The Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (Spanish: Orden de Bernardo O'Higgins) is an award issued by Chile. It is the highest civilian honor awarded to non-Chilean citizens. This award was established in 1965 and named after one of the founders of the Chilean state, the independentist general Bernardo O'Higgins, who was a leader of the struggle from 1810 to 1826 for independence of Spanish colonies which became Chile and Peru.
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| Type | Civil order |
| Established | 28 April 1956 |
| Country |  Chile |
| Eligibility | Foreign citizens |
| Awarded for | Achievements in the field of arts, sciences, education, industry, trade, humanitarian and social cooperation |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of Merit |
| Next (lower) | Gabriela Mistral Order of Educational and Cultural Merit |
Grades edit
The order is made up of the following grades:
- Knight
- Officer
- Commander
- Grand Officer
- Grand Cross
- Collar
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Recipients edit
- Emilio Álvarez Montalván
- Margot Benacerraf
- Rafael Bielsa
- Maria Cavaco Silva
- Artur Chilingarov
- Jack Dutton
- Carlos Escudé
- Bob Fulton, John Keenan and Robert Somerville[1][2][3]
- Clark Hewett Galloway
- Stanisław Gebhardt
- Thomas Kerstiens
- Antonio López-Istúriz White
- Mike Medavoy
- Adam Michnik
- Alois Mock
- Robert K. O'Neill
- Óscar Osorio
- Christopher Reeve
- Ada Rogato
- William Rudolph
- Stuart Van Dyke[4]
- Maxime Verhagen
- Max Westenhöfer
- Héctor Valdez Albizu
- Young-Ju Park[5]
Grand Crosses edit
- Jan Peter Balkenende
- Maria Cavaco Silva
- Tim Fischer
- Piet de Jong
- Roberto Kozak (1992)[6][7]
- Mohammed VI of Morocco
- Sunao Sonoda
- Tunku Naquiyuddin
- Jan Pronk
- Simon Wiesenthal
- Xavier Barcons (2020)[8]
- Queen Silvia of Sweden
- Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
- Tunku Abdullah (1995)
- Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (2002)
References edit
- ^ O'Neill, Andrea (1 April 2015). "Top honour for Rolls-Royce heroes". dailyrecord. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ Ross, Peter (28 March 2015). "Scottish trio honoured for defying Pinochet". The Times. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ Film, British Council (4 April 2019). "British Council Film: Nae Pasaran". British Council. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Interview with Stuart Van Dyke" (PDF). Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "<동정>칠레'베르나르도 오히긴스'훈장 받아 등". 문화일보 (in Korean). 26 April 2001.
- ^ "Item 000002 - Intervención del seùor Roberto Kozak en la ceremonia de condecoración con la orden de Bernardo O ´Higgins. - Archivo de Fondos y Colecciones". Archivomuseodelamemoria.cl. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "Latin America's Schindler: a forgotten hero of the 20th century | Ewen MacAskill | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "ESO Director General awarded Order of Bernardo O'Higgins". Retrieved 16 December 2020.
Sources edit
- Robert Werlich: Orders and Decorations of all Nations – Ancient and Modern – Civil and Military. Washington 1990.