Order of Bernardo O'Higgins

The Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (Spanish: Orden de 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.

Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
Grand Cross set
Awarded by the President of Chile
Type	Civil order
Established	28 April 1956
Country	Chile
Eligibility	Foreign citizens
Awarded for	Achievements in the field of arts, sciences, education, industry, trade, humanitarian and social cooperation
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Merit
Next (lower)	Gabriela Mistral Order of Educational and Cultural Merit

Grades

The order is made up of the following grades:

• Knight
• Officer
• Commander
• Grand Officer
• Grand Cross
• Collar

Grand Cross Star

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

Knight

Officer

Commander

Grand Officer

Grand Cross

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^[1][2][3]
• Clark Hewett Galloway
• Stanisław Gebhardt
• Thomas Kerstiens
• Antonio López-Istúriz White
• Mike Medavoy
• Adam Michnik
• Alois Mock
• Robert K. O'Neill
• Óscar Osorio
• Park Young-ju^[4]
• Ada Rogato
• William Rudolph
• Mercedes Sosa
• Héctor Valdez Albizu
• Stuart Van Dyke^[5]
• Maxime Verhagen
• Max Westenhöfer

Grand Crosses

• Jan Peter Balkenende
• Xavier Barcons (2020)^[6]
• Maria Cavaco Silva
• Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
• Piet de Jong
• Ridzwan Dzafir (1996)^[7]
• Tim Fischer
• Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (2002)
• Roberto Kozak (1992)^[8][9]
• Mohammed VI of Morocco
• Jan Pronk
• Christopher Reeve^[10]
• Queen Silvia of Sweden
• Sunao Sonoda
• Tunku Abdullah (1995)
• Tunku Naquiyuddin
• Simon Wiesenthal

References

1. O'Neill, Andrea (1 April 2015). "Top honour for Rolls-Royce heroes". dailyrecord. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
2. Ross, Peter (28 March 2015). "Scottish trio honoured for defying Pinochet". The Times. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
3. Film, British Council (4 April 2019). "British Council Film: Nae Pasaran". British Council. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
4. "<동정>칠레'베르나르도 오히긴스'훈장 받아 등". 문화일보 (in Korean). 26 April 2001.
5. "Interview with Stuart Van Dyke" (PDF). Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
6. "ESO Director General awarded Order of Bernardo O'Higgins". Retrieved 16 December 2020.
7. "ENVOY'S AWARD". The Straits Times. 16 March 1996. p. 33. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
8. "Item 000002 - Intervención del seùor Roberto Kozak en la ceremonia de condecoración con la orden de Bernardo O ´Higgins. - Archivo de Fondos y Colecciones". Archivomuseodelamemoria.cl. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
9. "Latin America's Schindler: a forgotten hero of the 20th century | Ewen MacAskill | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
10. "Chile honours Christopher Reeve, Superman". MercoPress. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

Sources

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