Order of the Republic (Egypt)

Order of the Republic
Type	Order
Awarded for	Valuable services to Egypt
Presented by	Egypt
Established	1953
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the Nile
Next (lower)	Order of Merit

The Order of the Republic is an Egyptian order of knighthood.

History

The Order was founded in 1953 to celebrate the rebirth of the Republic of Egypt.

Classes

The order is composed of the following classes of merit : ^[1]

• First class – Grand Cordon
• Second class
• Third class
• Fourth class
• Fifth class

Ribbon bars
Grand Cordon	2nd Class	3rd Class	4th Class	5th Class

Insignia

• The ribbon is green with golden and red borders.

Notable recipients

Patent for the award of the Order of the Republic, First Class (awarded to Major General Dr. Ghada Salah El Manbawi, on July 9, 2017)

• Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain (24 January 1973)
• Omar Sharaf, Egyptian diplomat (February 1973)
• Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Speaker of the Regional Representative Council of Indonesia (1978)
• Sudharmono, Vice President of Indonesia
• L. B. Moerdani, Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
• Idham Chalid, Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia (1959)
• Che Guevara, Argentine revolutionary (1959)
• Hassan Shehata, Egyptian footballer (1980)
• Charles III, King of the United Kingdom,then Prince of Wales (1981)
• Ghada Salah El Manbawi, Vice President of the Military Medical Academy, when she was awarded the medal (2017)
• Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian Music composer
• Mohammed al-Ghazali, Islamic cleric (1988)
• Ihsan Abdel Quddous, Egyptian writer (1990)
• Salah Zulfikar, Egyptian actor and producer ^{[2] [3]}
• Ahmed Moharram, Egyptian engineer and politician
• Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress
• Kamal Rifaat, Egyptian military officer and politician ^[4]
• Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer
• Vladimir Alexeyev, Soviet admiral
• Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, Egyptian film director ^[5]
• Jože Brilej, Yugoslavian diplomat
• Mashhour Ahmed Mashhour, Chairman of Suez Canal Authority
• J. William Middendorf, American diplomat
• Muhammad Naji Al-Mahlawi, President of Ain Shams University
• Song Aiguo, Chinese diplomat ^[6]

See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of Egypt

References and sources

• World Medals Index, Republic of Egypt: Order of the Republic

Specific

1. Order of the Republic – website of the Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt
2. al-Funūn (in Arabic). al-Ittiḥād. 1981.
3. Egypt. Hayʼah al-ʻĀmmah lil-Istiʻlāmāt (in Arabic). جمهورية مصر العربية، وزارة الاعلام، الهيئة العامة للاستلامات،. 1992.
4. Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Walter de Gruyter. 22 December 2011. p. 670. ISBN   978-3-11-093004-7.
5. "سمير صبرى يتسلم وسام العلوم والفنون للراحل محمد فوزى". اليوم السابع. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
6. "埃及总统塞西授予宋爱国大使一级共和国勋章". 2022-01-27. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2022-11-22.