Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic

Order of Civil Merit (Arabic: وسام الاستحقاق المدني) (French: Ordre du Mérite civil) is a Syrian decoration. It was established on 25 June 1953. The decoration is awarded for service to the state or to the Arab cause. It has five classes: the Excellent Class, awarded as a badge and star; the First Class, awarded as a badge or star; and the Second, Third, and Fourth Class, awarded as a medal. The Excellent and the First Class are worn on the breast, while the Second Class is worn on a ribbon around the neck. The Third and the Fourth Class are worn on a ribbon on the right side of a chest. The colours of the decoration's ribbon are white-green-white, each represented in equal ratio.

Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic وسام الاستحقاق المدني
Type	State decoration with five regular classes
Awarded for	"Service to the state or to the 'Arab cause'"
Country	Syria
Eligibility	Civil Service
Established	25 June 1953
Ribbon

Notable recipients

• Khaled al-Asaad
• Bashar al-Assad
• Pavel Belyayev
• Djamila Bouhired
• Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
• Georges Catroux
• Mahmoud Darwish
• Alexander Dzasokhov
• Sabah Fakhri
• Gustáv Husák
• Taha Hussein
• Aram Karamanoukian
• Alexander Kinshchak
• Samir Kuntar
• Duraid Lahham
• Alexei Leonov
• Muhammad al-Maghut
• Nazir Nabaa
• Abdul-Salam Ojeili
• Dawoud Rajiha
• Asad Rustum
• Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Adib Shishakli
• Rafiq Subaie
• Michel Suleiman
• Valentina Tereshkova
• Muna Wassef
• Dmitry Yazov
• Ra'ad bin Zeid
• Walid Muallem