Order of José Matías Delgado
The National Order of José Matías Delgado (Spanish: Orden Nacional de José Matías Delgado) is a distinction granted by the Republic of El Salvador to Heads of State, Salvadoran citizens, or foreigners who are distinguished by eminent services to the country through extraordinary civil virtues which are humanitarian, scientific, literary, artistic, political, or military.[1] The President of El Salvador is the Grand Master of the Order.
| National Order of José Matías Delgado | |
|---|---|
| Awarded by  | |
| Type | Order | 
| Established | 14 August 1946 | 
| Country | |
| Awarded for | To recognise extraordinary merit in humanitarian, literary, scientific, artistic, political and military fields. | 
| Status | Currently constituted | 
| Grand Master | President of El Salvador (Nayib Bukele)  | 
| Grades | Grand Cross with Gold Star and Special Distinction Grand Cross with Gold Star Grand Cross with Silver Star Grand Officer Commander Officer Knight  | 
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | None, highest | 
| Next (lower) | Order of José Simeón Cañas, the Liberator of Slaves | 
Ribbon bar  | |
Design
    
The order is named after José Matías Delgado, a Salvadoran priest and doctor known as The Father of the Salvadoran Fatherland who lived from 1767 to 1832. He was a leader in the independence movement of El Salvador from Spain and then later Mexico.
Grades
    
The order is awarded in 6 classes:
- Grand Cross with Gold Star and Special Distinction
 - Grand Cross with Gold Star
 - Grand Cross with Silver Star
 - Grand Officer
 - Commander
 - Knight
 
Recipients
    
 Eduardo Aguirre
 Prudencia Ayala †
 Ban Ki-moon
 Rafael Barrientos
 Irina Bokova
 Felipe Calderón
 Camilo José Cela †
 Felipe VI
 José Mejía Vides
 Fredrick Chien
 Raúl Contreras
 Infanta Cristiana
 Maria Esperanza lara de Flores
 José María Figueres
 Reynaldo Galindo Pohl
 José Gustavo Guerrero
 Michael D. Higgins
 Tsai Ing-wen
 Juan Carlos I
 Claudia Lars
 Valero Lecha
 Mercedes Madriz de Altamirano
 Golda Meir
 Eduardo Montealegre
 Augusto Pinochet
 Fernando Sáenz Lacalle
 Rainier III
 Toño Salazar
 Julio María Sanguinetti
 Juan Manuel Santos
 Queen Sofía
 Jürgen Steinkrüger
 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
 8 Jesuit martyrs †
† - posthumous
See also
    
    
References
    
- "Decreto de creación de la Orden Nacional José Matías Delgado". www.asamblea.gob.sv (in Spanish). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
 
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