The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas is the Lithuanian Presidential Award which was re-instituted to honour the citizens of

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

for outstanding performance in civil and public offices. Foreign nationals may also be awarded this Order. The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas was instituted in 1928. It features the Columns of Gediminas, one of the

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Classes

The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas has five classes:

Notable recipients

The first five persons awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas after the restoration of the Independent State of Lithuania in 1991 were poets

Justinas Marcinkevičius Justinas Marcinkevičius (10 March 1930 – 16 February 2011) was a prominent Lithuanian poet and playwright. Life and career Marcinkevičius was born in 1930 in Važatkiemis, Prienai District. In 1954, he graduated from the Faculty of His ...

Bernardas Brazdžionis Bernardas Brazdžionis (1907 January 11 in Stebeikėliai - 2002 July 11 in Los Angeles) was a Lithuanian poet. Bernardas Brazdžionis also used various pen names, such as '' Vytė Nemunėlis'', ''Jaunasis Vaidevutis''. Biography Bernardas Braz ...

, priest

Ričardas Mikutavičius Ričardas Mikutavičius (February 26, 1935 in Kaunas – July 1, 1998) was a Lithuanian priest, Doctor of Theology, poet, and one of the most famous collectors of art in Lithuania. Biography He attended the 15th Kaunas elementary school and the ...

, painter

Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas (10 March 1907 in Ūdrija, near Alytus – 4 December 1997 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian artist. He worked as a book illustrator, graphic, painter, sculptor, stained glass artist, posters and furniture designer. Biograp ...

and mathematician

Jonas Kubilius Jonas Kubilius (27 July 1921 – 30 October 2011) was a Lithuanian mathematician who worked in probability theory and number theory. He was rector of Vilnius University for 32 years, and served one term in the Lithuanian parliament. Life and ed ...

Other notable recipients

* Edvard Beneš, Czech politician and President of Czechoslovakia * Algirdas Budrys, clarinetist *

Christopher Cox Charles Christopher Cox (born October 16, 1952) is an American attorney and politician who served as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a 17-year Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, and member of t ...

, former U.S. Representative * Štefan Füle, Czech politician and diplomat *

James L. Jones James Logan Jones Jr. (born December 19, 1943) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general and consultant who served as the 21st United States National Security Advisor from 2009 to 2010. During his military career, he served as th ...

, retired United States

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and

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Jacek Kuroń Jacek Jan Kuroń (; 3 March 1934 – 17 June 2004) was one of the democratic leaders of opposition in the People's Republic of Poland. He was widely known as the "godfather of the Polish opposition," not unlike Václav Havel in Czechoslovakia. Ku ...

, Polish historian and politician *

Ina Marčiulionytė Ina Marčiulionytė (born 1963) is the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Lithuania to UNESCO at the headquarters in Paris and has served in that post since 2003. Since 2007, she also serves as Vice-President of the UNESCO Executi ...

, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Lithuania to UNESCO * George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, tenth Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization *

Mstislav Rostropovich Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, (27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Russian cellist and conductor. He is considered by many to be the greatest cellist of the 20th century. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was wel ...

, cellist * Juan Antonio Samaranch, former President of the International Olympic Committee * George Soros, philanthropist * Antanina Vainiūnaitė-Kubertavičienė, Lithuanian actress *

Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager (born 4 October 1949) is a German lawyer and forester and was formerly a member of the Sovereign Council of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He served as Grand Hospitaller from 1989 to 2014, and from 2014 u ...

, Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta *

Arvydas Každailis Arvydas Stanislavas Každailis (born 4 April 1939, in Baisogala) is a Lithuanian artist, best known as the creator of many coat of arms for cities and towns of Lithuania. For his achievements in Lithuanian art, he was awarded the Order of the Lit ...

, Lithuanian artist

Images of order insignia

Image:1st Class Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.jpg, 1st Class Order Image:2nd Class Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.jpg, 2nd Class Order Image:3rd Class Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.jpg, 3rd Class Order Image:4th Class Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.jpg, 4th Class Order Image:5th Class Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.jpg, 5th Class Order Image:Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas - medal.gif, Medal

References

External links

Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
Recipients of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas 1928 establishments in Lithuania Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Order of the Awards established in 1928 {{Lithuania-stub lt:Lietuvos didžiojo kunigaikščio Gedimino ordino medalis