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Order of Rio Branco

Honorific order of Brazil

Summary

Honorific order of Brazil

FieldValue
nameOrder of Rio Branco
(Ordem de Rio Branco)
imageOrder_Rio_Branco_Brazil_AEA_Collections.jpg
captionGrand Cross insignia of the Order of Rio Branco.
established5 February 1963
founderJoão Goulart
awarded_byPresident of Brazil
typeOrder
mottoUBIQUE PATRIAE MEMOR
gradesGrand Cross
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Knight
Medal
forServices to the state of Brazil
statusCurrently awarded
head_titleGrand Masterhead= The President of Brazil
head2_titleChancellorhead2= The Minister of Foreign Affairs

(Ordem de Rio Branco) Grand Officer Commander Officer Knight Medal 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.

Ribbon bars
[[File:BRA Medalha do Merito de Rio Branco BAR.svg100pxcenter]]Medal

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
    • Ayrton Senna
    • Marta (footballer)
    • Laurindo Almeida
    • Celso Antunes
    • Silvio Barbato
    • Gerard Béhague
    • Luiz Bevilacqua
    • Augustin Buzura
    • António Costa
    • Richard Descoings
    • Gilbert Forray
    • Graciano García García
    • Gilberto Gil
    • Rita Lee
    • Marius Haas{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Lebanon|year=2007|publisher=Publitec Publications|isbn=978-3-598-07734-0|location=Beirut
    • Angela Villela Olinto
    • Andrew Parsons (sports administrator)
    • Edmond Safra
    • Álvaro de Vasconcelos
    • Adnan Kassar
  • Officer
    • Roberto Ladijanski
    • Cafu
    • Alexandru Inversin
    • Grzegorz Hajdarowicz
    • Maria da Conceição Tavares
    • Toots Thielemans
    • Simona Miculescu
    • Riordan Roett
  • Knights
    • Pelé
    • Charlie Byrd
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto
    • Maha Mamo
  • 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

References

  1. State visit of Lula da Silva in 2007, [http://www.anpfoto.nl/search.pp?page=1&ShowPicture=6279887&pos=1 ANP Photo] of Victoria, Carl Philip & Madeleine
  2. [http://www.jusbrasil.com.br/diarios/708191/dou-secao-1-06-09-2007-pg-7 Diário Oficial da União] - DECRETO DE 5 DE SETEMBRO DE 2007
  3. (August 31, 2019). ""Macron uniu Brasil em torno de Bolsonaro", diz Olavo de Carvalho".
  4. "DOU 1/07/1999 - Pg. 105 - Seção 1 | Diário Oficial da União | Diários Jusbrasil".
  5. State visit of Lula da Silva in 2007, [http://www.anpfoto.nl/search.pp?page=1&ShowPicture=6279906&pos=5 ANP Photo], Madeleine wearing the order
  6. "Tlačová agentúra Slovenskej republiky - TASR.sk".
  7. "Biography".
  8. (9 June 2025). "Crime organizado virou “empresa multinacional”, diz Lula na Interpol".
  9. (July 11, 2017). "A murit Augustin Buzura".
  10. "Biographie Maria d'Apparecida".
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