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National Order of the Leopard

Field	Value
title	National Order of the Leopard
image	Commander National Order Leopard Zaire AEA Collections.jpg
caption	Commander cross of the Order, second type (Republic of Zaire)
awarded_by	Democratic Republic of the Congo
type	Order
status	Discontinued
head_title	Sovereign
head	President
grades	Grand Cordon
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Knight
date	24 May 1966
higher	None
image2	[[File:National Order of the Leopard (DR Congo) - ribbon bar.png	100px]]
Ribbon bar of the order (DR Congo)
[[File:Ribbon bar of the National Order of the Leopard (Zaire).svg	100px]]
caption2	Ribbon bar of the order (Zaire)

Grand Officer Commander Officer Knight Ribbon bar of the order (DR Congo) |}}

The National Order of the Leopard () was the highest honorific decoration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1966 until 2002 when it was discontinued and replaced by the Order of the National Heroes Kabila-Lumumba. It was instituted on 24 May 1966 in the Ordinance-law Number 66-330 by President Joseph-Désiré Mobutu. It rewarded the high military or civil merits rendered in the Congo.

The President of the Congo was the Grand Chancellor of the Order. Its administration was in the care of the Chancellor.

Ranks

The National Order of the Leopard was composed of five grades:

Grand Cordon
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Knight

Notable recipients

Grand Cordons

Emperor Akihito
Maria Barroso
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Elizabeth II (1973)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1973)
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Isaac Kalonji
Jules Fontaine Sambwa
Haile Selassie
Queen Sofía of Spain
Kim Il Sung (1992)
Kim Jong Il (1992) Grand Officers
Georges Forrest
Paul Muhona Commanders
Albert-Joseph Kasongo Wa Kapinga
Fernand Kazadi Lupelekese
Hugh Wontner
Pauline Maata Nkumu
Yosia Bulo Butso Officers
Peter Piot
Robin Gillett
Franco Luambo Knights
Jean Ruhigita Ndagora Bugwika
Raymond Dekkers

Unknown Classes

Médard Autsai Asenga
Jean Bolikango
Robin Gillett
Jean-Pierre Hallet
Hosni Mubarak
Ndaye Mulamba

References

"LOI 009-2002 du 5 août 2002 portant création de l'ordre national «Héros nationaux». (Présidence de la République)". leganet.cd.
(1992). "Gifts, Awards for Kim Chong-il, Kim Il-song Noted". The Service.

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