Order of Sikatuna

The Order of Sikatuna (Filipino: Orden ni Sikatuna) is the national order of diplomatic merit of the Republic of the Philippines. It is conferred upon individuals who have rendered exceptional and meritorious services to the Republic of the Philippines, upon diplomats, officials and nationals of foreign states who have rendered conspicuous services in fostering, developing and strengthening relations between their country and the Philippines, or upon personnel of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), both in the Home Office and in the Foreign Service.

Order of Sikatuna
Insignia of the order
Awarded by  Philippines
TypeOrder
Awarded forrending exceptional and meritorious services to the Republic of the Philippines; to diplomats, officials and nationals of foreign states who have rendered conspicuous services in fostering, developing and strengthening relations between their country and the Philippines
StatusCurrently constituted
GradesGrand Collar
Grand Cross, gold distinction
Grand Cross, silver distinction
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Member
Precedence
Next (higher)Quezon Service Cross
Next (lower)Order of Gabriela Silang
RelatedOrder of Lakandula
Philippine Legion of Honor

Ribbon bar of the order

The Order of Sikatuna may be awarded by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the name and by authority of the President.

History

The Order of Sikatuna was established by President Elpidio Quirino as the "Order of Sikatuna" through Executive Order No. 571 dated February 27, 1953.[1][2] Section 2 of the executive order states, "The Order of Sikatuna [...] commemorates the first treaty (Pacto de Sangre) between the Philippines and a foreign country..." In the Quirino order, the Order of Sikatuna commemorates the pacto de sangre or blood compact, more popularly known as sandugo. This was, according to the Executive Order, the first international treaty of friendship between Bohol native chieftain, Datu Sikatuna and Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, between a Filipino and Spaniard. Lately, however, the Executive Order's premise has been put to question. The event was not the first blood compact since the first recorded happened 44 years before between Ferdinand Magellan, representing the Spanish crown, and raia Siaiu, king of the island-port of Mazaua. Magellan called the ceremony "casi casi", a Malayan term meaning "to be one and the same thing" or to be blood brothers.[3] At the same time the first recorded Treaty of Peace was entered into on Tuesday, April 9, 1521 by datu Humabon of Cebu and Magellan.[4]

The Order of Sikatuna's composition was expanded from the original four classes by Presidents Diosdado Macapagal and again by Ferdinand E. Marcos.[5][6] In 2003, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reformed the Philippine system of orders, medals, and decorations, through Executive Order No. 236, known as the Honors Code of the Philippines which codified the civilian orders, decorations and medals of the Republic of the Philippines.[7] Among its provisions was one renaming the order as simply, "The Order of Sikatuna," and clarifying its protocolar standing.

Ranks
Order of Sikatuna Ribbon Bars

Member
Officer
Commander
Grand Officer
Grand Cross
Grand Collar
  • Grand Collar (GCS) (Raja) – Conferred upon a former or incumbent Head of State and/or of government
  • Grand Cross (GCrS) (Datu) – The Grand Cross shall have two distinctions: (i) Gold (Katangiang Ginto) and (ii) Silver (Katangiang Pilak). The Grand Cross may be conferred upon a Crown Prince, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of the House, Chief Justice or the equivalent, foreign minister or other official of cabinet rank, Ambassador, Undersecretary, Assistant Secretary, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
  • Grand Officer (GOS) (Maringal na Lakan) – Conferred upon a Chargé d'affaires, e.p., Minister, Minister Counselor, Consul General heading a consular post, Executive Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
  • Commander (CS) (Lakan) – Conferred upon a Chargé d'affaires a.i., Counselor, First Secretary, Consul General in the consular section of an Embassy, Consular officer with a personal rank higher than Second Secretary, Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
  • Officer (OS) (Maginoo) – Conferred upon a Second Secretary, Consul, Assistant Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
  • Member (MS) (Maharlika) – Conferred upon a Third Secretary, Vice Consul, Attaché, Principal Assistant, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing

Awardees
Grand Collar and miniature with ribbon bar of the Order of Sikatuna.

Ambassadors
  • Robert Gerard Brinks - Former Kingdom of The Netherlands Ambassador, rank of Datu[8]
  • Wu Hongbo - former Chinese ambassador, Rank of Datu (Grand Cross)[9]
  • Aftab Ahmad Khan - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan for services rendered in the freeing of two hostages in 1986
  • Domingo Lucenario Jr. - Filipino diplomat, Rank of Datu
  • Alcides G. R. Prates - former Ambassador of Brazil to The Philippines, Rank of Datu (Grand Cross), for promoting bilateral trade [10]
  • Alejandro Horacio Pineiro - former Argentina Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu
  • Graeme Matheson - former New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines, with the rank of Datu[11]
  • Robert Collette - Former Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu, August 2003
  • Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. - former United States Ambassador to the Philippines[12][13]
  • Jerril Santos - Philippine ambassador to Vietnam, with the rank of Datu[14]
  • Iskandar Bin Sarudin - former Malaysian Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu[15]
  • His Excellency Dato Mohd Zamri bin Mohd Kassim - former Malaysian Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu[16] Northbound Philippines News Online Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  • Joao Jose Gomes Caetano da Silva - former Portuguese Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu[17]
  • Stanislav Slavicky - former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic[18]
  • Kiyoshi Sumiya - Ambassador from Japan to the Philippines, Rank of Datu (Grand Cross) [19]
  • U San Thein - former Myanmar Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu
  • Christopher Thornley - former Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu.[20]
  • Harry K. Thomas Jr. - former United States Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu.[21]
  • Bill Tweddell - former Australian Ambassador to the Philippines
  • Rodolfo Severino, Jr. - former Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General, Rank of Raja[22]
  • Herbert Jess - former Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Rank of Datu
  • Wadee Al-Batti - former Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq, Rank of Datu
  • Erik Førner - former Norwegian Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu
  • Jaroslav Olša Jr. - Czech Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu, gold distinction.[23]
  • Amanda Gorely - Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu, silver distinction.[23]
  • Dato’ Razlan Abdul Rashid - Malaysian Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu, silver distinction.[23]
  • Enrique Manalo- Filipino Diplomat, Undersecretary for Policy of the Department of Foreign Affairs, and former Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Kingdom of Belgium, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and Head of the Philippine Mission to the European Union, Rank of Datu, Gold Distinction, June 2010
  • Jan Top Christensen - Danish Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu, Gold Distinction, August 2019
  • Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia - Former Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps. Rank of Datu, Gold Distinction, 11 December 2019 [24]

Heads of State

Others

This article incorporates public domain text from the library of the Philippine Congress.

See also

References
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