Order of the Condor of the Andes explained

Order of the Condor of the Andes
Type:	Order
For:	"For exceptional civil or military merit shown by Bolivians or foreigners."
Status:	Currently awarded
Grades:	Grand Collar Grand Cross Grand Officer Commander Officer Knight
Date:	12 April 1925

The Order of the Condor of the Andes (Spanish; Castilian: links=no|La Orden del Cóndor de los Andes) is a state decoration of the Plurinational State of Bolivia instituted on 12 April 1925.^[1] The Order is awarded for exceptional merit, either civil or military, shown by Bolivians or foreign nationals. There are six grades: Grand Collar, Grand Cross, Grand Officer, Commander, Officer, and Knight.

Recipients

Recipients of the Order include:

• Konrad Adenauer, German chancellor
• Xavier Albó Corrons, Jesuit priest, expert in the indigenous peoples of Bolivia
• Hernán Terrazas Céspedes, Bolivian general and Mayor of Cochabamba
• Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavian politician
• Carlos Calvo Calvimontes, Foreign Secretary of Bolivia
• Pedro Castillo, President of Peru
• Adolfo Costa du Rels, Bolivian author and diplomat
• Jimmy Doolittle, USAF General, Doolittle Raid Leader
• Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor
• Pope Francis
• Ernesto Galarza, Mexican-American activist
• Clark Hewitt Galloway
• Charles de Gaulle, French president
• Javier del Granado, Bolivian poet
• Ram Nath Kovind, President of India
• Carlos Lampe, Bolivian football player
• Ileana Leonidoff, Russian dancer and choreographer, who founded the Ballet Oficial de Bolivia.^[2]
• Marcelo Ostria Trigo, Bolivian author and diplomat
• Eva Perón, first-lady of Argentina
• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• Koča Popović, Yugoslav politician and general^[3]
• Pedro Sánchez, Spanish prime minister
• Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
• Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan dictator^[4]
• Sunao Sonoda, Japanese foreign minister
• Sukarno, Indonesian leader
• Johannes Leimena, Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia
• Merle Tuve, American scientist
• María Eugenia del Valle, Chilean-Bolivian academic^[5]
• Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs

In 2002 the Order was awarded to the Pan American Health Organization.^[6]

References

• online description

Notes and References

1. http://www.congreso.gov.bo/leyes/1762.htm
2. Web site: Piccolo. Laura. Elena Sergeevna Pisarevskaja: Pseudonimo: Ileana Leonidoff. Russi in Italia. Russi in Italia: dizionario. 12 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160623060653/http://www.russinitalia.it/dettaglio.php?id=767. 23 June 2016. Italy. it. 1 August 2013.
3. Book: Acović, Dragomir. Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Službeni Glasnik. 2012. Belgrade.
4. Jack, Ian. The Granta Book of Travel, pages 364.
5. Book: Existencias insurrectas: la mujer en la cultura . Insurgent Lives: Women in Culture . Pilar . Contreras . Elías . Blanco . Ministry of Human Development of Bolivia . es . 1997 . 2019-10-13 . Google Books.
6. Web site: Condor de los Andes a la OPS en su Centenario. Pan American Health Organization. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306073210/http://www.ops.org.bo/centenario/actividades/condorandes.htm. 2012-03-06. es.