National Order of Merit

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The National Order of Merit is a Maltese Order of Merit , in 1990 with the Ġieħ ir Repubblika Act was donated. The number of members of the order is limited. The motto of the order is "Virtute et Constantia" . Sovereign of the Order is the President of the Republic of Malta, Chancellor of the Order of the Cabinet Secretary to the Cabinet.

Order structure

The members of the order are divided into four levels:

1. Companion of Honor (KUOM)
2. Companion (KOM)
3. Officer (UOM)
4. Member (MOM)

Ordinary members can only be citizens of the Republic of Malta. In addition to the former and incumbent Presidents of the Republic and the former and incumbent Prime Ministers who are ex officio members of the Order in the class of the Companion of Honor , the number of members of this class is limited to a total of three. The number of companions is limited to twelve, the officer to twenty and that of the members to a total of one hundred.

Foreign citizens who have made an outstanding contribution to promoting and maintaining international relations or who have otherwise earned the respect and gratitude of the Maltese population can be made honorary members.

Members of the order are entitled to use post-nominal names after their names.

Award

The Order is bestowed by the President of the Republic on the written proposal of the Prime Minister. In practice, however, all citizens of the republic and social organizations can submit a proposal for the award of an order. The proposals are examined and submitted to a committee whose members are appointed by the Prime Minister.

The insignia of the Order are awarded by the President of the Republic in a solemn investiture . The names of the newly appointed members and honorary members are published in the government gazette , the Government Gazette .

Members of the order

Companions of Honor

• April 6, 1990 Vincent Tabone , KUOM (deceased)
• April 6, 1990 Eddie Fenech Adami , KUOM
• April 6, 1990 Anthony Mamo , KUOM (deceased)
• April 6, 1990 Agatha Barbara , KUOM (deceased)
• April 6, 1990 Dom Mintoff , KUOM (deceased)
• April 6, 1990 Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici , KUOM
• April 4, 1994 Ugo Mifsud Bonniċi , KUOM
• October 28, 1996 Alfred Sant , KUOM
• April 4, 1999 Guido de Marco , KUOM (deceased)
• March 23, 2004 Lawrence Gonzi , KUOM
• April 4, 2009 George Abela , KUOM
• March 11, 2013 Joseph Muscat , KUOM
• December 13, 2013 Paul Xuereb , KUOM (posthumous)
• April 4, 2014 Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca , KUOM

Companions

• December 13, 1992 Arvid Pardo , KOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1993 Emanuel Bonnici , KOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1993 Joseph Cassar , KOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1994 John J. Cremona , COM
• December 13, 1994 Guido de Marco , KOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1995 George Bonello Dupuis , KOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1995 Peter Serracino Inglott , KOM
• December 13, 1996 Kalcidon Agius , KOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1996 Joseph Spiteri , KOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1997 Wistin Abela , COM
• December 13, 1997 Jimmy Farrugia , KOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1998 Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici , COM
• December 13, 1999 George J. Hyzler , COM
• December 13, 1999 Maximilian Mizzi , KOM (deceased)
• December 13, 2001 John Rizzo Naudi , KOM
• December 13, 2006 Giovanni Bonello , COM
• December 13, 2006 Richard Cachia Caruana , COM
• December 13, 2007 Michael Refalo , KOM
• December 13, 2008 Lino Spiteri , COM
• December 13, 2008 Anton Tabone , COM
• December 13, 2010 Joseph Bonnici , COM
• December 13, 2011 Prosper Grech , KOM (deceased)
• December 13, 2013 Michael Frendo , KOM
• December 13, 2013 Edwin S. Grech , KOM

Officers

• December 13, 1992 Joseph Abela , UOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1992 Alexander Cachia Zammit , UOM
• December 13, 1992 Carmelo Pace , UOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1993 Maurice Caruana Curran , UOM
• December 13, 1993 Richard England , UOM
• December 13, 1994 Charles Camilleri , UOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1994 Edward Debono , UOM
• December 13, 1994 Charles G Vella , UOM
• December 13, 1995 Evelyn Bonaci , UOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1996 Salvino Busuttil , UOM
• December 13, 1996 Victor Griffiths , UOM
• December 13, 1996 Edgar Mizzi , UOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1997 Mario Felice , UOM
• December 13, 1997 Alfred Micallef , UOM
• December 13, 1997 Edmond W. Micallef , UOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1998 George Hyzler , UOM
• December 13, 1998 Daniel Piscopo , UOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1999 Stanley Zammit , UOM
• December 13, 1999 Joseph M. Baldacchino , UOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1999 Wallace Gulia , UOM (deceased)
• December 13, 1999 Philip Saliba , UOM (deceased)
• December 13, 2000 Victor Ragonesi , UOM
• December 13, 2001 Daniel Micallef , UOM
• December 13, 2002 Anthony E. Borg Barthet , UOM
• December 13, 2002 Charles E. Puglisevich , UOM (deceased)
• December 13, 2002 Larry Zahra , UOM
• December 13, 2004 Joe Borg , UOM
• December 13, 2006 Ena Cremona , UOM
• December 13, 2007 David Joseph Attard , UOM
• December 13, 2010 Henry Frendo , UOM
• December 13, 2011 Alfred Bonnici , UOM
• December 13, 2012 Sylvester Carmel Magro , UOM
• December 13, 2013 Victor Grech , UOM

Members (selection)

• December 13, 1993 Miriam Gauci , MOM
• December 13, 2002 Joseph Borg , MOM
• December 13, 2003 Simon Busuttil , MOM

Honorary members (selection)

Honorary Companions of Honor - with Collane

• Árpád Göncz , KUOM February 9, 1995
• Andrew Bertie , KUOM June 14, 1995
• Oscar Luigi Scalfaro , KUOM November 16, 1995
• Elisabeth II. , KUOM October 23, 2000
• Petar Stoyanov, KUOM March 12, 2001
• Lennart Meri , KUOM April 26, 2001
• Johannes Rau , KUOM November 2, 2001
• Rexhep Meidani , KUOM February 18, 2002
• Konstantinos Stefanopoulos , KUOM September 5, 2002
• Glafkos Klerides , KUOM September 5, 2002
• Milan Kučan , KUOM October 7, 2002
• Aleksander Kwaśniewski , KUOM October 25, 2002
• Arnold Rüütel , KUOM October 1, 2003
• Carlo Azeglio Ciampi , KUOM January 20, 2004
• Muammar al-Gaddafi , KUOM February 8, 2004
• Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga , KUOM February 16, 2004
• Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah , KUOM March 14, 2004
• Ion Iliescu , KUOM October 3, 2004
• Tassos Papadopoulos , KUOM February 17, 2005
• Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali , KUOM June 2, 2005
• László Sólyom , KUOM May 31, 2007
• Horst Koehler , KUOM November 16, 2007
• Viktor Yushchenko , KUOM July 9, 2008
• Aníbal Cavaco Silva , KUOM November 12, 2008
• Lech Kaczyński , KUOM January 26, 2009
• Hamad bin Chalifa Al Thani , KUOM August 26, 2009
• Georgi Parvanov , KUOM October 20, 2009
• Juan Carlos I. , KUOM November 25, 2009
• Giorgio Napolitano , KUOM June 30, 2010
• Traian Băsescu , KUOM October 7, 2010
• Ivan Gašparovič , KUOM September 6, 2011
• Heinz Fischer , KUOM April 24, 2012
• Toomas Hendrik Ilves , KUOM May 31, 2012
• Karolos Papoulias , KUOM February 13, 2014

Honorary Companions of Honor

• Richard von Weizsäcker , KUOM October 22, 1990
• Georges Vassiliou , KUOM June 28, 1991
• Francesco Cossiga , KUOM September 18, 1991
• Elisabeth II. , KUOM May 28, 1992
• Felice Catalano di Melilli , KUOM October 8, 1992
• Oscar Luigi Scalfaro , KUOM October 11, 1993
• Egon Klepsch , KUOM March 25, 1994
• Mário Soares , KUOM October 9, 1994
• Angelo Sodano , KUOM February 4, 1995
• Carlo Marullo di Condojanni , KUOM January 13, 2000
• Toomas Savi , KUOM April 30, 2001
• Mart Laar , KUOM April 30, 2001
• Christina Rau , KUOM November 5, 2001
• Gerhard Schröder , KUOM November 5, 2001
• Wolfgang Thierse , KUOM November 5, 2001
• Jolanta Kwaśniewska , KUOM October 25, 2002
• Leszek Miller , KUOM October 25, 2002
• Longin Pastusiak , KUOM October 25, 2002
• Marek Borowski , KUOM October 25, 2002
• Konstantinos Simitis , KUOM November 14, 2002
• Apostolos Kaklamanis , KUOM November 14, 2002
• Marcello Pera , KUOM January 20, 2004
• Pierferdinando Casini , KUOM January 20, 2004
• Silvio Berlusconi , KUOM January 20, 2004
• Stjepan Mesic KUOM October 26, 2006
• Alberto Aza Arias , KUOM November 25, 2009
• Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé , KUOM November 25, 2009

Honorary Companions with Breast Star (selection)

• Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein , COM January 13, 2000
• Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager , COM 13 January 2000
• Gian Luca Chiavari , COM 13 January 2000
• Aino Lepik von Wirèn , COM April 30, 2001
• Walter Karschies , COM November 5, 2001
• Wolfgang Schultheiss , COM November 5, 2001
• Michael Steiner , COM November 5, 2001
• Klaus Scharioth , COM November 5, 2001
• Busso von Alvensleben , COM November 5, 2001
• Heike Loot , COM October 1, 2003
• Giovanni Castellaneta , COM 20 January 2004
• Roberto Formigoni , COM January 20, 2004
• Gabriele Albertini , COM January 20, 2004
• Salvatore Cuffaro , COM January 20, 2004
• Imants Freibergs , COM June 19, 2006
• Artis Pabriks , COM 19 June 2006
• Norbert Darabos , COM April 24, 2012
• Renè Pollitzer , COM April 24, 2012
• Johannes Kyrle , COM April 24, 2012
• Petra Schneebauer , KOM April 24, 2012
• Ene Ergma , COM 31 May 2012
• Urmas Paet , COM 31 May 2012
• Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko , COM 13 December 2013

Honorary Companions (selection)

• Alberto Bernardes Costa , COM 10 October 1994
• Indrek Tarand , COM April 30, 2001
• Uno Lõhmus , COM 30 April 2001
• Dimitris Avramopoulos , COM November 14, 2002
• Raul Mälk , COM October 1, 2003
• Jānis Lūsis , COM February 16, 2004
• Monika Lamperth , COM May 31, 2007
• Wolf Kischlat , COM November 16, 2007
• Hans Raidel , COM November 16, 2007
• Eva Luise Köhler , COM November 16, 2007
• Karl-Andreas Freiherr von Stenglin , COM November 16, 2007
• Ernst-Reinhard Beck , COM November 16, 2007
• Rolando Mosca Moschini , COM June 30, 2010
• Richard Schenz , COM April 24, 2012
• Helmut Freudenschuss , COM April 24, 2012
• Marko Mihkelson , COM 31 May 2012

Honorary Officers (selection)

• Joachim Hietzig , UOM September 21, 1996
• Otto Techau , UOM September 21, 1996
• Andrus Ansip , UOM April 30, 2001
• Werner Wnendt , UOM November 5, 2001
• Gudrun Maria Sräga , UOM November 5, 2001
• Ursula Freifrau von Langermann , UOM November 5, 2001
• Viktor Dulger , UOM December 13, 2001
• Quentin Hughes , UOM December 13, 2002
• Branco Lustig , UOM December 13, 2002
• Herbert Michael Gilles , UOM December 13, 2003
• Māris Riekstiņš , UOM February 16, 2004
• Gundars Bojārs , UOM February 16, 2004
• David H. Trump , UOM December 13, 2004
• Ronald Gallimore , UOM December 13, 2005
• Michaela Küchler , UOM November 16, 2007
• Klaus-Michael Nelte , UOM November 16, 2007
• Margus Laidre , UOM May 31, 2012

Honorary Members (selection)

• Jean Bechara , MOM March 31, 1998
• Alfred Klima , MOM March 31, 1998
• Paul Rudolf Kraemer , MOM March 31, 1998
• Hannetraud Schultheiss , MOM March 31, 1998
• Helga Reimann , MOM December 13, 1999
• Heike Nagora , MOM November 5, 2001
• Karlis Eihenbaums , MOM February 16, 2004
• Thomas Stöecker , MOM September 21, 2011
• Sigrid Herodes , MOM May 31, 2012
• Margrith Lütschg-Emmenegger , MOM December 13, 2013

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Office of the Prime Minister, Honors and Awards (English)
2. ↑ Office of the Prime Minister, Submit a Nomination (English)
3. ↑ Office of the Prime Minister, Officers of the Orders and Members of the Nomination Committee (English)

Web links

• Office of the Prime Minister, National Order of Merit (English)
• Office of the Prime Minister, List of Members (pdf)
• Office of the Prime Minister, List of Honorary Members (pdf)