Order of Ante Starčević Red Ante Starčevića
Type	State order
Awarded for	contributions to the development of the Croatian state
Country	Croatia
Presented by	the President of Croatia
Eligibility	Croatian and foreign citizens
Status	Active
Established	March 10, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-03-10)
Ribbon of the Order of Ante Starčević
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan
Next (lower)	Order of Stjepan Radić

The Order of Ante Starčević (Croatian: Red Ante Starčevića) is a Croatian national decoration which ranks twelfth in importance. The order was formed on 10 March 1995.^[1]

The Order of Ante Starčević is granted to Croatians and foreigners for their contributions to the development of the Croatian state. It is named after Ante Starčević.

Notable recipients[edit]

• Mate Boban^[2]
• Dalibor Brozović^[2]
• Bruno Bušić^[2]
• Ljubo Ćesić Rojs
• Šime Đodan^[2]
• Žarko Domljan^[2]
• Branimir Glavaš^[2]
• Ante Gotovina^[3]
• Hartmut Koschyk^[4]
• Ivan Lacković Croata^[2]
• Josip Lucić
• Ivić Pašalić^[2]
• Hrvoje Šarinić^[2]
• Christian Schmidt (awarded July 2013;^[5][4] received in person by Andrej Plenković in January 2020^[6])
• Dario Kordić
• Vladimir Šeks^[2]
• Gojko Šušak^[2]
• Franjo Tuđman
• Nikica Valentić^[2]
• Ivan Vekić^[2]
• Vice Vukojević^[2]
• Muhamed Zulić^[2]

Sources[edit]

• Law on Orders, Decorations and Signs of Recognitions of the Republic of Croatia ("Narodne novine", No. 20/95., 57/06. and 141/06.) - articles 6 and 16
• Statute on the Order of Ante Starčević ("Narodne novine", No. 108/00. from November 3, 2000).

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