List of East Timorese Orders and Decorations

The Ordem de Timor-Leste

This list gives an overview of the East Timorese orders and decorations . They are made by the Singapore company Eng Leong Medallic Industries (ELM).

Civil medals

Ordem de Timor-Leste in the box

The government decree 15/2009 " Ordem de Timor-Leste " introduced the country's highest award to date.

• Ordem de Timor-Leste (Order of East Timor)

Medal for Fighters of National Liberation

The general recognition and appreciation of the Timorese resistance and the contribution of all those who fought for national independence is a fundamental principle enshrined in Section 11 of the East Timorese Constitution. The medals are awarded by order of the President, who receives proposals from the Commission for Appreciation, Registration Supervision and Revision ( Portuguese Comissão de Homenagem, Supervisão do Registo e Recurso ).

With the law 3/2006 "Estatuto dos Combatentes da Libertação Nacional" ( German  statute of the fighters of the national liberation ) the system of the state awards East Timor was introduced. Article 29 listed the medals with which services in the fight against the Indonesian occupation (1975-1999) should be awarded. Article 28 listed the activities to be honored. In addition, the Ordem Lorico Asuwain and the Ordem das Falintil were created with the presidential decree 52/2006 . The presidential decree 53/2006 of October 17, 2006 determined the appearance of six of the seven orders, the Ordem de Laran Luak followed with the presidential decree 13/2007 of April 4, 2007. With the presidential decree 54/2006 of 17. November 2006 and the presidential decree 54/2006 of December 5, 2006, the first order bearers were listed.

The various medals have been awarded several thousand times. In a large ceremony from May 15 to 18, 2007 alone, 11,995 victims of the War of Liberation were honored. The first awards took place on the day of proclamation 2006, November 28th.

• Ordem da Guerrilha (Order of the Guerrillas )
• Ordem Nicolau Lobato (Order Nicolau Lobato )
• Ordem de Dom Boaventura (Orden Dom Boaventura )
• Ordem Funu Nain (Order "Lord of War")
• Ordem de Laran Luak (Order of Great Nobility)
• Ordem das Falintil (Order of the FALINTIL )
• Ordem Lorico Asuwain (Order of the courageous young fighters, literally: Order of the Lori Warriors)

With the presidential decree 50/2007, the Ordem Dom Martinho Lopes was created. It honors priests and nuns who “served the people and the cause of the Timorese” between 1975 and 1999.

Badge of honor

Strap buckles

Medalha de Mérito

Medalha Solidariedade

Medalha Halibur

With the government decree 15/2009 "Sobre a Atribuição de Medalhas" ( German for  the award of decorations ) three awards were introduced. They are awarded to people who "have served the nation of East Timor by strengthening the social order and whose actions have contributed significantly to national peace and stability".

• Medalha de Mérito (Medal of Honor)
• Medalha Solidariedade de Timor-Leste (East Timorese Solidarity Medal)
• Medalha Halibur (Halibur Medal)

Government decree 3/2011 of June 8th introduced three more medals:

• Medalha de serviços distintos (Medal for various services)
• Medalha de mérito de segurança pública (Medal of Merit for Public Safety)
• Medalha de comportamento exemplar (medal of exemplary behavior)

Further awards

In June 2011, a system for public security medals for the East Timorese National Police (PNTL) was introduced, for example the Medalha Comando Operação Conjunto .

See also

• History of East Timor

Web links

Commons : East Timorese Orders and Medals  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Images of the Orders for Fighters of National Liberation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ President of East Timor: Upholding THE PRESTIGE OF THE ORDER OF TIMOR-LESTE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC Suggests NEW DECORATION , April 15, 2019 , retrieved on April 20 of 2019.
2. ↑ Ministry of Justice of East Timor: DECREE-LAW Nº 20/2009 of 6th May: ORDER OF TIMOR-LESTE , accessed on 21 June 2017th
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Jornal da República : Edition of December 20, 2006 , accessed April 10, 2018.
4. ^ Ministry of Justice of East Timor: LEI DO PARLAMENTO 3/2006 , accessed on March 21, 2018.
5. ↑ Ministry of Justice of East Timor: DECRETO PRESIDENTE 13/2007 , accessed on March 25, 2018.
6. ↑ SAPO: Timor-Leste: Medalhas da Pátria num campo de mártires , May 18, 2007 ( Memento of the original of March 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 22, 2018. 
7. ↑ Jornal da República: DECRETO PRESIDENTE 64/2012 , accessed on September 24, 2019.
8. ↑ Ministry of Justice of East Timor: DECREE 15/2009 LEI , accessed on 21 March 2018th
9. ↑ Jornal da República: Decreto do Governo 3/2011 REGULAMENTO DAS MEDALHAS DE SEGURANÇA PÚBLICA , accessed on April 11, 2018.
10. ↑ PNTL: Komandante Jerál , accessed on November 12, 2017.