List of holders of the Great Order of Merit of the Province of South Tyrol
This list shows the bearers of the Great Order of Merit of the Province of South Tyrol . The award was founded in March 2008 and is always presented on September 5th, the anniversary of the Paris Treaty .
→ see also: List of holders of the Order of Merit of the Province of South Tyrol
2008
- Claudio Abbado , conductor
- Giulio Andreotti , former Italian Prime Minister D.
- Gerd Bacher , General Director of ORF a. D.
- Paolo Costa , President of the Transport Commission in the EU Parliament
- Otto Habsburg , President of the Paneuropean Union
- Friedrich Hoppe , entrepreneur
- Josef Krainer , governor of Styria a. D.
- Alois Mock , former Austrian Foreign Minister D.
- Fred Sinowatz , Austrian Chancellor (posthumously)
- Ludwig Steiner , ambassador ret. D.
- Hans-Jochen Vogel , former German Minister of Justice D.
- Reinhold Würth , entrepreneur
2010
- Herbert Batliner , Liechtenstein patron
- Henri Chenot , French chef
- Franz Fischler , EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries a. D.
- Thomas Gruber , director of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation
- Hilde Hawlicek , Austrian Federal Minister for Education a. D.
- Franz Matscher , former head of the South Tyrol department at the Austrian Foreign Ministry
- Giorgio Moroder , composer and producer
- Alois Partl , governor of the state of Tyrol a. D.
- Romano Prodi , former Italian Prime Minister D., President of the European Commission a. D.
- Josef Pühringer , Governor of Upper Austria
- Ivan Felice Resce , Italian general
- Hans Heinrich von Srbik , Chairman of the Messerschmitt Foundation
2012
- Heinz Fischer , Austrian Federal President
- Giorgio Napolitano , Italian President
2013
- Gianclaudio Bressa , former Mayor of Belluno, State Secretary and Member of the Chamber
- Lorenzo Dellai , Governor of Trentino, Member of the Chamber
- Manfred Fuchs , aerospace entrepreneur
- Michael Häupl , Mayor of the City and Governor of Vienna
- Peter Jankowitsch , former diplomat, State Secretary for European Affairs and Austrian Foreign Minister
- Waltraud Klasnic , former governor of Styria
- Erwin Pröll , Governor of Lower Austria
- Claudia Schmied , Austrian Federal Minister for Education, Art and Culture
- Wolfgang Schüssel , former Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria and member of the National Council
- Edmund Stoiber , former Prime Minister of the Free State of Bavaria
- Bernhard Vogel . former prime minister
- Wendelin Weingartner , Governor of the State of Tyrol
2018
- Hans Heinrich Hansen , Chairman (2007–2016) of the Federal Union of European Nationalities
- Francesca Melandri , Italian author
- Helmut Tichy , Austrian diplomat