Order of the Sun of Peru
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| Awarded by the Republic of Peru | |
| Eligibility | All |
| Awarded for | Civil and military merit |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Description | purple ribbon |
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| Established |
8 October 1821, discontinued 1825 re-established 1921 |
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| Next (higher) | none |
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The Order of the Sun of Peru (in Spanish: La Orden El Sol del Peru), formerly known as The Order of the Sun, is the highest award bestowed by the nation of Peru to commend notable civil and military merit. The award is the oldest civilian award in the Americas, first being established in 1821.
History
The Order was originally instituted on 8 October 1821 by General José de San Martín on reaching Lima to recognize those who had distinguished themselves in the campaign against the Spanish Royalist. It was discontinued four years later, after many grantees started to use the award as a nobility title, similar to the earlier Castile titles awarded by the colonial government. All such nobility titles were abolished by 1828.
The Order was re-established in 1921.
Classes
The award consists of the following classes:
- Grand Cross with Diamonds
- Grand Cross
- Grand Officer
- Commander
- Officer
- Knight
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Notable recipients
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Royal Houses
- King Albert II of Belgium
- King Felipe VI of Spain
- King Olav V of Norway
- King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
- Infanta Elena of Spain
- Infanta Cristina of Spain
- Prince Michael of Kent
- Queen Elizabeth ll of the United Kingdom
Other people
- José Mujica
- Rafael Correa
- Danilo Türk
- Charles de Gaulle
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
- Roberto Dañino
- Rosa Campuzano
- Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold
- Lee Hsien Loong
- G.E. Berrios
- Ernesto Burzagli
- Gerardo Chavez
- Frank Freyer
- Haakon VII of Norway
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Dmitry Medvedev
- Alexei Kosygin
- Ramón Miranda Ampuero
- Pat Nixon, 1970[1]
- Valentín Paniagua
- Maria Reiche
- Manuela Sáenz
- Haile Selassie
- Andrew B. Shea
- Yma Sumac
- Julio C. Tello
- Pablo Grimberg Umansky
- Donald Tusk
- Disaku Ikeda
- Somchai Wongsawat
- Gian Marco Zignago
- George Papandreou
- Arturo "Zambo" Cavero
- The 5th Marquess of Bristol
- Plácido Domingo
- Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Paul McCartney
- Jose Antonio Meier Espinosa
- Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco
- Sergey Lavrov
- Guillermo Hillcoat
- Valentina Tereshkova
Notes
References
- Werlich, Robert. (1965). Orders and Decorations of All Nations: Ancient and Modern, Civil and Military. Washington, D.C.: Quaker Press. OCLC 390804
- http://www.myetymology.com/encyclopedia/Guillermo_Hillcoat.html
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