The Order of San Carlos is a state order granted by
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
. The order was founded 16 August 1954 to honor Colombian citizens and foreign civilians and military officers who have made outstanding contributions to the nation of Colombia, especially in the field of international relations.
Grades
* Collar (''Collar'')
* Grand Cross with Gold Badge (''Gran Cruz con Placa de Oro'')
* Grand Cross (''Gran Cruz'')
* Grand Officer (''Gran Oficial'')
* Commander (''Comendador'')
* Officer (''Oficial'')
* Knight (''Caballero'')
Notable recipients
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Jean-Michel Blanquer
Jean-Michel Blanquer (; born 4 December 1964) is a French jurist and government official serving as Minister of National Education under Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2017 to 2022.
Education and early career
Born in t ...
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Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
Juliana (; Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was List of monarchs of the Netherlands, Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980.
Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Duke ...
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Eusebio Leal Spengler
* ''Klaus Müller-Leiendecker''
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Smurfit Kappa
Smurfit Westrock plc is an Irish-American company based in Dublin, Ireland that manufactures corrugated and paper-based packaging. Its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.
History
The company was establis ...
* ''Gustavo Vasco Muñoz''
* ''Engin Yürür''
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Agustín Díaz de Mera
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Yu Takeuchi
(16 March 1927, Tokyo – 25 December 2014, Bogotá) was a Colombian nationalized Japanese physicist and mathematician, teacher and promoter of mathematics in Colombia.
Biography
Takeuchi studied theoretical physics at the University of Tokyo ...
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Cristián Samper
Cristián Samper (born September 25, 1965) is a Colombian-American tropical biologist who specializes in conservation biology and environment policy. He is the managing director and leader of Nature Solutions at the Jeff Bezos, Bezos Earth Fund. ...
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Condoleezza Rice
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United States Southern Command
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Joybrato MukherjeePresidente del DAAD condecorado con la Orden al Mérito de la República de Colombia
DAAD, dated 12 December 2023, last accessed 04 April 2025
References
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External links
Orders, decorations, and medals of Colombia