Chaconia Medal | |
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Type | Three class long and meritorious service decoration |
Awarded for | "...long and meritorious service to Trinidad and Tobago tending to promote the national welfare or strengthen the community spirit." |
Presented by | Trinidad and Tobago |
Eligibility | Nationals and Non-Nationals |
Post-nominals | CM |
Status | Currently awarded |
Established | 1969 |
Last awarded | 2022 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |
Next (lower) | Hummingbird Medal |
The Chaconia Medal (abbreviated C.M. or CM) is the second highest state decoration of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Established in 1969, the medal honours long and meritorious service to promote national welfare or community spirit. It is awarded in three classes: gold, silver and bronze. [1] The medal may only be awarded to ten individuals annually. [2]
George Maxwell Richards was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth president of Trinidad and Tobago, in office from 2003 to 2013. He was the first president of Trinidad and Tobago and head of state in the Anglophone Caribbean to have Amerindian ancestry.
Marvin Andrews CM is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
Cornelius "Cornell" Glen CM is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Emery Avery John CM is a Trinidad and Tobago former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Leo Beenhakker CM is a Dutch football coach. He has had an extensive and successful career both at club and international level. He led both Ajax and Feyenoord to Dutch championships and also had domestic success with Real Madrid. At international level, he led Trinidad and Tobago to the 2006 FIFA World Cup and Poland to UEFA Euro 2008, both firsts for each nation. His role in Spanish football has earned him the nickname Don Leo, largely due to his fondness of cigars and dry humour.
Kenneth Ramchand is a Trinidad and Tobago academic and writer, who is widely respected as "arguably the most prominent living critic of Caribbean fiction". He has written extensively on many West Indian authors, including V. S. Naipaul, Earl Lovelace and Sam Selvon, as well as editing several significant cultural publications. His seminal text, The West Indian Novel and Its Background (1970), had a transformational effect on the syllabus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the internationalization of West Indian literature as an academic discipline.
Russell Nigel Latapy CM is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and is currently the assistant coach of Macarthur. In a senior career which spanned more than twenty years at both club and international level, he played in Portugal and Scotland.
Dennis William Lawrence CM is a Trinidad and Tobago former professional footballer and current first-team coach at Coventry City. He was the manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national team from 2017 to 2019. Prior to coaching, he had a successful playing career in England, Wales and Trinidad and Tobago. He lifted the Caribbean Cup with the Soca Warriors and won several cup competitions with Wrexham before winning a league title with Swansea City. Before moving to Everton, he had coached for three years at Wigan Athletic during which time he became the first Trinidadian to win the FA Cup.
Brent Sancho CM is a Trinidadian former professional football player and politician. In February 2015, he became the Minister of Sports for his home country, Trinidad and Tobago.
Ian Gary Cox CM is a Trinidad and Tobago former professional footballer. Cox was most recently joint manager at Whitstable Town, a post he took up in November 2015. He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago national team's squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Lall Ramnath Sawh CMT, FRCS (Edin), FACS is a Trinidadian urologist in the Caribbean and Latin America. Based in Trinidad and Tobago, Sawh was a pioneer of kidney transplantation in the Caribbean in 1988 and is a recognized leader in the field of urology.
Cyd Gray CM is a former professional footballer from Trinidad and Tobago. He previously played as a defender for San Juan Jabloteh, as well as the islands' national team. He made his debut for the Soca Warriors against Costa Rica in 2001.
Densill Theobald CM is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder and represented Trinidad and Tobago national team 99 times, scoring twice.
Aurtis Whitley CM is a Trinidad and Tobago former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He captained the Trinidad and Tobago national team.
David Atiba Charles CM is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who played as a defender for several clubs as well as the Trinidad and Tobago national team.
Anthony Wolfe CM is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He represented the Trinidad and Tobago national team on 35 occasions.
Evans Wise CM is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Anthony Williams, ORTT, CM, also known as "Muffman", was an inventor, pioneer and musician of the steel pan.
Sir Edwin Wilberforce Carrington, is the former Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), serving from 1992 to 2010.
Dr. Anna Mahase is a Trinidadian educator and administrator. She was principal of the St. Augustine Girls' High School in Trinidad and Tobago. She currently is the commissioner of teaching of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. She is noted for her service to education as well as to other public and charitable organisations.