Order of Agostinho Neto
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The Order of Agostinho Neto ({{Langx|pt|Ordem de Agostinho Neto}}), also known as the Dr António Agostinho Neto Order is a state award of Angola, established on 12 May 1990.{{Cite web |title=Dr Antonio Agostinho Neto Order, the highest honour of the People's Republic of Angola - NMF Archive |url=https://archive.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/za-com-mr-t-0703 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=archive.nelsonmandela.org}} From its establishment, the order was the highest state award, but in 2004 it took second position with the establishment of Order of the National Hero.
List of recipients
Among those awarded are:
- {{flagicon|South Africa}} Nelson Mandela (1990){{cite news |title=Mandela thanks Angola for support |url=https://mg.co.za/article/1990-05-11-00-mandela-thanks-angola-for-support/ |access-date=12 May 2025 |work=Mail & Guardian |date=11 May 1990}}
- {{flagicon|Angola}} José Eduardo dos Santos (1991)
- {{flagicon|Zambia}} Kenneth Kaunda (1992)
- {{flagicon|Gabon}} Omar Bongo (1992)
- {{flagicon|Cuba}} Fidel Castro (1992){{cite web |title=Discurso pronunciado por el Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz en el acto de imposición de la Orden "Agostinho Neto", efectuado en el Palacio de la Revolución, el 9 de julio de 1992, "Año 34 de la Revolución". |url=http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/discursos/1992/esp/f090792e.html |accessdate=19 January 2015 |website=Consejo de Estado |language=Spanish}}
- {{flagicon|São Tomé and Príncipe}} Manuel Pinto da Costa (1992)
- {{flagicon|Mozambique}} Joaquim Chissano (1992)
- {{flagicon|Botswana}} Quett Masire (1992)
- {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} Robert Mugabe (1992)
- {{flagicon|People's Republic of the Congo}} Marien Ngouabi (1992; posthumously){{cite web |title=Resolução n.º 5-A/92 Diário da República n.º 38 |url=https://lexlink.eu/conteudo/geral/ia-serie/63704/resolucao-no-5-a92/14793/por-tipo-de-documentolegal |website=LexLink.eu |access-date=12 May 2025}}
- {{flagicon|Republic of the Congo}} Denis Sassou-Nguesso (1992)
- {{flagicon|Guinea-Bissau}} João Bernardo Vieira (1992){{cite web |title=Resolução n.º 5-B/92 Diário da República n.º 38 |url=https://lexlink.eu/conteudo/geral/ia-serie/63705/resolucao-no-5-b92/14793/por-tipo-de-documentolegal |access-date=12 May 2025 |website=LexLink.eu}}
- {{flagicon|Cuba}} Raúl Castro (2019){{cite news |last1=Viñas Rodríguez |first1=Lorena |title=Chefe de Estado angolano condecora Raúl Castro e Díaz-Canel |url=https://www.radiohc.cu/noticias/nacionales/194977-chefe-de-estado-angolano-condecora-raul-castro-e-diaz-canel |access-date=12 May 2025 |work=Radio Havana Cuba |date=2 July 2019}}
- {{flagicon|Cuba}} Miguel Díaz-Canel (2019)
- {{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Putin (2019){{Cite web |last=mozambique |title=Angola’s president awards Order of Agostinho Neto to Putin |url=https://clubofmozambique.com/news/angolas-president-awards-order-of-agostinho-neto-to-putin/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Mozambique |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=ANGOLA’S PRESIDENT AWARDS ORDER OF AGOSTINHO NETO TO PUTIN – Embassy of the Republic of Angola in Japan |url=https://www.angola.or.jp/2019/04/08/angolas-president-awards-order-of-agostinho-neto-to-putin/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |language=en-US}}
- {{flagicon|Portugal}} Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (2019){{Cite web |last=grxnet.com |title=Jornal de Angola - Notícias - |url=https://www.jornaldeangola.ao/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Jornal de Angola |language=pt}}
- {{flagicon|Brazil}} Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2023){{Cite web |title=Speech by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the awarding of the Doctor António Agostinho Neto Order in Luanda, Angola |url=https://www.gov.br/planalto/en/follow-the-government/speeches/speech-by-president-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-during-the-awarding-of-the-doctor-antonio-agostinho-neto-order-in-luanda-angola |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Planalto |language=en}}
- {{flagicon|Italy}} Sergio Mattarella (2023){{cite news |last1=Costa |first1=Tatiana |title=João Lourenço awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic |url=https://www.verangola.net/va/en/052023/Politics/35714/Jo%C3%A3o-Louren%C3%A7o-awarded-the-Order-of-Merit-of-the-Italian-Republic.htm |access-date=12 May 2025 |work=Ver Angola |date=25 May 2023}}
- {{flagicon|Italy}} Laura Mattarella (2023)
- {{flagicon|Spain}} King Felipe VI (2023){{Cite web |last=grxnet.com |title=Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Rei de Espanha condecorado com Ordem Agostinho Neto |url=https://www.jornaldeangola.ao/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Jornal de Angola |language=pt}}{{Cite web |title=Imagens |url=https://governo.gov.ao/galeria/imagens/rei-felipe-vi-e-rainha-letizia-condecorados-com-a-ordem-agostinho-neto |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=governo.gov.ao}}
- {{flagicon|Spain}} Queen Letizia (2023)
- {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} Aristides Pereira
- {{flagicon|Namibia}} Sam Nujoma{{cite news |last1=Nande |first1=Silas Mwaudasheni |title=The Legacy and Success of President Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma |url=https://mountkenyatimes.co.ke/the-legacy-and-success-of-president-sam-shafiishuna-nujoma/ |access-date=12 May 2025 |work=Mount Kenya Times |date=16 February 2025}}
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