Order of the Aztec Eagle

Collane and breast star of the Order of the Aztec Eagle

The Order of the Aztec Eagle ( Spanish Orden del Águila Azteca ) is the highest order of merit awarded to foreigners in Mexico . It is not to be confused with the Imperial Order of the Mexican Eagle .

It was founded on December 29, 1933 by decree of President Abelardo Luján Rodríguez to honor foreigners for their services to Mexico or to humanity and corresponds to the honor of Mexican citizens by the Condecoración Miguel Hidalgo or the Medaglia Belisario Domínguez . The medal is awarded by the Cabinet of the Foreign Minister at the suggestion of a council headed by the President.

Order classes

The grades of the Order of the Aztec Eagle - which does not award a Grand Officer's Cross - are, in descending order:

• Collane (span. Collar ) is reserved for heads of state,
• Grand Cross , (span. Cruz ) is awarded to heads of government and prime ministers
• Commander (span. Banda ) is given to ambassadors, ministers and state secretaries
• Officer (span. Medalla ) is awarded to undersecretaries and envoys
• Knight (span. Placa )

Furthermore decorations (span. Are venera ) and badges (span. Insignia ) awarded.

Carrier (selection)

Bundestag President Dr. Eugen Gerstenmaier received the Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle from the hands of the Mexican Ambassador Alfonso Guerra in Bonn in 1960.

Collane

• Eleazar López Contreras (1939)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower (1945)
• Henry H. Arnold (1945)
• Rafael Trujillo
• Haile Selassie , Emperor of Ethiopia (1954)
• Josip Broz Tito (1963)
• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1964)
• Marina, Duchess of Kent
• Elizabeth II , Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1973)
• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , Shah of Persia (Iran) (1975)
• Juan Carlos I , King of Spain
• Akihito , Emperor of Japan
• Juan Vicente Sola (1984)
• Alberto Fujimori (1996)
• Carl Gustaf XVI. , King of Sweden (2004)
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2007)
• Michelle Bachelet (2007)
• Margrethe II , Queen of Denmark (2008)
• Nelson Mandela (2010)

Grand Cross

• Konrad Adenauer (1955)
• Eugen Gerstenmaier (1960)
• Leopoldo Benites Vinueza
• Olav V , King of Norway

Commander's Cross (Commander)

• Alexandra Kollontai (1944)
• Álvaro Mutis (1988)
• José Amir da Costa Dornelles (2003)
• Jared Kushner (2018)

Knight's cross

• Pablo Neruda (1946)
• Yuri Walentinowitsch Knorosow (1995)
• Bill Gates (2007)

Web links

• Artículo 40 - CAPITULO VI Order mexicana del águila azteca. LEY DE PREMIOS, ESTIMULOS Y RECOMPENSAS CIVILES. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013 ; accessed on November 23, 2016 . 

Footnotes

1. ↑ PDF at www.mre.gov.ve ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2009 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. 
2. ↑ Juan Vicente Sola. Academia Nacional de Ciencias Políticas. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on November 23, 2016 . 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.  
3. ^ Fujimori Recibe Condecoracion Azteca En Su Visita A Mexico. EXPLORED - Noticias de Ecuador. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015 ; accessed on November 23, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Konrad Adenauer. Orders and decorations. Retrieved November 23, 2016 . 
5. ^ Leopoldo Benites (Ecuador). Elected president ot the twenty-eighth session of the general assembly. Retrieved November 23, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Unionsverlag. Álvaro Mutis. Archived from the original on May 2, 2005 ; accessed on November 23, 2016 . 
7. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/11/27/world/americas/ap-lt-mexico-kushner-medal.html