The Grand Order of King Petar Krešimir IV ( hr, Velered kralja Petra Krešimira IV.), or more fully the Grand Order of King Petar Krešimir IV with sash and Morning Star (''Velered kralja Petra Krešimira IV. s lentom i Danicom''), is an
order of the Republic of Croatia. It ranks third in the Croatian order of precedence after the
Grand Order of Queen Jelena. The next order in rank is the
Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir
The Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir ( hr, Velered kralja Dmitra Zvonimira s lentom i Danicom), or more fully the Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir with sash and Morning Star (''Velered kralja Dmitra Zvonimira s lentom i Danicom''), is an Ord ...
. The order had been established on June 20, 1992 and reconstituted on April 1, 1995.
Only highly ranked state officials, foreign officials, and senior military officials are eligible for this order.
It is named after King
Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia
Peter Krešimir IV, called the Great ( hr, Petar Krešimir IV. Veliki) was King of Dalmatia and Croatia from 1059 until his death in 1074 or 1075. He was the last great ruler of the Krešimirović branch of the Trpimirović dynasty.
Under Peter ...
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Recipients
Foreign officials
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Mark Dayton
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Roland Ertl
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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
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De Hoop Scheffer ...
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George Robertson
Croatian dignitaries
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Janko Bobetko
Janko Bobetko (10 January 1919 – 29 April 2003) was a Croatian general who had participated in World War II and later in the Croatian War of Independence. He was one of the founding members of 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment, the first anti- ...
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Zvonimir Červenko
Zvonimir Červenko (13 November 1926 – 17 February 2001) was a Croatian general and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Croatia from 1995 to 1996.
Origin
Červenko's grand-grandfather was a Czech with a surname ''Červenka''.
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Žarko Domljan
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Franjo Gregurić
Franjo Gregurić (; born 12 October 1939) is a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from July 1991 to September 1992 leading a national unity government at the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence.
Gregurić was ...
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Josip Lucić
Josip Lucić (born 26 April 1957) is a Croatian general and former chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia.
Youth
Lucić was born in Posavski Podgajci near Drenovci on 26 April 1957. He finished elementary and high ...
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Zlatko Mateša
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Nedjeljko Mihanović
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Vlatko Pavletić
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Hrvoje Šarinić
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Šarinić was born in Sušak and graduated from the University of Zagreb then-Faculty of Architecture, C ...
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Vladimir Šeks
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Martin Špegelj
Martin Špegelj (11 November 1927 – 11 May 2014) was a Croatian army general and politician who served as the second defense minister of Croatia and, later, the chief of staff of the newborn Croatian army and inspector-general of the army. Hi ...
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Petar Stipetić
Petar Stipetić (24 October 1937 – 14 March 2018) was a Croatian general who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Croatia from 2000 until 2002.
Education and service in Yugoslav People's Army
Stipetić was born in ...
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Gojko Šušak
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Anton Tus
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Nikica Valentić
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References
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Orders, decorations, and medals of Croatia
Awards established in 1992
1992 establishments in Croatia