Order of José Martí
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The Order of José Martí ({{langx|es|Orden José Martí}}) is a state honor in Cuba. The Order was named so after José Martí, the national hero of Cuba. The design was realized by the Cuban sculptor José Delarra.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.lajiribilla.cu/2010/n481_07/481_13.html Article about José Delarra] on La Jiribilla
Notable recipients
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- {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia{{Cite web |date=1997-09-27 |title=MAHATHIR BESTOWED CUBA'S HIGHEST HONOUR BY CASTRO |url=http://lib.perdana.org.my/PLF/Digital_Content/Prominent_Leaders/Mahathir/News_1968-2004/1996-1998/1997ko/mahathir%20bestonour%20by%20castro.pdf |website=Bernama}}
- {{flagicon|Belarus}} Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
- {{flagicon|Afghanistan|variant=1987}} Mohammad Najibullah, Former General Secretary Of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
- {{flagicon|Cuba}} Armando Hart[http://www.juventudrebelde.co.cu/cuba/2010-06-12/raul-castro-awards-armando-hart-davalos-jose-marti-order Juventud Rebelde article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718163855/http://www.juventudrebelde.co.cu/cuba/2010-06-12/raul-castro-awards-armando-hart-davalos-jose-marti-order |date=18 July 2011 }} {{in lang|en}} accessed on 30 May 2013
- {{flagicon|Spain}} Antonio Gades{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/22/arts/antonio-gades-67-artistic-flamenco-dancer.html|title=Antonio Gades, 67, Artistic Flamenco Dancer|last=Kisselgoff|first=Anna|date=2004-07-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-18|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
- {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} António Mascarenhas Monteiro,{{Cite web|url=http://www.expressodasilhas.sapo.cv/politica/item/50200-morreu-antonio-mascarenhas-monteiro|title=Morreu António Mascarenhas Monteiro – Expresso das Ilhas|last=Ilhas|first=Expresso das|website=expressodasilhas.sapo.cv|access-date=2016-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208012456/http://www.expressodasilhas.sapo.cv/politica/item/50200-morreu-antonio-mascarenhas-monteiro|archive-date=8 December 2017|url-status=dead}} former President of Cape Verde
- {{flagicon|Jamaica}} Michael Manley, former Prime Minister of Jamaica{{cite web|url=http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/castro/db/1975/19750710.html|title=Castro Speech Data Base}}
- {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Leonid Brezhnev, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- {{flagicon|Algeria}} Houari Boumediene, President of Algeria
- {{flagicon|Yemen}} Ali Abdullah Saleh, former President of Yemen
- {{flagicon|North Korea}} Kim Il Sung,{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Asian and Australasian Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ge25AAAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Bowker-Saur|location=London|isbn=978-0-86291-593-3|page=146|chapter=Kim Il Sung}} former President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and former General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
- {{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} Thomas Sankara,{{cite book|last=Peterson|first=Brian|title=Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=Bloomington|isbn=978-0253053763|date=2021|page=214}} President of Burkina Faso
- {{flagicon|People's Republic of Bulgaria}} Todor Zhivkov former General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party and Chairman of the State Council of Bulgaria
- {{flagicon|Chile}} Salvador Allende, former President of Chile
- {{flagicon|Socialist Republic of Romania}} Nicolae Ceaușescu former General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and President of Romania{{cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Fuego/cruzado/Yoani/Sanchez/elpepuint/20080621elpepiint_5/Tes|title=Fuego cruzado sobre Yoani Sánchez|newspaper=El País|date=20 June 2008|last1=Vicent|first1=Mauricio}}
- {{flagicon|Barbados}} Owen Arthur, former Prime Minister of Barbados{{cite press release |last1=C. |first1=Z. D. |date=16 June 1999 |title=President Fidel Castro Decorates Barbados PM Arthur |url=https://www.alamy.com/cuban-president-fidel-castro-r-decorates-barbados-prime-minister-owen-arthur-with-the-order-of-jose-marti-in-havana-june-16-rpzdc-image381858520.html |url-status=dead |type=Press release |publisher=Reuters / Alamy Ltd. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202070448/https://www.alamy.com/cuban-president-fidel-castro-r-decorates-barbados-prime-minister-owen-arthur-with-the-order-of-jose-marti-in-havana-june-16-rpzdc-image381858520.html |archive-date=2 February 2021 |access-date=31 March 2021 |quote=Cuban President Fidel Castro (R) decorates Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur with the order of Jose Marti in Havana June 16. }}
- {{flagicon|Venezuela}} Hugo Chávez, former President of Venezuela
- {{flagicon|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic}} Gustáv Husák, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
- {{flagicon|People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia}} Mengistu Haile Mariam, Chairman of the Ethiopian Communist military junta Derg and Head of State of Ethiopia
- {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Rafael Cancel Miranda"Former Alcatraz inmate speaks about his time", Examiner San Francisco, by: D. Morita; October 9, 2009
- {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} Robert Mugabe, former President of Zimbabwe
- {{flagicon|Namibia}} Sam Nujoma, former President of Namibia
- {{flagicon|East Germany}} Erich Honecker, former General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and Chairman of the State Council of the East Germany
- {{flagicon|Spain}} Felipe González, former Prime Minister of Spain
- {{flagicon|Tanzania}} Julius Nyerere, former President of Tanzania
- {{flagicon|Panama}} Omar Torrijos, Military Leader of Panama
- {{flagicon|South Africa}} Jacob Zuma, former President of South Africa.{{Cite web |title=Remarks by his Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the award bestowal on him by Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz, of the order of Jose Marti, the highest honour that the Cubans can bestow on an individual, Havana, Cuba {{!}} South African Government |url=https://www.gov.za/remarks-his-excellency-president-jacob-zuma-occasion-award-bestowal-him-cuban-president-raul-castro |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=www.gov.za}}
- {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Viktor Yanukovych,{{Cite web |url=http://un.ua/eng/article/356561.html |title=Article at un.ua |access-date=28 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830092036/http://un.ua/eng/article/356561.html |archive-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead }} former President of Ukraine
- {{flagicon|Vietnam}} Nguyễn Phú Trọng General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam{{cite web | url = http://www.radiohc.cu/ing/news/cuba/6467-vietnamas-communist-leader-wound-up-official-visit-to-cuba.html | title = Vietnam´s Communist Leader Wound up Official Visit to Cuba | access-date = 13 October 2012 | date = 13 April 2012 | publisher =Radio Havana Cuba | author = Chirino, Luis | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130801084504/http://www.radiohc.cu/ing/news/cuba/6467-vietnamas-communist-leader-wound-up-official-visit-to-cuba.html | archive-date = 1 August 2013 | df = dmy-all }}
- {{flagicon|Serbia}} Tomislav Nikolić{{cite web| url = http://rs.n1info.com/a61682/Vesti/Nikolic-dobio-najvise-odlikovanje-na-Kubi.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150526200629/http://rs.n1info.com/a61682/Vesti/Nikolic-dobio-najvise-odlikovanje-na-Kubi.html| archive-date = 2015-05-26| title = Nikolić dobio najviše odlikovanje na Kubi {{!}} N1 Srbija}} former President of Serbia
- {{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Putin{{Cite web|url=http://en.escambray.cu/2014/raul-castro-welcomes-russian-president-vladimir-putin/|title=Raul Castro Welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin : Escambray|website=en.escambray.cu|date=11 July 2014|access-date=2016-06-02}} President of Russia
- {{flagicon|Mongolian People's Republic}} Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, former President of Mongolia and former General Secretary of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
- {{flagicon|Cyprus}} Demetris Christofias,{{Cite web|url=http://www.presidency.gov.cy/Presidency/Presidency.nsf/All/D0ADBBBCD9543D3AC2257641003D0647?Opendocument|title=Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus – Speeches and Statements of the President|website=presidency.gov.cy|access-date=2016-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711091440/http://www.presidency.gov.cy/Presidency/Presidency.nsf/All/D0ADBBBCD9543D3AC2257641003D0647?Opendocument|archive-date=11 July 2018|url-status=dead}} former President of Cyprus
- {{flagicon|Ba'athist Iraq}} Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq and former Secretary General of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)
- {{flagicon|Argentina}} Fanny Edelman
- {{flagicon|Congo|1970}} Marien Ngouabi former President of the People's Republic of the Congo
- {{flagicon|Venezuela}} Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela
- {{flagicon|Vietnam}} Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, former President of Vietnam{{Cite web |last=VietnamPlus |date=2021-09-21 |title=Vietnam, Cuba issue joint statement on President Nguyen Xuan Phuc's visit {{!}} Politics {{!}} Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus) |url=https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-cuba-issue-joint-statement-on-president-nguyen-xuan-phucs-visit/208373.vnp |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=VietnamPlus |language=en |quote=Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez presents President Nguyen Xuan Phuc with the José Martí Order in recognition of the Vietnamese leader’s contributions to the enhancement of the historical friendship, solidarity and cooperation between Cuba and Vietnam.}}
- {{flagicon|Guinea-Bissau}} João Bernardo Vieira, former President of Guinea-Bissau
- {{flagicon|Mexico}} Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico{{cite web | url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2022-05-08/lopez-obrador-recibe-en-cuba-la-orden-jose-marti-durante-una-visita-de-alto-simbolismo-politico.html | title=López Obrador recibirá en Cuba la Orden José Martí durante una visita de alto simbolismo político | date=8 May 2022 }}
- {{flagicon|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines{{cite web |last1=Cooke |first1=Ernesto |title=PM Gonsalves says 'This medal belongs to the Caribbean' |url=https://www.stvincenttimes.com/pm-gonsalves-says-this-medal-belongs-to-the-caribbean/ |website=St Vincent Times |access-date=27 May 2022 |date=27 May 2022}}
- {{flagicon|Vietnam}} Tô Lâm, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Vietnam
- {{flagicon|Grenada}} Keith Mitchell, former Prime Minister of Grenada
See also
References
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External links
- [http://wawards.narod.ru/america/kub/kub2/40/medal.html Images of the Order of José Martí]
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