Medal of Merit of the Autonomous Region of Madeira

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The Medal of Merit of the Autonomous Region of Madeira ({{Langx|pt|Medalha de Mérito da Região Autónoma da Madeira}}) is the highest honour given by the autonomous region. The medal is awarded by the Legislative Assembly of Madeira to 'natural or legal entities, public or private, national or foreign, living or posthumously, who have rendered outstanding services to the Region or who, for any other reason, the Region understands that must be distinguish ”.{{Cite web|url=https://dre.pt/web/guest/pesquisa/-/search/383583/details/normal?q=Decreto+Regional+n.%C2%BA%203/79/M|title=Decreto Regional 3/79/M, 1979-03-24|website=Diário da República Eletrónico|language=pt|access-date=2019-12-03}}

The honour was created by Regional Decree n. 3/79/M, signed on January 30 and published on March 24, 1979.

The decision of the attribution is made by the Standing Committee of the Assembly, having received a proposal «of any of the sovereign organs of the Republic, of the Regional Government or of any member of the Legislative Assembly» and taking the opinion of the President of the Regional Government or of a Regional Secretary and of other entities in the area concerned. At the request of any Member, a vote may be taken in the plenary of the Assembly.

The honour is presented by the President of the Legislative Assembly, in a solemn act defined by the Permanent Commission.

The medal model must comply with the following requirements defined by law: be made of silver, have a silver filigree cord and bear, on its reverse, the cross of the Order of Christ (present on the flag and coat of arms of Madeira) and the sayings 'Autonomous Region of Madeira' and 'Portuguese Republic'.{{short description|Order of chivalry in England}}

Receivers

To date, the medal has only been awarded to five personalities, four of them Madeirans (Ornelas Camacho, Rodrigues, Jardim and Ronaldo) and two continental ones (Sá Carneiro and Bishop Santana).

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|{{center|1 June 1982}}

|Medal awarded posthumously and given to Canon Agostinho Gomes, Vicar General of the Diocese. Santana was bishop of Funchal between 1974 and 1982.

|{{center|1982}}

|Medal awarded posthumously and given to his eldest son.{{cite web|last=Sousa|first=Filipe|date=16 January 2014|title=Governo Regional propõe Medalha de Mérito da Região a Cristiano Ronaldo|url=http://www.dnoticias.pt/hemeroteca/426144-governo-regional-atribui-medalha-de-merito-da-regiao-autonoma-da-madeira-HMDN426144#|journal=Diário de Notícias da Madeira|accessdate=10 May 2018|archive-date=11 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013019/http://www.dnoticias.pt/hemeroteca/426144-governo-regional-atribui-medalha-de-merito-da-regiao-autonoma-da-madeira-HMDN426144|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.arquipelagos.pt/arquipelagos/newlayout.php?mode=imagebank&details=1&id=35696|title=Palavras do Dr. José Maria da Silva, na cerimónia de imposição da medalha de mérito da Região da Assembleia Regional a título póstumo de D. Francisco Antunes Santana, 1 de junho de 1982, ilha da Madeira|date=12 June 2010|accessdate=11 May 2018|publisher=Arquipélagos|last=Carita|first=Rui|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511150248/http://www.arquipelagos.pt/arquipelagos/newlayout.php?mode=imagebank&details=1&id=35696|archive-date=11 May 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.arquipelagos.pt/arquipelagos/imagePopUp.php?details=1&id=35695|title=Filho mais velho com a medalha de mérito da Região da Assembleia Regional atribuída a título póstumo ao Dr. Francisco de Sá Carneiro, antigo salão nobre da Junta Geral, 1982, ilha da Madeira|date=12 June 2010|accessdate=11 May 2018|publisher=Arquipélagos|last=Carita|first=Rui|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511150259/http://www.arquipelagos.pt/arquipelagos/imagePopUp.php?details=1&id=35695|archive-date=11 May 2018|url-status=dead}}

|{{center|2001}}

|First President of the Regional Government.{{cite web|url=https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/34844/Jardim_ja_esta_na_Assembleia_Legislativa_para_receber_medalha_de_merito_|title=Jardim já está na Assembleia Legislativa para receber medalha de mérito|date=4 June 2018|accessdate=5 June 2018|publisher=Jornal da Madeira}}

|{{center|2001}}

|First President of the Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|url=http://www.alram.pt/presidente/presidentes-anteriores.html|title=Presidentes Anteriores|accessdate=10 May 2018|publisher=Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614193422/http://www.alram.pt/presidente/presidentes-anteriores.html|archivedate=2018-06-14}}

|{{center|21 December 2014}}

|{{cite web|date=21 December 2014|title=Ronaldo "muito feliz" ao receber medalha de mérito da Madeira|url=https://www.jn.pt/local/noticias/funchal/funchal/interior/ronaldo-muito-feliz-ao-receber-medalha-de-merito-da-madeira-4308073.html|journal=Jornal de Notícias|accessdate=10 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.alram.pt/arquivo-not%C3%ADcias/x-legislatura-1/outros/1129-cristiano-ronaldo-agraciado-pelo-presidente-da-assembleia-com-a-medalha-de-m%C3%A9rito-da-regi%C3%A3o.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921003224/http://www.alram.pt/arquivo-not%C3%ADcias/x-legislatura-1/outros/1129-cristiano-ronaldo-agraciado-pelo-presidente-da-assembleia-com-a-medalha-de-m%C3%A9rito-da-regi%C3%A3o.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 21, 2015|title=Cristiano Ronaldo agraciado com a Medalha de Mérito da Região Autónoma da Madeira|accessdate=10 May 2018|publisher=Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira}}

|{{center|4 June 2018}}

|Longest serving President of the Regional Government and longests serving democratically elected politician in Portugal (between 1978 until 2015).{{cite web|url=https://www.tsf.pt/politica/interior/alberto-joao-jardim-distinguido-com-medalha-de-merito-9408821.htmland |title=Alberto João Jardim distinguido com medalha de mérito|date=4 June 2018|accessdate=5 June 2018|publisher=TSF Rádio Notícias|last=TSF com Agência Lusa}}

References

Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Portugal

Category:Madeira Island

Category:Awards established in 1979

Category:1979 establishments in Portugal