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Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Order of merit of Luxembourg

Field	Value
title	Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
image	[[File:Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - Grand Cross.png	Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg – Grand Cross	250px]]
caption	Grand Cross insignia set
awarded_by	[[File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg	18px]] Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
day	Only awarded on National Day (23 June)
type	order of merit with five grades
eligibility	Eligible for deputies, state councillors, civil servants, elected representatives and personnel of municipal administrations, key players of the economic, social, cultural or sport sectors as well for volunteers. Order can also be awarded to foreigners.
status	Currently constituted
head_title	Grand Master
head	Guillaume V
head2_title	Chancellor
head2	Luc Frieden
grades	Grand Cross, Grand Officer, Commander, Officer, Knight
date	23 January 1961
higher	Order of the Oak Crown
lower	Military Medal
image2	[[File:LUX Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg - Chevalier BAR.svg	85px]]
caption2	Ribbon bar of the order

Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg The Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (French: Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg) is an order of merit of Luxembourg, instituted on 23 January 1961 by Grand Duchess Charlotte. Grand Master of the order is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Besides the five classes, a gilt medal can also be bestowed.

Grades

The order is composed of 5 grades:

Grand Cross
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Knight

Ribbon bars
[[File:LUX Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg - Grand'Croix BAR.svg	80px]]
Grand Cross

Members

Members of the Order of Merit of Luxembourg include the following:

Grand Cross:

Antonios Chatzidakis, former General Manager of the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency NAMSA
Gabriele Albertini, Italian politician
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former secretary-general of the United Nations
Jos Chabert, vice-president of the parliament of Brussels
Didier Reynders
Konstantin Zhigalov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan
Astrid Lulling, Luxembourg politician, retired member of the European Parliament for Luxembourg
John L Murray, Chief Justice of Ireland
Ilze Indriksone, Latvian politician

Grand Officer:

Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander
Tommy Koh, Singaporean Ambassador-at-Large, diplomatist and law professor
Nikolaos van Dam, Dutch ambassador to Indonesia
Jean-Marie Leblanc, former director of the Tour de France
Mikis Theodorakis, music composer
Joseph Weyland, permanent representative of Luxembourg to NATO
Gabriele Albertini, member of the European Parliament
James G. Stavridis, former commander of USEUCOM and Supreme Allied Commander Europe
José Lello, member of Portuguese Parliament, former President of NATO PA

Commander:

Nana Mouskouri, Greek and international singer
Vicky Leandros, Greek and international singer
Thomas Schaidhammer, United States Army Colonel, Berlin Attache
Svend-Aage Nielsen, Danish businessman
Carl Christian Nielsen, Danish businessman
Erik Ader, Dutch ambassador to Norway
Michel Carpentier, director general of the European Commission
Robert Engels, Dutch ambassador to Finland
Barend ter Haar, Dutch diplomat
Pascal Lamy, European Commissioner
Gilbert Renault, French resistance hero
Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi-hunter
Gerald Newton, Professor of German at the University of Sheffield
Michel Monnier, French diplomat
Wicher Wildeboer, Netherlands ambassador to Cuba and Jamaica
Robert DeFalco, American business executive
Alexei Mordashov, Russian businessman

Officer

Hanna Pri-zan, Israeli chairman of Peilim portfolio management
Alphonse Berns, Luxembourgish ambassador
Jacques Devillers, ArcelorMittal – LCE – Head of reporting
Gerard Druesne, Director-General of the European Institute of Public Affairs
Nicolas Majerus, Luxembourgish politician for the CSV party and heart specialist

Knight

Josy Linkels, painter
Fernand Roda, painter
Jean-Claude Schlim
Marianne Majerus, Anglo-Luxembourgish photographer
Marie-Joseé Stark
Martyn William Edwards
Thierry Terrens

Gallery

File:Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - Grand Cross set.png|Grand Cross set. File:Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - Grand Cross badge (obverse).png|Grand Cross badge (obverse). File:Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - Grand Cross breast star.png|Grand Cross star. File:Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - Grand Cross badge (reverse).png|Grand Cross badge (reverse). File:Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - Grand Cross set of insignia.png|Grand Cross set.

References

Le Mémorial 13 du 14 April 1961, Arrêté grand-ducal du 23 janvier 1961 portant institution de l'Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

References

[http://www.gouvernement.lu/1828180/Distinctions_honorifiques-EN.pdf Honorary distinctions of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-01-18 - Official website of the Luxembourg gouvernement)
"La Chambre des représentants de Belgique".

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