Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
The Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Order ( Czech Řád Tomáše Garrigua Masaryka ) is one of the highest state awards in the Czech Republic and the former ČSFR . It was founded in 1990 after the Velvet Revolution and renewed in 1994 after the state was divided. It is named after the Czech politician Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk .
The President of the Czech Republic awards the insignia of the Order to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of democracy, humanity and human rights. The medal has five levels, of which 1st class is the highest.
- 1st class - corresponds to the Grand Cross
- 2nd class - corresponds to a grand officer
- 3rd class - corresponds to Komtur
- 4th class - equivalent to an officer
- 5th grade - equivalent to knight
The Czech President is entitled to the 1st class of the order for the duration of his term of office. By a joint decision of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Czech Republic , he can be awarded a medal for life after leaving office.
Along with the Order of the White Lion , the Medal of Valor and the Medal of Merit , the order is one of the four Czech state awards .
Medal bearer
see also category: Carriers of the Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Order
1st Class
- Josef Beran , in memoriam , 1991
- Josef Čapek , in memoriam, 1991
- Václav Černý , in memoriam, 1991
- Rudolf Firkušný , 1991
- Milan Hodža , in memoriam, 1991
- Milada Horáková , in memoriam, 1991
- Janko Jesenský , in memoriam, 1991
- Dušan Jurkovič , in memoriam, 1991
- Záviš Kalandra , in memoriam, 1991
- Rafael Kubelík , 1991
- Jan Masaryk , in memoriam, 1991
- Jan Palach , in memoriam, 1991
- Ján Papánek , 1991
- Jan Patočka , in memoriam, 1991
- Ferdinand Peroutka , in memoriam, 1991
- Daniel Rapant , in memoriam, 1991
- Fedor Ruppeldt , in memoriam, 1991
- Jaroslav Seifert , in memoriam, 1991
- Rostislav Sochorec , in memoriam, 1991
- Milan Šimečka , in memoriam, 1991
- Svätopluk Štúr , in memoriam, 1991
- Dominik Tatarka , in memoriam, 1991
- František Tomášek , 1991
- Jan Zajíc , in memoriam, 1991
- Ivan Dérer , in memoriam, 1992
- Alfred Fuchs , in memoriam, 1992
- Jozef Gregor-Tajovský , in memoriam, 1992
- Kamil Krofta , in memoriam, 1992
- Ivan Markovič , in memoriam, 1992
- Štefan Osuský , in memoriam, 1992
- Lev Sychrava , in memoriam, 1992
- Přemysl Šámal , in memoriam, 1992
- Jaroslav Šimsa , in memoriam, 1992
- Josef Štemberka , Catholic priest and pastor in Lidice, in memoriam, 1992
- Vladislav Vančura , in memoriam, 1992
- Karel Čapek , in memoriam, 1995
- Ladislav Karel closing time , in memoriam, 1995
- Pavel Tigrid , 1995
- Charles A. Vanik , 1995
- René Wellek , 1995
- Ladislav Rašín , in memoriam, 1995
- Karel Otčenášek , 1995
- Jan Opletal , in memoriam, 1996
- Rudolf Kirchschläger , 1996
- Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira , in memoriam, 1996
- Olga Havlová , in memoriam, 1997
- Gorazd (Matěj Pavlík) , Orthodox Bishop of Bohemia and Moravia-Silesia, in memoriam, 1997
- Jeane Kirkpatrick , 1998
- Henry A. Kissinger , 1998
- Zbigniew Brzeziński , PhD., 1998
- Josef Karel Matocha , Archbishop of Olomouc and Moravian Metropolitan, in memoriam, 1999
- Ryszard Siwiec , in memoriam, 2001
- Robert Badinter , 2001
- Václav Havel , 2003
- Mary Robinson , 2003
- Willy Spühler , in memoriam, 2003
- Josef Hercz , 2005
- Stanislav Hlučka , 2005
- Miroslav Štandera , 2006
- Naděžda Kavalírová , member of the Confederation of Political Prisoners, 2006
- Anděla Dvořáková , 2009
- Jiří Suchý , 2013
- Erazim Kohák , 2013
- Eduard Harant , 2014
- Hana Hegerová , 2014
- Karel Kryl , in memoriam, 2014
- Miroslav Zikmund , 2014
2nd Class
- Tomáš John Baťa , 1991
- Prokop Drtina , in memoriam, 1991
- Rudolf Fraštacký , in memoriam, 1991
- Pavol Peter Gojdič , in memoriam, 1991
- Josef Grňa , in memoriam, 1991
- Egon Hostovský , in memoriam, 1991
- Roman Jakobson , in memoriam, 1991
- Jiří Kolář , 1991
- Jindřich Kolovrat , 1991
- Martin Kvetko , 1991
- Jan Lang , 1991
- Jozef Lettrich , in memoriam, 1991
- Bohuslav Martinů , in memoriam, 1991
- Anastáz Opasek , 1991
- Hubert Ripka , in memoriam, 1991
- František Schwarzenberg , 1991
- Koloman Sokol , 1991
- Jaroslav Stránský , in memoriam, 1991
- Jan Šrámek , in memoriam, 1991
- Vavro J. Šrobár , in memoriam, 1991
- Jan Zahradníček , in memoriam, 1991
- Petr Zenkl , in memoriam, 1991
- Josef Zvěřina , in memoriam, 1991
- Vladimír Pavol Čobrda , in memoriam, 1992
- Vojta Beneš , brother of Edvard Beneš, in memoriam, 1992
- Zdeněk Bořek-Dohalský , in memoriam, 1992
- Fedor Houdek , in memoriam, 1992
- Václav Majer , in memoriam, 1992
- Jozef Országh , in memoriam, 1992
- Samuel Štefan Osuský , in memoriam, 1992
- Antonín Pešl , in memoriam, 1992
- Albert Pražák , in memoriam, 1992
- Vojtěch Preissig , in memoriam, 1992
- Emanuel Rádl , in memoriam, 1992
- Juraj Slávik , in memoriam, 1992
- Anton Štefánek , in memoriam, 1992
- Jan Uher , in memoriam, 1992
- Ján Ursíny , in memoriam, 1992
- Růžena Vacková , in memoriam, 1992
- Lord Braine of Wheatley , 1995
- Karel Hrubý , 1995
- Karel Poláček , in memoriam, 1995
- Mojmír Povolný , 1995
- Wolfgang Scheur , 1995
- Anton Alois Weber , in memoriam, 1995
- František Langer , in memoriam, 1995
- Blahoslav Hrubý , in memoriam, 1996
- Antonín Hřebík , in memoriam, 1996
- Milena Jesenská , in memoriam, 1996
- Dominik Pecka , in memoriam, 1996
- Max van der Stoel , 1996
- František Halas , in memoriam, 1997
- Jaroslav Kvapil , in memoriam, 1998
- Mikuláš Lobkowicz , 1998
- Václav Renč , in memoriam, 1998
- Josef Lux , in memoriam, 2000
- Rudolf Jílovský , in memoriam, 2000
- Vojtěch Dundr , in memoriam, 2001
- Miloslav Vlk , Archbishop of Prague and Primate of the Czech Republic, 2002
- Elena Bonner , 2003
- Sergei Adamowitsch Kovalev , 2003
- Václav Kojzar , captain, in memoriam, 2006
- Matylda Čiháková , resistance fighter in World War II , 2006
- Michael Josef Pojezdný , church official, 2006
- Vladimír Bystrov , publicist, film critic and translator, 2007
- Jiří Formánek , Colonel a. D., 2007
- Jakub Blacký , 2008
- Bohuslav Bubník , 2008
- Jan Graubner , Archbishop of Olomouc, 2008
- Josef Lesák , 2008
- František Šedivý , 2009
- Jan Haluza , 2010
- Julie Hrušková , 2010
- Jan Janků , 2010
- Josef Vlček , 2010
- Dagmar Lieblová , 2011
- Karel Páral , 2011
- Anna Magdalena Schwarzová , 2011
- Marie Škarecká , 2011
- Hubert Procházka , 2012
3rd grade
- Samuel Belluš , 1991
- Johann Wolfgang Brügel , in memoriam, 1991
- Jan Čep , in memoriam, 1991
- Ivo Ducháček , in memoriam, 1991
- Karel Engliš , in memoriam, 1991
- Jozef Felix , in memoriam, 1991
- Viktor Fischl ( Avigdor Dagan ), 1991
- Bedřich Fučík , in memoriam, 1991
- Alexandr Heidler , in memoriam, 1991
- Václav Hlavatý , in memoriam, 1991
- Vincent Hložník , 1991
- Fedor Hodža , in memoriam, 1991
- Vladimír Holan , in memoriam, 1991
- Josef Hora , in memoriam, 1991
- Ota Hora , 1991
- Jindřich Chalupecký , in memoriam, 1991
- Ján Jamnický , in memoriam, 1991
- Štefan Janšák , in memoriam, 1991
- Zdeněk Kalista , in memoriam, 1991
- Imrich Karvaš , in memoriam, 1991
- Božena Komárková , 1991
- Ivan Krasko , in memoriam, 1991
- Leopold Lahola , in memoriam, 1991
- František Lederer , in memoriam, 1991
- Cyprián Majerník , in memoriam, 1991
- Ivan Medek , 1991
- Václav Neumann , 1991
- Jaroslav Pecháček , 1991
- Přemysl Pitter , evangelical preacher, social rights activist and Righteous Among the Nations , in memoriam, 1991
- Karel Plicka , in memoriam, 1991
- Alfréd Radok , in memoriam, 1991
- Milan Rúfus , 1991
- Josef Šafařík , 1991
- František Švantner , in memoriam, 1991
- Eduard Táborský , 1991
- Zdeněk Urbánek , 1991
- Jan Vladislav , 1991
- Jiří Weil , in memoriam, 1991
- Otto Wichterle , 1991
- Ján Bečko , in memoriam, 1992
- Ján Bulík , in memoriam, 1992
- František Dvorník , in memoriam, 1992
- Julius Firt , in memoriam, 1992
- Vladimír Grégr , in memoriam, 1992
- Vlasta Kálalová-Di Lotti , in memoriam, 1992
- František Kovárna , in memoriam, 1992
- František Kriegl , in memoriam, 1992
- Božena Kuklová-Štúrová , in memoriam, 1992
- Ján Lichner , in memoriam, 1992
- Antonín Mandl , in memoriam, 1992
- František Němec , in memoriam, 1992
- Josef Palivec , in memoriam, 1992
- Josef Patejdl , in memoriam, 1992
- Františka Plamínková , in memoriam, 1992
- Marie Provazníková , in memoriam, 1992
- Václav Talich , in memoriam, 1992
- Štěpán Trochta , in memoriam, 1992
- Květoslava Viestová , in memoriam, 1992
- Františka Zemínová , in memoriam, 1992
- Vilém Brzorád , in memoriam, 1995
- Josef Fischer, in memoriam, 1995
- Ladislav Hejdánek , 1995
- Zdeněk Rotrekl , 1995
- Slavomír Klaban , 1996
- Ludvík Vaculík , 1996
- Jakub Čermín , 1996
- Eugéne V. Faucher , 1996
- Viktor Fischl , 1996
- Radomír Luža , 1996
- Bohumil Vít Tajovský , 1996
- Anton Otte , chairman of the Ackermann community , 1996
- Oto Mádr , 1997
- Radim Palouš , 1997
- Karel Pecka , in memoriam, 1997
- Rudolf Battěk , 1997
- Josef Fišera , 1997
- Jaroslav Drábek , in memoriam, 1997
- Richard Glazar , 1997
- Otta Bednářová , 1997
- Antonín Huvar , 1998
- Jakub S. Trojan , 1998
- Václav Malý , Auxiliary Bishop in Prague, 1998
- Jiří Kovtun , 1998
- Jaroslav Kašpar-Pátý , major general, in memoriam, 1998
- Václav Hyvnar , 1998
- Vlasta Chramostová , 1998
- Richard Belcredi , 1998
- Emil Filla , in memoriam, 1998
- Stanislav Drobný , 1998
- Viktor M. Fic , 1998
- Emanuel Viktor Voska , in memoriam, 1998
- Vilém Prečan , 1998
- Rudolf Karel , in memoriam, 1998
- Jaroslav Opat , 1998
- Vladimír Sís , in memoriam, 1998
- Jan Milič Lochman , 1998
- Přemysl Janýr , in memoriam, 1999
- Oldřich Černý , 1999
- Jiří Horák , 2000
- Michael Novak , 2000
- Milan Machovec , 2000
- Jindřich Vaško , in memoriam, 2001
- Václav Chytil , in memoriam, 2001
- Pavel Smetana , Synodal Senior of the Evangelical Church of the Bohemian Brethren , 2002
- Zdeněk Kessler , 2002
- Karel Schwarzenberg , 2002
- Jacques Rupnik , 2002
- Efraim Karol Sidon , Chief Rabbi of Prague and National Rabbi, 2002
- Luboš Dobrovský , 2002
- Richard Feder , in memoriam, 2002
- Emil Ludvík , 2003
- Lubomír Voleník , in memoriam, 2003
- Luisa Abrahams , 2003
- Adam Michnik , 2003
- Antje Vollmer , 2003
- Miroslav Kusý , 2003
- Jaroslav Škarvada , auxiliary bishop emeritus in Prague, 2003
- Antonín Sum , 2003
- Arnošt Kubík , Colonel a. D., 2004
- Tomáš Sedláček , Lieutenant General a. D., 2004
- Josef Zlámal , O. Melit. Prior, 2004
- Otokar Vinklář , Colonel a. D., 2004
- Martin František Vích , 2005
- František Zahrádka , member of the Confederation of Political Prisoners, 2007
- Jaroslav Grosman , 2008
- František Wiendl , 2008
- Josefína Napravilová , 2009 * Josef Veselý , 2009
- Vladimír Lopaťuk , 2011
- Ladislav Suchomel , 2011
- František Suchý , 2011
- Leopold Färber , 2012
4th grade
- Rudolf Briška , in memoriam, 1991
- Oskár Ferianc , in memoriam, 1991
- Ctibor Filčík , in memoriam, 1991
- Alexander Hirner , in memoriam, 1991
- Ján Jesenský , in memoriam, 1991
- Jiří Král , 1991
- Anna Kvapilová , 1991
- Michal Lukniš , in memoriam, 1991
- Ján Mikleš , 1991
- Jarmila Novotná-Daubek , 1991
- Gustáv Papp , 1991
- Bernadeta Pánčiová , 1991
- Bohumil Sekla , in memoriam, 1991
- Ester Šimerová , 1991
- Jan Šimsa , 1991
- Jaroslav Werstadt , in memoriam, 1991
- Peter Zaťko , in memoriam, 1991
- Stanislav Broj , in memoriam, 1992
- Ludwig Czech , in memoriam, 1992
- Josef Ludvík Fischer , in memoriam, 1992
- Želmíra Gašparíková , in memoriam, 1992
- Anna Gašparíková-Horáková , in memoriam, 1992
- Helena Koželuhová , in memoriam, 1992
- Karel Kučera , in memoriam, 1992
- Zdeněk Němeček , in memoriam, 1992
- Václav Paleček , in memoriam, 1992
- Bohumil Přikryl , in memoriam, 1992
- Ladislav Radimský , in memoriam, 1992
- Bohuslav Reynek , in memoriam, 1992
- Josef Rotnágl , in memoriam, 1992
- Evald Schorm , in memoriam, 1992
- Jan Slavík , in memoriam, 1992
- Karel Steinbach , in memoriam, 1992
- Grigorij Žatkovič , in memoriam, 1992
- Antonín Remeš , in memoriam, 1996
- Jiří G. Corn , in memoriam, 1996
- Zdena Mašínová sen., In memoriam, 1998
- Nicholas Winton , 1998
- Bedřich Utitz , 1998
- Jaromír Šavrda , in memoriam, 1998
- Tomáš Špidlík , 1998
- Jaroslav Mezník Csc., 1998
- Marie Dubinová , 1998
- Jaroslav Musial , 2000
- Hans-Dieter Zimmermann , 2000
- Miloš Tomčík , DrSc., 2000
- Karel Vrána , 2001
- Barbara Coudenhove-Kalergi , 2001
- Ladislav Lis , in memoriam, 2002
- Dagmar Burešová , 2002
- Karel Skalický , 2006
- Pavel Žák , 2009
- Karel Jaroslav Fořt , 2012
- Jaromír Jarmara , 2012
- Josef Plocek , 2012
- Drahomíra Strouhalová , 2012
5th grade
- Luboš Hruška , 1997
- Dagmar Skálová , 1997
- František Lízna SJ , 2001