Order of Rio Branco
The Order of Rio Branco (Ordem de Rio Branco) is an honorific order of Brazil instituted by decree 51.697 of February 5, 1963. It is named in honor of the Brazilian diplomat José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco.
The President of Brazil serves as the Grand Master of the Order while the Minister of Foreign Affairs is the order's Chancellor.
Ranks
The order is composed of six ranks of merit :
- Grand Cross (unlimited)
- Grand Officer (60 members)
- Commander (50 members)
- Officer (40 members)
- Knight (30 members)
- Medal (unlimited)
Insignia
The ribbon of the medal is blue with white borders.
Notable recipients
- Grand Crosses
- Ban Ki-moon
- Maria Barroso
- Abdelouahed Belkeziz
- Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
- Olavo de Carvalho
- Pierre-François Forissier
- Frederik X of Denmark
- Édouard Guillaud
- Onno Hattinga van't Sant
- Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
- Jean-Paul Paloméros
- Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco
- Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
- Rudolf Schuster
- Sadao Watanabe
- Mako Komuro, formerly Princess Mako of Akishino
- Grand Officers
- Benedito Antônio de Lima
- Beatriz Consuelo
- Vicente Blanco Gaspar
- Duarte de Freitas do Amaral
- Valdecy Urquiza
- Commanders
- Officer
- Roberto Ladijanski
- Cafu
- Alexandru Inversin
- Grzegorz Hajdarowicz
- Maria da Conceição Tavares
- Toots Thielemans
- Simona Miculescu
- Riordan Roett
- Knights
- Medal
- Diego Scardone
- Ramzi Salman
- Unknown Class
- Renato Aragão
- Elizabeth Bishop
- Yeda Pessoa de Castro
- Alfredo Chiaradía
- Maria d'Apparecida
- Eli Whitney Debevoise II
- Tewolde Gebremariam
- Nahum Goldmann
- José Graziano da Silva
- Enrique V. Iglesias
- Ivan Izquierdo
- Álvaro Manzano
- Milinda Moragoda
- Airto Moreira
- Marlos Nobre
- Fayga Ostrower
- Flora Purim
- Ciro de Quadros
- Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
- Edouard Saouma
- Mario Silva (politician)
- Peter Sutherland
- Vladimir Vasiliev (dancer)
- Inger Wikström
References
External links
- Decree nº51.697, de 5 february 1963
- Ministério das Relações Exteriore - Ordem de Rio Branco
- Ministério das Relações Exteriore - Regulamento da Ordem de Rio Branco