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The Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (Portuguese: Ordem do Infante Dom
Henrique) is a Portuguese National Order of
Knighthood created on June 2, 1960, to commemorate the fifth
centenary of the death of the Infante Henrique, commonly known in English as
Henry
the Navigator, fifth son of King João I and Queen
Philippa of Lancaster. Minor
reforms of the constitution of the Order occurred in 1962 and
1980.[1]
It is a five-tier order, whose titles are awarded for relevant
services to Portugal and for services in the expansion of the Portuguese
culture, its history and its values (with a
particular focus on its maritime history). The number of members in
each grade is restricted by its constitution, and titles are
attributed by special decree by the Grand Master of the Order, i.e.
the President of the Republic of
Portugal.
The order includes five classes; in decreasing order of
seniority, these are:
- Grand Collar (Grande Colar - GColIH)
- Grand Cross (Grã-Cruz - GCIH)
- Grand Officer (Grande-Oficial - GOIH)
- Commander (Comendador - ComIH)
- Officer (Oficial - OIH)
- Knight / Dame (Cavaleiro / Dama - CavIH /
DamIH)
There are also a Silver Medal (Medalha de Prata -
MedPIH) and a Gold Medal (Medalha de Ouro - MedOIH).
Ribbons and medals are characterized by equal stripes of blue,
white and black (either horizontal or vertical) and a
ruby-enamelled golden Jerusalem cross. The stars of Grand
Officer and Grand Cross bears the inscription "Talant de bie~
faire".
Membership to the Order can be granted by the President of his
own initiative, or as a result of suggestions made by his
Ministers, or following suggestion by the Council of the Order.
Grand Collars of the
Order as of May 2008
- HM Juan
Carlos I of Spain, on April 17, 1978
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President
of the Republic of France, on October 21, 1978
- HM King Baudouin Albert Charles Léopold Axel Marie
Gustave of Belgium, on August 24, 1982
- Samora Moisés
Machel, President of the People's Republic of
Mozambique, on August 30, 1982
- Hosni
Mubarak, President of the Republic of Egypt,
on August 19, 1983
- His Most Eminent Highness Angelo de Mojana di
Cologna, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military
Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of
Malta, on September 2, 1983
- François Mitterrand, President
of the Republic of France, on September 29, 1983
- Rudolf Kirchschlager, President
of the Republic of Austria, on April 18, 1984
- HM Queen Margaret of Denmark, on
November 1, 1984
- HGDH Grand Duke Jean of
Luxembourg, on January 29, 1985
- Aristides Pereira, President of the Republic of Cape Verde, on
January 31, 1986
- HM King
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, on January 31, 1987
- Richard von
Weizsacker, President of the Republic of
Germany, on June 19, 1989
- Francesco Cossiga, President of the Italian Republic, on June
19, 1990
- His Most Eminent Highness Fra Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie,
Prince and Grand
Master of the Sovereign Military
Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of
Malta, Most Humble Guardian of the Poor of Jesus Christ, on
June 29, 1990
- Christos Sartzetakis, President
of the Republic of Greece, on November 4, 1991
- Brunó Ferenc Straub, President of the Republic of Hungary, on
November 4, 1991
- HM Queen Beatrix of the
Netherlands, on December 14, 1991
- Mauno Henrik Koivisto, President
of the Republic of Finland, on November 4, 1991
- Joaquim
Alberto Chissano, President of
the Republic of Mozambique, on April 27, 1993
- HM King Hassan
II of Morocco, on February 18, 1994
- Lech
Wałęsa, President of the Republic of Poland, on
March 3, 1995
- Nelson
Mandela, President of the Republic of
South Africa, on March 9, 1996
- Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of the Republic of Poland, on
March 3, 1995
- HIM Akihito, Emperor of Japan, on June 24,
1998
- Roman Herzog,
President of the Republic of
Germany, on May 21, 1999
- Jacques
Chirac, President of the Republic of
France, on July 8, 1999
- Constantinos Stephanopoulos, President
of the Republic of Greece, on February 21, 2000
- HM King Albert
II of Belgium, on February 21, 2000
- Milan
Kučan, President of the Republic of
Slovenia, on May 17, 2000
- António Manuel Mascarenhas
Gomes Monteiro, President of
the Republic of Cape Verde, on August 1, 2000
- General Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira,
on August 9, 2001
- Pedro Pires, President of the Republic of Cape Verde, on
May 28, 2002,
- Arnold
Rüütel, President of the Republic of
Estonia, on July 30, 2003
- Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of the Republic of Latvia, on
August 12, 2003
- HM King Harald V
of Norway, on March 31, 2004
- Heinz
Fischer, President of the Austrian
Republic, on April 21, 2005
- Abdullah
Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey, on May 12, 2009
References
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Ordem do Infante D. Henrique |
Ordens Nacionais | Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas
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