The Order of Bernardo O'Higgins () is an award issued by

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

. It is the highest civilian honor awarded to non-Chilean citizens. This award was established in 1965 and named after one of the founders of the Chilean state, the independentist general

Bernardo O'Higgins Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (; 20 August 1778 – 24 October 1842) was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque people, Basque-Spanish people, Spani ...

, who was a leader of the struggle from 1810 to 1826 for independence of Spanish colonies which became Chile and Peru.

Grades

The order is made up of the following grades: * Knight * Officer * Commander * Grand Officer * Grand Cross * Collar

Recipients

Emilio Álvarez Montalván Emilio Álvarez Montalván (31 July 1919 – 2 July 2014) was a Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and a Foreign Minister of the Republic of Nicaragua. Biography Emilio Álvarez Montalván was born in Managua, Nicaragua. In 1946, he received a Doct ...

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* Rafael Bielsa *

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Artur Chilingarov Artur Nikolaevich Chilingarov (; 25 September 1939 – 1 June 2024) was an Armenian-Russian polar explorer, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1986 and the title of ...

* Jack Dutton * Carlos Escudé * Bob Fulton, John Keenan and Robert Somerville * Clark Hewett Galloway * Stanisław Gebhardt * Thomas Kerstiens * Antonio López-Istúriz White *

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* Alois Mock * Robert K. O'Neill *

Óscar Osorio Óscar Osorio Hernández (14 December 1910 – 6 March 1969) ruled as a member of the Revolutionary Council of Government from 14 December 1948 to 14 September 1950. He was President of El Salvador from 14 September 1950 until 14 September 1 ...

* Park Young-ju * Ada Rogato * William Rudolph * Mercedes Sosa * Héctor Valdez Albizu * Stuart Van Dyke * Maxime Verhagen * Max Westenhöfer

Grand Crosses

Jan Peter Balkenende Jan Pieter Balkenende Jr. ( ; born 7 May 1956), commonly known as Jan Peter Balkenende, is a Dutch jurist and politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 to 14 October 20 ...

* Xavier Barcons (2020) *

* Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland * Piet de Jong * Ridzwan Dzafir (1996) *

Tim Fischer Timothy Andrew Fischer (3 May 1946 – 22 August 2019) was an Australian politician and diplomat who served as leader of the National Party of Australia, National Party from 1990 to 1999. He was the tenth Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, d ...

Stephen Kim Sou-hwan Stephen (often rendered as Latin Stephanus) Kim Sou-hwan (; May 8, 1922 – February 16, 2009) was a Korean prelate of the Catholic Church and the Korea's first elevated to the rank of cardinal. He is a former archbishop of Seoul, South Korea. ...

(2002) * Roberto Kozak (1992) *

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Jan Pronk Johannes Pieter "Jan" Pronk Jr. (; born 16 March 1940) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA) and activist. Pronk studied Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam School ...

Christopher Reeve Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed Christopher Reeve on stage and screen, several stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playin ...

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* Sunao Sonoda * Tunku Abdullah (1995) * Tunku Naquiyuddin *

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References

Sources

* Robert Werlich: Orders and Decorations of all Nations – Ancient and Modern – Civil and Military. Washington 1990. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernardo O'Higgins, Order of Orders, decorations, and medals of Chile 1956 establishments in Chile Awards established in 1956