Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
Order of Bernardo O'Higgins | |
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Awarded by the President of Chile | |
Type | Civil order |
Established | 28 April 1956 |
Country | Chile |
Eligibility | Foreign citizens |
Awarded for | Achievements in the field of arts, sciences, education, industry, trade, humanitarian and social cooperation |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Order of Merit |
Next (lower) | Gabriela Mistral Order of Educational and Cultural Merit |
The Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (Spanish: Orden de Bernardo O'Higgins) is an award issued by Chile. It is the highest civilian honor awarded to non-Chilean citizens. This award was established in 1965 and named after one of the founders of the Chilean state, the revolutionary general Bernardo O'Higgins, who was a leader of the struggle from 1810 to 1826 for independence of Spanish colonies which became Chile and Peru.
Grades
The order is made up of the following grades:
- Knight
- Officer
- Commander
- Grand Officer
- Grand Cross
- Collar
Knight | Officer | Commander | Grand Officer | Grand Cross | Collar |
Recipients
- Emilio Álvarez Montalván
- Margot Benacerraf
- Rafael Bielsa
- Maria Cavaco Silva
- Artur Chilingarov
- Jack Dutton
- Carlos Escudé
- Bob Fulton, John Keenan and Robert Somerville
- Clark Hewett Galloway
- Stanisław Gebhardt
- Thomas Kerstiens
- Antonio López-Istúriz White
- Mike Medavoy
- Adam Michnik
- Alois Mock
- Óscar Osorio
- Christopher Reeve
- Ada Rogato
- Stuart Van Dyke
- Maxime Verhagen
- Max Westenhöfer
- Héctor Valdez Albizu