Order of Honour (Moldova) explained

Order of Honour
Awarded By:	the Republic of Moldova
Country:	Moldova
Type:	Single-grade order
First Induction:	2003
Eligibility:	Moldovan and foreign individuals and organizations
Status:	Active
Higher:	Order of Bogdan the Founder
Lower:	Order of Work Glory
Image Size2:	100px

The Order of Honour (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Ordinul de Onoare) is a state order of the Republic of Moldova established by Parliament of Moldova in 2002, which is awarded by presidential decree. It is the fourth highest distinction of Moldova, after Order of the Republic, Order of Ştefan cel Mare, Order of Bogdan the Founder (Ordinul Bogdan Întemeietorul), and just before the Order of Loyalty to the Homeland (Ordinul Credinţa Patriei). The Order of Honour can be awarded also to organizations, institutions, etc.^[1]

Notable individual recipients (partial list)

• Sepp Blatter^[2]
• Michel Platini^[3]
• Borys Paton^[4]
• Radosław Sikorski
• Serafim Urechean
• Pavel Cebanu
• Titus Corlățean
• Raed Arafat
• Mitrofan Cioban
• Zinaida Greceanîi
• Vasile Sturza
• Ion Negrei
• Alexandru Tănase
• Vladimir Hotineanu
• Valeriu Cosarciuc
• Leonid Bujor
• Alexandru Oleinic
• Valentina Buliga
• Marcel Răducan
• Veaceslav Iordan
• Dumitru Diacov
• Vasile Ursu
• Vadim Cojocaru
• Oleg Bodrug
• Veaceslav Untilă
• Ion Pleșca
• Iurie Colesnic
• Anatolie Ghilaș
• Nicolae Dabija (politician)
• Vasile Șoimaru
• Tudor Gheorghe Țopa
• Mihai Poiată
• Vasile Vatamanu
• Alecu Reniță
• Ion Ungureanu
• Victor Stepaniuc
• Nicolae Țâu
• Gheorghe Amihalachioaie
• Peter (Păduraru)
• Victor Pușcaș
• Marius Lazurca
• Dan Dungaciu
• Ion Țurcanu
• Mihail Dolgan
• Dirk Schuebel
• Cesare de Montis
• Mihai Balan
• Vitalie Ciobanu
• Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova
• Nichita Smochină
• Grigore Belostecinic
• Emilian Galaicu-Păun
• Vasile Bumacov
• Andrei Usatîi
• Tatiana Anodina
• Nicolae Andronic
• Gheorghe Buzatu
• Marchel (Mihăescu)
• Peter (Musteață)
• Andrian Candu
• Ion Anton
• Valeriu Rudic
• Ionel Haiduc
• Irina Loghin
• Péter Szijjártó^[5]
• SunStroke Project

Collective awardees

• George Asaki High School (Chișinău) (2010)
• Mikhail Berezovsky High School (Chișinău) (2010)
• Ion Creangă High School (Chișinău) (2010)
• Mihai Eminescu High School (Chișinău) (2010)
• Spiru Haret High School (Chișinău) (2010)
• Mihai the Brave High School (Chișinău) (2010)
• Academy of Economic Education of Moldova (2011)
• Saints Cyril and Methodius High School (Chișinău) (2011)
• State Enterprise "Security Service" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova (2012)
• Mihai Eminescu High School (Bălți) (2013)
• (Bălți) (2016)
• Department of Carabinieri Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova (2017)
• Academy of Public Administration (2018)
• Gymnasium named after N.V. Gogol of the city of Basarabeasca (2019)
• National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History (2019)
• National Children's Library. Ion Creangă (2019)
• City Clinical Hospital "St. Michael the Archangel" (Chișinău, 2019)
• Peace Corps

Notes and References

1. http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=313284&lang=1 LEGEA Nr. 1123 din 30.07.1992 cu privire la distincțiile de stat ale Republicii Moldova
2. Web site: 2010-08-10. privind conferirea de distincții de stat. 2017-03-01.
3. Web site: 2009-03-05. privind conferirea "Ordinului de Onoare" domnului Michel PLATINI. 2017-03-15.
4. Web site: privind conferirea "Ordinului de Onoare" domnului Boris PATON . 2012-02-15 . 2017-01-12.
5. Web site: Președintele Republicii Moldova a avut o întrevedere cu Ministrul Afacerilor Externe şi Comerţului al Ungariei. 2020-12-12. president.md. en.