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Order of Bernardo O'Higgins

Chilean civilian award for non-citizens

Field	Value
name	Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
image	[[File:Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Grand Cross.png	Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Grand Cross	255px]]
image_size	250px
caption	Grand Cross set
awarded_by
[[File:Generic Coat of Arms of the President of Chile (Chilean Order of Merit).svg	33px]]
the President of Chile
country
type	Civil order
eligibility	Foreign citizens
for	Achievements in the field of arts, sciences, education, industry, trade, humanitarian and social cooperation
established	28 April 1956
higher	Order of Merit
lower	Gabriela Mistral Order of Educational and Cultural Merit

the President of Chile | post-nominals = The Order of Bernardo O'Higgins () is an award issued by Chile. It is the highest civilian honor awarded to non-Chilean citizens. This award was established in 1965 and named after one of the founders of the Chilean state, the independentist general Bernardo O'Higgins, who was a leader of the struggle from 1810 to 1826 for independence of Spanish colonies which became Chile and Peru.

Grades

The order is made up of the following grades:

Knight
Officer
Commander
Grand Officer
Grand Cross
Collar

Order of Bernardo O'Higgins – Grand Cross with bestowal document

[[File:CHL Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Knight BAR.png	100px	center]]Knight	[[File:CHL Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Officer BAR.png	100px	center]]Officer	[[File:CHL Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Commander BAR.png	100px	center]]Commander	[[File:CHL Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Grand Officer BAR.png	100px	center]]Grand Officer	[[File:CHL Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Grand Cross BAR.png	100px	center]]Grand Cross	[[File:CHL Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Grand Cross BAR.png	100px	center]]Collar

Recipients

Emilio Álvarez Montalván
Margot Benacerraf
Rafael Bielsa
Maria Cavaco Silva
Artur Chilingarov
Jack Dutton
Carlos Escudé
Bob Fulton, John Keenan and Robert Somerville
Rev. Charles Roy Harper Jr. (2010)
Clark Hewett Galloway
Stanisław Gebhardt
Thomas Kerstiens
Antonio López-Istúriz White
Mike Medavoy
Adam Michnik
Alois Mock
Robert Keating O'Neill
Óscar Osorio
Park Young-ju
Ada Rogato
Dorothy Olive Royce, (1951), for medical missionary service in Cholchol.
William Rudolph
Mercedes Sosa
Héctor Valdez Albizu
Stuart Van Dyke
Oscar Von Kohorn
Maxime Verhagen
Max Westenhöfer

Grand Crosses

Jan Peter Balkenende
Xavier Barcons (2020)
Maria Cavaco Silva
Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
Piet de Jong
Ridzwan Dzafir (1996)
Tim Fischer
Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (2002)
Roberto Kozak (1992)
Mohammed VI of Morocco
Jan Pronk
Christopher Reeve
Queen Silvia of Sweden
Sunao Sonoda
Tunku Abdullah (1995)
Tunku Naquiyuddin
Simon Wiesenthal

References

Sources

Robert Werlich: Orders and Decorations of all Nations – Ancient and Modern – Civil and Military. Washington 1990.

References

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Ross, Peter. (2015-03-28). "Scottish trio honoured for defying Pinochet".
Film, British Council. (2019-04-04). "British Council Film: Nae Pasaran".
(2001-04-26). "<동정>칠레‘베르나르도 오히긴스’훈장 받아 등". [[문화일보]].
"Interview with Stuart Van Dyke".
"ESO Director General awarded Order of Bernardo O’Higgins".
(1996-03-16). "ENVOY'S AWARD". [[The Straits Times]].
"Item 000002 - IntervenciĂłn del seĂąor Roberto Kozak en la ceremonia de condecoraciĂłn con la orden de Bernardo O Â´Higgins. - Archivo de Fondos y Colecciones".
"Latin America’s Schindler: a forgotten hero of the 20th century | Ewen MacAskill | World news". [[The Guardian]].
(January 28, 2004). "Chile honours Christopher Reeve, Superman".

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