Order of Honour (Moldova)

The Order of Honour (Romanian: Ordinul de Onoare) is a state order of the Republic of Moldova established by Parliament of Moldova in 2002, which is awarded by presidential decree. It is the fourth highest distinction of Moldova, after Order of the Republic, Order of Ştefan cel Mare, Order of Bogdan the Founder (Ordinul Bogdan Întemeietorul), and just before the Order of Loyalty to the Homeland (Ordinul Credinţa Patriei). The Order of Honour can be awarded also to organizations, institutions, etc.^[1]

Order of Honour Ordinul de Onoare
Awarded by the Republic of Moldova
Type	Single-grade order
Established	27 September 2002; 22 years ago (2002-09-27)
Country	Moldova
Ribbon
Eligibility	Moldovan and foreign individuals and organizations
Status	Active
Statistics
First induction	2003
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Bogdan the Founder
Next (lower)	Order of Work Glory

Notable individual recipients (partial list)

• Sepp Blatter^[2]
• Michel Platini^[3]
• Borys Paton^[4]
• Radosław Sikorski
• Serafim Urechean
• Pavel Cebanu
• Titus Corlățean
• Raed Arafat
• Mitrofan Cioban
• Zinaida Greceanîi
• Vasile Sturza
• Ion Negrei
• Alexandru Tănase
• Vladimir Hotineanu
• Valeriu Cosarciuc
• Leonid Bujor
• Alexandru Oleinic
• Valentina Buliga
• Marcel Răducan
• Veaceslav Iordan
• Dumitru Diacov
• Vasile Ursu
• Vadim Cojocaru
• Oleg Bodrug
• Veaceslav Untilă
• Ion Pleșca
• Iurie Colesnic
• Anatolie Ghilaș
• Nicolae Dabija (politician)
• Vasile Șoimaru
• Tudor Gheorghe Țopa
• Mihai Poiată
• Vasile Vatamanu
• Alecu Reniță
• Ion Ungureanu
• Victor Stepaniuc
• Nicolae Țâu
• Gheorghe Amihalachioaie
• Peter (Păduraru)
• Victor Pușcaș
• Marius Lazurca
• Dan Dungaciu
• Ion Țurcanu
• Mihail Dolgan
• Dirk Schuebel
• Cesare de Montis
• Mihai Balan
• Vitalie Ciobanu
• Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova
• Nichita Smochină
• Grigore Belostecinic
• Emilian Galaicu-Păun
• Vasile Bumacov
• Andrei Usatîi
• Tatiana Anodina
• Nicolae Andronic
• Gheorghe Buzatu
• Marchel (Mihăescu)
• Peter (Musteață)
• Andrian Candu
• Ion Anton
• Valeriu Rudic
• Ionel Haiduc
• Irina Loghin
• Péter Szijjártó^[5]
• SunStroke Project

Collective awardees

• George Asaki High School (Chișinău) (2010)
• Mikhail Berezovsky High School (Chișinău) (2010)
• Ion Creangă High School (Chișinău) (2010)
• Mihai Eminescu High School (Chișinău) (2010)
• Spiru Haret High School (Chișinău) (2010)
• Mihai the Brave High School (Chișinău) (2010)
• Academy of Economic Education of Moldova (2011)
• Saints Cyril and Methodius High School (Chișinău) (2011)
• State Enterprise "Security Service" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova (2012)
• Mihai Eminescu High School (Bălți) (2013)
• Ion Creangă Republican High School [ro] (Bălți) (2016)
• Department of Carabinieri Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova (2017)
• Academy of Public Administration (2018)
• Gymnasium named after N.V. Gogol of the city of Basarabeasca (2019)
• National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History (2019)
• National Children's Library. Ion Creangă (2019)
• City Clinical Hospital "St. Michael the Archangel" (Chișinău, 2019)
• Peace Corps

References

1. LEGEA Nr. 1123 din 30.07.1992 cu privire la distincțiile de stat ale Republicii Moldova (in Romanian)
2. "privind conferirea de distincții de stat". 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
3. "privind conferirea "Ordinului de Onoare" domnului Michel PLATINI". 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
4. "privind conferirea "Ordinului de Onoare" domnului Boris PATON". 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
5. "Președintele Republicii Moldova a avut o întrevedere cu Ministrul Afacerilor Externe şi Comerţului al Ungariei". president.md. Retrieved 2020-12-12.