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The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (german: Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria. It is divided into 15 classes and is the highest award in the Austrian national honours system.


History

The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria was first established by federal law on 4 November 1922. It initially had ten grades; later, it was expanded to sixteen grades. It was replaced in 1934 by the Austrian Order of Merit (''Österreichischer Verdienstorden''). The modern iteration of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria was established by the National Council in 1952. It is conferred by the Republic of Austria to honour people (from Austria and abroad) who have rendered meritorious services to the country. Recipients are selected by the government. The awards are made by the President in accordance with the respective laws. The State President of Austria automatically receives the "Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria" by being elected to the office and holds this honour for life. This decoration should not be confused with other decorations in the Austrian honours system, such as the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.


Classes

The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria is divided into 15 classes, as follows: # Grand Star (''Gross-Stern'')Hofburg
Decoration (English)

Ehrenzeichen (German).
 # Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash (''Grosses Goldenes Ehrenzeichen am Bande'') # Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Sash (''Grosses Silbernes Ehrenzeichen am Bande'') # Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star (''Grosses Goldenes Ehrenzeichen mit Stern'') # Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Star (''Grosses Silbernes Ehrenzeichen mit Stern'') # Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold (''Grosses Goldenes Ehrenzeichen'') # Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver (''Grosses Silbernes Ehrenzeichen'') # Grand Decoration of Honour (''Grosses Ehrenzeichen'') # Decoration of Honour in Gold (''Goldenes Ehrenzeichen'')Hofburg
Ehrenzeichen (German).
 # Decoration of Honour in Silver (''Silbernes Ehrenzeichen'') # Decoration of Merit in Gold (''Goldenes Verdienstzeichen'') # Decoration of Merit in Silver (''Silbernes Verdienstzeichen'') # Gold Medal (''Goldene Medaille'') # Silver Medal (''Silberne Medaille'') # Bronze Medal (''Bronzene Medaille''), no longer awarded The "Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria" may also be conferred as "Gold Medal ''with Red Riband''" awarded for bravery and lifesaving.


Notable recipients

''See also List of honours of Austria awarded to heads of state and royalty'' Below is a list of all Grand Star recipients and other notable recipients, in chronological order with year of award in parentheses:.


Grand Star recipients


Royal Houses

* Pakubowono X, Susuhunan of Surakarta from 1893 to 1939 (1926) * Hussein bin Talal, King of Jordan from 1952 to 1999 (1976) * Haile Selassie,
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from 1930 to 1974 (1954) *
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from 1993 to 2013 now former Queen (1997) * Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016 (1964) * Sirikit,
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from 1950 to 2016 (1964) * Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other
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s since 1952 (1966) * Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021 (1966) * Olav V, King of Norway from 1957 to 1991 (1966) * Akihito, Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019 (1999) * Empress Michiko, Japanese empress consort from 1989 to 2019 (1999) * Qaboos bin Said al Said,
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from 1970 to 2020 (2001) * Margrethe II of Denmark,
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, King of Sweden since 1973 (1967) * Queen Silvia of Sweden, Queen of Sweden since 1976 (1979) *
Azlan Shah Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah ( Jawi: ; 19 April 1928 – 28 May 2014) was the 34th Sultan of Perak and served as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 26 April 1989 to 25 ...
, Sultan of Perak from 1984 to 2014 and Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 1989 to 1994 * Hassan II, King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999 * Harald V, King of Norway since 1991 * Queen Sonja of Norway, Queen of Norway since 1991 (1978) * Abdullah II, King of Jordan since 1999 (2001) * Queen Rania of Jordan since 1999 (2001) * Princess Anne, Princess Royal (1969) *
Hans-Adam II Hans-Adam II (Johannes Adam Ferdinand Alois Josef Maria Marco d'Aviano Pius; born 14 February 1945) is the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein, since 1989. He is the son of Prince Franz Joseph II and his wife, Countess Georgina von Wilczek. He al ...
, Prince of Liechtenstein since 1989 (1991) * Princess Marie, Princess consort of Liechtenstein since 1989 to 2021 (2004) *
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, Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 2000 (2013) * Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, from 2000 (2013) * Juan Carlos I of Spain,
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since 2013 (2022) * Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands,
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since 2013 (2022)


Politicians

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Tassos Papadopoulos Efstathios "Tassos" Nikolaou Papadopoulos ( el, Ευστάθιος (Τάσσος) Νικολάου Παπαδόπουλος; 7 January 1934 – 12 December 2008) was a Cypriot politician and barrister who served as the fifth president of Cyp ...
, Former President of the Republic of Cyprus from 2003 - 2008 * Adolf Schärf,
President of Austria The president of Austria (german: Bundespräsident der Republik Österreich) is the head of state of the Republic of Austria. Though theoretically entrusted with great power by the Constitution, in practice the president is largely a ceremonial ...
from 1957 to 1965 (1957) *
Franz Jonas Franz Josef Jonas (4 October 1899 – 24 April 1974) was an Austrian politician who served as the President of Austria between 1965 and 1974. He was a typesetting, typesetter by profession and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria. ...
, President of Austria from 1965 to 1974 (1965) *
Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...
, President of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980 (1965) *
Suharto Suharto (; ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian army officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto ...
, President of Indonesia from 1968 to 1998 (1973) *
Siti Hartinah Raden Ayu Siti Hartinah (23 August 1923 – 28 April 1996), also known as Siti Hartinah Soeharto or Tien Soeharto, was the First Lady of Indonesia from 1967 until 1996. She was the wife of second Indonesian president, Suharto. Known as Ibu Ti ...
, First Lady of Indonesia from 1968 to 1996 (1973) *
Rudolf Kirchschläger Rudolf Kirchschläger, GColIH (; 20 March 1915 – 30 March 2000) was an Austrian diplomat, politician and judge. From 1974 to 1986, he served as President of Austria. Early life and education Born in Niederkappel, Upper Austria, Kirschläger ...
, President of Austria from 1974 to 1986 (1974) * Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and President of Austria from 1986 to 1992 (1974) * Thomas Klestil, President of Austria between 1992 and 2004 (1992) *
Emil Constantinescu Emil Constantinescu () (born 19 November 1939) is a Romanian professor and politician, who served as the President of Romania, from 1996 to 2000. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Constantinescu became a founding member and vice president ...
, President of Romania from 1996 to 2000 (1999) * Árpád Göncz, President of Hungary from 1990 to 2000 (1999) *
Konstantinos Stefanopoulos Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος (Κωστής) Στεφανόπουλος, 15 August 1926 – 20 November 2016) was a Greek conservative politician who served two consecutive terms as the president of Gree ...
, President of Greece from 1995 to 2005 (1999) * Petar Stoyanov, President of Bulgaria from 1997 to 2002 (1999) * Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019 (2000) * Stjepan Mesić, President of Yugoslavia in 1991, and President of Croatia from 2000 to 2010 (2001) * Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Italy from 1999 to 2006 (2002) * Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006 (2002) * Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019 (2003) * Heinz Fischer, President of Austria from 2004 to 2016 (2004) *
Giorgio Napolitano Giorgio Napolitano (; born 29 June 1925) is an Italian politician who served as president of Italy from 2006 to 2015, the first Italian president to be re-elected to the presidency. Due to his dominant position in Italian politics, some critics ...
, President of Italy from 2006 to 2015 (2007) *
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, President of France from 1995 to 2007 *
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, President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 *
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from 2012 (2016) * Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria from 2017 to present (2017) * Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal from 2016 (2019) * Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy from 2015 (2019) * Kersti Kaljulaid,
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from 2016 to 2021 (2021) * Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea from 2017 to 2022 (2021) * Borut Pahor, President of Slovenia from 2012 (2022)


Other select recipients

* Ruslan Abdulgani (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash, 1956) * Dimitri Shostakovich (Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver, 1967) * Robert Fein (1907–1975), Austrian Olympic champion weightlifter * Willy Brandt,
Chancellor of Germany The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany,; often shortened to ''Bundeskanzler''/''Bundeskanzlerin'', / is the head of the federal government of Germany and the commander in chief of the Ge ...
from 1969 to 1974 (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash, 1972) * * Anna Freud (1975) *
Hilde Hawlicek Hilde Hawlicek (born 14 April 1942) is an Austrian retired politician and former Minister for Education, Arts and Sport. Early life Hawlicek was born and grew up in Vienna. She was a member of the Socialist Youth Austria and Socialist Studen ...
(Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash, 1980) *
Wolf In der Maur Wolf-Bernhard Carl Borromaeus Paul Robert von In der Maur auf Strelberg und zu Freifeld, also known as Wolf In der Mauer or Wolf Indermaur (March 2, 1924 – March 17, 2005), was an Austrian journalist, television director, news editor, and polit ...
(Grand Decoration of Merit in Gold, 1985) *
Sudharmono Sudharmono ( EVO: Soedharmono; 12 March 1927 – 25 January 2006), also known by his nickname, Pak Dar, was an Indonesian politician and army officer, who served as the 5th Vice President of Indonesia, under the New Order regime of president S ...
(Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Sash) * Ginandjar Kartasasmita (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star, 1986) *
Feisal Tanjung General Feisal Edno Tanjung (17 June 1939 – 18 February 2013), known as Feisal Tanjung, was an Indonesian Army general who was ABRI Commander (from 21 May 1993 to 12 February 1998) and also served as Coordinating Minister for Politics and Secu ...
(Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold, 1996) * Shoichiro Toyoda (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star, 1999) Toyota
Toyoda bio
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Randolph M. Bell Randolph Marshall Bell (born 1947) is a former Ambassador of the United States. Education Randolph Marshall Bell went to the College of William and Mary and to the Cambridge University. Further he completed Advanced East European Area Studies ...
(Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver, 2004) * Jeanette Schmid (Decoration of Merit in Gold, 2004) *
Stuart Eizenstat Stuart Elliott Eizenstat (born January 15, 1943) is an American diplomat and attorney. He served as the United States Ambassador to the European Union from 1993 to 1996 and as the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 ...
(Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star, 2005) *
Andreas Maislinger Andreas Maislinger (born 26 February 1955 in St. Georgen near Salzburg, Austria) is an Austrian historian and political scientist and founder and chairman of the Austrian Service Abroad, including the Gedenkdienst, the Austrian Social Service an ...
(Decoration of Honour in Silver, 2005) *
Simon Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal (31 December 190820 September 2005) was a history of the Jews in Austria, Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer. He studied architecture and was living in Lwów at the outbreak of World War II. He surviv ...
(Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria, 2005) * Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006 (Grand Decoration in Gold with Sash, 2007) *
Gerhard Rühm Gerhard Rühm (born 12 February 1930 in Vienna) is an Austrian author, composer and visual artist. Biography Rühm studied the piano and music composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Following his studies he unde ...
, author, composer, and artist (Decoration of Honour in Gold, 2007) *
Atta-ur-Rahman Ata-ur-Rahman ( ar, عطا الرحمن ) is a masculine Islamic given name. It is built from the Arabic words ''Ata (name), Ata'', ''al-'' and ''Rahman (name), Rahman''. The name means "gift of the most merciful", ''ar-Rahman'' being one of the ...
, Pakistani Organic chemist (Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria, 2008) * Ertuğrul Günay, Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey (Grand Decoration in Gold with Sash, 2010) * Prince Hassan bin Talal, (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash, 2004) * Christoph Schönborn, Roman Catholic
Cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...
and Archbishop of Vienna (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash, 2008) * Miep Gies (2009) *
Hans Dobida Hans Dobida (born 13 May 1929) is an Austrian former ice hockey and roller in-line hockey administrator. He was involved with ATSE Graz for almost 40 years, and served as president of the Austrian Ice Hockey Association from 1977 to 1996. He he ...
, inductee into the IIHF Hall of Fame *
Alois Mock Alois Mock (10 June 1934 – 1 June 2017) was an Austrian politician and member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). He was Vice Chancellor of Austria from 1987 to 1989. As foreign minister, he helped take Austria into the European Union. Life ...
, Vice-Chancellor of Austria from 1987 to 1989 (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash) *
Walter Schwimmer Walter Schwimmer (born 16 June 1942, Vienna) is a former politician and diplomat from Austria. Was Secretary General of the Council of Europe from September 1, 1999, to August 31, 2004. Life After being a member of the Austrian Parliament (Nation ...
(Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Star) * Ruth Wodak (Decoration of Honour in Silver, 2011) *
Elisabeth Bleyleben-Koren Elisabeth Bleyleben-Koren (born 9 October 1948) is an Austrian bank manager. In 2008 she was awarded the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria. Life Elisabeth Bleyleben-Koren was born in Mödling in 1948. Her father was St ...
*
Eleonore Schönborn Eleonore Gräfin von Schönborn ( Freiin von Doblhoff; 14 April 1920 – 25 February 2022) was an Austrian politician. She and her family were expelled from Czechoslovakia in 1945, settling in Austria. She became the first woman to hold a procu ...
(2013) *
Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (russian: link=no, Вячеслав Моше Кантор, born on September 8, 1953 in Moscow) is a Russian businessman and philanthropist who has close ties to the Vladimir Putin regime in Russia. Kantor heads the Acro ...
(Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria, 2021) *


Notes


References

*Poul Ohm Hieronymussen, Poul Ohm. (1967)
''Orders and Decorations of Europe in Color.''
New York:
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OCLC 796549
* Werlich, Robert. (1965)
''Orders and Decorations of All Nations: Ancient and Modern, Civil and Military.''
Washington, D.C.: Quaker Press
OCLC 390804


External links

{{commonscat, Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (1952)
"Decorations of Honor"
from the website of the President of Austria Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Decoration of Orders, decorations, and medals of Austria Awards established in 1952 1952 establishments in Austria Orders of merit