The Order of Ouissam Alaouite or the Sharifian Order of Al-Alaoui is a military decoration of Morocco which is bestowed by the King of Morocco upon those civilians and military officers who have displayed heroism in combat or have contributed meritorious service to the Moroccan state. The decoration was established on 11 January 1913 in replacement of the Order of Ouissam Hafidien. It is awarded in five classes:Grand Cordon,Grand Officer,Commander (Commandeur),Officer (Officier) and Knight (Chevalier).
Edward Peter Djerejian is a former United States diplomat who served in eight administrations from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton (1962–94.) He served as the United States Ambassador to Syria (1988–91) and Israel (1993–94),Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and Deputy Press Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1985–1986),and was Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1991–1993.) He was the founding director of Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy (1994-2022) He is a senior fellow at the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs,a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is on the board of trustees of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. He is a Proprietor of the Boston Athenaeum. Djerejian was elected chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation's board of directors (2013–2015). Djerejian is the author of the book Danger and Opportunity:An American Ambassador's Journey Through the Middle East
The American Academy of Diplomacy is a private,nonprofit,non-partisan,elected organization whose active membership is limited to men and women who have held positions of high responsibility in crafting and implementing American foreign policy. They have served the United States as chiefs of mission in major embassies abroad,and/or equivalent high-level foreign policy positions in Washington.
The United States Department of State,like other agencies of the U.S. federal government,gives civilian decorations for outstanding service,sacrifice,or heroism. The criteria for the awards are set down in 3 FAM 4820 - Foreign Affairs Manual,3 FAM - Personnel,section 3 FAM 4800 Department Awards Program.
Sue McCourt Cobb,O.J. served as Secretary of State of Florida from 2005 to 2007 and held the position of United States Ambassador to Jamaica from 2001 to 2005. She was the first woman to be appointed to that position. She has served as Managing Director and General Counsel for Cobb Partners Inc.,a private investment,venture capital,real estate and resort development company in Coral Gables,Florida. Cobb previously served on the Board of Directors of BankUnited.
Kenneth Ian Juster is a veteran American diplomat,who served as the United States Ambassador to India from 2017 to 2021. He is currently senior counselor at the global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer,senior adviser at the institutional investor CDPQ,strategic adviser at the software company Salesforce,and distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Thomas David Boyatt is a former diplomat and United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1978–80) and Colombia (1980–83). He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He was held captive for six days in a Palestinian hijacking in the 1960s. He graduated from Wyoming High School in 1951. He continues to return to his former high school to speak to students during the Wyoming School Foundation Day.
Earl Anthony Wayne is an American diplomat. Formerly Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs,Ambassador to Argentina and Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan,Wayne served nearly four years as Ambassador to Mexico. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in August,2011. He departed Mexico City for Washington July 31,2015 and retired from the State Department on September 30,2015. Wayne attained the highest rank in the U.S. diplomatic service:Career Ambassador. He is currently a Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at American University's School of International Service where he teaches courses related to diplomacy and US foreign policy. Wayne also works with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,the Atlantic Council,the Center for Strategic and International Studies,. Wayne is co-chair of the Mexico Institute's Advisory Board at the Wilson Center. He is also on the board of the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Public Diplomacy Council of America. Wayne is an independent consultant,speaker and writer and works with several not-for-profit professional associations. He was an adviser for HSBC Latin America on improving management of financial crime risk from 2015 until 2019 and served on the board of the American Foreign Service Association from 2017 to 2019.
Marc Charles Ginsberg is a U.S. lawyer and former diplomat who currently leads The Coalition for a Safer Web,a non-profit dedicated to combating cyber terrorism and extremist incitement.
Edward M. Gabriel is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Morocco from 1997 to 2001. He is the currently a member of the board of directors for the United States Institute of Peace.
Samuel Louis Kaplan is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Morocco. He was appointed ambassador in 2009 by President Barack Obama,replacing the previous ambassador Thomas T. Riley. He is one of only a few American Jews to represent the United States in a Muslim nation.
Charles Elvan Cobb,Jr. is an American businessman. He is currently the chief executive officer and senior managing director of Cobb Partners,Ltd.,an investment firm. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Arvida Corporation and Disney Development Company during the 1970s and 1980s. Arvida was a public company and then a subsidiary of Penn Central Transportation Company and later of The Walt Disney Company.
Cristián Barros Melet is a Chilean diplomat who was the Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations in New York since 16 April 2014 to 2018. He also served as Ambassador to India (2010–14),Italy (2008–10),Peru (2006–08),United Kingdom (2000–02) and Denmark (1993–96). He also served as Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs (2002–06) in the government of Ricardo Lagos.
Inès-Marie de Bourgoing,also Inès Fortoul,Inès Lyautey,was a pioneering French nurse who served as president of the French Red Cross and established Red Cross nursing in Morocco. In recognition of her extensive social work,she became the first woman to be honoured with the rank of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. She was also decorated as a Grand Officer of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite in recognition of her work in Morocco.
Adnane Remmal is a Moroccan pharmacology professor,senior researcher,and entrepreneur in the field of biotechnology at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University. His works focus on fighting antimicrobial resistance,one of the major threats to public health in both developed and emerging countries. Among other results,he has successfully patented a solution to boost antibiotics against antibiotic-resistant bacteria,and an alternative to replace antibiotics in poultry feed. In 2017,he was the recipient of the European Patent Office (EPO) Popular Prize category award. EPO President Benoît Battistelli declared "The public vote for Adnane Remmal recognises his contribution to fighting the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant microbes."
Antonio Sozzo is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See,including for twenty years as apostolic nuncio,before he retired in 2015.
Avrahm Berkowitz is an American attorney and political adviser who served as the Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations from 2019 to 2021. He was an advisor to Jared Kushner in the Trump administration,and worked on the Trump peace plan and the Abraham Accords.
Witold Czesław Spirydowicz is a Polish civil servant and diplomat,serving as an ambassador to Morocco (2010–2015) and Algeria (2016–2023).
Berenice Owen-Jones is an Australian diplomat who is currently Australian High Commissioner to Ghana since July 2022.
