, Historian.
  • Saša Janković, National Ombudsman
  • , Head of the Negotianting Team for the Accession of Serbia to the European Union.
  • Colonel , Former military attache in Paris.[27]
  • , Historian.[28]
  • , Deputy Public Prosecutor of Serbia.[29]

South Africa[]

  • David Kramer, educator
  • Rear Admiral Paul Alexander Wijnberg

Spain[]

Sweden[]

Taiwan[]

Thailand[]

Ukraine[]

United Arab Emirates[]

  • , Director-general of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research.

United Kingdom[]

  • Lawyer.[32]
  • John Barbirolli Conductor and cellist.
  • John McManners Clergyman and historian of religion.
  • Sir John Chalstrey Surgeon and former Lord Mayor of London
  • M.D. of Compagnie Française de l'Afrique Occidentale, U.K. Branch.
  • Ann Kenrick Secretary-General, Franco-British Council
  • Ian Reed, Director, Allied Air Forces Memorial, Elvington, York.
  • Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

United States[]

Thomas E. Kennedy, US Dept of Defense, 15 March, 1991

Uruguay[]

Yugoslavia[]

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