List of foreign recipients of the National Order of Merit
The National Order of Merit is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The order was established to replace the number of ministerial orders previously awarded by numerous ministries, and to create an award for French citizens as well as foreign nationals for distinguished civil or military achievements, though of a lesser level than that required for the award of the Legion of Honour.
Albania
Armenia
- Ara Babloyan, politician, pediatrician, President of the National Assembly of Armenia
- Vigen Sargsyan, politician, Defence minister of Armenia
Australia
Grand Cross
- Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Australian born member of the Danish royal family. Mary still holds Australian citizenship.
Grand Officer
- Penelope Wensley, former Australian state governor
Commander
- Vice Admiral Russ Crane, former Chief of Navy[1]
- General Angus Campbell, chief of the Defence Force
Knight
- Tina Arena Singer-songwriter, recording artist, musical theatre actress, record producer.
- Chris Perrin Australian Naval Veteran, Investiture 25 April 2014
- Commodore Timothy Brown Royal Australian Navy, Director General Submarines.
- Serge Thomann, Councillor and Deputy Mayor of the City of Port Phillip (2008-2016), entrepreneur, photographer. Investiture 7 March 2019 at Raheen by French Ambassador Mr Christophe Penot.
Austria
- Felix Ermacora Austrian politician and human rights expert.
- Sabine Herlitschka CEO of Infineon Technologies Austria[2]
- Andreas Maislinger
Belgium
- Bruno Bernard Belgian writer and export expert
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Asim Behaderović criminologist and police officer (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Brazil
- Prof. Nelson Maculan Filho, D.H.R., Brazilian scientist
Canada
Grand Officer
- Roméo LeBlanc Former Governor General.
Officier
- Vice-Admiral Maurice Frank Ronald "Ron Lloyd" CMM CD Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy (Officer level of this medal) Awarded on 4 November 2017
Chevalier/Knight
- Marlène Harnois Olympic medalist.
- David R. Low (awarded in 1988) former Chairman of the Interdepartmental Committee on Space, Vice President of Spar Aerospace and inaugural General Manager of Radarsat International. Former Assistant Secretary to Cabinet in the Privy Council Office and Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of State for Science and Technology.
- Douglas T. Wright (1993) Engineer and civil servant. President, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waterloo, 1981 to 1993. Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and of the Engineering Institute of Canada. Recipient of the Gold Medal of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers and a founding member of the Prime Minister's National Advisory Board on Science and Technology.
Dominican Republic
Chevalier/Knight
- Ana Rosa Amalia Berges Dreyfous (2009) Juris Doctor, university professor and judge of the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic
Haiti
- Gary Victor (2001) award-winning writer, playwright[3]
Hong Kong
- T. K. Ann, industrialist, legislator and sinologist
Iceland
Chevalier/Knight
- Einar Hermannsson (2017)
India
Chevalier/Knight
- Narinder Kumar Mehra (2003)[4]
- Ilika Mann (2014) Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite.
- Bharat Salhotra 2015
- Sivaji Ganesan
Officier
- Villoo Morawala-Patell (2008) [5][6]
Indonesia
- Muchtarudin Siregar Former Secretary General of Ministry of Transportation.
Ireland
- Chevalier
- Professor Kathleen O'Flaherty (1972), Academic. Writer and Professor of French at University College Cork.
Italy
Commander
- Maestro Goffredo Petrassi, Italian Composer and Conductor. Awarded on 12 December 1980 (awarded with Commander grade of this medal)
Jamaica
- Chevalier
- Paulette Ramsay, Author, Researcher and Professor at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.[7]
Japan
Kosovo
Officer
- Valon Murtezaj Professor in Paris and a Kosovan politician
Lebanon
- Officier
- Adnan Kassar[8]
- General Maroun Hitti
- General shamel roukoz
- Chevalier/Knight
- Nada Sardouk
- Nora Joumblatt
Malaysia
Chevalier / Knight
- Alvin Michael Hew (2004) - L'Oreal Managing Director Malaysia & Taiwan - awarded by President Jacques Chirac
- SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin - NAZA bizman.
- Jamaliyah Ambia (1996) - She served as the Head of French bank, La Societe Generale for 15 years in Malaysia (1983-1998),[9] was President of l'Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur (AFKL) for 10 years (1996-2006), member, treasurer and Deputy President of AFKL since 1978,[10] former president of non profit NGO Soroptimist Malaysia, together with Tunku Dato’ Seri Utama Naquiyuddin they both were founding members of MAFRETA (Malaysia-France Economic & Trade Association) and was Director of Marketing at Airbus Group Malaysia for 14 years (2003-2017). Currently works as a consultant for various French defence companies in Malaysia and Singapore. She was awarded by the French government in 1996 for promoting trade, investment and culture between France and Malaysia.
Commander
- Airasia CEO Tony Fernandes
Officier
- Md Zabid Abdul Rashid, Vice Chancellor and President Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (Malaysia)
Mexico
- Grand Officier
- Lic. Víctor Manuel Villaseñor (1970), Mexican politician and industrialist. He manufactured Renault automobiles in Mexico from 1960 to 1970.[11][12]
Officier
- Mr. Ángel Barraza y del Toro (1975) Commercial attaché to the Mexican embassy in France from 1974 to 1975.[13]
New Zealand
- Officier
- Professor Keith Val Sinclair, New Zealand born academic and Professor of French at the James Cook University of North Queensland.
- Chevalier
- Mr Reece Discombe (1966), New Zealand engineer and diver for re-locating Comte de la Perouse's two lost vessels in 1962. He was awarded by President Charles de Gaulle in 1966.[14][15]
- Mr Dermot Neill (1979).[14]
- Mr Robert Kingscote (1982).[14]
- Mr Lloyd Upton (1997).[14]
- Ms Beverley Randell Price (2005), in recognition of her role in the development of relations and friendship between New Zealand and France by offering Randell Cottage as a writer's residence.[16]
- Professor Jocelyn Harris (2006), French Honorary Consul to Dunedin.[17]
- Ms Martine Marshall-Durieux (2008), High School French teacher and President of the Alliances Francaises of Christchurch.[18]
- Ms Frances James (2010), French teacher and journalist in recognition of work to present a positive image of France and awaken people's interest and love for that country.[19]
- Ms Judith Trotter CMNZ (2010), New Zealand's Ambassador to France from 1987 to 1992, and chair of the France-New Zealand Friendship Fund from 2002 to 2008.[20]
- Ms Marie Brown (2010), teacher of French and French literature from 1977 and especially president of the Alliances Francaises of Wellington from 2002 to 2004.[21]
- Mrs Stephanie Richards (2011), for contributions to the strengthening of ties between France and New Zealand, especially during her time as the head of Thales NZ.[22]
Netherlands
Niger
- Mariama Hima, ambassador of Niger in France between 1996 and 2003[23]
Norway
Pakistan
- Riaz Piracha, foreign secretary
- Major General Rehmat Khan
- Commodore Suhail Hameed SI(M)
- Shabir Ahmed, CEO of DL Nash (Pvt) Ltd
- Marvi Memon, politician
- Dr. Asad Asghar Ali, Regional Director GEC Alstom, Pakistan.
Palestine
- Knight
Portugal
- Chevalier
- Rogerio Walter Carreira, Directeur ALSTOM au Mozambique
Romania
- Chevalier
- Radu Mircea Berceanu
- Ionela Baluta
Samoa
- Officier
- Vaimasenu'u Zita Sefo-Martel Honorary Consul of France, Business and Sports Woman
- Norman Paul†‡ Former Honorary Consul of France and Businessman
Senegal
- Léopold Sédar Senghor Poet, politician, and cultural theorist.
Serbia
Grand Officer
- Radomir Diklić, Diplomat. [25]
Commander
- Pavle Janković, Diplomat.
Officer
- Ivan Vejvoda, Social scientist.
- Colonel Slavoljub Dabić, Former military attache in Paris.
Knight
- Predrag Marić, Civil servant.
- Colonel Vojislav Krstović, Military officer.
- Nataša Vučković, Parliamentarian.
- Dubravka Stojanović, Historian.
- Saša Janković, National Ombudsman
- Tanja Miščević, Head of the Negotianting Team for the Accession of Serbia to the European Union.
- Colonel Zoran Rašeta, Former military attache in Paris.[26]
- Stanislav Sretenović, Historian.[27]
- Gordana Janićijević, Deputy Public Prosecutor of Serbia.[28]
South Africa
- David Kramer, educator
- Rear Admiral Paul Alexander Wijnberg
Spain
- Juan Carlos I of Spain.
- Queen Sofia of Spain
- Queen Letizia of Spain
Sweden
- Eva Nordmark, President of TCO, the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees.
- Fredrik Ljungström, engineer, inventor
- Henrik Ekstrand
- Karl Engelbrektson, General, Swedish Armed Forces.
- Queen Silvia of Sweden
- Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
Thailand
- Princess Galyani Vadhana, the Princess of Naradhiwas.
Ukraine
- Ihor Voronchenko, Ukrainian Vice Admiral and commander of the Ukrainian Navy.[29]
United Arab Emirates
- Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi, Director-general of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research.
United Kingdom
- Andrew P. Hibbert Lawyer.[30]
- John Barbirolli Conductor and cellist.
- John McManners Clergyman and historian of religion.
- Sir John Chalstrey Surgeon and former Lord Mayor of London
- Capt. John Colin Rye, R.A. M.D. of Compagnie Française de l'Afrique Occidentale, U.K. Branch.
- Ann Kenrick Secretary-General, Franco-British Council
- Ian Reed, Director, Allied Air Forces Memorial, Elvington, York.
- Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
- John Rees, Welsh Development Agency
United States
- William Bergman, US Army LtColonel, Diplomat, Scholar.
- Enrique Cadenas, scholar at the University of Southern California.[31]
- Wesley Clark, US Army General.
- Philip Hart Cullom, VADM, USN.
- Dan Daniel (1914–1988), American politician and 39th National Commander of the American Legion.
- Kelvin Davies, scholar at the University of Southern California.[31]
- Bruce Jackson, US scholar.
- James L. Jones, USMC General.
- Theodor Meron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Scholar, Judge.
- Stewart Addington Saint-David, Marquis of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, university professor and author; received 30 June, 2004
- Sumner Shapiro, RADM, USN.
- Anthony Zinni, USMC General.
- Chris Braun, adVINture, USA
- Martha Carolyn Matheny, The World Bank and IMF, received July 7, 2014
- Thomas A. Benes, Major General, USMC, received 26 January 2007
- Brian L. Losey, Rear Admiral, USN, received 9 December 2016
- Virginie Askinazi, MBA,International School of Broward Board Liaison, received in 2013.
- John W. Raymond, USAF
- Robert Neller, USMC
- Mark A. Milley, USA
- James G. Foggo III, USN
- T. Michael Moseley, USAF
Thomas E. Kennedy, US Dept of Defense, 15 March, 1991
Yugoslavia
- Marshal Josip Broz Tito
- Jovanka Broz
- Asllan Fazlija
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