Order of the Republic (Moldova)

Order of the Republic Ordinul Republicii
Awarded by the President of Moldova
Type	Single-grade state order
Established	30 July 1992
Country	Moldova
Status	Active
Statistics
First induction	1992
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Next (lower)	Order of Ștefan cel Mare
Ribbon bar

The Order of the Republic (Romanian: Ordinul Republicii) is Moldova's highest order. It is awarded by the President of Moldova for exceptional merits in all fields which benefit Moldova and humanity as a whole. The order was established in July 1992 and it's collar and badge are made from silver.

A recipient cannot receive the award twice. The next (lowest) award is the Order of Ștefan cel Mare.

Recipients[]

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Moldovan[]

• Grigorii Zapuhlih
• Silviu Berejan
• Vladimir Beşleagă
• Valeriu Boboc
• Ivan Bodiul – Former Leader of Soviet Moldova
• Petru Bogatu
• Lorena Bogza
• Timofei Moșneaga – Former Minister of Health of Moldova
• Vasile Botnaru
• Val Butnaru
• Mihai Cimpoi
• Dumitru Ciubaşenco
• Nicolae Dabija
• Ion Druţă
• Corina Fusu
• Anatolie Golea
• Zinaida Greceanîi
• Aneta Grosu
• Ion Hadârcă
• Petru Lucinschi – Former president of Moldova
• Nicolae Mătcaş
• Victor Puşcaş
• Sergiu Rădăuţan
• Valeriu Saharneanu
• Mircea Snegur – The first President of Moldova
• Andrei Strâmbeanu
• Nicolae Sulac
• Constantin Tănase (journalist)
• Vasile Tarlev
• Victor Teleucă
• Doina Aldea Teodorovici
• Ion Aldea Teodorovici
• Serafim Urechean
• Valentina Ursu
• Grigore Vieru
• Mihai Volontir
• Veaceslav Iordan
• Elena Zamura
• Aurelian Silvestru
• Pavel Cebanu – president of Moldovan Football Federation^[1]
• Veaceslav Untilă – President of Court of Accounts (Moldova)^[2]
• Ion Madan – former member of the Parliament of Moldova^[3]

The order on a 1999 stamp of the Post of Moldova

Foreign[]

• Alexy II of Moscow
• Traian Băsescu – Former president of Romania
• Süleyman Demirel – The 9th President of Turkey
• Leonid Kuchma – Former president of Ukraine
• Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow – President of Turkmenistan^[4]
• Rosen Plevneliev – President of Bulgaria^[5]
• Angela Merkel^[6] – Chancellor of Germany

• Klaus Iohannis – President of Romania^[7]
• Sofia Rotaru
• Dalia Grybauskaitė – President of Republic of Lithuania^[8]
• Dacian Cioloș – Former Prime Minister of Romania^[9]
• Victor Ponta – ex-Prime Minister of Romania^[10]
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – President of Turkey

Sources[]

• Lege Nr. 1123 din 30.07.1992 cu privire la distincțiile de stat ale Republicii Moldova (English:Law Nr. 1123 of 30.07.1992 on state awards of the Republic of Moldova)

References[]

External links[]

• (in Romanian) Preşedinţia Republicii Moldova