Order of José Martí

The Order of José Martí (Spanish: Orden José Martí) is a state honor in Cuba. The Order was named so after José Martí, the national hero of Cuba. The design was realized by the Cuban sculptor José Delarra.^[1]

Order José Martí
Type	Single-grade order
Presented by	the Republic of Cuba
Eligibility	Citizens of Cuba, foreigners
Status	Active
Established	1972
Related	Order of Cienfuegos Hero of the Republic of Cuba

Notable recipients

• Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia^[2]
• Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
• Mohammad Najibullah, Former General Secretary Of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
• Armando Hart^[3]
• Antonio Gades^[4]
• António Mascarenhas Monteiro,^[5] former President of Cape Verde
• Michael Manley, former Prime Minister of Jamaica^[6]
• Leonid Brezhnev, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Houari Boumediene, President of Algeria
• Ali Abdullah Saleh, former President of Yemen
• Kim Il Sung,^[7] former President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and former General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
• Thomas Sankara,^[8] President of Burkina Faso
• Todor Zhivkov former General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party and Chairman of the State Council of Bulgaria
• Salvador Allende, former President of Chile
• Nicolae Ceaușescu former General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and President of Romania^[9]
• Owen Arthur, former Prime Minister of Barbados^[10]
• Hugo Chávez, former President of Venezuela
• Gustáv Husák,^[9] former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
• Mengistu Haile Mariam,^[9] Chairman of the Ethiopian Communist military junta Derg and Head of State of Ethiopia
• Rafael Cancel Miranda^[11]
• Robert Mugabe,^[9] former President of Zimbabwe
• Sam Nujoma, former President of Namibia
• Erich Honecker, former General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and Chairman of the State Council of the East Germany^[9]
• Felipe González,^[9] former Prime Minister of Spain
• Julius Nyerere,^[9] former President of Tanzania
• Omar Torrijos,^[9] Military Leader of Panama
• Jacob Zuma, former President of South Africa.^[12]
• Viktor Yanukovych,^[13] former President of Ukraine
• Nguyễn Phú Trọng General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam^[14]
• Tomislav Nikolić^[15] former President of Serbia
• Vladimir Putin^[16] President of Russia
• Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, former President of Mongolia and former General Secretary of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
• Demetris Christofias,^[17] former President of Cyprus
• Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq and former Secretary General of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)
• Fanny Edelman
• Marien Ngouabi former President of the People's Republic of the Congo
• Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela
• Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, former President of Vietnam^[18]
• João Bernardo Vieira, former President of Guinea-Bissau
• Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico^[19]
• Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines^[20]
• Tô Lâm, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Vietnam

See also

• International José Martí Prize
• José Martí
• Orders, decorations, and medals of Cuba

References

1. (in Spanish) Article about José Delarra on La Jiribilla
2. "MAHATHIR BESTOWED CUBA'S HIGHEST HONOUR BY CASTRO" (PDF). Bernama. 27 September 1997.
3. Juventud Rebelde article Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in English) accessed on 30 May 2013
4. Kisselgoff, Anna (22 July 2004). "Antonio Gades, 67, Artistic Flamenco Dancer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
5. Ilhas, Expresso das. "Morreu António Mascarenhas Monteiro – Expresso das Ilhas". expressodasilhas.sapo.cv. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
6. "Castro Speech Data Base".
7. "Kim Il Sung". Who's Who in Asian and Australasian Politics. London: Bowker-Saur. 1991. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-86291-593-3.
8. Peterson, Brian (2021). Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0253053763.
9. Vicent, Mauricio (20 June 2008). "Fuego cruzado sobre Yoani Sánchez". El País.
10. C., Z. D. (16 June 1999). "President Fidel Castro Decorates Barbados PM Arthur" (Press release). Reuters / Alamy Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021. Cuban President Fidel Castro (R) decorates Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur with the order of Jose Marti in Havana June 16.
11. "Former Alcatraz inmate speaks about his time", Examiner San Francisco, by: D. Morita; October 9, 2009
12. "Remarks by his Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the award bestowal on him by Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz, of the order of Jose Marti, the highest honour that the Cubans can bestow on an individual, Havana, Cuba | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
13. "Article at un.ua". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
14. Chirino, Luis (13 April 2012). "Vietnam´s Communist Leader Wound up Official Visit to Cuba". Radio Havana Cuba. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
15. "Nikolić dobio najviše odlikovanje na Kubi | N1 Srbija". Archived from the original on 26 May 2015.
16. "Raul Castro Welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin : Escambray". en.escambray.cu. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
17. "Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus – Speeches and Statements of the President". presidency.gov.cy. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
18. VietnamPlus (21 September 2021). "Vietnam, Cuba issue joint statement on President Nguyen Xuan Phuc's visit | Politics | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)". VietnamPlus. Retrieved 2 March 2023. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez presents President Nguyen Xuan Phuc with the José Martí Order in recognition of the Vietnamese leader's contributions to the enhancement of the historical friendship, solidarity and cooperation between Cuba and Vietnam.
19. "López Obrador recibirá en Cuba la Orden José Martí durante una visita de alto simbolismo político". 8 May 2022.
20. Cooke, Ernesto (27 May 2022). "PM Gonsalves says 'This medal belongs to the Caribbean'". St Vincent Times. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

External links

• Images of the Order of José Martí