National Order of Madagascar#Recipients
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{{Infobox order
|name=National Order of Madagascar
|image=Mérite Malgache.jpg
|caption=National Order of Madagascar.
|established=23 September 1959
|founder=Philibert Tsiranana
|awarded_by = 30px President of Madagascar
|type = Order
|motto = Repoblika Malagasy
|day =
|grades =
|status =
|for=Services to the state of Madagascar
|higher=None
|lower=National Order of Merit
|image2=100px
|caption2=Ribbon of the order
}}
The National Order of Madagascar is the highest of honorific orders of Madagascar.
History
The National Order was created on 23 September 1959, after the Malagasy Republic was proclaimed.
Classes
The Order consists of the following classes of merit:
- Grand Cordon
- Grand Cross
- 1st class
- 2nd class
- Grand Officer
- Commander
- Officer
- Knight
| align=center class=wikitable width=90%
! colspan="7" |Bars |
| width=14% valign=top align=center|File:MDG National Order - Knight BAR.pngKnight
|width=14% valign=top align=center|File:MDG National Order - Officer BAR.pngOfficer |width=14% valign=top align=center|File:MDG National Order - Commander BAR.pngCommander |width=14% valign=top align=center|File:MDG National Order - Grand Officer BAR.pngGrand Officer | width="14%" valign="top" align="center" |File:MDG National Order - Grand Cross 2nd Class BAR.pngGrand Cross, Class II | width="14%" valign="top" align="center" |File:MDG National Order - Grand Cross 1st Class BAR.pngGrand Cross, Class I | width="14%" valign="top" align="center" |File:MDG National Order - Grand Cordon BAR.pngGrand Cordon |
Recipients
- Al-Waleed bin Talal
- Alison Jolly
- Anne, Princess Royal{{Cite web|url=http://www.presidence.gov.mg/la-princesse-anne-au-palais-diavoloha-recue-par-le-president-de-la-republique/prm_princesse_4/|title=Grand-Croix de Deuxième Classe de L'Ordre Nationale Malgache|trans-title=Grand Cross 2nd Class of the National Order of Madagascar|publisher=Présidence de la République de Madagascar|website=presidence.gov.mg|language=French|access-date=2018-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413130539/http://www.presidence.gov.mg/la-princesse-anne-au-palais-diavoloha-recue-par-le-president-de-la-republique/prm_princesse_4/|archive-date=2018-04-13|url-status=dead}}
- Haile Selassie{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
- Konrad Adenauer
- Levi Eshkol
- Mohammed VI of Morocco
- Mufaddal Saifuddin{{Cite web|url=http://www.midi-madagasikara.mg/societe/2014/06/23/leader-spirituel-bohras-eleve-au-rang-grand-croix-2e-classe/ |title=Leader spirituel Bohras : Elevé au rang de Grand Croix de 2e Classe – Midi Madagasikara |website=www.midi-madagasikara.mg |language=fr-FR |access-date=29 Jul 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200710071259/http://www.midi-madagasikara.mg/societe/2014/06/23/leader-spirituel-bohras-eleve-au-rang-grand-croix-2e-classe/ |archive-date= 10 Jul 2020 |trans-title=Spiritual leader Bohras: Raised to the rank of Grand Cross of 2nd Class |date= 23 Jun 2014}}
- Ram Nath Kovind
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan{{cite news |title=President Erdoğan Decorated with National Order of Madagascar |url=https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/70833/president-erdogan-decorated-with-national-order-of-madagascar |access-date=31 March 2022 |work=Presidency Of The Republic Of Turkey |date=25 January 2017}}
- Romain Bruno Légaré
- Kim Il Sung{{cite book|title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, Part 3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q2jVAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation|location=Reading|oclc=976978783}}
- Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga{{Cite web |title=Grand-Croix de l'Ordre national |url=https://tanikomadagascar.wordpress.com/tag/grand-croix-de-lordre-national/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=TANIKO Madagascar |language=fr-FR}}
- Joseph Boayue, former Liberian Secretary of Public Works