Order of the Quetzal

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Order of the Quetzal
Orden del Quetzal
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The star and the cordon of the order
(Grand Cross Rank)
Awarded by Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Type Order
Awarded forartistic, civic, humanitarian, or scientific merit
StatusCurrently constituted
Sovereign President of Guatemala
GradesChain
Grand Cross
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Knight
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Ribbon bar for Grand Cross
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Ribbon bar for Grand Officer
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Ribbon bar for Commander
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Ribbon bar for Officer
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Ribbon bar for Knight

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Collar of the order

The Order of the Quetzal (Spanish : Orden del Quetzal) is Guatemala's highest honor.

Contents

History and award conditions

Established in 1936, it is bestowed by the Government of Guatemala. The award acknowledges officials of nations, organizations and other entities whose artistic, civic, humanitarian, or scientific works merit special recognition. [1]

Grades

Insignia

The badge is a ten-pointed cross with five branches and a medallion representing the coat of arms of Guatemala. The branches are light blue with a wide dark blue border. On the white ring is inscribed "AL MERITO GUATEMALA". The ribbon is light blue with thin white borders.

Recipients

YearAwarded to
1936 Benito Mussolini
1949 Edwin Jackson Kyle [3]
1950 Juan Domingo Perón
1956 Chiang Kai-Shek
1959 Golda Meir
1958 Roberto González Goyri
1960 Flavio Herrera
1960 Frederic Rosengarten
1960 General Manuel Francisco Sosa Avila
1961 Paul Carpenter Standley
1962 François Durafour
1962 Martha Bolaños de Prado
1963 Johannes Marré
1968 Augustus Ledyard Smith
1975 J. Eric S. Thompson
1976 Carmen Lind Pettersen [4]
1977 Augusto Pinochet
1977Francis Robicsek, MD, PhD
1978 Josefina Alonzo Martínez
1980 Tatiana Proskouriakoff
1980 Kjell Magne Bondevik
1987 Richard von Weizsäcker
1987 Julio Abril Valdez
1991 Yuri Knorozov [5]
1992 Fredrick Chien
1995 Michel Gabaudan [6]
1995 Diego Molina Flores
1998 Teodoro Palacios Flores
2001 Jacques Diouf [7]
2003 René Lara
2004 Michael D. Coe [8]
2004 Jorge Briz
2005 Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch [9] [10]
1957, 2009 Alberto Fuentes Mohr [11]
2009 Juan Carlos Plata
2009 Fidel Castro [12]
2010 Carlos Castresana [13]
2011 Rodolfo Mac Donald [14]
2011 Leonel Fernández [15]
2011 Stephen D. Houston [16]
2011Julia Isabel Urrutia Castellanos
2013 Ricardo Arjona
2013 National Geographic Society [17]
2013 Rotary Foundation [18]
2013Michael Wiley McCord, M.D.
2014 Luis von Ahn [19]
2015 Luis Argueta [20]
2017 Fernando Mazariegos, Edmond Mulet, Richard Hansen [21]
2017 Tsai Ing-wen [22]
2017 Vehbi Esgel Etensel
 ? José Antonio Padilla Segura
 ? Julio María Sanguinetti
 ? Rafael Arévalo Martínez
 ? Alfredo Stroessner
 ? Jorge Rafael Videla
 ? Sophia of Spain and Juan Carlos I of Spain
2020 Vicente Gonzalez [23]
2022 Andrés Manuel López Obrador

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References

  1. ↑ "USAID Director Receives "Orden del Quetzal" - the Nation's Highest Honor". usaid.gov. 6 June 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Grand officer's Star, World Medals Index - Guatemala: Order of the Quetzal
  3. ↑ "TSHA | Kyle, Edwin Jackson".
  4. ↑ Sandoval, María (February 2017). "Carmen en los jardines" [Carmen in the gardens] (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Relato. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  5. ↑ La guerra fría y el desciframiento de la escritura maya
  6. ↑ "About Michel Gabaudan | Refugees International". Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Acuerdo Gubernativo 459-2001.
  8. ↑ condecoración al arqueólogo Michael D. Coe Archived 2006-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Gonzalez, Luis (6 September 2020). "Luto en la sociedad guatemalteca, fallece Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch". Republica (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch". Fundacion Juan Bautista Gutiérrez (in Spanish). 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  11. ↑ Secretaría de la Paz (SEPAZ) (2009). "Alberto Fuentes Mohr". ACUERDO SOBRE EL FORTALECIMIENTO DEL PODER CIVIL Y FUNCIÓN DEL EJÉRCITO EN UNA SOCIEDAD DEMOCRÁTICA. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  12. ↑ Polémica por el otorgamiento de la Orden del Quetzal a Fidel Castro.
  13. ↑ Gobierno condecora al magistrado español Carlos Castresana con la Orden del Quetzal
  14. ↑ "Orden del Quetzal para el Doctor Rodolfo Mac Donald". Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  15. ↑ Presidente de República Dominicana Leonel Fernández es condecorado con la Orden del Quetzal Archived 2012-07-02 at archive.today
  16. ↑ Houston receives Guatemala's highest order
  17. ↑ ‘The Storm God enters the sky’: Archaeologists uncover a 1,400-year-old sculpture of Mayan gods in Guatemala, National Post
  18. ↑ "The Rotary Foundation receives Guatemala's highest honor" . Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  19. ↑ Von Ahn recibe Orden del Quetzal en grado de Gran Comendador
  20. ↑ "Condecoran con la Orden del Quetzal al cineasta guatemalteco Luis Argueta – Prensa Libre".
  21. ↑ Prensa Libre, 10 Marzo 2017, p. 12,35
  22. ↑ "Morales decorates Taiwan's president, names her peace ambassador". noticias.alianzanews.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  23. ↑ Congressman Vicente Gonzalez receives Guatemala's highest honor by Ronnie Marley, CBS4 Valley Central, 20 January 2020
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