Medalla Belisario Domínguez del Senado de la República
The Medalla Belisario Domínguez del Senado de la República ( "Belisario Domínguez" medal of the Senate of the Republic ) is the highest award of the Mexican government, named after the politician and doctor Belisario Domínguez Palencia . The first medal was symbolically awarded to his bust in the Senate Chamber on October 7, 1953. Since then, it has been awarded annually on October 7th in a ceremony. The awardees are Mexican citizens who have done service to the nation and humanity.
List of medalists
- 1954: Rosaura Zapata
- 1954: Erasmo Castellanos Quinto
- 1955: Esteban Baca Calderón
- 1956: Gerardo Murillo (Dr. Atl)
- 1957: Roque Estrada Reynoso
- 1958: Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama
- 1959: Heriberto Jara Corona
- 1960: Isidro Fabela
- 1961: José Inocente Lugo
- 1962: Aurelio Manrique Jr.
- 1963: María Hernández Zarco
- 1964: Adrián Aguirre Benavides
- 1965: Plácido Cruz Ríos
- 1966: Ramón F. Iturbe
- 1967: Francisco L. Urquizo
- 1968: Miguel Ángel Cevallos
- 1969: María Cámara Vales Vda. de Pino Suárez (posthumously José María Pino Suárez )
- 1970: Rosendo Salazar
- 1971: Jaime Torres Bodet
- 1972: Ignacio Ramos Praslow
- 1973: Pablo Macías Valenzuela
- 1974: Rafael de la Colina
- 1975: Ignacio Chávez Sánchez
- 1976: Jesús Romero Flores
- 1977: Juan de Dios Bátiz Peredes
- 1978: Gustavo Baz
- 1979: Fidel Velázquez
- 1980: Luis Padilla Nervo
- 1981: Luis Álvarez Barret
- 1982: Raúl Madero González
- 1983: Jesús Silva Herzog
- 1984: Salomón González Blanco
- 1985: María Lavalle Urbina
- 1986: Salvador Zubirán Anchondo
- 1987: Eduardo García Maynez
- 1988: Rufino Tamayo
- 1989: Raúl Castellano Jiménez
- 1990: Andrés Serra Rojas
- 1991: Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán
- 1992: Ramón G. Bonfil
- 1993: Andrés Henestrosa
- 1994: Jaime Sabines
- 1995: Miguel León-Portilla
- 1996: Griselda Álvarez and Alí Chumacero
- 1997: Heberto Castillo
- 1998: José Ángel Conchello
- 1999: Carlos Fuentes
- 2000: Leopoldo Zea
- 2001: José Ezequiel Iturriaga Sauco
- 2002: Héctor Fix Zamudio
- 2003: Luis González y González
- 2004: Carlos Canseco González
- 2005: Gilberto Borja Navarrete
- 2006: Jesús Kumate Rodríguez
- 2007: Carlos Castillo Peraza (awarded posthumously)
- 2008: Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa
- 2009: Antonio Ortiz Mena (posthumous)
- 2010: Javier Barros Sierra (posthumous) and Luis H. Álvarez
- 2011: Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano
- 2012: Ernesto de la Peña (posthumous)
- 2013: Manuel Gómez Morín (posthumous)
- 2014: Eraclio Zepeda
- 2015: Alberto Baillères
- 2016: Gonzalo Rivas (posthumous)
- 2017: Julia Carabias Lillo