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National Order of Merit (Bhutan)

Field	Value
title	National Order of Bhutan
awarded_by	His Majesty The King Of Bhutan
type	Order
for	distinguished and meritorious services to the state
status	Currently constituted
head_title	Sovereign
head	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
grades	First Class
Second Class
Third Class
date	7 November 2008
higher	Royal Order of Bhutan
lower	Order of the Beloved Son of the Dragon
image2	[[File:BHT National Order of Merit of Bhutan Ribbon.svg	80px]]
caption2	Ribbon bar of the order

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The National Order of Merit was founded by King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck on 7 November 2008, as reward for distinguished and meritorious services to the state.

Award

It is awarded as reward for distinguished and meritorious services to the state.

Ranks

It is composed of three classes :

First Class - a chest medal in gold.
Second Class - a chest medal in silver.
Third Class - a chest medal in bronze.

Insignia

The badge of the medal is a medallion with right-profile image of the King, inside an eight-petals stylised flower, itself inside an eight-pointed stylised star, simply hanging from a ribbon. The whole medal is in gold, silver or bronze, according to the rank.

The ribbon of the medal is dark orange with lighter orange borders

Notable recipients

[[File:Madame Phuntsho Wangmo, Chief Executive Officer of Bhutan Observer, with Editor in Chief Needrup Zangpo, and the National Order of Merit.jpg|thumb|Phuntso Wangmo, CEO, and Needrup Zangpo, Editor in Chief, of Bhutan Observer with their National Order of Merit, awarded by His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, in December, 2011.]]
Business Bhutan, Bhutan's first business newspaper [in Gold] (17 December 2011).
Bhutan Observer, Bhutan's first private bilingual newspaper [in Gold] (17 December 2011).
Sonam Kinga, Chairperson of National Council (current position), Actor and Researcher at the Center for Bhutan Studies [in Gold] (17 December 2014).
Harald Nestroy, Ambassador and Chairman of the society Pro Bhutan (17 December 2015).
Sanduk Ruit, Doctor, eye surgeon (17 December 2015).
Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan [in Gold] (17 December 2016).
Chablop Passang Tshering (17 December 2016).
VAST Bhutan (17 December 2016).
Toeb Karma (17 December 2021).
Bhutan Association of Women Entrepreneurs, whose founder and president is Damchae Dem (17 December 2016).
Bhutan Red Cross Society (BRCS) (17 December 2021).
Poonam Khetrapal Singh [in Gold] (17 December 2023).
Chencho Gyeltshen [in Gold] (17 December 2023).

References

[http://www.diplomatmagazine.nl/2017/02/05/queen-mother-bhutan/ Diplomat Magazine]{{Dead link. (August 2025)
"Women rocking international trade - Damchae Dem".

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