The Order of National Hero ( ka, ეროვნული გმირის ორდენი, ''erovnuli gmiris ordeni'') is the highest
honor awarded by the government of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
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together with the title of National Hero. It was established in 2004.
Statute
The Order of National Hero was established on 24 June 2004. It is conferred on individuals for an "exceptional, distinguishable heroic" service to Georgia. The award carries the monetary grant of 10,000
Georgian lari.
Recipients
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Zhiuli Shartava
Zhiuli Shartava (; March 7, 1944 – September 27, 1993) was a Georgian politician and the Head of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia who was killed by Abkhaz militants during the ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Ab ...
– Georgian politician; posthumously, 2004.
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Zaza Damenia – Georgian army corporal; posthumously, 2004.
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John McCain – United States politician; 2010.
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Lech Kaczyński
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010. Before his tenure as president, he pre ...
– President of Poland; posthumously, 2010.
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Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia ( ka, ზვიად გამსახურდია, tr; russian: Звиа́д Константи́нович Гамсаху́рдия, Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya; 31 March 1939 – 31 December 1 ...
– the first President of Georgia; posthumously, 2013.
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Merab Kostava
Merab Kostava ( ka, მერაბ კოსტავა) (May 26, 1939 – October 13, 1989) was a Georgian dissident, musician and poet; one of the leaders of the National-Liberation movement in Georgia. Along with Zviad Gamsakhurdia, he led ...
– Georgian Soviet-era dissident; posthumously, 2013.
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* ]Giorgi Mazniashvili
Giorgi Mazniashvili ( ka, გიორგი მაზნიაშვილი) (6 April 1870 – 16 December 1937) was a Georgian general and one of the most prominent military figures in the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921). Durin ...
– Georgian general; posthumously, 2013.[
* ]Ekvtime Takaishvili
Ekvtime Takaishvili (also spelled Taqaishvili) () (January 5, 1862 – February 21, 1953) was a Georgian historian, archaeologist and public benefactor.
Born in the village of Likhauri in the western Georgian province of Guria to a local noblema ...
– Georgian historian and archaeologist; posthumously, 2013.[
* Ambrosi – Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia; posthumously, 2013.][
* ]Mikheil Tsereteli
Prince Mikheil "Mikhako" G. Tsereteli also known as Michael von Zereteli ( ka, მიხეილ "მიხაკო" წერეთელი) (December 23, 1878 – March 2, 1965) was a Georgian prince, historian, philologist, sociologist ...
– Georgian historian; posthumously, 2013.[
* ]Giorgi Antsukhelidze
Giorgi Antsukhelidze ( ka, გიორგი ანწუხელიძე; 18 August 1984 – 9–10 August 2008) was a Georgian soldier who was murdered during the hostilities in South Ossetia in the course of the Russia–Georgia war of Aug ...
– Georgian army sergeant; posthumously, 2013.
* Zurab Iarajuli Zurab ( Georgian: ზურაბ) is a Georgian masculine given name. It derives from the Persian Sohrab, a name of the legendary warrior from Ferdowsi's ''Shahnameh''. It may refer to:
*Zurab Adeishvili (born 1972), Georgian jurist and politicia ...
– Georgian Air Force officer; posthumously, 2013.
* Maro Makashvili – Georgian Red Cross nurse, the first woman to be awarded the Order; posthumously, 2015.
* Guram Gabiskiria – Mayor of Sukhumi
Sukhumi (russian: Суху́м(и), ) or Sokhumi ( ka, სოხუმი, ), also known by its Abkhaz name Aqwa ( ab, Аҟәа, ''Aqwa''), is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of ...
during the separatist war in Abkhazia; posthumously, 2017.
* Zurab Chavchavadze Zurab ( Georgian: ზურაბ) is a Georgian masculine given name. It derives from the Persian Sohrab, a name of the legendary warrior from Ferdowsi's ''Shahnameh''. It may refer to:
*Zurab Adeishvili (born 1972), Georgian jurist and politicia ...
– Soviet-era dissident; posthumously, 2018.
See also
* Orders, decorations, and medals of Georgia
*Order of Queen Tamara (2009)
The Order of Queen Tamara (თამარ მეფის ორდენი), a state award of Georgia, was established by the decision of the Parliament of Georgia № 1553 of July 31, 2009 to award only female representatives for outstanding se ...
References
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Orders, decorations, and medals of Georgia (country)
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2004 establishments in Georgia (country)
Awards established in 2004
Hero (title)