Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
Cross with necklet of a Commander of the order
Awarded by Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Type	Chivalric order with five grades
Eligibility	Eligible for deputies, state councillors, civil servants, elected representatives and personnel of municipal administrations, key players of the economic, social, cultural or sport sectors as well for volunteers. Order can also be awarded to foreigners.
Status	Currently constituted
Grand Master	His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
Chancellor	Xavier Bettel
Grades	Grand Cross, Grand Officer, Commander, Officer, Knight
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the Oak Crown
Next (lower)	Military Medal
Ribbon bar of the order

The Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (French: Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg) is a distinguished honorary order of Luxembourg. It was instituted on January 23, 1961 by Grand Duchess Charlotte. Grand Master of the order is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg.^[1] Besides the five classes, a gilt medal can also be bestowed.

Grades

The order is composed of 5 grades :

• Grand Cross
• Grand Officer
• Commander
• Officer
• Knight

Ribbon bars
Grand Cross	Grand Officer	Commander	Officer	Knight

Members of the Order

Members of the Order of Merit of Luxembourg include the following:

Grand Cross:

• Antonios Chatzidakis, former General Manager of the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency NAMSA
• Gabriele Albertini, Italian politician
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former secretary-general of the United Nations
• Jos Chabert, vice-president of the parliament of Brussels
• Didier Reynders^[2]
• Konstantin Zhigalov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan
• Astrid Lulling, Luxembourg politician, retired member of the European Parliament for Luxembourg
• John L Murray, Chief Justice of Ireland

Grand Officer:

• Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander
• Tommy Koh, Singaporean Ambassador-at-Large, diplomatist and law professor
• Nikolaos van Dam, Dutch ambassador to Indonesia
• Jean-Marie Leblanc, former director of the Tour de France
• Mikis Theodorakis, music composer
• Joseph Weyland, permanent representative of Luxembourg to NATO
• Gabriele Albertini, member of the European Parliament
• James G. Stavridis, former commander of USEUCOM and Supreme Allied Commander Europe
• José Lello, member of Portuguese Parliament, former President of NATO PA

Commander:

• Vicky Leandros, Greek and international singer
• Thomas Schaidhammer, United States Army Colonel, Berlin Attache
• Svend-Aage Nielsen, Danish businessman
• Carl Christian Nielsen, Danish businessman
• Erik Ader, Dutch ambassador to Norway
• Michel Carpentier, director general of the European Commission
• Robert Engels, Dutch ambassador to Finland
• Barend ter Haar, Dutch diplomat
• Pascal Lamy, European Commissioner
• Gilbert Renault, French resistance hero
• Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi-hunter
• Gerald Newton, Professor of German at the University of Sheffield
• Michel Monnier, French diplomat
• Wicher Wildeboer, Netherlands ambassador to Cuba and Jamaica
• Robert DeFalco, American Business Executive

Officer

• Hanna Pri-zan, Israeli chairman of the board - Peilim portfolio management
• Alphonse Berns, Luxembourgish ambassador
• Jacques Devillers, ArcelorMittal - LCE - Head of reporting
• Gerard Druesne, Director-General of the European Institute of Public Affairs
• Nicolas Majerus, Luxembourgish politician for the CSV party and heart specialist.

Knight

• Josy Linkels, painter
• Fernand Roda, painter
• Jean-Claude Schlim
• Marianne Majerus, Anglo-Luxembourgish photographer.
• Marie-Joseé Stark

References

• Le Mémorial 13 du 14.04.1961, Arrêté grand-ducal du 23 janvier 1961 portant institution de l'Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg