The Order of Honour ( ro, Ordinul de Onoare) is a state order of the
Republic of Moldova
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established by
Parliament of Moldova
The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova is the supreme representative body of the Moldova, Republic of Moldova, the only state legislative authority, being a unicameralism, unicameral structure composed of 101 elected MPs on lists, for a peri ...
in 2002, which is awarded by
presidential decree. It is the fourth highest distinction of Moldova, after
Order of the Republic,
Order of Ştefan cel Mare,
Order of Bogdan the Founder (''Ordinul Bogdan Întemeietorul''), and just before the
Order of Loyalty to the Homeland (''Ordinul Credinţa Patriei''). The Order of Honour can be awarded also to organizations, institutions, etc.
[LEGEA Nr. 1123 din 30.07.1992 cu privire la distincțiile de stat ale Republicii Moldova](_blank)
Notable individual recipients (partial list)
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Sepp Blatter
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Michel Platini
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Borys Paton
Borys Yevhenovych Paton ( ua, Бори́с Євге́нович Пато́н, russian: Борис Евгеньевич Патон; 27 November 1918 – 19 August 2020
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Radosław Sikorski
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Serafim Urechean
Serafim Urechean (born 2 February 1950 in Larga, Briceni District) is a Moldovan politician. He held the position of general mayor of Chișinău municipality (1994–2005) and interim prime minister of the Republic of Moldova (5 – 17 February 19 ...
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Pavel Cebanu
Pavel Cebanu (born 28 March 1955) is a former Moldovan football (soccer) player. He spent his entire career, from 1973 to 1985, at the Moldovan side FC Nistru Chişinău. He was captain for many years and played 341 games scoring 45 goals.
He ...
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Titus Corlățean
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Raed Arafat
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Mitrofan Cioban
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Vasile Sturza
Vasile Sturza (born 13 March 1953) is a Moldovan attorney and politician. He was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova to the Russian Federation
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transc ...
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Ion Negrei
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Ion Negrei (born 12 March 1958) is a Moldovan politician.
Biography
He was the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of social issues in First Vlad Filat Cabinet. He was replaced by Mihai Moldovanu in the Second Filat Cabinet
The Se ...
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Alexandru Tănase
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Vladimir Hotineanu
Vladimir Hotineanu (1 October 1950 – 15 November 2019) was a Moldovan surgeon and politician. He was the Health Minister of Moldova in the First Vlad Filat Cabinet, and deputy in Moldovan Parliament from 2014 to 2019.
Biography
Hotineanu ...
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Valeriu Cosarciuc
Valeriu Cosarciuc (born 24 November 1955) is a Moldovan politician, who served as Deputy Prime Minister in the Dumitru Braghiș Cabinet (between 21 December 1999 and 19 April 2001), coordinating the government's activities in the field of industr ...
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Leonid Bujor
Leonid Bujor (27 November 1955 – 6 January 2021) was a Moldovan politician. He was the Minister of Education in the First Vlad Filat Cabinet from 25 September 2009 to 14 January 2011.
Biography
Leonid Bujor was born on 27 November 1955, in ...
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Alexandru Oleinic
Alexandru Oleinic (born 8 December 1959) is a Moldovan politician, who was elected as a deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in two consecutive legislatures between 2001 and 2009, on the lists of the Electoral Bloc Democratic Mold ...
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Valentina Buliga
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Marcel Răducan
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Veaceslav Iordan
Veaceslav Iordan (born 12 June 1966 in Chircăieşti, Causeni) is a Moldovan politician who served as interim Mayor of Chișinău from January–June 2007.
Biography
Veaceslav Iordan was born on June 12, 1966 in the village of Chircăieşti, C ...
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Dumitru Diacov
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Vasile Ursu
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Vadim Cojocaru
Vadim Cojocaru (19 May 1961 – 7 June 2021)
was a Moldovan politician.
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Oleg Bodrug
Oleg Bodrug (born 23 February 1965, Chișinău) is a Moldovan politician, vice-president of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, co-chair of the Liberal Reformist Party.
Biography
Oleg Bodrug was born on 23 February 1965 in the city of ...
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Veaceslav Untilă
Veaceslav Untilă (born 15 June 1956) is a Moldovan politician.
Biography
Veaceslav Untilă was born on 15 June 1956 in the Codreanca village, Strășeni District, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, to a family of teachers. He graduat ...
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Ion Pleșca
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Iurie Colesnic
Iurie Colesnic (born 12 August 1955 in Dereneu, Călăraşi) is a technical literature corrector, former publishing director, literary historian, politician and writer of the Republic of Moldova.
Biography
Iurie Colesnic was born on 12 August ...
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Anatolie Ghilaș
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Nicolae Dabija (politician)
Nicolae Dabija (15 July 1948 – 12 March 2021) was a writer, literary historian, and politician from the Republic of Moldova, honorary member of the Romanian Academy (from 2003,) and corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldov ...
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Vasile Șoimaru
Vasile Şoimaru (born 30 April 1949) is a Moldovan politician, economist, professor and photographer.
Biography Professional career
An economist by training, Șoimaru worked between 1977 and 1980 at the Faculty of Economics of the Moldova S ...
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Tudor Gheorghe Țopa
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Mihai Poiată
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Vasile Vatamanu
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Alecu Reniță
Alecu Reniță (born 8 November 1954) is a Moldovan politician. He is the chairman of the Ecological Movement of Moldova.
Biography
He served as member of the Parliament of Moldova
The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova is the supre ...
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Ion Ungureanu
Ion Ungureanu (2 August 1935 – 28 January 2017) was a Moldovan actor and politician.
Biography
Born in Opaci, Ungureanu served as member of the Parliament of Moldova. As an MP, he was Minister of Culture of Moldova from 1990 to 1994. He ...
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Victor Stepaniuc
Victor Stepaniuc (born July 13, 1958, in Costeşti, Ialoveni) is a Moldovan historian and politician.
He has been a member of the Parliament of Moldova since 1996 until 2010. He served several times as Leader of Parliament Commission for Educat ...
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Nicolae Țâu
Nicolae Țîu (, born 25 March 1948) is a Moldovan politician who was Foreign Minister of Moldova
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Pre-history
The m ...
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Gheorghe Amihalachioaie
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Peter (Păduraru)
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Victor Pușcaș
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Marius Lazurca
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Dan Dungaciu
Dan Gheorghe Dungaciu (born October 3, 1968) is a Romanian sociologist.
Biography
He was born in Târgu Mureș. He graduated from the University of Bucharest in 1995 and received his Ph.D. in 2002. He teaches at the University of Bucharest. He s ...
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Ion Țurcanu
Ion Țurcanu (born 15 January 1946) is an author, educator, historian, memoirist, professor, former member of the Parliament (1990–1994), politician and Romanian writer from Moldova.
He is one of the 277 MPs of the first parliament of the for ...
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Mihail Dolgan
Mihail Dolgan (5 February 1939 – 2 May 2013) was a professor and researcher from Moldova, member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
Overview
His speciality is the Romanian contemporary literature and he is a member of the "Department o ...
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Dirk Schuebel
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Cesare de Montis
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Biography
In October 2005, Cesare de Montis became the first Head of the Delegation of t ...
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Mihai Balan
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Vitalie Ciobanu
Vitalie Ciobanu (born 4 May 1964 in Floreşti) is a journalist from the Republic of Moldova. He is the editor in chief of Contrafort
He is a member of the Writers' Union of Romania, the Moldovan Writers' Union and the Group for Social Dialogue ...
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Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova
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Organization
The university is organized into six faculties:
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Nichita Smochină
Nichita Parfeni Smochină (; Moldovan Cyrillic: Никита Парфени Смокинэ, Russian: Никита Парфеньевич Смокина, ''Nikita Parfenievich Smokina''; also known as Mihai Florin; March 14, 1894 – December 14, 19 ...
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Grigore Belostecinic
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Emilian Galaicu-Păun
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Mih ...
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Vasile Bumacov
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Andrei Usatîi
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Tatiana Anodina
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Nicolae Andronic
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Marchel (Mihăescu)
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Peter (Musteață)
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Andrian Candu
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Ion Anton
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Valeriu Rudic
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Ionel Haiduc
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Honours National honours
* Romanian Roya ...
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Irina Loghin
Irina Loghin (born February 19, 1939) is a Romanian singer and politician, known as the best-selling artist from her domain in Romania.
Born in Gura Vitioarei, Prahova County, she had a career as a folk music soloist. She made her radio debut in ...
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Péter Szijjártó
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SunStroke Project
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Collective awardees
* George Asaki High School (Chișinău) (2010)
* Mikhail Berezovsky High School (Chișinău) (2010)
* Ion Creangă High School (Chișinău) (2010)
* Mihai Eminescu High School (Chișinău) (2010)
* Spiru Haret High School (Chișinău) (2010)
* Mihai the Brave High School (Chișinău) (2010)
* Academy of Economic Education of Moldova (2011)
* Saints Cyril and Methodius High School (Chișinău) (2011)
* State Enterprise "Security Service" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova (2012)
* Mihai Eminescu High School (Bălți) (2013)
* (Bălți) (2016)
* Department of Carabinieri Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova (2017)
* Academy of Public Administration (2018)
* Gymnasium named after N.V. Gogol of the city of Basarabeasca (2019)
* National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History (2019)
* National Children's Library. Ion Creangă (2019)
* City Clinical Hospital "St. Michael the Archangel" (Chișinău, 2019)
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Peace Corps
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Honour
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Awards established in 2002
2002 establishments in Moldova