List of foreign recipients of the National Order of Merit explained
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
Officier
- Beqir Ajazi (2002) Editor-in-chief of the "Atdheu" newspaper
Knight
Argentina
Officier
- Commodore Herberto J. Vicentini. (1987) Argentina Air Force
Armenia
Mher Shahgeldyan politician
Australia
Grand Cross
Grand Officer
Commander
Knight
- Tina Arena Singer-songwriter, recording artist, musical theatre actress, record producer.
- Commodore Timothy Brown Royal Australian Navy, Director General Submarines.
- Professor Katherine Daniell BEng(Civil)(Hons)/BA (Adel.), PhD (ANU/AgroParisTech, France), MIEAust, Australian National University.
- Chris Perrin Australian Naval Veteran. Investiture 25 April 2014
- 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, Founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service (Gedenkdienst).
- Christian H. Schierer, Austrian Trade Commissioner and Commercial Counsellor at the Austrian Embassy
Bangladesh
Knight
- AHM Mostafizur Rahman researcher in crop production, climate change and food security.[3]
Belgium
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
Officier
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.
Czech Republic
Commander
Dominican Republic
Chevalier/Knight
- Ana Rosa Amalia Berges Dreyfous (2009) Juris Doctor, university professor and judge of the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic
Germany
Commander
Haiti
Hong Kong
- T. K. Ann, industrialist, legislator and sinologist
Iceland
Chevalier/Knight
- Einar Hermannsson (2017)
- Ágúst Válfells (father, born in 1934) (1965)
India
Chevalier/Knight
Officier
Indonesia
Grand Cross
Grand Officer
- General Poniman, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army
- General Rudini, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army (1987)[17]
- Muhammad Noer, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to France
- Lieutenant General Dading Kalbuadi, Chief of the General Staff of the Indonesian Army
Commander
Officer
- Prof. Sujudi, Rector of the University of Indonesia (1989)
Iran
Grand Cross
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.[29]
Japan
Chevalier/Knight
Kenya
Commander
Kosovo
Officer
- Valon Murtezaj Professor in Paris and a Kosovan politician
Lebanon
- Officier
- Chevalier/Knight
- Professor Sanaa Sabbah
- 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),[31] was President of l'Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur (AFKL) for 10 years (1996-2006), member, treasurer and Deputy President of AFKL since 1978,[32] 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 the Chevalier medal by Jacques Chirac in 1996 for promoting trade, investment and culture between France and Malaysia.
Commander
Officier
- Datin Chan-Low Kam Yoke (2005), Group CEO, HELP University appointed by President Jacques Chirac for her contribution to the development of educational and cultural collaboration between France and Malaysia
- 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.[33] [34]
Officier
- Mr. Ángel Barraza y del Toro (1975) Commercial attaché to the Mexican embassy in France from 1974 to 1975.[35]
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.[36] [37]
- Mr Dermot Neill (1979).[36]
- Mr Robert Kingscote (1982).[36]
- Mr Lloyd Upton (1997).[36]
- 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.[38]
- Professor Emerita Jocelyn Harris (2006), French Honorary Consul to Dunedin.[39]
- Ms Martine Marshall-Durieux (2008), High School French teacher and President of the Alliances Francaises of Christchurch.[40]
- 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.[41]
- 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.[42]
- 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.[43]
- 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.[44]
Netherlands
Niger
North Macedonia
- Commander
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
- Dr. Amal Daraghmeh Masri,[47] businesswoman, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Middle East Business magazine and news, founding member of 'Palestine Accueil', President of Palestine-France Business Council. Awarded Feb 2017.[48]
Paraguay
Officer
Concepción Leyes de Chaves
Portugal
- Chevalier
- Rogerio Walter Carreira, Directeur ALSTOM au Mozambique
- António Rendas, medical researcher and academic
Romania
- Chevalier
- Commander
Samoa
- Officier
- Vaimasenu'u Zita Sefo-Martel Honorary Consul of France, Business and Sports Woman
- Norman Paul Former Honorary Consul of France and Businessman
Saudi Arabia
- Grand Officier
Senegal
Serbia
Grand Officer
- Radomir Diklić, Diplomat.[51]
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.[52]
- Stanislav Sretenović, Historian.[53]
- Gordana Janićijević, Deputy Public Prosecutor of Serbia.[54]
- Nataša Kovačević-Stojaković, former basketball player
Singapore
Officer
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
- Yvette Jaggi, member of the National Council, the Council of States, and Mayor of Lausanne
Taiwan
Thailand
Tunisia
Chevalier / Knight
- Saïd Bouziri (1947–2009), human rights and immigrant rights activist whose activism helped shape French immigration policy in the late 20th century[57]
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
- Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi, Director-general of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research.
[59] Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, CEO of Masdar.
United Kingdom
- Andrew P. Hibbert Lawyer.[60]
- 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
- Martin John McCarthy, Former Director General of Total S.A.
United States
- Virginie Askinazi, MBA, International School of Broward Board Liaison, received in 2013.
- Thomas A. Benes, Major General, USMC, received 26 January 2007
- William Bergman, US Army LtColonel, diplomat, scholar.
- Katharine Branning, librarian, author and historian.
- Chris Braun, adVINture, USA
- Enrique Cadenas, scholar at the University of Southern California.[61]
- 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.[61]
- James G. Foggo III, USN
- Bruce Jackson, US scholar
- James L. Jones, USMC General
- Dave Karno, Journalist and War Correspondent, 1968
- Thomas E. Kennedy, US Dept of Defense, 15 March 1991
- Brian L. Losey, Rear Admiral, USN, received 9 December 2016
- Martha Carolyn Matheny, The World Bank and IMF, received July 7, 2014
- Theodor Meron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Scholar, Judge
- Mark A. Milley, USA
- T. Michael Moseley, USAF
- Helen Coley Nauts, Cancer Research Institute (CRI), 1981 [62]
- Robert Neller, USMC
- Dennis E. Petito, Honorary Chair, French American Chamber of Commerce Texas, 2022
- John W. Raymond, USAF
- Stewart Addington Saint-David, Marquis of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, university professor and author; received 30 June 2004
- Steven M. Shepro, USAF
- Sumner Shapiro, RADM, USN
- Anthony Zinni, USMC General
- James R Allen, (1925-1992) Air Force General
Uruguay
Yugoslavia
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