Honorary Award of the President of Ukraine

Honorary award of the President of Ukraine is the first award of independent Ukraine, an award of the President of Ukraine, established by the President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk under the paragraph 9-2 of Article 114-5 of the Constitution of Ukraine effective in 1992 to award citizens for personal merits in building a sovereign, democratic of the state, development of the economy, science and culture of Ukraine, for active peacemaking, charitable, charitable, public activity.[1][2]

Honorary award of the President of Ukraine
Почесна відзнака Президента України
TypeState Orders
Awarded forCivil or military merit
CountryUkraine
StatusNot awarded
Established18 August 1992
First awarded21 August 1992
Last awarded5 October 1996
Total630
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Precedence
EquivalentOrder of Merit (Ukraine)

Honorary awards of the President of Ukraine were made between 1992 and 1996, before the establishment of the successor to the award, the President of Ukraine's Order of Merit. Persons awarded the Honorary Medal of the President of Ukraine are called Knights of the Order of Merit and retain the right to wear the signs of the Honorary Medal of the President of Ukraine awarded to them.

The author and designer of the award design is Yukhym Harabet, the engraver is Leonid Tolstov.[3]

Awards statistics edit

630 people were awarded the Honorary Award of the President of Ukraine.

  • 1992 - 14 persons.
  • 1993 - 32 persons.
  • 1994 - 131 persons.
  • 1995 - 186 persons.
  • 1996 - 267 persons.

References edit

  1. ^ "ПОЧЕСНА ВІДЗНАКА ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ". leksika.com.ua. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  2. ^ "Про заснування Почесної відзнаки Президента України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  3. ^ "Горловчанин Леонид Толстов – автор "Почетного знака президента Украины" (фото)". Горловский Медиа Портал (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-16.