Here is a classification of the most notable recipients of Order of the Three Stars , the highest order of the Republic of Latvia.
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
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1 | Konstantin Päts | State Elder (1921–1922; 1923–1924) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
2 | Jaan Tõnisson | State Elder (1927–1928) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
3 | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk | President (1918–1935) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
4 | Gaston Doumergue | President (1924–1931) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
5 | Antanas Smetona | President (1926–1940) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
6 | Ignacy Mościcki | President (1926–1939) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
7 | Lauri Kristian Relander | President (1925–1931) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
8 | Gustaf V of Sweden | King (1907–1950) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
9 | Gustavs Zemgals | President (1927–1930) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
10 | Albert I of Belgium | King (1909–1934) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
11 | Alberts Kviesis | President (1930–1936) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
12 | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | President (1931–1937) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 14 December 1931 [2] |
13 | Kārlis Ulmanis | President (1936–1940) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
14 | Miklós Horthy | Regent (1920–1944 ) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | |
15 | Antanas Merkys | Mayor of Kaunas (1933–1939) | ![]() | Commander GC | 15 March 1937 [3] |
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
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Presidency of Guntis Ulmanis (1993–1999) | |||||
1 | François Mitterrand | President (1981–1995) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 12 April 1995 |
Co-Prince (1981–1995) | ![]() | ||||
2 | Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden | King (1973–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 25 September 1995 |
3 | Queen Silvia of Sweden | Queen Consort | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 25 September 1995 |
4 | Algirdas Brazauskas | President (1993–1988) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 22 April 1996 |
5 | Lennart Meri | President (1992–2001) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 9 October 1996 |
6 | Elizabeth II | Queen (1952–2022) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 30 October 1996 |
7 | Margrethe II of Denmark | Queen (1972–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 12 March 1997 |
8 | Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark | Crown Prince | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 12 March 1997 |
9 | Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark | Prince Consort | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 12 March 1997 |
10 | Jacques Chirac | President (1995–2007) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 8 April 1997 |
Co-Prince (1995–2007) | ![]() | ||||
11 | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | President (1995–2005) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 23 April 1997 |
12 | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro | President (1992–1999) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 23 April 1997 |
13 | Martti Ahtisaari | President (1994–2000) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 17 October 1997 |
14 | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | President (1996–2016) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 5 June 1998 |
15 | Harald V of Norway | King (1991–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 22 July 1998 |
16 | Queen Sonja of Norway | Queen Consort | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 22 July 1998 |
17 | Guntis Ulmanis | President (1993–1999) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 26 October 1998 |
18 | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos | President (1995–2005) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 22 March 1999 |
19 | Roman Herzog | President (1994–1999) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 19 May 1999 |
20 | Václav Havel | President (1994–1999) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 6 July 1999 |
Presidency of Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1999–2007) | |||||
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
21 | Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | President (1999–2007) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 8 July 1999 |
22 | Boris Yeltsin | President (1992–2000) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 18 February 2000 |
23 | Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway | Crown Prince | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 15 September 2000 |
24 | Valdas Adamkus | President (1998–2003/2004–09) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 12 March 2001 |
25 | Alma Adamkienė | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 12 March 2001 |
26 | Tarja Halonen | President (2000–2012) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 12 April 2001 |
27 | Pentti Arajärvi | President's husband | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 12 April 2001 |
28 | Ferenc Mádl | President (2000–2005) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 10 October 2001 |
29 | Milan Kučan | President (1991–2002) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 12 April 2002 |
30 | Johannes Rau | President (1999–2004) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 10 March 2003 |
31 | Christina Rau | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 10 March 2003 |
32 | Jorge Sampaio | President (1996–2006) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 8 May 2003 |
33 | Maria José Ritta | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 8 May 2003 |
34 | Georgi Parvanov | President (2002–2012) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 25 November 2003 |
35 | Zorka Parvanova | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 25 November 2003 |
36 | Guido de Marco | President (1999–2004) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 10 February 2004 |
37 | Edward Fenech Adami | Pr. Min. (1998–2003/2004) President (2004–2009) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 10 February 2004 |
38 | Violet de Marco | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 10 February 2004 |
39 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | President (1999–2006) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 31 March 2004 |
Orders administered by the Chapter | |||||
40 | Juan Carlos I of Spain | King (1975–2014) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 16 October 2004 |
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
41 | Queen Sofía of Spain | Queen Consort (1975–2014) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 16 October 2004 |
42 | Felipe, Prince of Asturias | Crown Prince now King (2014–) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 |
43 | Letizia, Princess of Asturias | Crown Princess C. now Queen consort (2014–) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 |
44 | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | Secretary General of NATO | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 |
45 | Günter Verheugen | European Commissioner | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 |
46 | Romano Prodi | Pr. of Eur. Commission | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 |
47 | Pat Cox | Pr. of the Eur. Parliament | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 |
48 | George Robertson | Secretary General of NATO | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 |
49 | Ivan Gašparovič | President (2004–2014 ) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 28 February 2005 |
50 | George W. Bush | President (2001–2009) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 3 May 2005 |
51 | Jolanta Kwaśniewska | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 4 July 2005 |
52 | Arnold Rüütel | President (2001–2006) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 30 November 2005 |
53 | Ingrid Rüütel | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 30 November 2005 |
54 | Viktor Yushchenko | President (2005–2010) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 24 April 2006 |
55 | Beatrix of the Netherlands | Queen (1980–2013) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 17 May 2006 |
56 | Alexy II of Moscow | Patriarch of Moscow (1990–2008) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 25 May 2006 |
57 | Mary Fenech Adami | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 15 June 2006 |
58 | László Sólyom | President (2005–2010) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 31 August 2006 |
59 | Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | Grand Duke (2000–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 4 December 2006 |
60 | Maria Teresa, Gr.D. of Luxembourg | Grand Duchess Consort | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 4 December 2006 |
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
61 | Jean-Claude Juncker | Pr. Minister (1995–2013) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 4 December 2006 |
62 | Imants Freibergs | President's husband | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 15 March 2007 |
63 | Albert II of Belgium | King (1993–2013) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 15 March 2007 |
64 | Queen Paola of Belgium | Queen Consort (1993–2013) now former Queen | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 15 March 2007 |
65 | Mohammed VI of Morocco | King (1999–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 15 March 2007 |
66 | Akihito | Emperor (1989–2019) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 15 March 2007 |
67 | Tassos Papadopoulos | President (2003–2008) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 15 March 2007 |
68 | Foteini Papadopoulou | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 15 March 2007 |
Presidency of Valdis Zatlers (2007–2011) | |||||
69 | Valdis Zatlers | President (2007–2011) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 11 April 2008 |
70 | Kateryna Yushchenko | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 19 June 2008 |
71 | Stjepan Mesić | President (2000–2010) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 1 September 2008 |
72 | Nursultan Nazarbayev | President (1990–2019) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 1 October 2008 |
73 | Islam Karimov | President (1990–2016 ) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 1 October 2008 |
74 | Matthew Festing | Prince & Gr.Mast. (2008–2017) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 14 October 2008 |
75 | Hans-Gert Pöttering | Pr. of the Eur. Parliament | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 12 January 2009 |
76 | Toomas Hendrik Ilves | President (2006–2016) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 30 March 2009 |
77 | Evelin Ilves | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 30 March 2009 |
78 | Emomalii Rahmon | President (1992–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 9 July 2009 |
79 | Ilham Aliyev | President (2003–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 6 August 2009 |
80 | Dalia Grybauskaitė | President (2009–2019) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 4 February 2011 |
81 | Traian Băsescu | President (2004–2012) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 28 February 2011 |
Presidency of Andris Bērziņš (2011–2015) | |||||
82 | Andris Bērziņš | President (2011–2015) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 7 July 2011 |
83 | Ivo Josipović | President (2010–2015) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 29 March 2012 |
84 | Mikheil Saakashvili | President (2008–2013) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 28 May 2012 |
85 | Bronisław Komorowski | President (2010–2015) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 22 November 2012 |
86 | Anna Komorowska | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 22 November 2012 |
87 | Joachim Gauck | President (2012–2017) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 3 July 2013 |
88 | Daniela Schadt | President's domestic partner | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 3 July 2013 |
89 | Sauli Niinistö | President (2012–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 9 September 2013 |
90 | Jenni Haukio | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 9 September 2013 |
91 | Heinz Fischer | President (2004–2017) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 2 April 2015 |
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
. | Victoria, Cr. Pr. of Sweden | Crown Princess | ![]() | Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) | 25 September 1995 |
. | Princess Lilian, D. of Halland | Princess | ![]() | Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) | 25 September 1995 |
. | Prince Carl Philip | Prince | ![]() | Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) | 22 March 2005 |
. | Princess Madeleine | Princess | ![]() | Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) | 22 March 2005 |
. | Angela Merkel | Chancellor of Germany | ![]() | Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) | 19 February 2019 |
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNITED KINGDOM | |||||
6 | Elizabeth II | Queen (1952–2022) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 30 October 1996 |
NORWAY | |||||
15 | Harald V of Norway | King (1991–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 22 July 1998 |
16 | Queen Sonja of Norway | Queen Consort | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 22 July 1998 |
23 | Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway | Crown Prince | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 15 September 2000 |
SWEDEN | |||||
2 | Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden | King (1973–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 25 September 1995 |
3 | Queen Silvia of Sweden | Queen Consort | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 25 September 1995 |
. | Victoria, Cr. Pr. of Sweden | Crown Princess | ![]() | Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) | 25 September 1995 |
. | Prince Carl Philip | Prince | ![]() | Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) | 22 March 2005 |
. | Princess Madeleine | Princess | ![]() | Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) | 22 March 2005 |
. | Princess Lilian, D. of Halland | Princess | ![]() | Grand Officer (2nd Cl.) | 25 September 1995 |
DENMARK | |||||
7 | Margrethe II of Denmark | Queen (1972–2024) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 12 March 1997 |
8 | Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark | Crown Prince | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 12 March 1997 |
9 | Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark | Prince Consort (1972–2018) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 12 March 1997 |
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
NETHERLANDS | |||||
55 | Beatrix of the Netherlands | Queen (1980–2013 then Princess) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 17 May 2006 |
. | Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands | King (2013–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 6 June 2018 |
. | Máxima of the Netherlands | Queen Consort | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 6 June 2018 |
BELGIUM | |||||
63 | Albert II of Belgium | King (1993–2013) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 15 March 2007 |
64 | Queen Paola of Belgium | Queen Consort (1993–2013) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 15 March 2007 |
LUXEMBOURG | |||||
59 | Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | Grand Duke (2000–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 4 December 2006 |
60 | Maria Teresa, Gr.D. of Luxembourg | Grand Duchess Consort | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 4 December 2006 |
61 | Jean-Claude Juncker | Pr. Minister (1995–2013) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 4 December 2006 |
ANDORRA | |||||
1 | François Mitterrand | Co-Prince (1981–1995) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 12 April 1995 |
10 | Jacques Chirac | Co-Prince (1995–2007) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 8 April 1997 |
SPAIN | |||||
40 | Juan Carlos I of Spain | King (1975–2014) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 16 October 2004 |
41 | Queen Sofía of Spain | Queen Consort (1975–2014) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 16 October 2004 |
42 | Felipe, Prince of Asturias | Crown Prince | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 |
43 | Letizia, Princess of Asturias | Crown Princess Consort | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 |
MOROCCO | |||||
65 | Mohammed VI of Morocco | King (1999–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 15 March 2007 |
JAPAN | |||||
66 | Akihito | Emperor (1989–2019) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 15 March 2007 |
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LATVIA | |||||
17 | Guntis Ulmanis | President (1993–1999) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 26 October 1998 |
21 | Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | President (1999–2007) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 8 July 1999 |
62 | Imants Freibergs | President's husband | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 15 March 2007 |
69 | Valdis Zatlers | President (2007–2011) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 11 April 2008 |
82 | Andris Bērziņš | President (2011–2015 ) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 7 July 2011 |
. | Raimonds Vējonis | President (2015–2019 ) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 8 July 2015 |
. | Egils Levits | President (2019–2023) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 8 July 2019 |
Estonia | |||||
5 | Lennart Meri | President (1992–2001) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 9 October 1996 |
33 | Heiki Loot | State Secretary of the Republic of Estonia | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 30 November 2005 |
52 | Arnold Rüütel | President (2001–2006) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 30 November 2005 |
53 | Ingrid Rüütel | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 30 November 2005 |
76 | Toomas Hendrik Ilves | President (2006–2016) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 30 March 2009 |
77 | Evelin Ilves | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 30 March 2009 |
. | Kersti Kaljulaid | President (2016–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 8 April 2019 |
. | Georgi-Rene Maksimovski | President's husbands | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 8 April 2019 |
Lithuania | |||||
4 | Algirdas Brazauskas | President (1993–1998) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 22 April 1996 |
24 | Valdas Adamkus | President (1998–2003/2004–09) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 12 March 2001 |
25 | Alma Adamkienė | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 12 March 2001 |
80 | Dalia Grybauskaitė | President (2009–2019) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 4 February 2011 |
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
Austria | |||||
91 | Heinz Fischer | President (2004–2016) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 2 April 2015 |
Azerbaijan | |||||
79 | Ilham Aliyev | President (2003–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 6 August 2009 |
Bulgaria | |||||
34 | Georgi Parvanov | President (2002–2012) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 25 November 2003 |
35 | Zorka Parvanova | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 25 November 2003 |
Croatia | |||||
71 | Stjepan Mesić | President (2000–2010) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 1 September 2008 |
83 | Ivo Josipović | President (2010–2015) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 29 March 2012 |
Cyprus | |||||
67 | Tassos Papadopoulos | President (2003–2008) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 15 March 2007 |
68 | Foteini Papadopoulou | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 15 March 2007 |
Czech Republic | |||||
20 | Václav Havel | President (1994–1999) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 6 July 1999 |
Finland | |||||
13 | Martti Ahtisaari | President (1994–2000) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 17 October 1997 |
26 | Tarja Halonen | President (2000–2012) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 12 April 2001 |
27 | Pentti Arajärvi | President's husband | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 12 April 2001 |
89 | Sauli Niinistö | President (2012–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 9 September 2013 |
90 | Jenni Haukio | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 9 September 2013 |
France | |||||
1 | François Mitterrand | President (1981–1995) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 12 April 1995 |
10 | Jacques Chirac | President (1995–2007) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 8 April 1997 |
Georgia | |||||
84 | Mikheil Saakashvili | President (2008–2013) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 28 May 2012 |
Germany | |||||
19 | Roman Herzog | President (1994–1999) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 19 May 1999 |
30 | Johannes Rau | President (1999–2004) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 10 March 2003 |
31 | Christina Rau | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 10 March 2003 |
87 | Joachim Gauck | President (2012–2017) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 3 July 2013 |
88 | Daniela Schadt | President's domestic partner | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 3 July 2013 |
. | Frank-Walter Steinmeier | President (2017–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 19 February 2019 |
. | Elke Büdenbender | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 19 February 2019 |
Greece | |||||
18 | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos | President (1995–2005) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 22 March 1999 |
Hungary | |||||
28 | Ferenc Mádl | President (2000–2005) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 10 October 2001 |
58 | László Sólyom | President (2005–2010) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 31 August 2006 |
Iceland | |||||
14 | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | President (1996–2016) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 5 June 1998 |
. | Guðni Th. Jóhannesson | President (2016–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 16 November 2018 |
Italy | |||||
12 | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro | President (1992–1999) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 23 April 1997 |
39 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | President (1999–2006) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 31 March 2004 |
. | Sergio Mattarella | President (2015–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 3 July 2018 |
. | Laura Mattarella | President Mattarella daughter | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 3 July 2018 |
Kazakhstan | |||||
72 | Nursultan Nazarbayev | President (1990–2019) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 1 October 2008 |
Malta | |||||
36 | Guido de Marco | President (1999–2004) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 10 February 2004 |
38 | Violet de Marco née Saliba | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 10 February 2004 |
37 | Eddie Fenech Adami | Pr. Min. (1998–2003/2004) President (2004–2009) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 10 February 2004 |
57 | Mary Fenech Adami | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 15 June 2006 |
Poland | |||||
11 | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | President (1995–2005) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 23 April 1997 |
51 | Jolanta Kwaśniewska | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 4 July 2005 |
85 | Bronisław Komorowski | President (2010–2015) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 22 November 2012 |
86 | Anna Komorowska | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 22 November 2012 |
Portugal | |||||
32 | Jorge Sampaio | President (1996–2006) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 8 May 2003 |
33 | Maria José Ritta | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 8 May 2003 |
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
Romania | |||||
81 | Traian Băsescu | President (2004–2014) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 28 February 2011 |
Russia | |||||
22 | Boris Yeltsin | President (1991–1999) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 18 February 2000 |
Slovakia | |||||
49 | Ivan Gašparovič | President (2004–2014) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 28 February 2005 |
Slovenia | |||||
29 | Milan Kučan | President (1991–2002) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 12 April 2002 |
Tajikistan | |||||
78 | Emomalii Rahmon | President (1992–) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 9 July 2009 |
Ukraine | |||||
54 | Viktor Yushchenko | President (2005–2010) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 24 April 2006 |
70 | Kateryna Yushchenko | President's wife | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 19 June 2008 |
United States | |||||
50 | George W. Bush | President (2001–2009) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 3 May 2005 |
Uzbekistan | |||||
73 | Islam Karimov | President (1990–2016) | ![]() | Commander GC with Chain | 1 October 2008 |
N° | Recipients | Quality | Country | Rank | Date |
Orders administered by the Chapter | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NATO | ||||||
48 | George Robertson | Secretary General of NATO | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 | |
44 | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | Secretary General of NATO | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 | |
EUROPEAN UNION | ||||||
46 | Romano Prodi | Pr. of Eur. Commission | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 | |
45 | Günter Verheugen | European Commissioner | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 | |
47 | Pat Cox | Pr. of the Eur. Parliament | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 16 October 2004 | |
75 | Hans-Gert Pöttering | Pr. of the Eur. Parliament | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 12 January 2009 | |
RELIGIOUS LEADERS | ||||||
56 | Alexy II of Moscow | Patriarch of Moscow (1990–2008) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 25 May 2006 | |
74 | Matthew Festing | Prince & Gr.Mast. (2008–2017) | ![]() | Commander Grand Cross | 14 October 2008 | |
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Gustavs Ērenpreis was a Latvian manufacturer of bicycles best known as the recipient of the Order of the Three Stars and Cross of Recognition, and as a founder and director of Gustavs Ērenpreis Bicycle Factory, which in the 1930s was the largest manufacturer of bicycles in the Baltic States. Ērenpreis's bicycles were ridden by a generation of elite bicycle racers in Latvia.
Awards and decorations of Latvia are governed by the Republic of Latvia Law on State Honours of 2004, last amended in 2010.
Viktor Päts was an Estonian politician, lawyer, and son of Estonian president Konstantin Päts. He was a member of VI Riigikogu.
Gothards Vilhelms Nikolajs Munters was a Latvian diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia from 1936 to 1940. He was also a member of the Council of the League of Nations from 1936 to 1938, Chairman of the Far East Commission and the President of the 101st Session of the League in 1938.