The Order of Bernardo O'Higgins ( es, Orden de Bernardo O'Higgins) is an award issued by

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. 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 revolutionary general

Bernardo O'Higgins Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (; August 20, 1778 – October 24, 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-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Althou ...

, 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 Orden Bernardo O'Higgins GCruz

Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - Grand Cross with bestowal document

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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* Jack Dutton *

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* Bob Fulton, John Keenan and Robert Somerville *

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* Stanisław Gebhardt *

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* Ada Rogato * Stuart Van Dyke *

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* Héctor Valdez Albizu

Grand Crosses

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Roberto Kozak Roberto Kozak (14 May 1942 – 4 September 2015) was an Argentinian naturalized Chilean diplomat and humanitarian of Ukrainian descent, notable for his work to rescue people from the prisons and death squads of the Chilean military dictators ...

(1992) *

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* Xavier Barcons (2020) *

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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