Order of the Liberator General San Martín

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Order of the Liberator General San Martin
Orden del Libertador General San Martín
Orden del Libertador San Martin condecoración.png
Awarded by
 Argentina
TypeOrder
EstablishedAugust 17, 1943
StatusCurrently awarded
GradesCollar
Grand Cross
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Member
Precedence
Next (lower)Order of May
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The Order of the Liberator General San Martin (Spanish: Orden del Libertador General San Martín) is the highest decoration in Argentina. It is awarded to foreign politicians or military, deemed worthy of the highest recognition from Argentina. It is granted by the sitting President of Argentina.[1]

History[]

It owes its name to General José de San Martín, called Father of the Nation and Liberator. The original design was made by the Argentine engineer and sculptor . It was created by of August 17, 1943; amended by of May 21, 1948; which in turn was repealed by Decree of December 17, 1957, which recreates the Order. The modifications introduced were only in the form. The regulations still in force were approved by of December 18, 1967.

Grades[]

The Grades are:

Notable Recipients[]

Date Recipient Grade
8 June 1947  Spain – Caudillo Francisco Franco (1936–1975) Collar
16 August 1947  Brazil – President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1946–1951) Collar
20 December 1948  Chile – Former president Arturo Alessandri (1920–1925; 1932-1938) Grand Cross
1950  Peru – President Manuel Arturo Odría (1948–1950; 1950-1956) Collar
12 May 1950  United States – General Dwight Eisenhower (1953–1961) Grand Cross
4 April 1951  Netherlands – Prince Bernhard (1948–1980) Grand Cross
18 July 1952  Argentina – First Lady Eva Duarte de Peron (1946–1952) Extraordinary (retracted)
19 February 1953  Chile – President Carlos Ibanez del Campo (1927–1931; 1952–1958) Collar
15 August 1954  Paraguay – President Alfredo Stroessner (1954–1989) Collar
2 February 1959  Italy – Prime Minister Antonio Segni (1955–1957; 1959–1960) Grand Cross
1960  Belgium – King Baudouin (1951–1993) Collar
8 May 1960  France – President Charles De Gaulle (1959–1969) Collar
June 1960  Germany – Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (1949–1963) Grand Cross
1 July 1960  Netherlands – Queen Juliana (1948–1980) Collar
4 July 1960  United Kingdom – Queen Elizabeth II (1952–incumbent) Collar
October 1960  Taiwan – President Chiang Kai-shek (1950–1975) Collar
9 April 1961  Italy – President Giovanni Gronchi (1955–1962) Collar
8 July 1961  Bolivia – President Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1952–1956; 1960–1964; 1985–1989) Collar
8 December 1961  Thailand – King Bhumibol Adulyadej (1946–2016) Collar
 Thailand – Queen Sirikit (1950–2016) Grand Cross
 Thailand – Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat (1959–1963)[2] Grand Cross
22 March 1962  United Kingdom – Prince Philip (1952–2021) Grand Cross
10 May 1965  Iran – Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941–1979) Collar
 Iran – Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi (1961–1979) Grand Cross
15 September 1965  Italy – President Giuseppe Saragat (1964–1971) Collar
29 October 1965  Chile – President Eduardo Frei Montalva (1964–1970) Collar
25 March 1966  Denmark – Princess Margrethe (1940–1972; Queen: 1972–incumbent) Grand Cross
18 September 1967  Norway – King Olav V (1957–1991) Collar
1970 Ethiopian Empire Ethiopia – Emperor Haile Selassie (1930–1974) Collar
18 April 1971  Costa Rica – President José Figueres Ferrer (1948–1949; 1953–1958; 1970–1974) Collar
13 October 1971  Peru – President Juan Velasco Alvaro (1968–1975) Collar
6 January 1972  South Korea – President Park Chung-hee (1962-1979) Collar
 Indonesia – President Suharto (1968-1998) Collar
16 June 1973  Spain – President Luis Carrero Blanco (1973) Grand Cross
5 March 1974  Romania – President Nicolae Ceausescu (1967–1989) Collar
 Romania – First Lady Elena Ceausescu (1974–1989) Grand Cross
4 March 1978  Peru – President Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1975–1980) Collar
1 December 1978  Spain – King Juan Carlos I (1975–2014) Collar
 Spain – Queen Sofia (1975–2014) Grand Cross
8 October 1979  Japan – Emperor Hirohito (1926–1989) Collar
7 June 1985  Peru – President Fernando Belaúnde Terry (1963–1968; 1980–1985) Collar
17 July 1986  Philippines – President Corazon Aquino (1986–1992) Collar
19 July 1986  Saudi Arabia – King Fahd (1982–2005) Collar
28 July 1986  Brazil – President José Sarney (1985–1990) Collar
5 July 1990  Brazil – President Fernando Collor de Mello (1990–1992) Collar
27 August 1990  Chile – President Patricio Aylwin (1990–1994)[3] Collar
1991  Malaysia – Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (1981–2003, 2018-2020)[4][better source needed] Grand Cross
1992  Morocco – King Hassan II (1961–1999) Collar
 Jordan – King Hussein (1952–1999) Collar
11 May 1992  Egypt – President Hosni Moubarak (1981–2011) Collar
27 March 1994  Spain – Infanta Elena (1963–1995) Grand Cross
 Spain – Infanta Cristina (1965–1997) Grand Cross
6 May 1994  Belgium – Prince Philippe (1993–2013) Grand Cross
1 December 1994  Croatia – President Franjo Tuđman (1990–1999) Collar
21 February 1995  Poland – President Lech Wałęsa (1990–1995) Collar
24 February 1995  South Africa – President Nelson Mandela (1994–1999) Collar
14 March 1996  Lithuania – President Algirdas Brazauskas (1992–1998) Collar
8 April 1996  Brazil – President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995–2002) Collar
27 September 1996  Czech Republic – President Vaclav Havel (1993–2003) Collar
12 November 1996  Mexico – President Ernesto Zedillo (1994–2000) Collar
3 March 1997  Finland – President Martti Ahtisaari (1994–2000) Collar
7 April 1997  Hungary – President Árpád Göncz (1990–2000) Collar
9 April 1997  Thailand – Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh (1996–1997)[5] Grand Cross
21 April 1997  Spain – President José María Aznar (1996–2004) Grand Cross
28 April 1997  Haiti – President René Préval (1996–2001; 2006-2011) Collar
26 May 1998  Sweden – King Carl XVI Gustav (1973–incumbent) Collar
 Sweden – Queen Silvia (1976–incumbent) Grand Cross
 Sweden – Princess Lilian (1976–2013) Grand Cross
16 July 1998 Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations – Secretary-General Kofi Annan (1997–2006)[6][better source needed] Grand Cross
10 August 1998  Nicaragua – President Arnoldo Alemán (1997–2002) Collar
29 September 1998  Japan – Prince Akishino (1990–Incumbent) Grand Cross
2 December 1998  Japan – Emperor Akihito (1989–2019) Collar
 Japan – Empress Michiko (1989–2019) Grand Cross
20 September 1999  Philippines – President Joseph Estrada (1998–2001)[7][better source needed] Collar
15 May 2000  Paraguay – President Luis González Macchi (1999–2003)[8][better source needed] Collar
18 May 2000  Chile – President Ricardo Lagos (2000–2006) Collar
25 September 2000  Saudi Arabia – Prince Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz al Saud (1982–2005) Grand Cross
12 October 2000  Colombia – President Andrés Pastrana Arango (1998–2002) Collar
14 March 2001  Italy – President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1999–2006) Collar
21 August 2001  Dominican Republic – President Hipólito Mejía (2000–2004) Collar
15 November 2001  Portugal – President Jorge Sampaio (1996–2006) Collar
7 April 2003 Sovereign Military Order of Malta Sovereign Order of Malta – Prince and Grand Master Fra' Andrew Bertie (1988–2008) Grand Cross
29 April 2003  Uruguay – President Jorge Batlle (2000–2005) Collar
7 December 2004  Morocco – King Mohammed VI (1999–incumbent) Collar
21 April 2008  Ecuador – President Rafael Correa (2007–2017) Collar
24 November 2008  Mexico – President Felipe Calderón (2006–2012) Collar
9 February 2009  Spain – Princess Letizia (2004–2014) Grand Cross
16 January 2011  Kuwait – Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2006–2020) Collar
 Kuwait – Prince Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2006–2020) Grand Cross
28 November 2012  Peru – President Ollanta Humala (2011–2016) Collar
8 May 2013  Venezuela – President Nicolás Maduro (2013–Incumbent) / Revoked by President Mauricio Macri.[9] Collar
25 February 2016  France – President François Hollande (2012–2017) Collar
29 July 2016  Mexico – President Enrique Peña Nieto (2012–2018) Collar
8 August 2016 Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (2007–2016) Grand Cross
9 August 2016  Australia – Governor-General Peter Cosgrove (2014–2019) Collar
22 February 2017  Spain – King Felipe VI (2014–Incumbent) Collar
27 March 2017  Netherlands – King Willem-Alexander (2013–incumbent) Collar
13 November 2017  United States – Former president Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) Grand Cross
8 May 2017  Italy – President Sergio Mattarella (2015–Incumbent) Collar
6 March 2018  Norway – King Harald V (1991–incumbent) Collar
2 December 2018  China – President Xi Jinping (2013–Incumbent)[10] Collar
25 January 2021  Uruguay – Former president José Mujica (2010–2015)[11] Collar

References[]

  1. ^ "En qué consiste la Orden del Libertador San Martín que le retiraron a Maduro" [What is the Order of the Liberator General San Martín that was revoked from Maduro]. La Nación (in Spanish). August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  2. ^ https://dl.parliament.go.th/backoffice/viewer2300/web/previewer.php. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Recibimiento del Presidente Carlos Menem en Palacio de la Moneda : vídeo - Archivo Presidencial Patricio Aylwin Azócar 1990-1994". archivospublicos.uahurtado.cl. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  4. ^ "MAHATHIR". Ray Azrul. Scribd. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. ^ ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานพระบรม��าชานุญาตให้ประดับเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ต่างประเทศ เล่ม 114 ตอนที่ 7 ข ราชกิจจานุเบกษา 9 เมษายน 2540
  6. ^ Limited, Alamy. "El presidente argentino Carlos Menem (R) conversa con el Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas Kofi Annan momentos después de otorgarle el más alto honor de Argentina, la Orden del Libertador General San Martín, en reconocimiento al trabajo de Annan en temas mundiales de derechos humanos el 16 de julio, en el palacio de gobierno de la Casa Rosada. Annan está en Argentina como parte de una gira sudamericana. RR/ELD/AA Fotografía de stock". Alamy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  7. ^ Limited, Alamy. "El presidente argentino Carlos Menem (R) decora al presidente filipino Joseph Estrada con la Orden del Libertador General San Martín, durante una ceremonia en la Casa Rosada Presidencial el 20 de septiembre. Estrada, que está en visita oficial a Argentina, firmará acuerdos bilaterales con su contraparte Argentina para mejorar la relación entre ambos países. EM/ZDC Fotografía de stock". Alamy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  8. ^ Limited, Alamy. "El presidente paraguayo, Luis González Macchi (R), lleva la medalla Argentina San Martín mientras que su homólogo argentino Fernando de la Rua lleva la medalla paraguaya Mariscal Francisco López, durante una ceremonia en el palacio presidencial, mayo de 15. Los líderes se condecoraron entre sí durante una visita estatal de la Rua. RR/TB Fotografía de stock". Alamy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  9. ^ "El Gobierno le retira a Maduro la Orden del Libertador San Martín". www.gacetamercantil.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  10. ^ de 2019, 2 de Mayo. "El Gobierno condecoró a Xi Jinping con la Orden del Libertador San Martín". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  11. ^ "Uruguay's Jose Pepe Mujica bestowed with the highest honor of Argentina". MercoPress. Retrieved 2021-01-26.

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