The Order of the Throne () is a

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of the

Kingdom of Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and t ...

awarded for distinguished services of a civil or military nature. The Order was instituted on 16 May 1963 by King Hassan II of Morocco, who reigned between 1961 and 1999.

Classes

The Order of the Throne is awarded in five classes, one exceptional and four ordinary classes : *''Exceptional Class'' or ''Grand Cordon'', who wears the badge on a sash on the right shoulder, plus the star on the left side of the chest. This class is limited to twenty recipients at any one time. The ordinary classes: *''First Class'' or ''Grand Officer'', who wears a badge on a necklet, plus a star on the left side of the chest. This class is limited to sixty recipients; *''Second Class'' or ''Commander'', who wears a badge on a necklet. Limited to three hundred and fifty recipients; *''Third Class'' or ''Officer'', who wears the badge on a ribbon with

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on the left side of the chest. Limited to one thousand recipients; *''Fourth Class'' or ''Knight'', who wears the badge on a ribbon on the left side of the chest. Limited to ten thousand recipients.

Insignia

The ''breast star'' is the five-pointed green star of the Alaouite. In the middle of the green star is depicted the Moroccan throne. The green star is placed on gold palm branches. The ''badge'' is a smaller version of the breast star. The palm branches are made of gold for the 2nd and 3rd class or silver for the 4th class. The ''ribbon'' of the Order is red with small green stripes near the border.

Recipients

* Grand Cordons **

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** Princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco **

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** Princess Lalla Hasna of Morocco ** Princess Lalla Malika of Morocco **

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** Ahmed Osman **

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** Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra of Morocco **

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** Abdelhak Kadiri ** Driss Jettou ** Mohamed M'Jid ** Mahjoubi Aherdane ** Ismaïl Alaoui **

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** Abdelwahad Radi ** Mustapha Benabdellah ** Mohamed El Mestassi ** Mohamed Ait Idder **

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* Grand Officers ** Abdellatif Fiilali **

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** Abdellah Ibrahim ** Ahmed Hamiani Khtat ** Abdelkrim Khatib **

** Mostafa Belarbi Alaoui ** Abdellah Baha ** Mohamed Larbi Messari * Commanders ** Omar Azziman **

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** Moulay Ali Alaoui ** Driss Benhima ** Serge Berdugo ** El Mostapha Sahel ** Mohamed Hassad ** Ahmed Bakkali **

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Walid Regragui Walid Regragui (; born 23 September 1975), sometimes known as Hoalid or Oualid Regragui, is a professional football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is the head coach of the Morocco national team. He made history when h ...

* Officers ** David Amar ** Ahmed Bakkali ** M'hamed Iraqi ** Aziza Bennani ** Badou Zaki ** Mohamed Moatassim **

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* Knights ** Ahmed Bakkali ** Ahmed Piro ** Abdelghani Ben Naciri ** Omar Azziman ** Omar Kabbaj

References

Décret royal n° 199-66 du 1er ramadan 1386 (14 décembre 1966) portant création des ordres du Royaume
– website of the government of Morocco

– website Medals of the World {{DEFAULTSORT:Order of the Throne Orders, decorations, and medals of Morocco Awards established in 1963