Order of the National Hero | |
Awarded By: | the Governor-General of the Bahamas |
Type: | Order of chivalry |
Motto: | “Freedom and Justice” |
Status: | Currently constituted |
Head Title: | Chancellor (ex officio) |
Head: | Governor-General of the Bahamas |
Date: | 2016 |
Higher: | None |
Lower: | Order of the Nation |
The Order of the National Hero is the highest honour that can be given by the government of the Bahamas. It was founded in 2016.[1] The first dedicatees of the Order were Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, Sir Roland Theodore Symonette, Sir Milo Boughton Butler, and Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield, all of whom were granted the Order posthumously on July 10, 2018.[2] Members are accorded the style "The Right Excellent" and also entitled to place the post-nominal letters "N.H". after their name.