National Order of Merit الوسام الوطني للاستحقاق Ordre national du Mérite | |
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Awarded by the President of Tunisia | |
Type | Order of merit |
Awarded for | distinguished and meritorious services to the state |
Status | Currently constituted |
President of Tunisia | Kais Saied |
Grades | Grand Cordon First Class Second Class Third Class Fourth Class |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Order of the Republic |
Next (lower) | Order of Cultural Merit |
![]() Ribbon bar of the order |
The National Order of Merit (Arabic: الوسام الوطني للاستحقاق, French: Ordre national du Mérite) is a state award of the Republic of Tunisia.
History
[edit]The National Order of Merit was established by Decree No. 98-997 of 2 May 1998 with the aim of systematizing numerous awards of merit in various fields of activity as a single Order of Merit. The statute of the award was amended in 2004, 2006 and 2008.
Classes
[edit]The Order has five classes:
- Grand Cordon - wears the badge on a sash on the right shoulder, plus the star on the left chest;
- Class 1 (equivalent to rank of "Grand Officer") - wears the badge on a necklet, plus the star on the left chest;
- Class 2 (equivalent to rank of "Commander") - wears the badge on a necklet;
- Class 3 (equivalent to rank of "Officer") - wears the badge of the order on a ribbon with a rosette on the left chest;
- Class 4 (equivalent to rank of "Knight") - wears the badge of the order on a ribbon on the left chest.
Description
[edit]The badge of the Order is a seven-pointed star of dark blue enamel with a golden rim and with gold strals between the rays in the form of seven dihedral pointed rays of different sizes, arranged pyramidally. At the base of the rays are shortened five dihedral pointed rays of different sizes, arranged pyramidally. In the center of the star is a gold medallion with a wide border, on which a laurel wreath is located in relief. In the center of the medallion there is a relief state emblem, on top of the inscription in Arabic "Republic of Tunisia", and on the bottom: "National Order of Merit". The badge is attached to the order ribbon with the help of a ring.
The star of the order is similar to the badge, but larger.
The ribbon of the order is silk, moire, dark blue with wide gold stripes near the edge.
Notable recipients
[edit]Tunisia: Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia: Fouad Mebazaa
Tunisia: Moncef Marzouki
Tunisia: Beji Caid Essebsi
Tunisia: Kais Saied
Tunisia: Samia Abbou
Nigeria: Akinwumi Adesina
Tunisia: Selma Baccar
Germany: Thomas Bach
Tunisia: Yadh Ben Achour
Tunisia: Lotfi Bouchnak
Tunisia: Najla Bouden
Tunisia: Abdelwahab Bouhdiba
Sweden: Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland
Tunisia: Mohamed Hédi Chérif
France: Bernadette Chirac
Netherlands: Prince Claus of the Netherlands
Sweden: Prince Daniel of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland
Egypt: Adel Emam
Syria: Sabah Fakhri
Tunisia: M'hamed Hassine Fantar
Tunisia: Mohamed Gueddiche
Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Tunisia: Mohamed Ghannouchi
Libya: Mohamed Hassan
Jordan: Prince Hassan bin Talal
Tunisia: Ons Jabeur
Tunisia: Maya Jribi
Tunisia: Chedli Klibi
France: Roger Lemerre
Tunisia: Sami Trabelsi
Tunisia: Faouzi Benzarti
Egypt: Naguib Mahfouz
Tunisia: Ahmed Ounaies
Tunisia: Moncef Ouannes
Germany: Hans-Gert Pöttering
Senegal: Léopold Sédar Senghor
Sweden: Queen Silvia of Sweden
Saudi Arabia: Prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud
Tunisia: Mohamed Talbi
Algeria: Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Tunisia: Hatem Trabelsi
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- National Order of Merit – website of the President of Tunisia
- Ons Jabeur receives National Order of Merit from Tunisia's president – website of Arab News