The Order of the Nation is a Jamaican honour. It is a part of the

Jamaican honours system The Jamaican honours system has developed as a unique entity since the passage of the ''National Honours and Awards Act'' by the Parliament of Jamaica in 1969 (Act No. 21 of 1969). The system is modelled largely on the British honours system, which ...

and was instituted in 1973 as the second-highest honour in the country, with the Order of National Hero being the highest honour. The Order of the Nation is only conferred on the

Governor-General of Jamaica The governor-general of Jamaica is the viceregal representative of the Jamaican monarch, King Charles III, in Jamaica. The monarch, on the advice of the prime minister, appoints a governor-general as his or her representative in Jamaica. Bo ...

and upon any person who has been appointed as

Prime Minister of Jamaica The prime minister of Jamaica is Jamaica's head of government, currently Andrew Holness. Holness, as leader of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), was sworn in as prime minister on 7 September 2020, having been re-elected as a result of t ...

, unless they are already recipients of the Order of National Hero. Members of the order and their spouses are styled " The Most Honourable", and members wear the insignia of the order as a decoration while appending the post-nominal letters ON to their name."National Awards of Jamaica"
Jamaica Information Service, accessed May 12, 2015. The motto of the order is "One Nation Under God". In 2002, all deceased former Prime Ministers of Jamaica were posthumously awarded the Order of the Nation.

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