Order of the Unity of the Nation explained

Order of the Unity of the Nation
Awarded By:	Syria
Type:	Order
Status:	Currently constituted
Head Title:	Sovereign
Head:	Bashar al-Assad
Grades:	Member 1st Class Member 2nd Class Member 3rd Class
Date:	12 July 1934
Higher:	None
Lower:	Hero of the Republic

The Order of the Unity of the Nation (Arabic: وسام أمية الوطني) is the highest order of Syria.

History

The order was established on 12 July 1934.^[1]

Classes

The order is composed of the following classes :

• Member 1st Class
• Member 2nd Class
• Member 3rd Class

Insignia

• The sash is green with thin black borders and white stripes.

Recipients

• Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
• Al-Waleed bin Talal
• Anwar Sadat
• Elias IV of Antioch
• Juan Domingo Perón^[2]
• Émile Lahoud
• Farouk of Egypt
• Francisco Franco^[3]
• Giorgio Napolitano
• Haile Selassie
• Hosni Mubarak
• Hugo Chávez
• Hussein of Jordan
• Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
• Mohammed V of Morocco
• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
• Mustafa Tlass
• Qaboos bin Said al Said
• Sirajuddin of Perlis
• Suharto
  • Siti Hartinah Anatoly Bibilov

External links

• Pictures of the Order

Notes and References

1. http://www.mod.gov.sy/index.php?node=554&cat=3715 وسام أمية الوطني ذو العقد
2. Web site: FOR A GOOD ARAB, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN OTHER ARAB": NATION, ETHNICITY AND CITIZENSHIP IN PERONIST ARGENTINA . peronlibros.com . es .
3. Web site: تقليد الجنرال فرانكو وشاح أمية ذو العقد سنة 1953 . syrianhistory.com . Arabic .