Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
	Badge, ribband, and star of the First Class
Awarded by the President of the Czech Republic
Type	Order
Grades	Grand Cross; Grand Officier; Commander; Officer; Knight
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the White Lion
Next (lower)	Medal of Heroism
	; Ribbon bar for the Grand Cross;

The Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (Czech: Řád Tomáše Garrigua Masaryka) is an Order of the Czech Republic and the former Czechoslovakia. It was established in 1990 after the Velvet Revolution, and re-established in 1994 (following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia). The President of the Czech Republic awards it to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of democracy, humanity and human rights. Unlike in the past, it is awarded to the Czech citizens and foreigners alike. The order has five classes, of which class I is the highest. The order is named in honor of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, an advocate of Czechoslovak independence and the first President of Czechoslovakia.

Design[]

The insignia was designed by Vladimír Oppl. The badge is a blue enameled star-shaped ornament with Masaryk's portrait placed in the center. A medallion placed centrally on the reverse of the badge bears the Greater Coat of Arms of the Czech Republic encircled by a white ring with the inscription "VERNI ZUSTANEME" ("We Shall Remain Faithful"), the motto of the Order.

Ribbon bars[]

Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ribbon bars
	ČSFR (1990–1992)	Czech Republic (since 1994)
I. Class
II. Class
III. Class
IV. Class
V. Class

Recipients[]

Czechoslovakia[]

1991[]

Cardinal Josef Beran, in memoriam, class I
Josef Čapek, Dr. h.c., in memoriam, class I
Prof. Dr. Václav Černý, CSc., in memoriam, class I
Rudolf Firkušný, class I
Prof. Dr. Milan Hodža, in memoriam, class I
JUDr. Milada Horáková, in memoriam, class I
JUDr. Janko Jesenský, in memoriam, class I
Ing. arch. Dušan Jurkovič, in memoriam, class I
Záviš Kalandra, in memoriam, class I
Rafael Kubelík, class I
Jan Masaryk, Dr.h.c., in memoriam, class I
Jan Palach, in memoriam, class I
Dr. , class I
Prof. Jan Patočka, in memoriam, class I
Ferdinand Peroutka, in memoriam, class I
Prof. PhDr. Daniel Rapant, in memoriam, class I
Dr. , in memoriam, class I
Jaroslav Seifert, in memoriam, class I
Ing. , in memoriam, class I
PhDr. , in memoriam, class I
Prof. , in memoriam, class I
Dominik Tatarka, in memoriam, class I
Cardinal František Tomášek, class I
Jan Zajíc, in memoriam, class I
Tomáš Baťa, class II
JUDr. , in memoriam, class II
, in memoriam, class II
Pavol Peter Gojdič, in memoriam, class II
Prof. Dr. , in memoriam, class II
Egon Hostovský, in memoriam, class II
Roman Jakobson, in memoriam, class II
Jiří Kolář, class II
Dr. , class II
MVDr. , class II
Reverend Dr. , class II
JUDr. Jozef Lettrich, in memoriam, class II
Bohuslav Martinů, in memoriam, class II
J.E. Dr. , class II
Dr. Hubert Ripka, in memoriam, class II
Prof. , class II
Koloman Sokol, class II
Prof. Dr. Jaroslav Stránský, in memoriam, class II
Msgr. Jan Šrámek, in memoriam, class II
Prof. Dr. Vavro J. Šrobár, in memoriam, class II
Jan Zahradníček, in memoriam, class II
Dr. Petr Zenkl, in memoriam, class II
ThDr. , in memoriam, class II
JUDr. , class III
Dr. , in memoriam, class III
Jan Čep, in memoriam, class III
Prof. Dr. , in memoriam, class III
Prof. JUDr. Karel Engliš, in memoriam, class III
Prof. , in memoriam, class III
Viktor Fischl (Avigdor Dagan), class III
PhDr. , in memoriam, class III
ThDr. , in memoriam, class III
Prof. Václav Hlavatý, in memoriam, class III
, class III
JUDr. Fedor Hodža, in memoriam, class III
Vladimír Holan, in memoriam, class III
Josef Hora, in memoriam, class III
, class III
, in memoriam, class III
JUDr. , in memoriam, class III
Ing. , Dr.h.c., in memoriam, class III
Prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Kalista, in memoriam, class III
Prof. JUDr. Imrich Karvaš, in memoriam, class III
PhDr. Božena Komárková, class III
Dr. Ing. Ivan Krasko, in memoriam, class III
, in memoriam, class III
PhDr. František Lederer, in memoriam, class III
Cyprián Majerník, in memoriam, class III
Ivan Medek, class III
Václav Neumann, class III
JUDr. , class III
Dr. Přemysl Pitter, in memoriam, class III
Prof. Karel Plicka, in memoriam, class III
Alfréd Radok, in memoriam, class III
Doc. PhDr. Milan Rúfus, CSc., class III
Ing. , Dr.h.c., class III
František Švantner, in memoriam, class III
Prof JUDr. , class III
Doc. , class III
, class III
Jiří Weil, in memoriam, class III
Otto Wichterle, class III
Prof. JUDr. , CSc., in memoriam, class IV
Prof. RNDr. , DrSc., in memoriam, class IV
, in memoriam, class IV
Doc. PhDr. , CSc., in memoriam, class IV
Ján Jesenský, in memoriam, class IV
Prof. MUDr. Jiří Král, DrSc., class IV
, class IV
Prof. RNDr. , DrSc., in memoriam, class IV
Prof. PhDr. , CSc., class IV
Jarmila Novotná-Daubek, class IV
Dr. Gustáv Papp, class IV
, class IV
Prof. MUDr. RNDr. Bohumil Sekla, DrSc., in memoriam, class IV
, class IV
ThDr. , class IV
, in memoriam, class IV
Dr. Ing. , in memoriam, class IV

1992[]

JUDr. Ivan Dérer, in memoriam, class I
PhDr. Alfred Fuchs, in memoriam, class I
Jozef Gregor-Tajovský, in memoriam, class I
Prof. PhDr. Kamil Krofta, in memoriam, class I
JUDr. , in memoriam, class I
JUDr. Štefan Osuský, in memoriam, class I
JUDr. , in memoriam, class I
JUDr. , in memoriam, class I
, in memoriam, class I
Fr. , in memoriam, class I
MUDr. Vladislav Vančura, in memoriam, class I
ThDr. , in memoriam, class II
Vojta Beneš, in memoriam, class II
, in memoriam, class II
, in memoriam, class II
, in memoriam, class II
, in memoriam, class II
Prof. PhDr., ThDr. , in memoriam, class II
, in memoriam, class II
Prof. PhDr. , in memoriam, class II
Vojtěch Preissig, in memoriam, class II
Prof. PhDr. Emanuel Rádl, in memoriam, class II
JUDr. , in memoriam, class II
Prof. PhDr. Anton Štefánek, in memoriam, class II
Prof. PhDr. , in memoriam, class II
, in memoriam, class II
Prof. PhDr. Růžena Vacková, in memoriam, class II
, in memoriam, class III
JUDr. , in memoriam, class III
Prof. ThDr. František Dvorník, in memoriam, class III
, in memoriam, class III
Ing. arch. , in memoriam, class III
MUDr. Vlasta Kálalová-Di Lotti, in memoriam, class III
Prof. PhDr. , in memoriam, class III
MUDr. , in memoriam, class III
Prof. MUDr. , DrSc., in memoriam, class III
, in memoriam, class III
ThDr. , in memoriam, class III
, in memoriam, class III
JUDr. , in memoriam, class III
JUDr. , in memoriam, class III
Františka Plamínková, in memoriam, class III
Prof. Marie Provazníková, in memoriam, class III
Václav Talich, in memoriam, class III
ThDr. Štěpán Trochta, in memoriam, class III
, in memoriam, class III
Františka Zemínová, in memoriam, class III
, in memoriam, class IV
Ludwig Czech, in memoriam, class IV
Prof. , in memoriam, class IV
PhDr. , in memoriam, class IV
PhDr. , in memoriam, class IV
JUDr. , in memoriam, class IV
PhDr. , in memoriam, class IV
, in memoriam, class IV
Dr. Ing. , in memoriam, class IV
Ing. arch. , in memoriam, class IV
JUDr. , in memoriam, class IV
Bohuslav Reynek, in memoriam, class IV
, in memoriam, class IV
Evald Schorm, in memoriam, class IV
PhDr. , in memoriam, class IV
MUDr. , in memoriam, class IV
JUDr. Grigorij Žatkovič, in memoriam, class IV

Czech Republic[]

1995[]

PhDr. Karel Čapek, in memoriam, class I
JUDr. , in memoriam, class I
Mons. ThLic. Karel Otčenášek, class I
JUDr. , in memoriam, class I
Pavel Tigrid, class I
Charles A. Vanik, class I
Prof. PhDr. René Wellek, class I
Lord Braine of Wheatley, class II
Dr. , class II
František Langer, in memoriam, class II
Karel Poláček, in memoriam, class II
JUDr. Mojmír Povolný, class II
, class II
ThDr. , in memoriam, class II
JUDr. , in memoriam, class III
Doc. PhDr. Josef Fischer, in memoriam, class III
Prof. PhDr. Ladislav Hejdánek, class III
PhDr. Zdeněk Rotrekl, class III

1996[]

Jan Opletal, in memoriam, class I
JUDr. Rudolf Kirchschläger, class I
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, in memoriam, class I
, in memoriam, class II
JUDr. , in memoriam, class II
Milena Jesenská, in memoriam, class II
Prof. ThDr. h.c. , in memoriam, class II
Max van der Stoel, class II
JUDr. , class III
, class III
JUDr. Viktor Fischl, class III
Ing. , CSc., class III
Prof. JUDr. PhDr. , class III
P. , class III
ThDr. , class III
Ludvík Vaculík, class III
, in memoriam, class IV
, in memoriam, class IV

1997[]

Gorazd, Orthodox Bishop of Bohemia and Moravia-Silesia, in memoriam, class I
Olga Havlová, in memoriam, class I
František Halas, in memoriam, class II
Ing. Rudolf Battěk, class III
, class III
JUDr. , in memoriam, class III
Prof. PhDr. , class III
Ing. Richard Glazar, class III
Mons. ThDr. Oto Mádr, class III
Prof. PhDr. Radim Palouš, CSc., class III
, in memoriam, class III
Colonel (ret.) , class V
, class V

1998[]

Zbigniew Brzezinski, PhD., class I
Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick, PhD., class I
Henry A. Kissinger, PhD., class I
Jaroslav Kvapil, in memoriam, class II
Prof. Dr. , class II
PhDr. Václav Renč, in memoriam, class II
Dr. Richard Belcredi, class III
JUDr. , class III
Prof. , class III
Emil Filla, in memoriam, class III
Mons. ThDr. , class III
JUDr. , class III
Vlasta Chramostová, class III
Rudolf Karel, in memoriam, class III
Major General , in memoriam, class III
JUDr. , class III
Prof. ThDr. Jan Milíč Lochman, class III
Mons. Václav Malý, Auxiliary Bishop of Prague, class III
doc. , DrSc., class III
PhDr. , class III
, in memoriam, class III
Prof. ThDr. Ing. , class III
Emanuel Viktor Voska, in memoriam, class III
, class IV
, in memoriam, class IV
Prof. PhDr. Csc., class IV
Dr. , in memoriam, class IV
Prof. Dr. Tomáš Špidlík, class IV (21 Oct. 2003 Cardinal)
, class IV
Nicholas Winton, class IV

1999[]

, PhDr. ThDr. archbishop of Olomouc, in memoriam, class I
JUDr. Oldřich Černý, class III
PhDr. , in memoriam, class III

2000[]

, in memoriam, class II
Ing. Josef Lux, in memoriam, class II
Prof. Dr. Jiří Horák, class III
Prof. PhDr. Milan Machovec, DrSc., class III
JUDr. Ing. , class IV
Prof. Dr. Michael Novak, class III
Prof. PhDr. , DrSc., class IV
Prof. Dr. , class IV

2001[]

Prof. Robert Badinter, class I
Ryszard Siwiec, in memoriam, class I
, in memoriam, class II
Prof. JUDr. , in memoriam, class III
, in memoriam, class III
Barbara Coudenhove-Kalergi, class IV
, class IV
Mons. ThDr. PhDr. , class IV
P. František Lízna, SJ., class V

2002[]

Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, Archbishop of Prague and Metropolitan Bishop of Bohemia, class II
Luboš Dobrovský, class III
PhDr. , in memoriam, class III
JUDr. , class III
, class III
Karel Jan Schwarzenberg, class III
Karol Efraim Sidon, Rabbi of Prague and Chief Rabbi of the Czech Republic, class III
Mgr. , Moderator of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, class III
JUDr. Dagmar Burešová, class IV
JUDr. Ladislav Lis, in memoriam, class IV

2003[]

Václav Havel, class I (conferred by the parliament)
Mary Robinson, class I
Willy Spühler, in memoriam, class I
Elena Bonner, class II
Sergey Adamovich Kovalyov, class II
, class III
Miroslav Kusý, class III
PhDr. , class III
JUDr. , in memoriam, class III
Adam Michnik, class III
JUDr. , CSc., class III
Mons. ThDr. Jaroslav Škarvada, class III
Antje Vollmer, class III

2004[]

Colonel (ret.) , class III
Lieutenant General (ret.) Ing. Tomáš Sedláček, class III
Colonel (ret.) , class III
Fra. , O. Melit. Prior, class III

2005[]

Brigadier General (ret.) MUDr. , class I
Major General (ret.) , class I
P. , class III

2006[]

MUDr. Naděžda Kavalírová, class I
Brigadier General (ret.) Miroslav Štandera, class I
, class II
Captain , in memoriam, class II
Mgr. , class II
Mons. Prof. ThDr. , class IV

2007[]

Vladimír Bystrov, class II
, class II
František Zahrádka, class III

2008[]

, class II
, class II
Jan Graubner, class II
, class II
, class III
, class III

2009[]

, class
Josefina Napravilová, class III
František Šedivý, class II
, class III
, class IV

2014[]

Hana Hegerová, class I
Miroslav Zikmund, class I