Order of the Liberator explained

Order of the Liberator
Awarded By:	the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Type:	Order
Status:	Awarded until 2010
Grades:	Grand Collar Grand Cordon Grand Officer Commander Officer Knight
Date:	14 September 1880

The Order of the Liberator was the highest distinction of Venezuela and was appointed for services to the country, outstanding merit and benefits made to the community. For Venezuelans the order ranks first in the order of precedence from other orders, national and foreign.

The President of Venezuela is the Chief of the Order and has the faculty of appointing. By right, he wears the Collar of the Order.

The order was created by Antonio Guzmán Blanco on September 14, 1880, and reformed in 1922 under the presidential term of Juan Vicente Gómez, the Order has as precedent the Medal of Distinction with the bust of the Liberator created on March 11, 1854 under the presidency of José Gregorio Monagas and before that, the Order of the Liberators created by Simón Bolívar in 1813.

In 2010, the National Assembly of Venezuela decided to officially abolish the order and replace it with the Order of the Liberators of Venezuela.^[1]

Grades

• Collar
• First Class (Grand Cordon)
• Second Class (Grand Officer)
• Third Class (Commander)
• Fourth Class (Officer)
• Fifth Class (Knight)

Recipients

Collars

• Mahathir Mohamad^[2]
• Juan Carlos I of Spain^[3]
• Rafael Correa^[4]
• Suharto^[5]
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad^[6]
• Cheddi Jagan (1993)^[7]
• Alexander Lukashenko (2007)^[8]
• Dmitry Medvedev (2008)^[9]
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2008)^[10]
• Michelle Bachelet (2009)^[11]
• Xi Jinping (2014)^[12]

Officer

• A.J. van Koolwijk

Unclear

• Karl Schädler (1894)^[13]

Abolishment and replacement

In 2010, the National Assembly of Venezuela decided to officially abolish the order and replace it with the Order of the Liberators of Venezuela, a revival of the medal created by Simón Bolívar in 1813 to honor participants of the Admirable Campaign.

The new order, unlike its predecessor, has 3 classes, in ascending order:

• Arrow of the Liberators
• Lance of the Liberators
• Sword of the Liberators

The President is the order's Grand Master, and has full authority over appointments to the Order. He or she wears the collar of the Sword of the Liberators class of the order.

References

• Gaceta Oficial de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela - Ley sobre Condecoracion de la Orden del Libertador 13 de Junio de 1922 (Spanish)

Notes and References

1. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:s0Md-8qqppMJ:www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_docman%26task%3Ddoc_download%26gid%3D2218%26Itemid%3D185%26lang%3Des+orden+de+los+libertadores+de+venezuela+aSamblea+nacional&hl=es&gl=ve&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESg4bI9gLWlpjo38qM3jUQcI2F2OzXkMqq-uWOPGG57lxZW9b3xpIuVWooFpduWCC-pQqn9EE1CWMacznkZJ6bizyPzG_4VTNG4WMcgfx9XKHZV3Sm-DYoqIFwKDfbZei-U-LEDe&sig=AHIEtbQSZonc1usSr1EMZHDCbUkNA_dI_g Exposición de motivos ley "Orden Libertadores y Libertadoras de Venezuela"
2. Web site: 1990-08-02 . Mahathir - Award . Bernama.
3. http://www.mpr.gob.es/servicios/publicaciones/vol16/pag_03.html El Rey, en la conmemoración del bicentenario de la integración venezolana
4. News: (VIDEO) Presidente de Ecuador condecorado con el "Collar de la Orden del Libertador". (Venezolana de Televisión). 12 October 2007. 15 June 2013. es.
5. Web site: Soeharto ODM . 2022-07-30 . Gentleman's Military Interest Club . 10 July 2011 . en-GB.
6. Web site: Problematic Brothers: Chávez and Ahmadinejad . 2022-12-23 . NACLA . en.
7. https://jagan.org/CJ%20Tributes/Images/Order%20of%20Liberator,%20Simon%20Bolivar%20-%20%20CJ..pdf
8. Web site: Лукашенко награжден высшей наградой Венесуэлы - орденом Освободителя . https://web.archive.org/web/20190925182943/https://news.tut.by/politics/99447.html. 2019-09-25. dead.
9. Web site: Президент Венесуэлы наградил Медведева Орденом освободителя . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629130035/http://www.interfax.ru/news.asp?id=47990 . 2011-06-29 . dead .
10. Web site: Turkey determined to enhance ties with Venezuela: Erdoğan - Türkiye News . Hürriyet Daily News . 4 March 2024 . en . 4 December 2018.
11. News: Chile's Bachelet, Venezuela's Chavez Agree to Ease Political Tensions . 4 March 2024 . Voice of America . 1 November 2009 . en.
12. Web site: Xi Jinping Receives the Order of the Liberator from Venezuela . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200727231159/https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/topics_665678/xjpzxcxjzgjldrdlchwdbxagtwnrlgbjxgsfwbcxzlldrhw/t1177105.shtml . 27 July 2020 . 25 June 2020 . fmprc.gov.cn.
13. Web site: Editorial . 31 December 2011 . Schädler, Karl (1850–1907) . 24 December 2023 . . de.