Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
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the President of Chile
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| type = Civil order
| eligibility = Foreign citizens
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| established = 28 April 1956
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The Order of Bernardo O'Higgins ({{langx|es|Orden de Bernardo O'Higgins}}) is an award issued by Chile. It is the highest civilian honor awarded to non-Chilean citizens. This award was established in 1965 and named after one of the founders of the Chilean state, the independentist general Bernardo O'Higgins, who was a leader of the struggle from 1810 to 1826 for independence of Spanish colonies which became Chile and Peru.
Grades
The order is made up of the following grades:
- Knight
- Officer
- Commander
- Grand Officer
- Grand Cross
- Collar
File:Orden Bernardo O'Higgins GCruz.jpg
File:Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Grand Cross with bestowal document.png
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| style="vertical-align:top; width:20%; text-align:center;"|File:CHL Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Knight BAR.pngKnight
| style="vertical-align:top; width:20%; text-align:center;"|File:CHL Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Officer BAR.pngOfficer | style="vertical-align:top; width:20%; text-align:center;"|File:CHL Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Commander BAR.pngCommander | style="vertical-align:top; width:20%; text-align:center;"|File:CHL Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Grand Officer BAR.pngGrand Officer | style="vertical-align:top; width:20%; text-align:center;"|File:CHL Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Grand Cross BAR.pngGrand Cross | style="vertical-align:top; width:20%; text-align:center;"|File:CHL Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Grand Cross BAR.pngCollar |
Recipients
- Emilio Álvarez Montalván
- Margot Benacerraf
- Rafael Bielsa
- Maria Cavaco Silva
- Artur Chilingarov
- Jack Dutton
- Carlos Escudé
- Bob Fulton, John Keenan and Robert Somerville{{cite web | last=O'Neill | first=Andrea | title=Top honour for Rolls-Royce heroes | website=dailyrecord | date=2015-04-01 | url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rolls-royce-east-kilbride-heroes-who-5438558 | access-date=2020-06-15}}{{cite web | last=Ross | first=Peter | title=Scottish trio honoured for defying Pinochet | website=The Times | date=2015-03-28 | url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/scottish-trio-honoured-for-defying-pinochet-tch0gtvjf7s | access-date=2020-06-15}}{{cite web | last=Film | first=British Council | title=British Council Film: Nae Pasaran | website=British Council | date=2019-04-04 | url=http://film.britishcouncil.org/nae-pasaran1 | access-date=2020-06-15}}
- Clark Hewett Galloway
- Stanisław Gebhardt
- Thomas Kerstiens
- Antonio López-Istúriz White
- Mike Medavoy
- Adam Michnik
- Alois Mock
- Robert K. O'Neill
- Óscar Osorio
- Park Young-ju{{cite news|url=https://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=2001042601012602219002|title=<동정>칠레‘베르나르도 오히긴스’훈장 받아 등|newspaper=문화일보|date=2001-04-26|language=ko}}
- Ada Rogato
- William Rudolph
- Mercedes Sosa
- Héctor Valdez Albizu
- Stuart Van Dyke{{cite web |title=Interview with Stuart Van Dyke |url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/mss/mfdip/2004/2004van01/2004van01.pdf |website=Library of Congress |access-date=July 15, 2021}}
- Maxime Verhagen
- Max Westenhöfer
=Grand Crosses=
- Jan Peter Balkenende
- Xavier Barcons (2020){{Cite web|title=ESO Director General awarded Order of Bernardo O’Higgins|url=https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann20036/|access-date=16 December 2020}}
- Maria Cavaco Silva
- Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
- Piet de Jong
- Ridzwan Dzafir (1996){{Cite news |date=1996-03-16 |title=ENVOY'S AWARD |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19960316-1.2.49.11.2 |access-date=2024-11-30 |work=The Straits Times |pages=33}}
- Tim Fischer
- Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (2002)
- Roberto Kozak (1992){{cite web|url=http://www.archivomuseodelamemoria.cl/index.php/80094;isad |title=Item 000002 - IntervenciĂłn del seĂąor Roberto Kozak en la ceremonia de condecoraciĂłn con la orden de Bernardo O ´Higgins. - Archivo de Fondos y Colecciones |website=Archivomuseodelamemoria.cl |access-date=2016-12-14}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/14/roberto-kozak-chile-latin-america-schindler |title=Latin America’s Schindler: a forgotten hero of the 20th century | Ewen MacAskill | World news |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=2016-12-14}}
- Mohammed VI of Morocco
- Jan Pronk
- Christopher Reeve{{cite web |date=January 28, 2004 |title=Chile honours Christopher Reeve, Superman |url=https://en.mercopress.com/2004/01/28/chile-honours-christopher-reeve-superman |access-date=November 11, 2024 |website=MercoPress}}
- Queen Silvia of Sweden
- Sunao Sonoda
- Tunku Abdullah (1995)
- Tunku Naquiyuddin
- Simon Wiesenthal
References
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Sources
- Robert Werlich: Orders and Decorations of all Nations – Ancient and Modern – Civil and Military. Washington 1990.
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Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Chile